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Ratio (noun)
Type: noun
Pronunciation: /rae-tio/
What does Ratio mean?
A control on a compressor determining how much the gain will be reduced after the audio hits the threshold.
Ratio is a control on a compressor determining how much the gain will be reduced after the audio hits the threshold.
I.E. if a signal surpasses the threshold by 8dB and the ratio is set at 2:1, it will reduce the audio by 4dB.
Example sentence: “I set the ratio to 2:1.”
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