
Compressor Knee: The Role It Plays In Audio Compression
The ‘compressor knee’ is named so due to its visual representation on a graph. It refers to the point where compression begins to significantly engage in response to an audio signal. When this signal goes beyond a certain level or threshold, the compressor comes into action and gain reduction occurs. This point, the ‘bend’ in the graph or the ‘knee,’ is where our journey begins.