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Compression controls in Violet (cont)

SHmod

ne of the best tricks up Violet CM’s sleeve is the control, which allows you to fine-tune the plugin’s attack behaviour to suit and Violet CM will precisely emulate the behaviour of the original hardware. Between a value of and , the attack time will appear faster, as the curve is more ‘compressed’. This response is the same for values between and , but variable lookahead is also engaged. SHmod values between and will give a slower, smoother attack shape. Try out settings and tailor the response to your source material.

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