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Serial compression

While the parallel compression technique runs a compressor in parallel with an original signal, serial compression runs two or more over a signal in series. Is the result like throwing a single compressor at a signal? No, serial compression can give you a hugely more transparent tone while still compressing the daylights out of a signal if needed. Let’s explore this using the Venomode Complexer 2 compressor. This

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