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Question: In JSFX, a gate plugin with lookahead (preopen) like reagate, after the pdc report, you also compensate for the lookahead time by adding the lookahead time (in ms) to the hold slider calculation, I did this and it worked, it prevented the gate from closing prematurely before the lookahead was done. How did you do it in a compressor (reacomp which has lookahead/precomp)? Here there is no hold parameter, so should I add the lookahead time (ms) to the the release slider calculation?
Asked by Lookahead- (197.251.240.x) on December 16 2025, 6:47pm
Reply on December 16 2025, 9:36pm:

a compressor doesn't have an open/shut state... you could have the compressor use the maximum envelope value in the lookahead window (rather than the 'lookahead" envelope value), or the maximum of the current and the lookahead value, or something in between.

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Posted by Lookahead- (197.251.240.x) on December 16 2025, 11:25pm:
Oh, so that means a gate needs hold compensation because it is binary open/close and without Without compensating hold time, the gate can close before the lookahead buffer finishes playing the delayed audio. For a compressor, the lookahead also ensures the compression reacts before transients hit, but this time because it's not binary, the envelope still stays in its compression phase till delayed signal drops below threshold? So this means I don't have to add any lookahead time to anything to compensate?

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