Is U-He Presswerk transparent compressor? how can it be as transparent as possible?

[Lbdunequest]

Is it possible to have it transparent ?

[DMG68]

Sure, turn down the saturation completely and then don’t use a lot of gain reduction, keep the attack and release times a little long as well maybe.

[Lbdunequest]

thats what i wonder too, because there is nothing said in the manual about transparency.

[sascha]

That's mainly because 'transparency' is not a technical term, it's more a perception thing (and an inflationary marketing term). The manual leans more towards what can actually be measured.
It all comes down to a particular situation whether you might perceive processing as 'transparent' or not. This can be spectral or time-domain, or both. It could be saturation, or it could be envelope.

[Lbdunequest]

By transparent i mean having coloration and saturation.

[sascha]

You want an objective answer for a highly subjective question, which does not work. You would get proper answers if you'd specify - in technical terms - what exactly you want the plugin to do, and what not. There's a demo, a comprehensive manual, and lots of tutorial videos showing what the sections and specific features do, technically. But I'm not even sure whether your question is theoretical or you've run into a specific problem. Can you elaborate?

[Lbdunequest]

I cannot understand how i can be even more specific. I want a compressor to compress, not add distortion/saturation or some coloration (EQ) like some analog style compressors do. Is that clear enough?

[medienhexer]

But that is highly dependent on your material. If you want to prevent thinning of a kick drum, you might apply high pass in the sidechain.
Avoiding perceived treble loss, stereo width reduction, different kinds of distortion need different counter measures

[Lbdunequest]

But that is highly dependent on your material. If you want to prevent thinning of a kick drum, you might apply high pass in the sidechain.
Avoiding perceived treble loss, stereo width reduction, different kinds of distortion need different counter measures

I dont need any distortion Lets say i compress a kick, i just want compression, no additional saturation or coloration. Example - KHS Compressor is very transparent here, it gives me compression only

[gaggle of hermits]

isn't there a demo? you can find out easily enough.

the chances are the answer is yes but you seem to be using a definition of "coloration" that may be different from other people given your example is a kick drum. often as not, you're compressing that to get some tonal change after the peak (which isn't due to saturation but just because the compression will force a change in frequency balance if the gain reduction is high enough).

[Chris-S]

Can can dial in the desired amount of distortion with the Saturation-Amount knob.

When it's set to zero I measure a third harmonic of -90 dB which is not zero but very low.

isn't there a demo?

Of course.

[Lbdunequest]

I have been using Presswerk of many years actually, but i always felt it is less transparent then the other compressors. So figured to seek the answer is it possible to have it transparent and as transparent as possible. Maybe from U-he creators answer would be more direct ?

[pdxindy]

I have been using Presswerk of many years actually, but i always felt it is less transparent then the other compressors. So figured to seek the answer is it possible to have it transparent and as transparent as possible. Maybe from U-he creators answer would be more direct ?

Sascha is the creator of Presswerk.

[zerocrossing]

I cannot understand how i can be even more specific. I want a compressor to compress, not add distortion/saturation or some coloration (EQ) like some analog style compressors do. Is that clear enough?

You already got your answer, but you seem to have blown by it. All compressors will color the sound if you use enough compression with short attacks and long releases. Think about it. Most sounds will have an envelope of volume and tone. If you use something to compress the volume of that sound, you will also change how the sound evolves over time, thus changing the “color” of the sound.

Distortion and saturation are another issue, but Presswerk only has that if you specifically use it.

[zerocrossing]

I have been using Presswerk of many years actually, but i always felt it is less transparent then the other compressors. So figured to seek the answer is it possible to have it transparent and as transparent as possible. Maybe from U-he creators answer would be more direct ?

Sascha is the creator of Presswerk.

Yeah, but what does he know?