Thanks for the education and nice link! I was hoping someone would chime in with some real-world experience. I'm sure you musicians explore the full spectrum of compression from instantaneous non-linear mapping to subtle AGC that evens out undesired volume changes over the time frame of an entire track.

Most of us listeners have much more modest goals. We want to get a comfortable volume level *without* changing the flavor. All sc400 is asking for is to make a single gain adjustment for each track. For those of us with worse stereos or louder cars, we have to cut a more delicate balance between preserving the original feel of the music and drowning out softer passages.

-jim <MkII:080000260 18G blue>