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From: mark@motcsd.UUCP (Mark Jeghers)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Any suggestions for building a limiter for my stereo?
Message-ID: <376@greek.UUCP>
Date: 30 May 89 20:10:59 GMT
Reply-To: mark@greek.UUCP (Mark Jeghers)
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Organization: Motorola Computer Systems, Cupertino, CA.
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I have some Compact Discs with *enourmous* dynamic range in their
recordings (quiet parts are REAL quiet, loud parts are REAL loud) -
primarily my classical stuff.  I have to constantly change the volume or
else blast my family out... 

I'm thinking of building a limiter to even out the overall volume of
such albums.  I think that the compressor section of a Signetics NE560
Compandor would be just right.  Also, I believe that setting it up as a
*compressor* is more preferable than setting it up as an
*auto-level-control*.  I would like to make the compressor
variable-slope, so as to adjust the degree of the compression. 

Any ideas?  Suggestions?  Am I on the right track?

-- 
Mark Jeghers                       "I'm the King of Eight and I'm here to state
Motorola Computer Systems              that everything here has to total eight!
....uunet!apple!motcsd!greek!mark          The gaurds, for instance, at my gate
...hplabs!hpda!/                              must always total exactly eight!"