Noisebud Quill – a versatile compressor

First I’d like to welcome Dizzzie and Byeongsu who recently joined my Patreon! Thank you, much appreciated!
And Vladimir, I wrote you a manual! =)
It’s linked further down. I’ll make it part of the setup with the next version.

Quill, my secret dynamic weapon for the past year. Quill is a versatile single-band compressor, initially made for parallel mastering compression duties but it has its place while production/mixing too. It can produce everything from gentle and transparent to distorted extremes. I wanted a compressor that didn’t take forever to set up. To achieve that I focused on having direct access to all controls (kind of an analog workflow), and, I wanted controls to quickly exaggerate the compression to easier hear the effect for fast decision making. That’s how the curve control came to life. At first, it consisted of the ‘Exp’ (exponential) and the ‘Crush’ curve where the ‘Exp’ was the intended working mode and ‘Crush’ the exaggerated curve to better hear the compression. I had so much fun with the ‘Crush’ curve that I implemented two additional curves and all of a sudden Quill turned into a whole other kind of compressor than first intended.

User manual:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T46T7BGCa2-NTPgqMYacH2d8Fc1FrSvDkvEdA1UmXFY/edit?usp=sharing

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