ZEROPINK | OPTO Comp — Bass compression Optical (LA‑2A style) you can see.

OPTO Comp on bass — an optical compressor (LA‑2A style) with metering explicit enough that you can see exactly what you're doing to the signal. Free 30‑day trial: https://zeropink.net/opto-comp/ In this walkthrough we level a bass guitar in three moves: push the INPUT to 0 VU, dial in PEAK REDUCTION until the needle shows about 2 dB, then compensate the OUTPUT back to 0 VU. Input, processing, output — linear, every time. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:11 What it is — optical compression, explicit metering 0:44 The three stages — Input · Peak reduction · Output 1:28 Input to 0 VU 2:08 Peak reduction — how hard the compressor works 2:42 Compensate the output 3:45 Too much vs. the sweet spot 4:40 Trial · Tooltips · Oversampling (use 16× on render) 5:37 Download WHAT YOU'LL LEARN Why gain staging into a compressor matters more than the ratio Reading a VU meter: input, gain reduction and output on three needles How much compression a bass actually needs (less than you think) Why oversampling keeps saturation smooth instead of prickly OPTO COMP Optical compressor based on the classic T4 opto‑cell circuit, with prescriptive metering: STAGE IN, REDUCTION and STAGE OUT readouts tell you what to do next, not just what's happening. Oversampling up to 16×. Tooltips on every control. €29, VAT included · 30‑day free trial https://zeropink.net/opto-comp/ MORE FROM ZEROPINK All plugins: https://zeropink.net Analog Sounds in a Digital World. We All Want the Perfect Mix. Questions or feedback — leave a comment. Subscribe for the next walkthrough. #optocomp #opticalcompressor #basscompression #zeropink