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Originally Posted by TabbyCat
Not to be pedantic (lol), but Retro Audio Enthusiast is generally correct here. Calling a compressor an "automatic fader rider" is a little dangerous, and saying that a fader is doing the same thing isn't quite accurate, most of the time.
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I agree that the "automated fader" analogy is not really a great one, even though it is the most common one you see in educational material.
I think of compressors more as ADSR envelope control... though I guess as an analogy that isn't helpful to beginners who don't know what that is.