It’s not the moment of compression. It’s the moment before that. It’s the sheer weight of the signal hitting the transformers.
It is musical .
Ignore the gain reduction meter for 10 minutes. Set your level so the needle is just tickling the threshold. Then, turn the Input up by 6dB. You’ll see 5-7dB of reduction, but it won't sound compressed. It will sound louder and rounder . That’s the vari-mu saturation working. 3. Where does it live? The AR-1 is too slow for drums (unless you want a "pumping" room mic). It’s too thick for a clean vocal. Kush Audio Ar1
There is a specific moment that happens when you push audio through a Kush Audio AR-1 (or its equally brilliant plugin counterpart, the AR-1). It’s not the moment of compression