T-Rex Squeezer User Manual
USER MANUAL
SQUEEZER
CONGRATULATIONS
on your purchase of Squeezer, the compressor stomp box that will even
out your sound and anchor your guitar or bass in the mix. With its builtin tube to add warmth and depth, the Squeezer is equally at home on
stage or in the studio.
Turn the page for a quick and easy guide to compression and an overview of the Squeezer controls.
COMPRESSION MADE EASY
Basically, compressors make loud sounds softer by reducing the dynamic range of the input – evening out the sound by removing unwanted
input level variations. They also appear to make soft sounds louder by
artificially boosting the output signal.
Compressors work by grabbing the input, reducing its level, then hanging on to the signal for a while before releasing it. Because the signal
doesn’t die away so quickly, a compressed guitar or bass will sound
more “up front” in the mix. Turning up the gain then boosts the entire
signal – for a superb, even presence.
By playing with the various parameters on the Squeezer, you can create
a whole new palate of sounds ranging from a barely audible compression to long sustain, picking country guitar and classic pumping or
funky bass.
Compression ratio is how much your sound is compressed, or
“squeezed”. The more you turn it up, the more you compress your sound.
It’s called “ratio” because sound engineers use a ratio – or pair of related
numbers – to express the amount of compression.
For example (and now it gets a little technical!), a compression ratio of
2:1 means that for every 2dB louder you play, the sound that actually
comes out is only 1dB louder. With a compression ratio of 6:1, you have
to play 6dB louder – which is really hitting it hard! – to make the sound
that comes out just 1dB louder. High ratios like this let you sound like
you’re playing loud without actually being loud. But there’s another
thing to remember about compression ratio: it always works together
with the threshold.
So even if you turn the compression ratio all the way up, the compression effect only kicks in when the sound going into the Squeezer is
louder than the threshold level you’ve set.
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