[sdiy] : "What" compressor - slightly OT

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Hi Peter,

I am another lurker, from Australia ;) i have been thinking about 
building one of these babies for a while... hence i would love to see 
your layout.

I am glad to hear that it sounds good - the design process documented 
on the site seems good - well tailored for voice and similar 
instruments (which is a good thing).

Did you vary your component choices from the suggested ones at all?

Thanks!
Haima

>Hi list
>
>I am a lurker from Johannesburg and have recently built the What
>compressor designed by David Thomas. I know there is some interest on
>the list in this line.
>
>http://www.rt66.com/dthomas/hacks/what.html
>
>This little guy sounds very good and is fairly easy to do. I have
>only tried it on voice, the pre-conditioning network in the side
>chain really helping to bring out those lovely back-of-the-throat
>tones. I'm not sure what it would sound like on an instrument, but I
>have a feeling it would really work on a sax.
>
>I've designed a mono PCB so if anyone would like this, let me know.
>
>Regards
>Peter
>Peter Cornell
>Johannesburg