The biggest thing about the compressors on both FG-X and FG-X2 is that they are both very audible when it comes to their compression. It’s an awesome feature, there’s just arguably better ways to fix those sorts of issues. While simplified, this could cause some issues with newer engineers and may just be a feature we could have done without if we couldn’t go deeper into it - especially without M/S EQ. A more useful set of tools here in my opinion would be a goniometer along with a correlation meter. How that comes across to AI means… nothing to us other than possibly tricking ourselves that something is wrong. Some times songs are just wide, other times they are more narrow. Why I say I’m not sure who it helps is because it gets people away from using their ears. If the signal is wider, it will appear as a wide dark rectangle. If the signal is more centered or mono focused with less information on the sides, it will look like a narrow dark rectangle. It basically just gives you a visual representation of the compression you’re applying by how the signal sounds to it.

The Square Visualizer is a bit of an oddity as I’m not sure who it actually helps. You can even monitor how much compression you’re using with the Square Visualizer. The GR width knob’s positive values give you a wider sound with more compression on the mid channel, while the negative values compress the sides more and open up the mid channel. At 100, they are both affected the same but at 0 the mid and side channels operate independently of each other.

The M/S link knob controls how much the same compression is applied to both the mid and side channels. Unlike most M/S processes that usually involve equalization, the M/S processing in FG-X2 looks only at the balance of compression between the mid and the side channels with just a couple of knobs to control it. In FG-X2, that is a thing of the past as you no only get LP filters to reject low end information from hitting the compressor, but it also include HP filters which do the same for the high end.Īnother welcomed feature is the M/S processing onboard on the compressor section. For starters, FG-X lacked side chain filters. The updated compressor section is a welcomed sight to FG-X as the previous version’s compressor left much to be desired when it came to mastering compressor duties.

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