# Suggestion: Multiband Compressor?
**URL:** https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-multiband-compressor/17254
**Category:** FMOD Studio
**Created:** [May 26, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-multiband-compressor/17254 "2021-05-26T23:49:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Douku](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Douku)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-multiband-compressor/17254/1 "2021-05-26T23:49:16Z")
It would be great to be able to have a multiband compressor, especially on the master bus. Is there a reason why this isn’t a feature?
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### Author:  [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-multiband-compressor/17254/2 "2021-05-27T00:11:56Z")
> [@Douku](#):
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> Is there a reason why this isn’t a feature?
Yes: We haven’t developed one yet.
You’re not the first person to request this feature, so it’s already on our feature/improvement tracker. I’ll add your name to the list of people interested in it.
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### Author:  [@Douku](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Douku)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2021, 11:15am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-multiband-compressor/17254/3 "2021-05-27T11:15:22Z")
Thank you for the quick response, Joseph!
> [@joseph](#):
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> it’s already on our feature/improvement tracker
Cheers, that’s great.
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### Author:  [@Skaven252](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Skaven252)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-multiband-compressor/17254/4 "2021-05-31T18:44:00Z")
A multi-band compressor would be especially powerful with sidechaining, and unlinked on top of that. Then you could do really transparent, directional sidechain ducking.
We have an in-house multi-band sidechain compressor DSP for FMOD Studio at Avalanche Studios. But it’s not being used much because it turned out quite expensive to use. It involved quite a large number of highpass and lowpass filters to separate a surround signal (7 channels) into 4 bands.
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### Author:  [@Douku](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Douku)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-multiband-compressor/17254/5 "2021-05-31T19:31:02Z")
That’s the challenge! Getting it to run smoothly is the big problem I would assume.
As you said, it would be a very powerful tool!
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### Author:  [@madfiddler](https://qa.fmod.com/u/madfiddler)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-multiband-compressor/17254/6 "2022-04-27T11:36:45Z")
Add me to the list too please Joseph.
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### Author:  [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-multiband-compressor/17254/7 "2022-04-27T23:33:33Z")
> [@madfiddler](#):
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> Add me to the list too please Joseph.
Done.
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### Author:  [@torley-gallium](https://qa.fmod.com/u/torley-gallium)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-multiband-compressor/17254/8 "2022-08-12T17:24:32Z")
Can you please add me to the list too, @joseph ? I went a-lookin’ and this is also of interest to me!
If we can get behavior verging on the mighty [Trackspacer | Create space in your mix | Audio plugin](https://www.wavesfactory.com/audio-plugins/trackspacer/) — everyone who sees this and has used it knows what I’m talking about, as it goes beyond typical sidechain ducking — for elegant transparency, that would have tremendous value. 🙂
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### Author:  [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-multiband-compressor/17254/9 "2022-08-16T23:43:46Z")
> [@torley-gallium](#):
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> Can you please add me to the list too, @joseph ?
I’ve added you to the list.
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### Author:  [@luisonly](https://qa.fmod.com/u/luisonly)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-multiband-compressor/17254/10 "2023-03-01T01:30:03Z")
I made a pretty useful one just by separating the audio into frequency bands (adjustable crossover of course) then compressing the desired frequency and summing it all up. It works like a charm for me.
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### Author:  [@samdixonmusic](https://qa.fmod.com/u/samdixonmusic)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-multiband-compressor/17254/11 "2023-08-28T12:23:13Z")
Could you add me to the list as well? Thanks!
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### Author:  [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-multiband-compressor/17254/12 "2023-08-29T03:33:09Z")
> [@samdixonmusic](#):
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> Could you add me to the list as well?
Consider it done.
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### Author:  [@Pierre\_SD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Pierre_SD)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-multiband-compressor/17254/13 "2024-01-08T11:07:44Z")
Add me to the list too please ?
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### Author:  [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-multiband-compressor/17254/14 "2024-01-09T02:34:03Z")
Sure thing! I’ve added you.