Threshold slider

The Threshold slider sets the level above which compression occurs. Waves that peak below the threshold remain unaffected. The lower waveform shows the resrdts of applying compression. 

The Threshold slider sets the level helow which the audio is silenced and would he applied to both stereo channels in the above waveform. 

Click on the Start interactive mode button to switch to the interactive mode. According to the threshold value set on the slider the Sensitivity and with that the number of identified peaks changes. Two examples for this interactive procedure are shown in Fig. 11.14 a and b. Click on the Store button to save the results of peak picking. 

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