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Is there a mod that I could do to get more sustain out tf the 5 knob Compressor?

One thing that I would like to point out is that the compressor doesn't really increase sustain at all. It actually creates the illusion of sustain by evening out the volume changes in a note. It quiets the big volume change at the start, and it increases the volume as the note starts to die out.

So if the note dies out fairly quickly, the circuit will not keep the note alive longer than it normally lives. The sustain you think you hear is really the quietest parts of the note decay being boosted. Once the note is gone, it's gone.

One thing people have done to the old Ross compressors to "increase" sustain is to mod the attack time but the 5 knob already has this mod.

Thanks fellas. It's still a great compressor, and I love it.