> > That said, there's no reason at all to include the A176 and mixer
> > if all one wants is compression.

I understood you.

Very nice is to combine the compressor with an Expander controlled by the
same Signal and to feed the both VCAs with a frequency split signal

ExtIn CV-out -> Slewlimiter -> Multiple --> Inv -> VCA---Mix---> Out
^ \--> VCA--- ^ ---/
| ^ |
| | |
Audio-------Multimode Filter Hipass---------/ |
Lopass---------------/


Florian