For "compression" we have a term and definition in Music Technology.

"Compression" (Music Technology)

("squashing" the sound so that the difference between highest and lowest level of the sound is lessened. This usually means amplifying lower level signals, resulting in a sound that is perceived as louder and more "punchy"), the reverse of this is "expansion"...
"Noise Gating"(cutting the signal for very short periods of time when it falls below a certain level - useful as a form of noise reduction and occaisionally as an effect in itself).

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