Quote Originally Posted by Ioscommuter
Thanks Ken,
Sorry if the last part of my post was confusing, but I meant frequency. Not so much the sound of the pick touching the strings, but the effect on overtones of the string being picked. In the first instant of being picked the upper partials are much more pronounced. I believe that for a thinner string where the upper harmonics are relatively louder anyway, this effect would be stronger. If I compress just these upper harmonics (as they sound their loudest at the moment of picking) in addition to the general eq changes, I am assuming it would help achieve the more mellow effect of heavier strings. There would end up being a time factor to when this is happening of course, probably just in the first second or fraction thereof after plucking, but I think it would be based off of when these partials are above a certain volume and not necessarily require a time based effect. Also I could be wrong about this part being necesarry, and maybe just the eq that I am already doing would cover the plucking harmonics anyway. I'll probably just need to try it and see.
No, we're talking about the same thing. It's not when the pick hits the string, it's the instant when the string is released from the pick and starts moving through it's first cycle of vibration.

I was just pointing out that compressors don't react instantaneously, it depends on the attack time, so you would need a very fast attack setting. It would require a fast release time too, since you want it to be back to normal by the time the initial burst dies down. With a multiband compressor you could probably get some of what you're looking for. If you find settings that work, let us know.