# Feedback/Forward settings
**URL:** https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/t/feedback-forward-settings/659
**Category:** Major Tom
**Created:** [October 17, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/t/feedback-forward-settings/659 "2010-10-17T08:24:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@netwalker007](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/u/netwalker007)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/t/feedback-forward-settings/659/1 "2010-10-17T08:24:42Z")
Hi,
Major Tom is really easy to use, I like and use it frequently.
However, I would like to know:
How should I use the feedback/forward button?
Any recommandations?
Thanks Scott
netwalker
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### Author:  [@scott](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/u/scott)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/t/feedback-forward-settings/659/2 "2010-10-17T14:08:51Z")
I guess the easiest thing to tell you is this: Feedback is going to sound a bit more “vintage”, while Feedforward is going to sound more “modern”…simply because a lot of the early compressors that people find desirable were designed with a feedback circuit topology. Feedback allows some of the inital transient to sneak through…or at least a tiny bit more than Feedforward does.
Use Feedback mode along with RMS mode (not peak) to get a LA2A-ish sound on vocals, bass, strings…very smooth, yet controlled.
Scott
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### Author:  [@netwalker007](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/u/netwalker007)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2010, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/t/feedback-forward-settings/659/3 "2010-10-18T09:54:54Z")
Thanks Scott, these are valuable hints for optimal using of the plugin.
Netwalker