V6 User Manual 1.00.book - Studio General

Ratios / SlopeLimit and Gate have fixed ratios, tending to infinity. Ratio settings for the Expander and Compressors are to the leftof their respective Threshold controls.Compression Bar Graph MeterThe Compression bar graph indicator, above the ratio controls, shows the amount of overall gain reduction orincrease applied to the input signal. No change is in the middle of the scale. Green ‘leds’ above the middle indicategain increase, red ‘leds’ below indicate gain reduction. The display range of the indicator can be toggled between+/-10dB, +/- 20dB, and +/-40dB by clicking on it.TimeThe speed at which the dynamics processor responds when signals go above or below any of the threshold settingsare in this section. Careful setting of these parameters make dynamics processing more subtle and lessobtrusive.DelayAllows the main program signal to be delayed by 0.01ms to 10ms. Allows ‘brick-wall’ limiting since the processorhas time to respond to fast transients.AttackAttack Time sets the response speed of the processor when a threshold level is reached within the range of .01 millisecondsto 600 milliseconds.ReleaseRelease Time sets the rate at which applied gain change returns to unity after the threshold is no longer exceeded.Range is 5 milliseconds to 5 seconds.EqualizerThe equalizer is in the side-chain. I.e. it affects the key signal which triggers the effect of the dynamics processor,but does not alter the tonal balance of the main signal. This enables the response of the processor to be mademore sensitive to certain frequencies than others. This is typically used to produce a de-essing effect, used to controlexcessive sibilance. E.g. boosting frequencies 3kHz to 8kHz range so that a compressor acts when the signalhas components in this range thus reducing signal level and making the sibilance less obtrusive.QSets the bandwidth of the eq.FrequencySets the equalizer center frequency in the range 20Hz to 20kHz. 24dB of Boost/Cut are available. The Test buttontoggles the output of the EQ between side and program chains. When On, the output of the EQ is heard. This canbe useful when identifying sibilance etc. On/Off toggles the equalizer on and off in the side chain. When Off, theprogram material triggers the processor. When On, the signal is in effect, split. The portion sent via the equalizer isused to trigger or ‘key’ the operation of the dynamics processor on the normal program material.X/Y Dynamics Response DisplayThis shows the threshold and ratio settings for the gate, expander, compressor 1, compressor 2, and limiter processes,and the Dynamics Processor's reference level. These are shown as a series of colored lines with control handleson a grid representing input level in dB below unity gain (0dB) on the horizontal axis, and output gain in dBbelow unity gain (0dB) on the vertical axis.Effects and Plug-Ins : Dynamics Processing 13 - 229