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• Out Ceiling knob and field: Sets the maximum output level, or ceiling. The signal will not rise above this. • Output meters (to the right): Show output levels, allowing you to see the results of the limiting process. The Margin field shows the highest output level. You can reset the Margin field by clicking it. Compressor The Compressor is designed to emulate the sound and response of a professional-level analog (hardware) compressor. It tightens up your audio by reducing sounds that exceed a certain threshold level, smoothing out the dynamics and increasing the overall volume—the perceived loudness. Compression helps bring the key parts of a track or mix into focus, while preventing softer parts from becoming inaudible. It is probably the most versatile and widely used sound-shaping tool in mixing, next to EQ. You can use the Compressor with individual tracks, including vocal, instrumental, and effects tracks, as well as on the overall mix. Usually you insert the Compressor directly into a channel strip. Compressor Parameters The Compressor offers the following parameters: • Circuit Type pop-up menu: Choose the type of circuit emulated by the Compressor. The choices are Platinum, Class(ic) A_R, Class(ic) A_U, VCA, FET, and Opto (optical). • Gain Reduction meter: Shows the amount of compression in real time. • Attack knob and field: Determines the amount of time it takes for the compressor to react when the signal exceeds the threshold. 44 Chapter 3 Dynamics Processors
• Compression curve display: Shows the compression curve created by the combination of Ratio and Knee parameter values. Input (level) is shown on the x axis and output (level) on the y axis. • Release knob and field: Determines the amount of time it takes for the compressor to stop reducing the signal after the signal level falls below the threshold. • Auto button: When the Auto button is active, the release time dynamically adjusts to the audio material. • Ratio slider and field: Sets the compression ratio—the ratio of signal reduction when the threshold is exceeded. • Knee slider and field: Determines the strength of compression at levels close to the threshold. Lower values result in more severe/immediate compression (hard knee). Higher values result in gentler compression (soft knee). • Compressor Threshold slider and field: Sets the threshold level—signals above this threshold value are reduced in level. • Peak/RMS buttons: Determine whether signal analysis is with the Peak or RMS method, when using the Platinum circuit type. • Gain slider and field: Sets the amount of gain applied to the output signal. • Auto Gain pop-up menu: Choose a value to compensate for volume reductions caused by compression. The choices are Off, 0 dB, and -12 dB. • Limiter Threshold slider and field: Sets the threshold level for the limiter. • Limiter button: Turns the integrated limiter on or off. Using the Compressor The following section explains how to use the main Compressor parameters. Setting the Compressor Threshold and Ratio The most important Compressor parameters are Threshold and Ratio. The Threshold sets the floor level in decibels. Signals that exceed this level are reduced by the amount set as the Ratio. The Ratio is a percentage of the overall level; the more the signal exceeds the threshold, the more it is reduced. A ratio of 4:1 means that increasing the input by 4dB results in an increase of the output by 1dB, if above the threshold. As an example, with the Threshold set at -20 dB and the Ratio set to 4:1, a -16 dB peak in the signal (4 dB louder than the threshold) is reduced by 3 dB, resulting in an output level of -19 dB. Chapter 3 Dynamics Processors 45
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Page 3 and 4: Preface Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter
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Page 8 and 9: Effect category Dynamics Processors
Page 11 and 12: Delay Effects 1 Delay effects store
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Page 15 and 16: Tip: If the Overview display is hid
Page 17 and 18: Delay Designer Tap Creation Suggest
Page 19 and 20: Moving and Deleting Taps in Delay D
Page 21 and 22: 2 Vertically drag the bright line o
Page 23 and 24: Editing Filter Cutoff in Delay Desi
Page 25 and 26: Editing Taps in Delay Designer’s
Page 27 and 28: To reset the value of a tap Do one
Page 29 and 30: Use subtle variations of the grid p
Page 31 and 32: Stereo Delay The Stereo Delay works
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Page 46 and 47: Setting Suitable Compressor Envelop
Page 48 and 49: Using the Enveloper The most import
Page 50 and 51: Limiter The Limiter works much like
Page 52 and 53: Multipressor Parameters The paramet
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Page 56 and 57: Using the Noise Gate In most situat
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Page 60 and 61: • Threshold knob and field: Sets
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Page 74 and 75: The Q factor of the filter is deter
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Page 78 and 79: 78 Chapter 5 Filter Effects Getting
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Page 88 and 89: Understanding MS Miking To make a M
Page 91 and 92: Metering Tools 7 You can use the Me
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Using the MultiMeter’s Level Mete
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Although you can insert the Surroun
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Because the Surround MultiMeter Gon
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Depending on the chosen surround fo
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• Tuning Adjustment slider and fi
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Chorus Effect The Chorus effect del
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Flanger Effect The Flanger effect w
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• 180° or -180° is equal to the
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Ringshifter The Ringshifter effect
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• In the ring modulator OSC mode,
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Modulating the Ringshifter with the
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• Chorus Int knob: Sets the inten
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Pitch Effects 9 You can use the Pit
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Vocal Transformer Parameters The Vo
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Reverb Effects 10 You can use Rever
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PlatinumVerb The PlatinumVerb allow
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PlatinumVerb Reverb Parameters The
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Space Designer Convolution Reverb S
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Working with Space Designer’s Imp
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Any mono, stereo, AIFF, SDII, or WA
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All envelopes are automatically cal
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Whereas some parameters are envelop
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Using Space Designer’s Density En
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Note: Activation of the filter enve
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• Spread and Xover knobs (synthes
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Using Space Designer’s Rev Vol Co
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This can be useful for eliminating
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Specialized Effects and Utilities 1
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Denoiser The Denoiser eliminates or
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Using the Denoiser The following st
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SubBass Parameters The SubBass offe
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Utilities and Tools 13 The tools fo
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Test Oscillator Test Oscillator gen
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