Acustica IVORY5, Manual

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1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing Ivory 5. To get the most out of your new plugin suite, make sure
you read this user manual carefully.
1.1. Overview
Ivory is one of a growing number of the Acqua Effect plug-ins product line.
IVORY 5 is a VST/AAX/AU plug-in suite which includes 2 equalizers, 2 compressors, 2
dynamic equalizers and the latest new entry, a powerful Limiter. Each of these modules
have been carefully crafted with the goal of building a set of awesome-sounding, master-
ing-grade tools. Ivory5 is a transparent yet extremely musical processor that shines on just
about everything you throw it on. Whether you are a mastering engineer, looking for the
utmost grade of control in the studio, or you are mixing and producing your next big hit and
you need a powerful, versatile tool for shaping your subgroups..Ivory has you covered.
During the modelling process we used the best converters and cables available, we meas-
ured the mastering unit in excellent conditions, and employed skilled experts in the sam-
pling process using our self-developed sampling application.
Now you have one of the best high-quality professional audio software plugins in your audio
workstation. We spend countless hours developing these no-compromise plug-ins to give
you only the best sound and feel that is as close to the real hardware as could be imagined.
We are confident that this plug-in suite will help you to make professional mixing and mas-
tering duties in the best possible way.
2. Ivory5
2.1. About the suite
The IVORY5 DREAMWARE MASTERING SUITE is made up of 7 separate Acqua plug-ins
with gorgeous graphical user interfaces that enable easy and quick parameter changes.
The IVORY5 bundle includes:
- IVORY5 IAE-2 Mastering Equalizer
- IVORY5 IAE-3 Mastering Stereo Equalizer
- IVORY5 MAC-2 Mastering Compressor
- IVORY5 MAC-3 Mastering Multiband Compressor
- IVORY5 IAE-4 Mastering Dynamic Equalizer
- IVORY5 IAE-5 Mastering Dynamic Stereo Equalizer
- IVORY5 MAL-2 Mastering Limiter
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