Acustica IVORY5, Manual

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PRE:
Pressing this button activates the PREAMP of the plug-in.
FILTERS: This compressor is equipped by a Frequency Crossover section.
The crossover between the frequency bands can be set to four different frequencies ( from
100 Hz to 800 Hz) for both the lower and higher transitions. These filters are passive with 6
dB/octave slopes designed and sampled by Sound Drops (Stefano Dall’Ora) to guarantee
the best precision.
INPUT (LEFT/RIGHT): These two independent knobs set the input level from -5dB to
+5dB for the LEFT and RIGHT channel, and is used to control the signal level into the plugin.
OUTPUT: This knob allows you to adjust the gain of both channels after compression
(-10dB to +10dB).
THOLD:
Is the master threshold of the unit; Use this to set the point at which the three
frequency-band thresholds are in convenient positions for the amount of compression that
you want.
CLIPPER, OVERFLOW, DRY/WET, EXP: Controls are included in this plugin (operation
details in the previous chapter - Ivory5 Comp single band)
BAND CONTROLS
IN:
Press this button for each band to activate the compressor.
ATTACK:
This knob sets the compressor’s attack time; Ranges from 1 mS (fast) to 200
ms (slow).
RELEASE: This knob sets the compressor’s release time that ranges from 0.1 S (fast) to
3.2 S (slow).
RATIO: This knob sets the compression ratio in 6 steps, available values range from 1:1
to 6:1.
MAKEUP:
Sets the output gain compensation ( from 0 dBto 10 dB), in order to match the
level of the compressed signal with the original.
TRIM LOW/MID/HIGH: These independent controls determine the amount of Threshold
for each band.
METERS:
There are three columns of meters, the first one measures the relative band
REDUCTION level, the second one measures the INPUT level and the third one measures
the OUTPUT level applied by the compressor. Each band has its own set of meters, inde-
pendent of each other.