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Audio effects
Included plug-ins
Using a multiband compressor has many advantages over using a traditional (“single band”)
compressor when it is used on audio signals containing complex harmonic material like a complete
music mix.
• “Pumping” is virtually eliminated. “Pumping” is a phenomenon that is noticed when music with a
heavy bass beat is run through a standard compressor; the mids and highs seem to vary in
amplitude or “pump” to the beat. Multiband compressors don't pump because the bass
frequencies are processed in a different compressor from that used to process the mid- and high
range frequencies.
• The signal is equalized as it is compressed, so that differences in equalization between different
sources are less noticeable.
• Multiband compressors suppress or enhance the dynamic properties of specific frequency
ranges. Based on this, they can also be used for tasks like de-essing, pop removal, adjusting
vocal and/or instrument punch and breath (attack and release curves) within a mix.
For more information, see the Sonitus fx: Multiband online Help.
Sonitus fx:Phase
Figure 435. Sonitus fx: Phase
fx:phase lets you arbitrarily adjust the phase of a sound.
For more information, see the Sonitus fx:Phase online Help.
Note: fx:phase is a phase shifter or phase delay - it is not a phaser, which is an entirely different
type of effect. A phaser creates modulation effects by adjusting the center frequency of
cascaded allpass filters, whereas fx:phase is used for applying a constant phase shift at all
frequencies.