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Feature: COHERENCE injects “dimensional asymmetry”- a Dangerous original design
inspired by the imagination of marek stycos and borne into reality by Chris Muth.
Subtly tighten up the source by pulling down spiky transients, gently widening
and tilting the track forward without any phase skulduggery.
Benefit: Add as much or as little “dimensional asymmetry” to your individual tracks,
stems or master buss as you choose. Subtly blend COHERENCE into stereo
background vocals, strings and keyboard pads to gently tighten them up and
push them outward. Bring it forward, but avoid sibilance on vocals, shrill guitars
and harshness on loops all whilst maintaining a completely natural stereo
balance.
Use:
Select where to insert the effect (i.e. Buss 15-16 or the Master Buss) then starting
with the knob fully counterclockwise (dry), turn it clockwise (wet) to introduce
the effect.
Tip:
,
Assign 15-16 to an aux buss in your DAW and automate how much you’d like to
introduce. Ride it in the hooks to add excitement and lay back on the verses to
alternate the song’s tension and keep your listeners attention rapt.
07. SUM LEVEL TRIM
[OUTPUT LEVEL TRIM STEPPED ATTENUATOR PICTURED ABOVE]
Feature: Hand selected stereo potentiometer.
Benefit:
The Sum Level Trim runs from minus infinity (-
∞
) fully counterclockwise to X
wide open with 1:00 roughly representing unity.
Operation: Twist at will to compensate for any added or lost gain during mixing to get the
perfect print levels for your mix, whether you’re printing to tape, back into your
DAW or to an external digital recorder.
Tip:
,
If sending the Mix Output into outboard gear, it may be desirable to “drive” it by
pushing the output of the
2-BUS-XT
. For example, some vintage compressor /
limiters (like a Gates Sta-Level) utilize a fixed ratio, so by cranking more level
(i.e. voltage) into their input stage, the effect will be more dramatic and thus,
audible. Pushing more level (voltage) into a tranformer (i.e. Manley Massive
Passive) will change the EQ’s behavoir. Conversely, reducing the level to external
gear will have the opposite effect (especially when attempting not to blow out
A/D converters and plug-in limiters!).
