NEW FEATURES
Liquid Mix version 2 has been updated with the following new features:
• Sidechain EQ – allows the signal to be EQ’d before being fed to the compressor
• Variable latency – allows Liquid Mix to work more reliably with different sequencers due to having a
flexible latency, based on the DAW buffer setting in the sequencer and the new Minimum Latency setting
in Liquid Mix Manager
• Hardware follows plug-in – allows the hardware to always control the active plug-in on screen, unless
deactivated in Liquid Mix Manager
SIDECHAIN EQ
The Liquid Mix sidechain EQ provides an additional EQ band, purely for applying to the compressor input. This
means that certain frequencies in a track can be compressed individually, rather than having to compress
the whole track. This is useful if wanting to remove excessive sibilance from a vocal (de-essing) or a
particular resonant frequency from a guitar, for example.
In the plug-in window, the sidechain EQ is controlled by 3 dials, a switch and a small menu, which all appear
above the main compressor controls when the Sidechain Monitor switch (in the compressor section) is
clicked. These allow you to set the type of EQ band, the frequency, gain and Q (bandwidth), as well as turn
the sidechain EQ on and off. Once turned on, the EQ’d signal will replace the standard signal that normally
feeds the compressor.
Once the controls appear (after the Sidechain Monitor switch has been clicked), the band will appear on
the EQ display, which can be used as a visual guide to setting up the sidechain EQ. Note that the standard
EQ graph will disappear when the sidechain EQ is being modified, but will reappear when any standard EQ
controls are activated.
Sidechain Monitor switch - allows the signal fed to the compressor to be listened to
and makes the sidechain EQ controls appear (turn this off when the sidechain EQ
has been turned on to hear the result)
Adjusts the frequency
of the sidechain EQ
Selects high/low-shelf or band-pass
Turns the sidechain EQ on/off
Displays the sidechain EQ
curve whilst the controls
are being edited
Adjusts the gain of
the sidechain EQ
Adjusts the Q (bandwidth) of the sidechain
EQ (only active in band-pass mode)
