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Liquid Mix Plug-in

User Guide

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Summary of Contents for Liquid Mix Plug-in

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Page 2: ...K 6 SIDECHAIN 7 FREE SWITCH 8 COMPRESSOR POST EQ 8 MID METER 9 2 EQ 9 EQ EMULATION SELECT 9 EQ ON 9 BAND ON 9 GAIN 10 FREQUENCY 10 Q 10 SHAPE 10 EQ GRAPH 10 EQ O P OUTPUT 11 3 BUILDING A HYBRID MIXED EQ 11 EQ BYPASS 12 4 additional controls 12 GLOBAL BYPASS 12 NAMING THE LIQID MIX PLUG IN 12 LIQUID MIX INFORMATION 12 LIMIT AND CLIP LIGHTS 12 5 SNAPSHOTS SAVING LIQUID MIX SETTINGS 13 ...

Page 3: ...om the drop down list Note that loading a new emulation will load that emulation with its default settings switching between emulation will require you to set up all compressor settings as desired COMPRESSOR ON The compressor is activated by pressing the Compressor On button Once an emulation has been selected the compressor will default to On THRESHOLD The Threshold control sets the minimum level...

Page 4: ... reduction using low threshold and low ratio will produce a less noticeable effect than a high threshold and high ratio even though the total amount of compression may be the same The range of selectable ratios varies depending on the chosen compressor emulation and the exact value is shown directly above on the display window COMPRESSOR GRAPH The compressor graph gives a graphical impression of t...

Page 5: ...ive and the exact value is shown in milliseconds ms on the LCD screen and directly above the dial in the software GUI RELEASE The Release control determines how quickly the volume returns once the level of the source signal has fallen below the threshold When at low settings the compression releases quickly which may be appropriate on rapidly varying signals to avoid compressing the beats that fol...

Page 6: ...e is compressed more than the right then the whole kit will appear to move to the right Deactivating the switch may be useful for more creative proposes What exactly is a sidechain A Sidechain Trigger or Key Input are terms for the signal used to control the action of the compressor A Sidechain can be a different signal to the one that is actually being compressed it can be the same signal as the ...

Page 7: ...y the EQ settings Once the desired frequency response is selected click on the button to the left of off so it now reads on The Liquid Mix will still be outputting the sidechain monitor signal so set the sidechain monitor button to off A sidechain EQ is primarily used to EQ the compressor sidechain input for a signal which has prominent or weak spectral content at certain frequencies De essing voc...

Page 8: ...enabled with ranges of 1 1 to 20 1 and 0 1ms 2s respectively Additionally the Release control now has a range of 1ms 20s rather than stepping through the TC Time Constant presets available on some of the vintage units COMPRESSOR POST EQ The Compressor Post EQ Switch allows the order of processing within Liquid Mix to be reversed positioning the EQ before compression Although this is not normal pro...

Page 9: ... an EQ emulation loaded or a band is highlighted a single EQ band from a full emulation can be selected for the currently selected band EQ ON Activate the EQ by clicking on the EQ On button If no bands are currently active then this does not activate any of the EQ bands so bands will need to be activated individually The EQ on button is therefore useful for being able to easily compare the signal ...

Page 10: ...a more focused narrow band around the selected frequency whereas a lower Q provides a wider effect over a larger frequency range SHAPE Each EQ band is labeled in the Shape box This shows whether the EQ band is a bell shelf or hi low pass filter shape If the Shape box shows a small blue arrow on the bottom right hand side then further shape options are available for selection Click on the shape box...

Page 11: ...hows the level of the signal directly after the EQ output dial Note that when Compressor Post EQ is active this shows the level of the signal directly after the compressor make up gain dial 3 BUILDING A HYBRID MIXED EQ In every instance of Liquid Mix there are seven EQ bands available These can be configured with any combination of EQ bands that you want using a mixture of individual bands from se...

Page 12: ... allows you to name the particular plug in This allows a quick reference when switching between Liquid Mix plug ins Note that this name is separate and independent from the snapshot name LIQUID MIX INFORMATION Click on the Liquid Mix logo to bring up the Liquid Mix info box this info includes version number and plug in latency Click within the info box to return to the normal plug in view LIMIT AN...

Page 13: ... To upload to the Liquid Settings area on the Focusrite website to share with other Liquid Mix users http focusrite com support To save a snapshot from the software click on the floppy disk image in the top right of the software window then select Save Snapshot from the drop down list This will open a window where you can name your snapshot and save it in any location on the computer Liquid Mix sn...

Page 14: ...e drop down list From Load Snapshot you can choose to load the full snapshot Compression and EQ Compressor Only thus retaining your current EQ settings or EQ only thus retaining your current Compressor settings A window will then appear allowing you to navigate to the snapshot anywhere on your computer E O E ...

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