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The dynamics section includes some technical features that are explained below:
Look Ahead Delay
Traditionally, all Junger Audio dynamics feature a look ahead delay
(LAD) of 2 milliseconds. This allows the system to process fast
transients without missing even the steepest peaks. As the live audio
signal must be delayed for two milliseconds, this lag needs to be
considered when measuring overall latency. The LAD can be disabled,
if the advantage of the resulting lower latency prevails. Please keep in
mind that disabling LAD in one channel causes an offset between both
channels. This can be compensated for by the delay compensation
parameter in the Audio Processor Setup, but then again the latency
advantage disappears.
Side Chain Filters
Some of the processing modules (De-Esser, Compressor,
Expander/Gate) feature Side Chain Filters to shape the audio signal
that feeds their detection system. It consists of independent high and
low pass filters with tunable cutoff frequencies. Those filters are not
audible within the actual signal chain. Its purpose is to make the
detection more or less sensitive to certain frequency ranges. As an
example to understand the benefits, with live speech the amount of
pop noise coming from the microphone varies highly. As it is not
advisable to generally reduce the amount of bass to preserve the
voice character, it is necessary to at least keep the bass thumps
from forcing the Compressor into heavy gain reduction. By reducing
the bass in the Compressor side chain, one can keep it from
overreacting (it does not 'know' of the thump, thus is not reacting to
it) while preserving the original frequency response.
