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User’s Guide

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User’s Guide

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Mackie Software License

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Summary of Contents for Final Mix VST

Page 1: ...U S E R S G U I D E FinalMix VST ForTracktion Plug in for Software Audio Recording Applications By Acuma Labs...

Page 2: ...ereof This License will terminate immediately without notice from LOUD Technologies if you fail to comply with any provisions of this License Upon termina tion you must destroy the Software and relate...

Page 3: ...RNEYS FEES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR RELATED DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF LOUD TECHNOLOGIES OR A MACKIE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUC...

Page 4: ...of their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged Part No SW0081 Rev B 5 04 2004 LOUD Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved This icon will lead you to some further explanations of features and p...

Page 5: ...g 10 EQ Values Panel 10 DC 10 EQ Bands On Off 11 EQ Shelving 11 Dynamics Crossover Key Graph 11 Overview of Operation 11 Control Panel 12 Key Gain 13 Frequency Center Bandwidth 13 Dynamics Processing...

Page 6: ...to use noise gate and a soft clip limiter With intuitive screens and controls Final Mix promises to be one of your most invaluable tools It can take your projects to new heights About Final Mix Maste...

Page 7: ...idual key selector for each dynamics band Graphical user definable dynamics band contours Linking of dynamics band edits Full stereo operation Fully automatable Global enable button On Off for the dyn...

Page 8: ...allows you to view and edit the crossovers and key filters The crossover is used to split the signal into three individual bands each of which is then sent to its own dynamics processor In Final Mix e...

Page 9: ...a help button marked with a question mark in the top right corner of this section Pre Post Parametric Equalizers Pre and Post Parametric Equalizer graphs The main EQ graph allows you to display and ed...

Page 10: ...djusted from this screen using the mouse to click on a read out and adjust the numeric values up or down Fine adjustment is accomplished by clicking in the text boxes A single right click in the box i...

Page 11: ...filters The EQ SHELVING buttons work in either the Pre or Post EQ edit screen depending on which EQ is active Final Mix defaults to one low pass shelf on number 1 and one high pass shelf on number 6 S...

Page 12: ...s balls with vertical yellow lines These can be adjusted by dragging the two black nodes found at the bottom of the screen The slope of the crossovers determines how sharply the adjacent bands are sep...

Page 13: ...et up the low band Band 1 of your compressor so it contains mostly the bass and kick drum If you want to compress more of the bass than the kick drum you can use the low band s key filter to hone in o...

Page 14: ...T node attached The graph also shows the contour s moveable end point designated by the green node labeled E The end point represents a selected band s maximum output level The traditional Compression...

Page 15: ...buttons found at the top of the contour edit section Note If you press the LINK ALL button located just to the right of the dynamics graph all three bands are affected at once Gain Makeup and Auto Mak...

Page 16: ...ouse to scroll the values up or down Node Editing Final Mix s Node Editing is a unique and powerful feature that goes far beyond the usual con cept of assigning a dynamics band s ratio The Contour Edi...

Page 17: ...eside these two windows you will see a RATIO display The ratio is automatically calculated when the node is moved and can t be directly edited The RATIO display corre sponds to the dynamics ratio appl...

Page 18: ...nchy distortion sound It is best to keep the threshold between 3 dB and 1 dB unless you are going for a special sound effect The soft clip circuit has an indicator light located between the SOFT CLIP...

Page 19: ...B buttons The global controls also include INPUT and OUTPUT faders and meters and fader LINK buttons Main Global Controls screen Help Screen Pressing the help button brings up a handy quick reference...

Page 20: ...al Mix Resets all the settings in Final Mix to the current preset values Cut Final Mix Copies all the settings to the clipboard and resets them to their default values Copy Copies all the settings to...

Page 21: ...ers 90 dBfs to 0 dB FS Routing Pre or post insert auxiliary master L R Soft Clip Threshold 0 0 dB to 20 0 dB Input Output Faders 10 dB to off Noise Gate Threshold 0 dB FS to 125 dB FS Crossover Freque...

Page 22: ...x guaranteed Dance production mix to keep the beat pumping Acuma Final Mix Finely detailed midrange All around mastering Great for any style Acuma Gentle Comp Soft and gentle compression levels Easy m...

Page 23: ...s to form a the pre and post EQs 12 band parametric EQ can be combined to create a 12 band EQ H_Bass Pre EQ high shelf post EQ low Compress bass Comp Treble Exp shelf The contours are set to add expa...

Page 24: ...h lift is added output control Use the Thresh or Input Gain faders to add or remove compression The Output faders are used to trim over all Heavy Vox Heavily compressed vocal setting Heavy vocal 10K B...

Page 25: ...ision Designed for and television FM frequencies Sell It In your face sound that can t Up front and noticeable be denied Smoothed Out 1 Top and bottom compression just Lifts and tightens a offset from...

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