CONSOLE 1 FADER USER’S GUIDE |
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Input Gain
When you hold the Input Gain button down, the slid-
ers control input gain for each channel.
Adjusting the Input Gain can be useful, when tracks in
your DAW have been recorded at very different levels.
Boosting or cutting at the input stage will adjust those
tracks to more practical levels.
There is also a correlation between Input Gain and
Drive. The hotter the input signal, the more pronounced
the drive will be.
Low Cut
The Low Cut knob is a lifesaver. It’s the perfect clean-up
tool for any mix, as it removes unwanted low frequen-
cies. Mixing engineers often use this filter on every track
except for bass instruments, kick drum, and thunder-
storm effects.
The Low Cut frequency can be adjusted from 0 Hz and
upwards, and the range varies between different Drives
and Strips. This filter is often referred to as HPF (High
Pass Filter).
High Cut
Next is the High Cut filter. As the name implies, it
removes audio below its cutoff frequency. You can use
this filter to effectively remove hiss or unwanted, sharp
frequencies from any audio material. It can reduce high
frequencies from above 20 kHz and downwards (range
depending on what Drive or Strip is selected).
The High Cut filter is often called LPF (Low Pass
Filter).