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ASSIMILATOR
ENGLISH
WHY LEARN TWO CURVES?
Learning just one curve would be insufficient for proper assimilation. Consider the
concept as a whole: how else does the ASSIMILATOR Plug-In know how to make your
“target” sound like the “reference”? Here are two examples that show the value of
learning two curves.
ONE CURVE IS INSUFFICIENT FOR PROPER ASSIMILATION
1.
“Learn” the analysis curve of the audio that you want your audio to sound like
(“reference”).
2.
“Apply” the analysis curve to the “target” audio.
What are the results? In this example, there is the risk that the results will not meet
your expectations. Consider what happens when we process our target audio using the
method from the example above. If the “reference curve” has a level of +12dB at 100
Hz and then you apply that to your target, which already has +6 db at 100 Hz, then
the total boost at 100 Hz would be +18dB. The conclusion is that if we apply the
reference curve to the target without also learning the target, then there will be a 6dB
difference at 100 Hz and the two pieces of audio will not share a common frequency
response!
PROPER ASSIMILATION REQUIRES TWO CURVES
With the additional step of learning the analysis curve of your “target” audio, or the
audio you want to process with the “reference” analysis curve, then there is the ability
to do a highly accurate comparison between the two curves and interpolate an ideal EQ
curve.
Let’s expand on our previous example adding only one step to correctly use the
ASSIMILATOR.
1.
“Learn” the analysis curve of the audio that you want your audio to sound like
(“reference”).
2.
“Learn” the analysis curve of the audio that you want to process (“target”).
3.
“Apply” the interpolated “EQ curve” to the “target” audio.
Now what are the results? Quite good! If we process our “target” audio from the
example above, we have an interpolation process that compares the two curves prior
to processing. If the reference curve has a level of +12 dB at 100 Hz, and then you
apply that to your target, which already has +6db at 100 Hz, then the total boost
would be +6dB at 100 Hz. 6dB is the difference between the two curves, so the sum
will result in something extremely different – and much more useful – than in the first
example.
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