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Waves – Linear-Phase MultiBand

Software Audio Processor

Users Guide

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Page 1: ...Waves LinMB software guide page 1 of 28 Waves Linear Phase MultiBand Software Audio Processor Users Guide...

Page 2: ...cations in which it may be very useful i e Vocal processing Transmission processing Noise reduction Track Strip The LinMB has a fixed amount of delay or fixed latency of about 70ms 3072 samples in 44...

Page 3: ...t the initial phase shift caused by the Xovers is still apparent in C4 and in its output all frequencies are equal to the source in Amplitude but not in Phase When its important to achieve as much sou...

Page 4: ...LS Each band of Waves LINMB has 5 adjustable dynamics settings Threshold Gain Range Attack Release Solo and Bypass These function similarly in most dynamics processors but in this processor they affec...

Page 5: ...ngth providing slower settings to lower bands and faster values to higher Other controls are set in the presets to provide some showcase of possible modes and different combinations Start off using th...

Page 6: ...e special advanced features Generally it s important to remember that while the process is applied to split discrete frequency bands it affects the Whole WideBand sound Soloing each band and applying...

Page 7: ...the lower band falls the detail is revealed threshold goes back down and the attenuation goes back to normal Also there is a chain reaction that makes for subtle general looseness of compression to th...

Page 8: ...MultiBand case It is designed to help maintain general level stability for better a b comparing While in a wideband compressor the overall level will be reduced in the LinMB only the gain of a certain...

Page 9: ...and then apply ARC to get even better results with less artifacts Alternatively you can just count on this technology set your release value to the desired ballpark or stick with the release scaling f...

Page 10: ...an EQ It is also used to adjust gain of the band that s being compressed or expanded to make up for the headroom created buy the compressors attenuation or make down to prevent clipping RANGE 24 0dB...

Page 11: ...Pass filters that cross each other For the calculation intensive nature of the Finite Impulse Response filters the Xover controls will sound a click when they are reset to a new position When using th...

Page 12: ...will be very low The dither however can let your 24bit result virtually have a perceived 27bit resolution Any introduced noise will be further boosted by Limiting the output With L2 off course so we d...

Page 13: ...low release times as it approaches zero GR This can be very beneficial for deeper compression applications Electro is a compressor behavior invention by Waves in that it is very much the inverse of th...

Page 14: ...of the band by dragging up and or down and the band s width by dragging sideways THE OUTPUT METERS The Output meters show the master output of the processor Under each meter there is a peak hold indi...

Page 15: ...In the LINMB the concept of Range and Threshold comes in very handy It lets you first define the maximum amount of dynamic gain change using the Range control and then determine the level around whic...

Page 16: ...w level compression set the threshold to a low level say 40 to 60dB Set Range to a small negative value such as 5dB and set Gain to the opposite value 5dB The audio around and below the Threshold valu...

Page 17: ...nverted to what you would expect For instance that a noise gate would have a positive Range If you just remember that when the signal goes around the Threshold then the Range becomes active and that t...

Page 18: ...hold is 40dB The line is just curving a bit 3dB down point at the 40 input the scale at the bottom Output level is the scale on the right vertical edge and you can see that at about 20dB the line star...

Page 19: ...r many applications 3 easy to hear on nearly any type of audio not only classical In the Load menu of the LinMB are a few factory presets with names beginning Upward Comp that are good points to learn...

Page 20: ...rier of the so called Flat response of the program material This Flat response may well be further processed at the listener s side for boosting or cutting frequency ranges according to taste driven p...

Page 21: ...fferent EQ curves low level EQ and high level EQ then set the transition point between them The transition is the Threshold control which sits at the halfway point of the Range value Of course it is n...

Page 22: ...t affecting the deep bass Band 2 is set rather wide to perform most of the work Band 3 is a de esser with a 1dB boost note that the Gain is 1dB higher than bands 1 and 2 Band 4 is just the air of the...

Page 23: ...gree In the case of hole punching this is when a compressor has overshoot of the gain reduction that is it over reacts to a peak signal and applies too much gain reduction to the signal Many times the...

Page 24: ...ions As the thresholds are really program related the default will have all thresholds at 0dB and it is for the user to adjust the nominal thresholds The Factory presets when loaded will maintain the...

Page 25: ...nd Band 4 is the air compressor These points give greater control over the bass dividing it into 2 bands but have no ess band range If upward compression provides too much of a boost in the highs a co...

Page 26: ...er sensitive UNcompressor Since there has been so much work done in the direction of multiband compression and limiting it seemed only fair that a preset that tried to go in the other direction would...

Page 27: ...time so that distortion is minimized too fast a Release will cause the compressor to follow the bass wave itself a form of modulation distortion that even multibands are susceptible to It s the same f...

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