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Aura8ip / Jan 2012
A u r a 8 i p G U R U G U I
We attempt to name presets according to the application that we feel they may be
appropriate for; however the name doesn’t always mean that the preset is
only good
for an application by that name. That said, we do use a preset naming convention
that has four defined variables which are intended to make it easier for users to select
which preset to use or start with. That naming convention is as follows:
<Potential Use>_<Number of Bands>_<Tonal Quality>_<Dynamics Feel>
Following this, a preset called
TalentHeadphones_3Band_Warm_Compressed
could be used for processing console audio for feeding it to talent headphones in
order to provide air staff a simulated off-air signal in the situation where the use of
diversity delay in an HD-equipped system makes listening to the actual off air signal
impractical.
Please feel free to experiment with each preset to see how it sounds in your appli
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cation. New presets are frequently added to the Wheatstone website for customers to
download, and presets can easily be installed into any Aura8ip via the GUI’s built-in
Preset Management feature.
Guru’s Six Adjust Sound Controls
The six controls in the Guru GUI
make adjusting the sound of process
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ing far easier than using the more than
90 controls assigned to Aura8ip’s pro
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cessing.
The Guru GUI has six “tweak
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ers;” four slider controls for adjusting
processing texture and two knobs for
adjusting the low and high frequency
equalization. When a Factory preset is
recalled all six tweakers reset to their
midpoint positions, which is “5” for
the four texture tweakers and “0” for
the two EQ tweakers. Each tweaker
then allows adjustments up and down from the Factory preset’s starting point. The
six Guru GUI tweakers are:
AGC Drive
This control adjusts how much
long-term AGC processing is applied to the audio.
Higher settings cause deeper AGC action which will tend to hold up fading musical
passages longer while lower settings do the opposite.
Compression
This control adjusts the amount of
medium-term
compression. Higher settings
bring out subtle details in the program content as well as add a bit of energy and some
loudness to the signal. Lower settings do just the opposite.
