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Aura8ip / Jan 2012
A u r a 8 i p G U R U G U I
Punch
This control primarily changes the amount of short-term processing, making the
audio denser when the control is pushed up, and less dense when it is pulled down.
Increased density also tends to increase the perception of loudness, so this control
has some effect on that parameter too.
Loudness
In addition to the output level control which adjusts the actual processing chain’s
output level (which of course does affect loudness) the Loudness control is the pri-
mary control associated with the actual processing itself. Pushing this control up will
make the audio louder by making it more dense, while pulling the control down will
have the effect of lessening density which then reduces the perception of loudness.
Mid/High EQ
This control modifies the equalization being applied by a particular preset. Turning
the control clockwise increases the amount of mid and high frequency energy, while
turning it counterclockwise has the opposite effect and reduces this energy.
Low/Warm EQ
This control behaves the same way the Mid/High EQ control does, but it affects
only the lower frequencies.
Why Six Controls and Not One?
Over the years there were processors equipped with a one-knob, less-more, adjust
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ment intended to be a simplified user interface. After selecting a Factory preset, the
user would turn the less-more control up or down to change density and loudness.
Customers told us that one knob didn’t allow them the kind of control they really
wanted. They told us didn’t want to need to know processing’s technical terms, but
they did want more than one knob – maybe a couple of knobs that could turn after
taking a preset that could change several aspects of that preset’s basic sound instead of
just density and loudness. So we listened. We took their suggestions and their advice.
We designed what we believe is a better way...
Instead of one knob, there are six, and each one provides plenty of adjustment
range around a Factory preset’s base values. With six tweakers instead of one, each
factory preset has millions of sound textures available instead of just ten. Lost? Get
right back where you started by simply recalling the preset again.
How Do the Tweakers Work?
Each Guru tweaker moves a group of controls that would normally be associated
with the big Professional GUI. Note that the Guru controls are not new controls, nor
are they ones that would normally be hidden behind some secret back door. Rather,
they are extensions of the
same
controls already existing in the Professional version
of the graphical user interface. The biggest difference between the two GUIs is that
a Guru tweaker can modify more than one processing parameter at a time while Pro-
fessional GUI can’t.
