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Channel switches
Channel Active, Solo on/off, Fader Link on/off, Sidechain
active
8.3.9 Channel Active
All features (including the XL knob) will be bypassed when the
LED is off.
A blue LED means the channel is active/on/working.
8.3.10 Solo:
To listen to that channel solo press the Solo switch. Soloing
any other channel deactivates the channel Solo. You can also
deactivate by clicking the same Solo switch again when it is active.
Several Solo knobs cannot be linked. One Solo knob can be activated
only at the same time.
8.3.11 Fader Link:
“Fader Link” on will link the Gain boost fader and the Threshold fader to
“drive that channel into the limiter” harder or softer without altering the
overall volume of that channel. The Gain Boost and Threshold sliders
will automatically be moved contrarily when Fader link is ON (blue LED
indicates ON).
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Gain boost “up” results in the Threshold being pulled down automa-
tically and vice versa!
8.3.12 Sidechain Active
Use this knob to activate the Sidechain audio to be the “trigger” for
that respective channel. If Sidechain is active the limiter of that channel
will no longer target the internal audio signal of that channel but the
Sidechain Mix audio you have selected.
8.4 Sidechain Mix
Use two (2) of the following signals to
mix together a signal that will serve as
a “triggering” signal for any of the 3
channels in bx_XL (Mid Lo, Mid Hi and
Side).
You can select from 5 different signals on both sides of the fader and
seamlessly blend from one signal into another:
• Mid Lo
• Mid Hi
• Mid (Hi & Lo combined)
• Side
• External
(this is the external Sidechain input that most hosts offer)
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In the example above you would be blending a little bit of the M (mid)
signal into the S (side) signal. This would give you a combination of
(let´s say) all of your stereo guitar or keyboard sounds from your
mix) with a bit bass drum and snare peaks added.
If you used this signal to trigger your S channel the S channel limiter
would react on the peaks of the bass drum and snare a little bit to
make your music “groove” with the beats of your track!
