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DANGEROUS MUSIC
Tip:
,
When engaged, the
CLIP GUARD
button will light bright red and the 0dBFS meter segment will turn solid green.
When
CLIP GUARD
is actively eliminating the clipping at your destination (for example, turning off the red LED in Pro
Tools), the 0dBFS segment will turn red. The
OVER INDICATOR
(the last LED) functions the same regardless of
CLIP
GUARD
’s status. Thus, it will still turn yellow at 3 consecutive overs to provide visual feedback that you are clipping.
Tip:
,
If you can hear clipping and engage
CLIP GUARD
, it will sound identical. It simply disables the clip LED in your DAW
or destination device, but you will still be audibly clipping. Proceed with caution, too many overs will sound remarkably
unpleasant. The historical “CD pressing plant” standard was no more than 3 consecutive overs.
Tip:
,
Unlike “turning down the master fade level”, Clip Guard does not alter the unclipped audio in any way.
6. CUSTOM METERING
[DIGITAL LED METER PICTURED ABOVE]
Feature: Premium custom crafted digital meter
.
Benefit: Simultaneously view PEAK OVER AVERAGE. This reveals the audio’s CREST FACTOR by supplying both RMS (average)
information and PEAK (transient) information, aiding the quest to retain dynamics and music’s emotive properties.
Tip:
,
The meters change from green to yellow at the user determined calibration point. In other words, -14dBFS, -16dBFS
or -18dBFS depending on the calibration selected (see CALIBRATION in section 2).
Tip:
,
At -6dBFS, the LEDs turn red and the scale changes: instead of 1dB steps per LED, they are very refined 0.5dB steps.
Tip:
,
When the 3 word
OVER INDICATOR
turns the last LED from green to yellow, this signifies that three consecutive
samples have clipped. This is the limit of tolerance for a CD pressing to reject the project and a warning- cease flirting
with digital overs, unless you choose to for sonic purposes (see
CLIP GUARD
in section 4).
7. PEAK HOLD / RESET
[PEAK HOLD/RESET BUTTON PICTURED ABOVE]
Feature: Meter Versatility. There are two modes,
NORMAL
and
PEAK HOLD
.
