58
Doc Q7.0
MAKEUP
– Automatic Makeup gain, when turned ON, compensates the output level to maintain perceived
loudness at the current threshold and ratio. The LEVEL control can then be used for fine control.
DETECT
– Selects whether the compressor will use RMS (“Root Mean Square”), FAST RMS (mimicking classic
rack-mount compressors), PEAK detection, or RMS + PEAK detection. RMS is “smooth” and generally used to
even out the level of the program material over a long period of time. Peak detection, commonly used with
guitar, is useful for fast limiting. RMS + Peak combines attributes of both: the speed of a peak and the
smoothness of RMS.
FILTER
– Sets the frequency of a high-pass filter on the input of the compressor’s detector stage. Raising the
filter frequency can help prevent low frequencies from “pumping” the entire mix. Does NOT filter the output.
SCSEL
–
SIDECHAIN SELECT
determines which signal is used to feed the compressor’s detector. “NONE” is the
normal setting and selects the compressor’s input (sum of the rows feeding the block). You can also use the
input from a designated row, or either of the main inputs. The BLOCK L and BLOCK R options are useful when
the compressor follows an effect with one side out of phase (delay, chorus, enhancer).
Dynamics Processor Parameters
When
TYPE
is set to “STUDIO”, the following additional parameters appear:
DYNAMICS
–When this is set below zero, compression occurs and dynamics are de-emphasized, when set
above zero, expansion occurs and dynamics are exaggerated.
Other controls for the “Dynamics” type work just like those described above for the Compressor.
