SC4 M&S DAD Stereo Compressor - User's guide
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JOEMEEK STEREO COMPRESSOR SC4 OVERVIEW
THE SC4 .... A NEW STANDARD
In 1994 the first Joemeek stereo compressors were introduced to a few
discerning producers and studios in London and New York. They were an
immediate success and quickly became standard equipment for getting 'alive'
sounds on individual instruments; particularly drums, and over the whole mix.
Since 1994 a digital revolution has taken place and now, whether admitted or
not, most commercial sound is recorded and processed on hard disks and in
computers.
But there's one area where a digital solution cannot be found; and that's in the
subtle areas of effects compression, and that's where the Joemeek compressor
reigns supreme.
The new SC4 brings the Joemeek compressor fully up to date with the addition
of a super quality yet flexible digital interface, and the introduction of some new
features to make working in the digital domain even easier.
In the Joemeek studio, we have been experimenting with 'sum and difference'
(or 'MS') recording and processing; this is a technique where a stereo signal is
changed to sum and difference, the 'sum' representing the loudness, and the
'difference' representing the stereo image information. Applying this to
compression, we found that it significantly improved the stereo imaging and
completely eliminated any image shift problems that sometimes occur with all
types of stereo compressor.
A by-product of the revolutionary MS matrix coding and decoding used in the
SC4 is the ability to use it as a coder/decoder, and to access the stereo audio in
'Middle and side' mode; a function of increasing importance in sound production
using special effects.