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Stereo and Mono Sidechain Compressor plug-ins
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Страница 1: ...U S E R S G U I D E StereoandMono SidechainCompressor plug ins ForTracktion2...
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Страница 4: ...d trademarks of their respective holders and are hereby ac knowledged Part No SW0214 Rev A 7 05 2005 LOUD Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved This icon will lead you to some further explanations of f...
Страница 5: ...2 Using the EQ to drop off the lows 14 Sidechain Compressor Features 15 Global Controls 16 The Contour Edit Screen 17 Threshold 17 End Point 17 Compression Ratio 18 Gain Makeup and Auto Makeup 18 Atta...
Страница 6: ...rigger input from a copy or EQ d copy of it self For example it can be used as a basic De Esser to compress the higher Sssss sounds or you can apply compression to a guitar s mid or higher frequency r...
Страница 7: ...ch track will be connected to the Key Input An example of this is shown on the next page so fear not A brief word about Compressors As an example of how to use a compressor supposing you have a track...
Страница 8: ...s to the Sidechain Compressor The first thing to do is to open up Tracktion and open your project Tracktion uses the term filter to refer to a plug in be it native to Tracktion or a 3rd party plug in...
Страница 9: ...track 1 to bring up the rack filter details area 3 In the rack filter details area change the input destinations to be the Key Input So now the sidechain compressor will get its Key Input from track 1...
Страница 10: ...dB DRY 0 0 dB WET 10 Click on the Sidechain Compressor drawing within the rack filter to bring up the compressor screen 11 The settings you choose for the compressor will apply to track 5 but only wh...
Страница 11: ...do 13 Add a new filter inside the rack filter instead of to the right of the tracks and choose an EQ 14 Then click on the Key Input connecting line and use the mouse to hook the EQ in line Use the EQ...
Страница 12: ...f high Ssss sounds on vocal tracks Dedicated De Essers have more fine features and controls but this will give you a basic functioning model Setting up the Key Input to be the same as the main input b...
Страница 13: ...es the nasties Experiment with the EQ settings and the compressor settings to hone in on audio loveliness You don t want the EQ to be triggering compression for frequencies you want to keep Remember t...
Страница 14: ...these frequencies It will not compress during the dynamic low frequency manglings your guitarist is known for 1 Follow steps 1 to 4 on pages 12 and 13 to add the Sidechain Compressor to your guitar t...
Страница 15: ...ols section includes most of the controls and readouts You can use your mouse to move the sliders left or right or to se lect nodes with the Node Selector knob The Key Solo button allows you to listen...
Страница 16: ...ows the version number and copyright information Undo Undo the previous action Redo Redo the previous undo Load Comp Loads a previously saved preset file Save User Preset As Saves a Preset to the hard...
Страница 17: ...hold The level at which the compressor starts work ing is called the threshold The compressor will reduce the level of signals above the threshold volume level and not affect lower level signals You c...
Страница 18: ...te makeup gain for you This is based on your dynamics contour You can still use the manual gain makeup con trol in this case It merely adds to the makeup gain automatically applied When you first set...
Страница 19: ...eally shape that Jello mold Up to four nodes can be added to the curve This depth of editing is helpful in defining detailed nuances in your curve such as hard knee soft knee and expan sion The figure...
Страница 20: ...t output levels The stereo compressor takes its input from a mixed sample of the left and right so there is only one input meter Its compressor action then works equally on the left and right of your...
Страница 21: ...he volume of quiet passages and bring a little bit more life into a perfor mance Note that each individual segment can be set as either a compressor or an expander Just look at the slope between each...
Страница 22: ...ressor reacts to incoming signals The difference is somewhat subtle to hear but is more apparent at higher compression ratios A hard knee setting is well suited to lower ratios When using higher com p...
Страница 23: ...Astrophysics shows us this is about the same quantum weight as a small Wildebeest who has been working out A lot Dimensions It depends if the Compression Ratio is set to 12 acres or half a meadow Dir...
Страница 24: ...e If you see a number greater than that on a spec sheet it s purely theoretical a 24 bit system is theoretically ca pable of 144 dB of dynamic range but practical things like electronic components sta...
Страница 25: ...Now when either channel requires some gain reduction that same amount of gain reduction is applied to both channels Compressor Artifacts Two uncomplimentary terms often used to de scribe the sound of...
Страница 26: ...mpression ratio will make more cycles of the attack portion of the drum audible making its thump sound much more pro nounced without having to boost low frequency gain with an equalizer Try this next...
Страница 27: ...Node 1 Input Node 1 Output Node 2 Input Node 2 Output Node 3 Input Node 3 Output Node 4 Input End Point Soft Clip in Soft Clip Threshold Auto Makeup Gain Make up Gain Star Sign User Presets Use this t...
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