Vitalizer
®
Analog Code
®
Plug-in
9
Basics
Operation
Mono, stereo or multi-channel operation
The Vitalizer plug-in can be used either for mono or stereo opera-
tion. In stereo operation each control element governs both chan-
nels simultaneously. The Stereo Expander function is active for
stereo applications, whereas it is grayed out for mono applications
due to the fact that you cannot control stereo elements in mono
mode. This can help you identify immediately if you are using the
Vitalizer in stereo or mono mode. You can also use the Vitalizer
as a „Multi-Mono“ or multi-channel plug-in, as long as your host
program supports this function.
Basics
The frequency spectrum is usually divided into three frequency
bands: highs, mids and lows, all of which are provided in the Vital-
izer, even though, as opposed to conventional usage, low and mid
filter settings are interrelated. The high frequency control allows
processing of high frequencies and harmonics. You can adjust
each of the three frequency bands separately and control the
intensity of the process independently.
The low and mid filters share the same intensity control (PROCESS).
The fact that you can set the filters and the intensity independently
allows for many sound possibilities with only two controls: when
processing low signals you can choose between a deep, soft or dry
sound. In conjunction with the PROCESS control, strong amplifi-
cation of low frequencies with a low intensity setting results in a
totally different sound than if you were to have low amplification
with high intensity. The connection to the mid filter is always given
by the PROCESS control. This means that you can optimize low and
mid frequencies jointly for the sake of psychoacoustic and audio-
metric relevance. For example, the mid frequency band, to which
the human hearing is specially sensitive, can be automatically
damped when you choose a SOFT setting.
