Specifications

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A red Clip Indicator appears to the right of the
output meter(s). Clicking on the Clip Indicator
clears it. Option-clicking (Macintosh) or Alt-
clicking (Windows) clears both channels when
the plug-in is used in stereo.
Metering indicators:
• Green indicates nominal levels.
•Yellow indicates pre-clipping at –6 below full
scale.
• Red indicates a full scale signal (clipping).
D3 Compressor Controls
The Compressor icon, which represents a com-
pression curve, acts as a three-state switch for
enabling, disabling, or bypassing the compres-
sor. Its current state is indicated by the icon’s
color.
• White indicates enabled. In this state the
compressor is active and using available DSP
resources.
• Black indicates disabled. In this state, the
compressor is not using DSP resources.
• Gray indicates bypassed. In this state the com-
pressor is not active, but is still using available
DSP resources.
To disable the compressor:
■ Control-click (Macintosh) or Start key-click
(Windows) the icon. When the compressor is
disabled, the icon is black.
To re-enable the compressor:
■ Click the icon. When the compressor is en-
abled, the icon is white.
To bypass the compressor:
■ Click the icon a second time. When the com-
pressor is bypassed, the icon is grey.
If you are using the Compressor/Limiter plug-in,
which allows you to use either the compressor
or the limiter (but not both simultaneously),
you must disable one module by Control-click-
ing the icon (Macintosh) or Start key-clicking it
(Windows) before you can enable the other.
Meters
Compressor icon
Compressor controls