Technical data

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SCENARIOS - MS Unlinked
MS Unlinked The true strengths of an MS compressor will not be revealed until it is switched into unlinked MS mode. Depending on the mix and the style of music the dynamics and loud- ness in the middle and side channel can be completely dierent from each other. Take a heavily pumping bass drum right in the middle and 100% stable strings in the sides, for example – just try this with any other compressor ;-) Thus it can make perfect sense to set strongly diering values of Thresh- old, Attack, Release and Ratio for the middle and the sides. In order to achieve a better evaluation of the results, it is advisable to listen to the processed channel solo for a start.
Please remember to deactivate the Direct and Compressed buttons of the other channel for this. Using the Audio lters, which can also be set completely dierent from each other now, can help to additionally enhance the tonal balance of a mix. Once you have discovered the potentials of the MS mode, lots of for- merly dicult mixes can be controlled much better, resulting in audibly better eects.
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1,5
3,0
5,0
12
16
20
1,0
2,0
4,0
6,0
8,5
9,5
11
14
7,5
1,0
1,5
2,0
16
18
20
3,0
4,0
5,0
6,0
7,5
8,5
9,5
11
12
14
Soft Clip
Gain Reduction
MS Mode Active
Channel Link
Mix
Dir
10
%
20
30
60
70
80
90
Com
100
50
Gain
0
0,5
dB
1,5
2,0
4,5
6,0
8,0
10
12
11
3,5
EQ Freq
Hz
20
22
30
40
140 170
500
220
300
2k0
1k0
SC Gain
dB
LP
-12
-5
-2
-1
-0,3 -0,3
-2
-5
-12
HP
SC Freq
Hz
30
40
50
80
280
340
430
2k0
3k3
EQ Gain
Lo
2,7
2,2
1,6
1,0
0,3
1,6
2,2
2,7
Hi
dB
0,3
Auto Fast
Feed Forward
On
Auto Fast
x10
On
Transformer
Direct
Compressed
On
Thresh
+20
+18
dB
+15
+11
0
-3
-6
-9
-13
-12
+4
Attack
0,01
2,0
ms
7,0
13
28
50
70
110
150
130
24
Release
60
75
ms
100
150
430
570
800
1k1
1k8
1k5
300
Ratio
1,1
1,2
1:X
1,3
1,4
1,7
1,8
1,9
2,1
2,4
2,2
1,6
Soft Clip
25
24
dB
21
19
14
11
8,0
5,5
3,0
16
4,0
Mix
Dir
10
%
20
30
60
70
80
90
Com
100
50
Gain
0
0,5
dB
1,5
2,0
4,5
6,0
8,0
10
12
11
3,5
EQ Freq
Hz
20
22
30
40
140 170
500
220
300
2k0
1k0
SC Gain
dB
LP
-12
-5
-2
-1
-0,3 -0,3
-2
-5
-12
HP
EQ Gain
Lo
2,7
1,0
0,3
1,6
2,2
2,7
Hi
dB
0,3
Auto Fast
Feed Forward
On
Auto Fast
x10
On
Transformer
Direct
Compressed
On
Thresh
+20
+18
dB
+15
+11
0
-3
-6
-9
-13
-12
+4
Attack
0,01
2,0
ms
7,0
13
28
50
70
110
150
130
24
Release
60
75
ms
100
150
430
570
800
1k1
1k8
1k5
300
Ratio
1,1
1,2
1:X
1,3
1,4
1,7
1,8
1,9
2,1
2,4
2,2
1,6
Soft Clip
25
24
dB
21
19
14
11
8,0
5,5
3,0
16
4,0
SC Freq
Hz
30
40
50
80
280
340
430
2k0
3k3
500
800