11.0

138 Effects and effect plug-ins
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Use this editor to edit the dynamics of a sample. All functions can be
previewed in real time.
The graphics display shows the corresponding resulting dynamics
curve to improve the overview.
The following functions are available:
Compressor: The dynamics of a piece are limited, loud sequences
are dampened, quiet sequences are retained. Compression is often
used to add power to audio material or to increase the loudness. The
level of compression is adjusted by the ratio controller, the activation
threshold is determined by the threshold. You can also influence the
attack and release.
Limiter: Only the loudest passages are limited (above the threshold).
Quiet passages remain unedited. Limiters are used to reduce the
occurrence of big level peaks without reducing the master dynamics.
After the limiter process, the master level can be increased using
normalization without having to worry about overmodulation. The
limiter setup preset sets a threshold of -0.2 dB when using the limiter
as a peak limiter in the master range of the mixer.
Limiter 100%: Performs the same editing as the limiter, but the level
is immediately raised to 0 dB. This corresponds with normalization in
one single step.
Expander: The dynamics of a piece are increased; loud sequences
remain quiet, quiet sequences become even quieter. Dynamics
expansion is often used for recording speech with a high noise level.
The expansion causes the level of the speech to be raised as the
noise is suppressed. Please note that a powerful denoising algorithm
is also provided.
Gate: Very quiet passages (below the threshold level) are dampened
or set to zero. This way, hissing can be effectively suppressed during
pauses between individual takes. Using the "Gate" function also
makes sense at high compression levels (ratio > 5) to raise the most
quiet passages and prevent background noise.
Ratio: This parameter controls the strength of the corresponding
effect; 1.0 means that there is no effect.
Threshold: The volume threshold can be set below or above the one
which applies the effect.