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Clipping at this stage and the broadband which follows at the output has an adjustable
intensity (see the "Config" page further down).
The second clipping stage (output end) serves significantly as the output's safeguard, and
it can be used "solo" for creative intervention.
The clipping at both stages can be regulated in steps from hard to soft overmodulation. In
this way a complete series of "analogue" sounding combinations is possible.
Monitor section: The individual compressors (1 and 2) or those of the sidechain can be
set to the sum for selective monitoring ("solo"). This makes it possible to adjust the level of
signals being edited so that in active "match" state the volume complies with the volume of
the unedited bypass signal. This will cause you to encounter the psycho-acoustic
phenomenon that louder signals sound better and can be realistically and easily checked to
see if the quality of signal being edited is still in tact apart from volume increase.
Metering: At the center of the plug-in interface several level displays can be seen. Among
those are two VUs, two peak meters and two stereo meters.
Both of the outer VU meters display the effects of the main compressors when set to the
"reduction" position. The centrally placed displays visualise the value of the reduction
caused by the use of the master limiter. When set to "output" all four level displays show
the output; the VU meters provide a look at the present RMS value (root/mean/square,
average level), while the peak displays measure peaks.
A 0dB reference value can be set for the RMS value. This is always sensible when you
would like to have clear relationships of the average level of things. For example, you wish
to produce a song or an album with an RMS of -11dBFS (a rather conservative value when
one considers current chart productions, but lower headroom always has a destructive
effect). In this case you would set the "RMS 0 dB" controller to "-11 dbFS". If you place the
metering switch of the output level to "output" for monitoring, the VU meters will show the
displacement of -11 dB. Furthermore, if you read -4, then the RMS level is actually at -15
dB.
Both of the stereo meters are especially a great help for determining the range of the finally
decoded stereo image and for comparison to the unedited input signal when in M/S mode.
am-munition parameters
MODE
M/S / Stereo: Selects functionality; 2 channel stereo or middle/side encoded.
Link: At 0%, both portions of the signal will be treated discreetly by the sidechain (L/R or
M/S). 100% complies with that of a mono summation of the detector signal. Middle and
high values are sensible for complex signals, which sometimes show deflection to the side
of the stereo field.
The settings of this controller affects compressor 1 and 2 as well as the limiter of the
master section.