Technical information

McDSP plug-ins
A very useful Solo button is located just to the left of these meters that allows
you to audition the output of just that audio band. So, for example, if you
audition the low frequencies, you won’t hear the higher frequencies, so you
can focus your attention on any adjustments you need to make to this band.
Just above each Solo button, there is a Master (MSTR) button that highlights
in yellow when you click on this. Enabling this button for any of the bands
causes the controls in all the other bands to be linked to the controls in this
Below these displays there are two, three, or four rows of controls, depending
on whether you are using the MC202, MC303, or MC404. Each row of controls
has a set of meters to the right of the controls.
Every MC2000 plug-in has metering for each compression band. The
compression gain reduction meter is shown in orange and displays in yellow
to distinguish it from the input and output meters. By default, the input/output
meters show the Output level, so you have to click on the Input checkbox
under the meters to view the Input level.
Figure A12.19
MC2000 MC303
3-band compressor.
NOTE
The input stage does NOT have any saturation handling. The user should
monitor the input levels in the band input meters of each compression
band. Should any of the peak LEDs light up in the meters, the user should
scale back the input level until these LEDs remain clear.