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7 WARMTH AND LEVEL CONTROL
7 WarmthandLevelControl
Although the Transient process works to maintain constant average signal levels, the
process can produce significantly larger peak levels when positive Level settings are
used. With highly percussive sounds, the peak levels can increase by up to 24 dB.
The Sustain process can dramatically change average signal levels, and can also
increase the peak level of the input programme.
This effect will be seen on the plug-in’s Output Meters as well as on the Transient and
Sustain Effect meters. Since most DAW applications provide no headroom above the
peak level operating target that most users aim for, the increased signal level is
susceptible to overloading processing after the Envolution plug-in. Therefore care must
be taken to set appropriate OutputGain settings to prevent levels over 0 dBFS.
7.1 WarmthProcessing
The Warmth process is included to allow a degree of relief from premature clipping if high
modulation levels are required, by providing a method for the harmonic content of peak
information above digital max to be included in the final output signal from the plug-in.
When set to maximum (100%) the Warmth process will allow peak input signals up to
+6dBFS to be included without the sound of hard clipping, while preventing output signal
overloads greater than 0 dBFS. Warmth processing will also change the harmonic
content of the programme to provide warmth and richness to many programme types.
7.2 LoudnessEnhancement
When used with negative Transient Level settings, Envolution can provide a useful
method to increase the loudness of programme by reducing very short transients that
may otherwise cause overloads. In many cases, very short transients may not be a
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