Plug-in Reference

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The included effect plug-ins
Gate
Gating, or noise gating, silences audio signals below a
certain set threshold level. As soon as the signal level ex-
ceeds the set threshold, the gate opens to let the signal
through.
The available parameters are as follows:
Live mode
(On/Off)
When activated, Live mode disengages the look ahead fea-
ture of Expander. Look ahead does produce more accurate
processing but will add a certain amount of latency as a
trade-off. When Live mode is activated, there is no latency.
Side-Chain
(On/Off)
When this is activated, the expansion can be controlled by a
signal routed to the Side-Chain input. When the side-chain
signal exceeds the threshhold, the expansion is triggered.
For a description of how to set up Side-Chain routing, see
the chapter “Audio effects” in the Operation Manual.
Parameter Description
Threshold
(-60–0dB)
This setting determines the level where Gate is activated.
Signal levels above the set threshold trigger the gate to
open, and signal levels below the set threshold will close
the gate.
state LED This indicates whether the gate is open (LED lights up in
green), closed (LED lights up in red) or something in be-
tween (LED lights up in yellow).
Filter buttons When the Side-chain button (see below) is activated, you
can use these buttons to set the filter type to either Low
Pass, Band Pass or High Pass.
Side-chain
(Off/On)
This button (below the Center knob) activates the filter. The
input signal can then be shaped according to set Center
and Q-Factor parameters which may be useful in tailoring
how the Gate operates.
Center
(50Hz–
20000Hz)
Sets the center frequency of the filter.
Q-Factor
(0.01–10000)
Sets the Resonance of the filter.
Parameter Description
Monitor
(Off/On)
Allows you to monitor the filtered signal.
Attack
(0.1–1000
ms)
This parameter sets the time it takes for the gate to open af-
ter being triggered. If the Live button (see below) is deacti-
vated, it will ensure that the gate will already be open when a
signal above the threshold level is played back. Gate man-
ages this by “looking ahead” in the audio material, checking
for signals loud enough to pass the gate.
Hold
(0–2000ms)
This determines how long the gate stays open after the sig-
nal drops below the threshold level.
Release
(10–1000ms
or “Auto”)
This parameter sets the amount of time it takes for the gate
to close (after the set hold time). If the “Auto” button is ac-
tivated, Gate will find an optimal release setting, depending
on the audio program material.
Analysis
(0–100)
(Pure Peak to
Pure RMS
This parameter determines whether the input signal is anal-
ysed according to Peak or RMS values (or a mixture of
both). A value of 0 is pure Peak and 100 pure RMS. RMS
mode operates using the average power of the audio signal
as a basis, whereas Peak mode operates more on peak lev-
els. As a general guideline, RMS mode works better on ma-
terial with few transients such as vocals, and Peak mode
better for percussive material, with a lot of transient peaks.
Live mode
(On/Off)
When activated, Live mode disengages the “look ahead”
feature of the Gate. Look ahead does produce more accu-
rate processing but will add a certain amount of latency as
a trade-off. When Live mode is activated, there is no la-
tency, which might be better for “live” processing.
Parameter Description