Mastering

5
5 Limit Classical BrickWall 2
Preset for use with Classical Music. Best possible preservation of transients with a minimum
of distortion at low as well as high frequencies.
Preset is bit transparent, and preserves dither and input word length when bit shifted gain
controls are used. Word length preservation is indicated with green signs on the display.
Gain Threshold Profile
Gain adjustment. Use to
increase or decrease
overall loudness. Bit
shift at 6 dB intervals to
preserve dither and word
length.
Sets max output level.
When Upsample is
active, Threshold takes
intersample peaks into
account.
The Dynamic profile
offers perceptually
based distortion
prevention.
Engine Bank F9, decade 3: Multiband Dynamics (MD3)
0 MD3 CD Master MD3
Three band Expander/Compressor, Eq and Limiter. Auto Gain is on, so make-up gain
automatically compensates lowered thresholds or higher ratios in the individual bands.
Norm. Trim Comp. Lo Thresh. Comp. Mid Thresh. Comp. Hi Thresh. Limiter Softclip Output Fader
Gain/Drive adjustment.
Use to increase or
decrease overall
loudness.
Threshold of Lo Band
relative to Reference
Level.
Threshold of Mid Band
relative to Reference
Level.
Threshold of Hi Band
relative to Reference
Level.
Reduces peaks but adds
distortion. Can be used
to complement dynamic
limiter.
Post limiter, pre dither
output fader.
1 MD3 CD Master (MS) MD3
As preset 0, but M and S components of the stereo signal can be treated separately with
regards to Gain, Eq, Expansion and Compression.
Norm. Trim M Norm. Trim S Limiter Softclip Limiter Thresh. Output Fader
Gain/Drive adjustment
for the center panned
elements of a mix.
Gain/Drive adjustment
for the off center
elements. Can be used
to increase or decrease
the stereo width.
Reduces peaks but adds
distortion. Can be used
to complement dynamic
limiter.
Dynamic output limiter
threshold. Measured
sample by sample, and
relative to Full Scale.
Post limiter, pre dither
output fader.
2 Tape Sim 1 M5k MD3
A classic preset from MD2 of TC M5000 emulating analog tape saturation and HF roll-off.
Norm. Trim Comp. Lo Thresh. Comp. Mid Thresh. Comp. Hi Thresh. Limiter Softclip Output Fader
Gain/Drive adjustment
for saturation effect.
Threshold of Lo Band
relative to Reference
Level.
Threshold of Mid Band
relative to Reference
Level.
Threshold of Hi Band
relative to Reference
Level.
Reduces peaks but adds
distortion.
Post limiter, pre dither
output fader.