Manual

12 FINALIZER Desktop Application User Manual
5. Compare
Comparing the eect of each change to the track is essential to mastering. The following details of the COMPARE section describe how to select which audio source to
be viewed and played back.
The Compare section is where to select which track/source to playback, and this is also reected in the SPECTRO LAB, Timeline and Master Meter sections. Thus, there
is always a correspondence between what you hear and what you see.
• A is the prepared source track after potential sample rate conversion and loudness normalization dened in the Prepare module
• B is the resulting track processed with all modules that are enabled
• REF is a chosen reference track from the list of reference tracks. Up to 20 Reference tracks can be loaded
Note that each of these sources has a dierent colour button, and this corresponds to the colour of the curves in the SDC, RTS, and AVG displays, and in the horizontal
timeline display.
Tips:
• Use the Loudness Compensation in the Monitor Section for comparing at equal loudness level without the need for manually setting gains.
• Alternatively, you may want to use the gain per REF track – the REF Track Trim, in case you want to override or ne-tune the automatic Loudness Compensation.
• A region can be dened for source track (A/B) and for each REF track. This enables playback looping of the dened region and the SPECTRO LAB views are now only
showing analysis of the dened region as opposed to the full track.
• Using the Focus function, the eect of a single module can be assessed, rather than the entire module chain.
5.1 Using REF
The REF button allows a quick comparison of the current work, compared to your favourite reference tracks or related album tracks. The measurements on the selected
REF track are reected on all the SPECTRO LAB views (SDC, RTS, and AVG).
• The rst time REF is used, the display will show that the list of reference tracks is empty.