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75 FINALIZER Desktop Application User Manual
Parameters include:
• Info Section: The name of the Module (Prepare) and its abbreviation (PP) and logo.
• Source File Section: The le name of the current audio source le, its audio format (WAV for example), le length (minutes, seconds), and the path where it is stored.
• Original Section: The original sample rate in kHz, original source le measurements: Track Loudness in LUFS, True Peak Max in dBTP and PLR (Peak to Loudness
Ratio) in dB.
• Process Section:
• Sample Rate: This is the project sample rate and can be either identical to the source le (original) or be forced to 44.1 or 48 kHz. The project sample rate is
also shown in the Monitor Out Section in the top right of the screen.
• SRC Filter: If the project sample rate is identical to the source le’s sample rate, the Sample Rate Conversion Filter is not applied. When the project sample rate
is dierent than the source le sample rate, a High-Quality FIR conversion lter is applied. This lter features virtually innite headroom and no noise or L-R
imbalance. Available lter settings are, depending on the desired frequency response:
• Steep: is dened by a very steep response towards Nyquist, that is, a “brickwall” lter
• Short; has the lowest lter order of the three, and has very little pre-ringing
• Balanced: is a balanced lter design between the two above. When in doubt, this is a good default setting
• Level Normalize: This is where you "pre-gain" the source le to set an appropriate working level. The gain is set using the background analysis, so it can be
automatically normalized (Level Normalize) to a specic full track loudness level. This is a very nice way to work, and it ts the overall approach of a constant
and calibrated monitoring level perfectly.
The available normalize settings are:
• Original: will keep the source le as it is and not add a pre-gain to it.
• -12, -16, -20 LUFS: will normalize the source le to the chosen full track loudness level. A dynamic track may be normalized to -20 LUFS and a less dynamic
mix may be normalized to -12 LUFS.
• Recommended: will choose the loudness level (between -12 to -20 LUFS) that ts the source track best, while leaving headroom for all peaks, and
making it optimally t the monitor output path.
• Prepared Section: This shows the resulting source le measurements after SRC and Normalize processing. The resulting Prepared loudness and True-Peak level
can also be seen in the Master Meter A-section.
Note: Should you experience temporary clipping in the monitor output path, you can eliminate this using the Monitor output Fader. If you experience multiple or
nearly continuous clipping in the monitor path, you may consider lowering the Normalize Level in the Prepare module and this way reserve more margin in the
monitor path while you work.
12.2 Parametric EQs
The Parametric EQs feature a high resolution, double precision, innite headroom, IIR lter implementation, with these available forms:
Single band parametric EQ
• Bell
• Low shelf
• High shelf
• Low cut
• High cut
Parameters include:
• Frequency: 20.00 Hz to 20.00 kHz
• Gain: -18.0 to +18.0 dB
• Bandwidth: 0.2 to 4.0 Octaves (Bell)
• Slope: 3, 6, 9, 12 dB/oct, (High Shelf and Low Shelf)
• Filter Type: Butterworth or Bessel (High Cut and Low Cut)