Manual

7 MD3 NATIVE User Manual
5. User Interface
5.1 Overview
There are ve tabs along the left edge of the interface, that bring up various
pages of controls. As a general note, the parameters, controls, and graphs are
color-coded as shown below:
The top part of the display:
• • Bypass: Press this to bypass or engage the MD3 NATIVE. This makes it
easy for you to listen and compare the overall eect of your awesome
work.
• • The EQ, expander, compressor, and limiter can be individually bypassed
using the ON button in each of their control pages
Tabs on the Left
• • Main: This brings up controls for the normalizer gain and soft clip, trim
gain left, right (purple), and controls (yellow) for initial setup of the
compressor and expander
• • EQ: The parametric equalizer, with controls for adjusting the frequency,
gain, EQ type, low and high cut, EQ bypass. The color coding is as
follows: Low (red), low mid (yellow), high mid (green), and high (blue)
• • Expander: Controls (purple) for expander threshold, range, ratio, attack,
and release
• • Compressor: Controls (yellow) for compressor threshold, range, ratio,
attack, and release, with compressor bypass
• • Output: Limiter controls (purple) for gain, soft clip threshold, threshold,
ceiling, release, and mode, with limiter bypass. Output controls (yellow)
for output gain, balance, compare enable, and compare gain
Controls
• • Any of the circular controls can be adjusted either by dragging on the
dials or numeric value in the box, or by double-clicking and entering a
numeric value.
Meters
• • Gain reduction meters for compressor and expander: these show the
low, mid, and high for left/mid and right/side. The range (+/- 18 dB) can
be changed (+/- 9 dB) using the G/R Zoom button in the expander and
compressor pages
• • Input L/R meters (0 to -60 dB range with peak indication)
• • Output L/R meter (0 to -60 dB range with peak indication and limiter
action)
• • Use the input and output gain/trim controls in the MAIN and OUTPUT
pages to adjust the levels if required.
Near the Bottom
• • Assign Focus Fields: You can place your own favorite set of parameters in
the 6 focus elds. (See section 5.2.1 for more details)
• • The EQ, expander, and compressor (see the following pages), each
have a horizontal row of parameters just below their controls, such as
threshold, gain, etc. If you click on any of these, the parameters are
shown in this focus elds area for low, mid, high, and All. Click again to
return the focus elds to your assigned elds.
Along the Bottom Left
• • Preset number, preset name, factory or user, favorite, preset up/down
Along the Bottom Middle:
• • Tool Tips shows useful information about the current selection
Bottom Right Corner:
• • Setup
• • Shopping cart
• • User Interface size adjustment
The controls and features are described in more detail in the following pages.
Global Bypass
Tool Tips Window
Window Size
Adjustment
Setup and
Cart
Input
Meter
L/R
Output
Meter
L/R
Focus
Fields
1-6
Gain
Reduction
Meters
Left/Mid
Right/Side
Low Mid
High
Input
Controls
Normalizer
Main Tab
EQ Tab
Expander
Compressor
Output
and Limiter
Assign
Focus
Fields
Preset Up/Down Preset Name Preset Type
Preset Number Preset Favorite
Expander/Compressor Setup Controls