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CLIP GUARD LIMITER
Renaissance Channel will not clip internally. Period. Clipping can occur only at the final output, where it is
visible on the output meters and can be eliminated by lowering the output fader (Gain). Any output signal
above 0 dBFS should be reduced before returning to the host mixer bus, otherwise it will indeed be
clipped. This is done in one of two ways, depending on the signal flow:
1. If the dynamics section is Post-EQ and it feeds the output, the built-in Clip Guard Limiter will limit the
output to 0 dBFS. In such a case, the limiting light indicates the current amount of limiting.
• Black means no limiting is taking place.
• Yellow means a small amount of limiting is taking place, which is correct and probably inaudible.
• Red means too much limiting is taking place and is probably audible. The Fader should be lowered.
2. If the dynamics section is Pre-EQ and the EQ is feeding the output, the output clip indicator will show
how much clipping is taking place. Click the indicator to reduce the fader by exactly the displayed
amount.
METERS
Full scale dBFS. Range: -infinity to 0 dBFS. Fader position is shown above the meter.
FADER
Adjusts the overall gain and can serve as your DAW channel fader. It can also function as a compression make-up
gain. Range: -30 dBFS to 30 dBFS.
When the EQ section is placed after the Dynamics section in the signal flow, clipping at the final output is
possible. The Clip Indicator will show the amount of clipping. Click the Clip Indicator to trim the output fader and
automatically lower the gain by the indicated amount of clipping overshoot.