Specifications

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Dynamics III Graph Display
The Dynamics Graph display—used with the
Compressor/Limiter and Expander/Gate plug-
ins—shows a curve that represents the level of
the input signal (on the horizontal x–axis) and
the level of the output signal (on the vertical
y–axis). The orange vertical line represents the
threshold.
Use this graph as a visual guideline to see how
much dynamics processing you are applying.
The Compressor/Limiter and Expander/Gate
plug-ins also feature an animated, multi-color
cursor in their gain transfer curve displays.
The gain transfer curve of the Compressor/Lim-
iter and Expander/Gate plug-ins shows a moving
ball cursor that shows the amount of input gain
(x-axis) and gain reduction (y-axis) being ap-
plied to the incoming signal.
To indicate overshoots (when an incoming sig-
nal peak is too fast for the current compression
setting) the cursor temporarily leaves the gain
transfer curve.
The cursor changes color to indicate the amount
of compression applied, as shown in the follow-
ing table:
LFE Enable button (Compressor/Limiter III shown)
The LFE Enable button is not available if the
plug-in is not inserted on an applicable
track.
Dynamics graph display
Input signal
level (x-axis)
Output sig-
nal level (y-
Thresh-
old
Gain transfer curve and cursor showing amount of
compression
Cursor Color Compression Amount
white no compression
light orange below full ratio
dark orange full ratio amount
See “De-Esser III Frequency Graph Display”
on page 75 for information on using the De-
Esser’s graph display.