Specifications

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Expander/Gate III Attack
Control
The Attack control sets the attack time, or the
rate at which gain is reduced after the input sig-
nal crosses the threshold. Use this along with the
Ratio setting to control how soft the Expander’s
gain reduction curve is.
This control ranges from 10 s (fastest attack
time) to 300 ms (slowest attack time).
Expander/Gate III Hold Control
The Hold control specifies the duration (in sec-
onds or milliseconds) during which the Ex-
pander/Gate will stay in effect after the initial
attack occurs. This can be used as a function to
keep the Expander/Gate in effect for longer peri-
ods of time with a single crossing of the thresh-
old. It can also be used to prevent gate chatter
that may occur if varying input levels near the
threshold cause the gate to close and open very
rapidly.
This control ranges from 5 ms (shortest hold) to
4 seconds (longest hold).
Expander/Gate III Release
Control
The Release control sets how long it takes for the
gate to close after the input signal falls below the
threshold level and the hold time has passed.
This control ranges from 5 ms (fastest release
time) to 4 seconds (slowest release time).
Expander/Gate III Range
Control
The Range control sets the depth of the Ex-
pander/Gate when closed. Setting the gate to
higher range levels allows more and more of the
gated audio that falls below the threshold to
peek through the gate at all times.
This control ranges from –80 dB (lowest depth)
to 0 dB (highest depth).
Expander/Gate III Side-Chain
Section
The side-chain is the split-off signal used by the
plug-in’s detector to trigger dynamics process-
ing. The Side-Chain section lets you toggle the
side-chain between the internal input signal or
an external key input, and tailor the equaliza-
tion of the side-chain signal so that the trigger-
ing of dynamics processing becomes frequency-
sensitive. See “Dynamics III Side-Chain Input”
on page 75.
De-Esser III
The De-Esser reduces sibilants and other high
frequency noises that can occur in vocals, voice-
overs, and wind instruments such as flutes.
These sounds can cause peaks in an audio signal
and lead to distortion.
The De-Esser reduces these unwanted sounds
using fast-acting compression. The Threshold
control sets the level above which compression
starts, and the Frequency (Freq) control sets the
frequency band in which the De-Esser operates.