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Table Of Contents
- Soundtrack Pro 3 Effects Reference
- Contents
- Introduction to the Soundtrack Pro Plug-Ins
- Delay Effects
- Delay Designer
- Getting to Know the Delay Designer Interface
- Getting to Know Delay Designer’s Main Display
- Using Delay Designer’s View Buttons
- Zooming and Navigating Delay Designer’s Tap Display
- Creating Taps in Delay Designer
- Selecting Taps in Delay Designer
- Moving and Deleting Taps in Delay Designer
- Using Delay Designer’s Tap Toggle Buttons
- Editing Parameters in Delay Designer’s Tap Display
- Aligning Delay Designer Tap Values
- Editing Filter Cutoff in Delay Designer’s Tap Display
- Editing Pan in Delay Designer’s Tap Display
- Editing Taps in Delay Designer’s Tap Parameter Bar
- Editing Delay Designer Taps with the Shortcut Menu
- Resetting Delay Designer Tap Values
- Synchronizing Taps in Delay Designer
- Using Delay Designer’s Master Section
- Working with Delay Designer in Surround
- Stereo Delay
- Tape Delay
- Delay Designer
- Distortion Effects
- Dynamics Processors
- Equalizers
- Filter Effects
- Imaging Processors
- Metering Tools
- Modulation Effects
- Pitch Effects
- Reverb Effects
- Space Designer Convolution Reverb
- Getting to Know the Space Designer Interface
- Working with Space Designer’s Impulse Response Parameters
- Working with Space Designer’s Envelope and EQ Parameters
- Working with Space Designer’s Filter
- Working with Space Designer’s Global Parameters
- Using Space Designer’s Input Slider
- Using Space Designer’s Latency Compensation Feature
- Using Space Designer’s Definition Parameter
- Using Space Designer’s Rev Vol Compensation
- Using Space Designer’s Output Sliders
- Working with Pre-Dly (Predelay) in Space Designer
- Using Space Designer’s IR Start Parameter
- Using Space Designer’s Spread Parameters
- Automating Space Designer
- Specialized Effects and Utilities
- Utilities and Tools
• Expnd Thrsh(old) fields: Set the expansion threshold for the selected band. Setting the
parameter to its minimum value (-60 dB), means that only signals that fall below this
level are expanded.
• Expnd Ratio fields: Set the expansion ratio for the selected band.
• Expnd Reduction fields: Set the amount of downward expansion for the selected band.
• Peak/RMS fields: Enter a smaller value for shorter peak detection, or a larger value for
RMS detection, in milliseconds.
• Attack fields: Set the amount of time before compression starts for the selected band,
after the signal exceeds the threshold.
• Release fields: Set the time required before compression stops on the selected band,
after the signal falls below the threshold.
• Band on/off buttons (1, 2, 3, and 4): Enable/disable each band (1 to 4). When enabled,
the button is highlighted, and the corresponding band appears in the graphical display
area above.
• Byp(ass) buttons: Enable to bypass the selected frequency band.
• Solo buttons: Enable to hear compression on only the selected frequency band.
• Level meters: The bar on the left shows the input level, and the bar on the right shows
the output level.
• Threshold arrows: Two arrows appear to the left of each Level meter.
• The upper arrow adjusts the Compression Threshold (Compr Thrsh).
• The lower arrow adjusts the Expansion Threshold (Expnd Thrsh).
Multipressor Output Section
• Auto Gain pop-up menu: When you choose On, it references the overall processing of
the signal to 0 dB, making the output louder.
• Lookahead value field: Adjusts how far the effect looks forward in the incoming audio
signal, in order to react earlier to peak volumes, and therefore achieve smoother
transitions.
• Out slider: Sets the overall gain at the Multipressor output.
• Level meter: Shows the overall output level.
Using the Multipressor
In the graphical display, the blue bars show the gain change—not merely the gain
reduction—as with a standard compressor. The gain change display is a composite value
consisting of the compression reduction, plus the expander reduction, plus the auto gain
compensation, plus the gain make-up.
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