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Another handy functionality built in the VU Meter by Arturia is a clipping warning indicator.
This is a small red "LED" light positioned in the bottom right corner of the Meter. Every time
audio reaches clipping, the "LED" lights on with a bright red color.
4.2.9. Power Switch
This switch, when turned Off, makes the audio bypass the compression circuit. We can
still monitor it visually through the VU Meter, though. This is useful to quickly turn Off
compression while listening to audio, this way comparing audibly and visually both signals.
It differs from the button in the Lower Toolbar in the way that one turns Off the plug-
in completely (the GUI changes color, becoming darker). The power switch only turns Off
(bypasses) the compression circuit, but the plug-in remains active. By default, the switch is
On (unit is active).
4.2.10. Mix
A technique often used in production is what's called Parallel Compression. This is useful
to allow compression of the audio signal while also preserving intact all the transient
characteristics of the audio. The basic concept is having a way to preserve the original
audio, while also processing it through compression. For this, we need to have a channel
that "passes the audio through". while on another channel we have the audio sent to the
compression path.
This is what can be achieved with the Mix parameter.
The Mix knob is set by default to Comp, which means the processed signal only. We can
turn it all the way down to Dry (fully uncompressed, original audio) or anything in between.
Values are displayed in percentage, where 100% is fully processed signal, and 0% is fully
unprocessed audio.
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