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5.3. Advanced Mode (Double Arrow) Button
This button opens the Advanced Mode control panel. This is where are located the controls
for the extra features added by Arturia, to expand the possibilities found on the original units.
This extra control panel is common to all three compressors.
When the Advanced Mode panel is opened, the arrows point up. When the panel is closed,
the arrows point down.
When there are parameters active in the Advanced Mode panel (edited or set to values
different than the default ones), and that panel is not visible (is closed), the double arrow
button (pointing down) has a dot next to it, to call user's attention to those parameters. To
check them, click the button to open the Advanced Mode control panel.
As it happens with the Main Control Panel, you have a detailed explanation of all the features
in this Advanced Mode control panel in the Control Panel chapter [p.13].
5.4. Sound Design Tips
Pigments was Arturia's first plug-in to offer this feature, and we dare to say it will
revolutionize the way users look at presets.
The Sound Design Tips feature identifies parameters the preset creator defined as the most
relevant while developing the selected preset, and which are the best for the user to edit.
When On, a brief explanation of each parameter (tip) will also be displayed in the left-hand
side of the lower toolbar.
Select any Factory preset and position the cursor over the light bulb in the upper toolbar,
right after the Advanced Mode button. This is the Sound Design Tips button. It will darken the
User Interface, leaving lighted the selected parameters.
Each Factory preset has defined a preferred parameter, and the corresponding Meter range.
The preferred parameter is the one that should be set first when adjusting the selected
preset for optimum results. The Meter range is an indicator of the kind of gain reduction the
preset was programmed for.
If you click the little arrow at the right of the button, you will access a menu that has an
"(Advanced) Edit Tips" option. Selecting that option will allow you to mark your own preferred
controllers. Each marked controller will show a small "light bulb" when that option is selected,
and a "cogwheel" appears next to the Sound Tips button.
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