User Manual

Core Avid Audio Plug-Ins
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Normalize (AudioSuite)
In cases where a sound file has been recorded with too little amplitude, the Normalize plug-in
ensures that the inherent dynamics of the performance remain unchanged while the overall
volume level of the passage is raised.
The controls let you specify how close to maximum level (the clipping threshold) the peak level
of your selection or file is boosted. You can enter this information in several ways.
• Enter a numeric decibel value below the clipping threshold.
• Enter a percentage of the threshold.
•Drag the slider.
• Press and hold the Ctrl key (Windows) or the Command key (Macintosh), then drag the
slider to fine-adjust.
• Use the rms and peak buttons to switch the calibration of normalizing between RMS and
Peak modes.
Peak normalizes the signal at the maximum possible level without clipping. RMS
normalizes the input signal at a level consistent with the root-mean-square value, or the
effective average level of the selected material.
PhaseScope (RTAS)
PhaseScope is a multichannel metering plug-in that provides signal level and phase information
for stereo tracks only. (Mono and LCR or greater multichannel tracks are not supported.)
The PhaseScope Lissajous Meter displays the relationship between the amplitude and phase of a
stereo signal, enabling you to monitor stereo imaging graphically.
The Lissajous Meter display is divided into four quadrants, with left and right channels arranged
diagonally. When audio is panned predominantly to a particular speaker channel, a diagonal line
appears, indicating the channel.
The Lissajous Meter displays in-phase material as a vertical line and out-of-phase material as a
horizontal line.
Sum Inputs
button
When you use the Multi-Tap Delay plug-in in Stereo mode, a Sum Inputs button appears next to
the Mix sliders. Clicking the Sum Inputs button sums the source input signals (regardless of
whether the input is mono or stereo) before processing them. The source signal then appears in
the center of the stereo field, and the processed signal is output in stereo.
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