Reference Guide

1356 Included plug-ins
Audio effects
For example, if a vocalist moves closer in and further away from a microphone while making a
recording, the recorded volume levels may be uneven. A compressor can smooth out theses
variations.
• During mixdown, you can use a compressor to adjust the dynamic range of individual tracks. This
is one way to balance the tracks, and can even reduce the need to use a lot of equalization.
• Compressors can be used to increase an instrument’s sustain, by using a release time longer
than the instruments decay.
• With extreme compressor settings, you can produce new interesting sounds from familiar sounds.
For more information, see the FX Compressor/Gate online Help.
FX Dynamics Processor
Figure 383. FX Dynamics Processor
Dynamics processors are a class of audio effects that modify the dynamic range of an audio signal.
The dynamic range of an audio signal is a measure of the level of variation between the loudest and
softest parts of the signal.
For more information, see the FX Dynamics Processor online Help.