Owner manual

5 - Effects
Core Effects Descriptions
E-MU PCIe Digital Audio Systems 101
 Creating a De-esser:
A de-esser reduces the sibilance or “sss” sound in a vocal part. The sidechain feature of
the RFX Compressor makes it possible to create a effective de-esser using the
compressor andthe Multimode EQ. The Wet/Dry mix on each effect should be set to
100%.
In
L
R
Multimode
EQ
Compressor
Flat
Response
Hi Pass
Sidechain
Gain
Cell
L
Out
R
Mono
Strip
Creating a De-esser
Multimode EQ Settings
 You can boost the low
frequencies in the right
channel to create a “de-
boomer.”
The left channel is set flat (no EQ). The right channel boosts hi-frequencies.
• Left Channel: Lowpass mode, Lowpass Rolloff = Off
• Right Channel: Highpass mode, 24dB/oct, HP Frequency = 8173Hz,
HP Resonance = 36%
Compressor Settings
Lookahead gives the compressor time to react to the vocal sibilance.
• Input Mode: L In/R Sidechain
• Threshold: -32dB (adjust to control amount of de-essing)
• Ratio: 2.5:1
• Attack: Instantaneous
• Release: 40 msec
• Gain: 0dB
• Soft Knee: Off
• Gate: Off
• Comp. Lookahead: -20 msec
• Auto-release: Off
• Max. Compression: Unlimited