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Menu Effects
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The following functions are available:
Compressor/Expander
The dynamics of a work are restricted, loud passages stay
loud, quiet passages become louder. Compression is often
used to give material more power and assertiveness. The
compression level is set with the Ratio Control, the appli-
cation level is determined by the Threshold. Build-up and
fade-out times can be influenced by Attack and Release.
An Expander is the functional opposite to the compressor:
the differences between the peak levels and quiet passages
become greater.
Gate
Very quiet passages (under the Threshold Level) are sup-
pressed or drawn down to zero. This effectively enables the
noise level even in the pauses between individual takes to
be suppressed, but even at high compressions levels (Ratio
> 5) the Gate function is useful, to avoid over-raising of the
quietest passages and thereby the background noise.
Distortion
With this set-up audio material can be distorted by means
of a non-linear transfer identification line; the signal be-
come louder and additional harmony waves are created. By
influencing the application point of the distortion (Thresh-
old) a soft, analogue sounding distortion (Overdrive) can
be generated (Threshold e.g. on -40 dB), or a hard, digital
sounding distortion (Threshold on 0 dB). With Ratio the
strength of the distortion can be set precisely.
Parameters for the Compressor/Gate/Distortion Edi-
tor:
Ratio: This parameter controls the strength of the given
effects, 1.0 means no effect.
Threshold: Here the application threshold can be set,
above or below that of the given effect.
Attack: Here the time can be set in which the algorithm
reacts to increasing levels.
Release: Here the time can be set in which the algorithm
reacts to decreasing levels.
Gate Level: This parameter determines under which
amounts the level should be set to 0.