User Guide

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Chapter 10: New Audio Plug-Ins Added
PG RTA
The PG Real Time Analyzer (frequency analyzer) is ONLY a frequency measurement tool. PG RTA never modifies
the audio.
Sonic Repair
An RTA can help identify frequencies which should be boosted or cut with an Equalizer plug-in. For instance, if an
instrument track is too noisy, examine the frequency response with an RTA. To reduce noise, unused frequency
bands would be the first likely places to equalize.
If a track sounds bad, the objectionable frequencies are likely to be among the loudest in the RTA display. It can be
easier/quicker to improve the tone if you first try equalizing the loud frequencies.
Mixing/Mastering
An RTA is a good reality check on full mixes. To get a feel for the frequency distribution of a music style, use the
RTA to study your favorite CDs. Music styles often have typical frequency distributions.
While polishing your mix, the RTA can help you make a tune's frequency balance “in the ballpark” of the tune's
genre. It may seem uncreative to purposely make original tunes similar to the norm, but listeners are less likely to
seriously audition a tune, if it sounds “out of whack” from the target genre.
Metal and Big Hair 80's Rock are among the brightest commercial mixes, often approaching a straight horizontal
line on an RTA. If your mix has an overall positive slope (the high frequencies measure higher than low
frequencies), you should rest your ears and then re-evaluate the mix. If the mix has a positive slope, it is almost
certainly brighter than any musical genre.