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4 UC Surface Monitor Control Software
4.3 Dynamics Processing and EQ
Studio 192
Owner’s Manual
8. Soft Knee toggle button. Engages soft-knee compression. In normal operating
mode, the compressor is set for hard-knee compression, meaning that the
gain reduction applied to the signal occurs as soon as the signal exceeds the
level set by the threshold. When the Soft Knee button is engaged, the onset of
gain reduction occurs gradually after the signal has exceeded the threshold.
9. Compressor graph. This graph shows the point at which the
compressor threshold affects the signal. You can either use this graph
to adjust the threshold or the dedicated threshold control (#2).
10. Limiter On/Off. Turns on the limiter for the selected input channel. The ratio is ∞:1.
11. Limiter Threshold. Sets the threshold of the limiter for the selected
channel. When the signal’s amplitude (level) exceeds the threshold setting,
the limiter is engaged. The threshold can be set from -56 to 0 dB.
4.3.2 EQ Tab
The EQ tab displays the filtering controls for the highpass
filter and four-band fully parametric EQ.
1. Equalizer On/Off. Turns EQ on or off for the selected analog input channel.
2. EQ Band Select. Opens the controls for the selected EQ band.
• EQ Band On/Off. Enables/disables the currently selected EQ band.
• EQ Band controls. When each EQ band is selected,
the following controls will be available:
- Shelf EQ On/Off (Low and High band only). Enabling the Shelf
button turns the Low or High band into a low-shelving EQ. A
low shelving EQ is like a bass-control knob on a stereo, while
a high shelving EQ is like the treble control. In this mode, the
Center Frequency control selects the shelving frequency.
- EQ Frequency. Adjusts the center frequency of each band.
- EQ Gain. Sets level of the center frequency from -15 to +15 dB.
- Q. Sets the Q for the each band. The Q is the ratio of the center
frequency to the bandwidth. When the center frequency
is constant, the bandwidth is inversely proportional to the
Q, so as you raise the Q, you narrow the bandwidth.
3. High Pass Filter. Sets the highpass filter’s frequency threshold for the selected
channel or output bus. The filter’s threshold can be set from 24 Hz to 1 kHz.
When the meter is set to its lowest point, the filter is off. The highpass filter is
available on all input channels and on auxiliary and effects output buses only.
Power User Tip: A highpass filter attenuates all frequencies below the set
threshold. Use the Fat Channel highpass filter to remove unwanted low
frequencies from your source signal, rather than trying to EQ them out.
4. EQ Graph. This graph shows the overall EQ curve.
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