User Manual

WAVELAB
Plug-in Processor Reference 33 – 777
MultiBand Compressor
This is a high-quality multi-band compressor, especially suited for profes-
sional mastering. It will split the signal into up to five frequency bands, and
process each band with its own freely adjustable compressor character-
istic.
The MultiBand Compressor window is divided into two main sections: the
Frequency Band editor and the Characteristic display. You can specify
the level, bandwidth and compressor characteristics for each band by us-
ing the various controls.
The Frequency Band editor
The Frequency Band editor is where you set the width of the frequency
bands as well as their level before compression. The horizontal value scale
below the Frequency band display indicates the frequency with the maxi-
mum value corresponding to half the current sample rate. The vertical
value scale indicates the level setting (in dB) of each frequency band.
• You can drag the diamond-shaped handles at the bottom to adjust the
frequency range occupied by each band.
To add a new band (up to the maximum of five bands), drag the leftmost or rightmost fre-
quency handle towards the middle of the display. Similarly, to remove the lowest or highest
frequency band, drag its upper or lower frequency handle, respectively, to the very edge of
the display.
If you hold down the [Shift] key and click on a frequency handle, all bands will be set to the
same bandwidth (in octaves). The exact bandwidth depends on the number of bands cur-
rently used.
• By dragging the diamond-shaped handles on top of each frequency band
you can cut or boost the input gain by +/- 12dB before compression.
To reset a Level handle to 0 dB, hold down the [Shift] key on your computer keyboard and
click on the handle.
For both types of handles, you can hold down [Ctrl] and drag to change
the values in smaller steps.