Owner's manual

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The Mastering Compressor!
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METERING AND THE MAGIC EYE
The!Shadow!Hills!Mastering!Compressor!is!equipped!w ith!two!VU!m eters!for!prope r!visual!
analysis!of!audio!processing.!Each!VU!meter!has!the!capability!of!displaying!optical!gain!
reduction,!discrete!gain!reduction,!and!ou tput!level,!as!determ ined !by!the!position!of!the!
“Meter!Select”!sw itch.!W h en!u sed!o n!m on o!sign als,!the!tw o!VU!meters!can!be!used!to!display!
the!gain!reduction !of!bo th!compressors!sim ulta neo usly .!The!sa m e!go es!for!lin ke d !Stereo!
mode.!It!is!only!in!Dual!Mono!mode!that!the!VU!meters!show!gain!reduction!independently!for!
both!channels.!The!internal!reference!level!corresponding!to!0!VU!can!be!set!in!the!“About”!
dialog,!which!is!brought!up!by!clicking!on!any!of!the!two!meters.!
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The!green,!glowing!Magic!Eye!tube!at!the!bottom!of!the!unit!is!the!final !co m p o n e n t!in !th e!
metering!system.!When!both!VU!Meters!are!in!“Output”!mode,!the!Magic!Eye!displays!a!mono!
signal!in!its!top!quadrant.!
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TRANSFORMER SWITCHING MATRIX
You!have!remarkable!control!over!the!tone!and!vibe!of!your!music!thanks!to!three!switchable!
output!transformers.!This!matrix!switches!the!selected!transformers!in!and!out!of!the!circuit.!
The!various!material!compositions,!size!and!methods!of!winding!impart!different!frequency!
and!distortion!characteristics!as!well!as!the!transient!limiting!caused!by!the!magnetics.!The!
ability!to!switch!between!the!different!transformer!selections,!equates!to!being!able!to!switch!
in!the!final !ga in !sta g es !fro m !d iffe re n t!vin t ag e !co n so le s!a n d!p ro v id in g!re markab le !fle xib ilit y. !
Besides!its!obvious!use!on!the!stereo!master!buss!and!stereo!subgroups,!we!highly!
recommen d!to!use!the!m on o!version!of!the!M astering!Co m pres sor!Plug in!on!individual!tracks,!
adding!coloration!to!vocals,!electric!bass!or!guitar.!
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