Owner's manual

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The Mastering Compressor!
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TRANSFORMER CHOICES
C+/*/+;@C@+G*H*G@?IJK*
The!cleanest!position!with!the!least!distortion.!This!position!has!a!subtle!accentuation!of!
ultra?high!frequencies.!
>@!!KJ*/+;@C@+G*H*@L+G*
This!position!has!an!additional!Class?A!amplifier!section!adding!even?ordered!harmonic!
distortion,!resulting!in!a!very!musical!upper!low!frequency!boost.!
M+CC+>*/+;@C@+G*H*;CJJK*
The!most!distorted!selection!with!an!extremely!tight!boost!in!the!low!frequencies.!
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Mastering!the!Transformer!Switching!Matrix!involves!a!certain!learning!curve!and!the!sonic!
differences!between!the!three!transfor m ers!ca n!be !m ore!o r!less!obvious!depen ding!on!the!
audio!signal!running!through.!In !gen era l,!differences!are!most!easily!heard!on!“busy”!mixes!
with!rich!low!end!an d !sizz lin g!h igh !fre qu e nc ies!–!like!a!real!drum!kit!with!open!hi!hats!or!
dance!mixes.!Listening!through!a!big!speaker!system!will!also!help!to!get!a!feel!for!each!
transformer!as!they!primarily!affect!the!very!low!end!of!the!frequency!spectrum.!
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SIDE CHAIN FILTER
The!Side!Chain!Filter!switch!engages!a!high?pass!filter!on!the!side!chains!of!both!the!optical!
and!discrete!compressors.!No!signal!below!90Hz!will!affect!the!amount!of!compression!
applied.!Thus!the!Side!Chain!Filter!can!help!to!reduce!unwanted!“pumping”!artifacts,!as!the!
compressors!will!react!less!to!low!frequency!content!such!as!bass!drum!hits.!
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