hear how the adaptive behavior responds to them adding a more dynamic approach to dynamics. This example is somewhat extreme and it is recommended to try settings around
AUTO MAKEUP
When Applying compression adjusting the threshold reduces loudness. Indeed in most compressors we can hear the overall gain reduction and we can apply makeup gain to regain the lost loudness.
In WideBand compressors we find auto makeup to be fairly straightforward. The auto makeup will boost by the reverse value of the Threshold, or sometimes have a threshold dependant makeup “range” that accounts for the knee and ratio too. In MultiBand there are other considerations. The bands energy is going to be summed with that of the other bands so it’s hard to predict the part of the discrete band’s energy on the summed WideBand signal.
The Auto Makeup in LinMB is somewhat similar in that it accounts for the Threshold, Range and Knee. In wide band we would use the headroom to boost the loudness further then was possible before compressing. In the MultiBand case It is designed to help maintain general level stability for better a/b comparing. While in a wideband compressor the overall level will be reduced in the LinMB only the gain of a certain band will be reduced in relation to the others. It is much easier to hear the lost loudness then the actual compression so working with Auto Makeup the bands level remains similar and you can focus better on the sound of the dynamics process for that band. You can choose to use Auto Makeup as a work mode to help get the per band compression to sound right, Then apply per band gain on top of it. When disengaging Auto Makeup its effect will be updated into the per band gains. It is recommended to first set nominal thresholds per band to the peak energy in each band. Then engage auto makeup and continue to adjust the desired dynamics.
Auto Makeup does not interfere with the
WAVES ARC - AUTO RELEASE CONTROL
Waves ARC was designed and debuted in the Waves Renaissance Compressor. This routine sets the optimal gain adjustment release time by being program sensitive. The Auto Release Control still refers to its band’s release time and optimizes it according to the actual attenuation assuring maximal transparency. Before ARC there was always a need to trade between grainy Distortion with short release times to Pumping when setting longer release times. ARC helps lower the extent of these artifacts. For best