The following sections are provided to assist you in designing the personality of your sound. As we said earlier, there is no precise recipe for setting up audio processing because each application is different. However there are a few basics that we can share with you that can help get you to where you want to go. Setting up processing for the absolute best end product usually requires a concerted effort, some extended periods of critical listening, and making a few intelligently chosen and subtle changes over time. It will be time and effort well spent, and all you need to know up front is that you must:
¾Know your goals (have a plan).
¾Take your time.
¾Always adjust deliberately and methodically.
¾Listen critically before making more adjustments.
Increasing Density/Loudness
Try to resist the temptation to crank up the aggressive processing sections. They will definitely add loudness but usually at the cost of quality and intelligibility. Many times, just building a bit more RMS energy in the AGC sections will do the trick.
The following are some suggestions on where to begin to make changes. For best results you should try them in the order we have listed below.
Increasing loudness can be accomplished in five ways:
1.Alter the following parameters in the AGC:
Increase the Drive to the AGC sections.
Increase the Release settings to make the bands operate faster.
2.Modify the Multiband Limiter sections:
Increase the Drive to the Limiter section.
Increase the Release settings to make the bands operate faster.
Note that slowing the Attack time by using a lower setting can help make things sound more natural when faster Release times are used. But be careful not to allow too many fast transients through to the final limiter section.
3.Set the Hold threshold in each band to a lower value.
4.A combination of all of the above (yes, it sounds crazy but it’s true)!
Always resist the temptation to make too many changes at once because it then becomes difficult to determine why, or why not, an adjustment made the change you hear. It is better to make small adjustments to a small number of controls at a time, and then listen to the result with a wide variety of program material. Once you have satisfactory results in one area (like overall density) you can then move the focus to the next area that you feel needs more tweaking.
Don’t be afraid to experiment with different styles of processing! Our presets are good starting points and are not restricted to any particular format because of their name!
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