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What is Wave Hammer?
Sony Pictures Digital’s Wave Hammer DirectX
Wave Hammer can be used in any Microsoft
Displaying Wave Hammer
To display Wave Hammer, choose Wave Hammer from the Effects menu.
The Wave Hammer dialog
The Wave Hammer controls are divided into two tabs: Compressor and Volume Maximizer.
Compressor tab
The controls on the Compressor tab are used to compress the audio signal. When applied properly, compression reduces the dynamic range of audio and allows you increase overall loudness. Compression has various uses. For example, applying heavy compression at a low threshold to electric guitar produces distortion.
Compressor tab
Threshold
The Threshold fader is used to adjust the audio level at which compression is applied. Audio with levels higher than the Threshold value are compressed, while audio at levels lower than this value pass through the compressor uninterrupted.
Ratio
The Ratio slider determines the amount of compression applied to audio signals surpassing the threshold. A ratio of 1:1 applies no compression to audio surpassing the threshold, while a ratio of 2:1 requires a 2 dB increase in actual volume to raise the processed volume 1 dB. A ratio of Inf:1 is considered a limiter.
CHP. 12 | USING ACOUSTIC MIRROR AND WAVE HAMMER |