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1. 13 7 60 3 Opto C Opto L MODEL Up Q 79 252 vn 7 9 5 3 A amp D O DM OUT RN CLIP All Trademarks are property of their respective owners UREI and Teletronix are trademarks of the Teletronix Universal Audio UREI companies dbx is a trademark of the Harmon Corporation Neve is a trademark of AMS Neve Manley Variable MU is a trademark of the Manley Laboratories Inc These companies are not affiliated in any way with McDSP nor do they endorse the CompressorBank plug in The trademarks of these companies are used solely for the purpose of describing the sounds produced by the McDSP CompressorBank plug in While CompressorBank emulates the sounds of these compressors McDSP makes no representation or warranty that CompressorBank is identical to or duplicates these compressors Pro Tools is a registered trademark of Digidesign Inc Page 38 Over EZ Over EZ is an emulation of the dbx165 2 THR 6 ICOMP MODEL OUT lt 3 o 0 o 13 7 Qo t TI cit S State S State is an emulation of the UREI 1176 49 OJO AE lt JOUT 13 4 175 3219 MODEL Tube MODEL Jii 43 O80 lt i Qo e 41 4 Q t Tube2 MODEL Ji comp E 39 O80 bes i McDSP CompressorBank CompressorBank CB4 attack C 0 01 o 2X e IRELEASE b 60 3 cc arrack 0 01 2X i RELEASE 715 F 7531101 Q7 0 c EY
2. McDSP CompressorBank Technical Support Trouble Shooting How do I authorize the plug in e McDSP plug ins can be authorized via a license card and an iLok Refer to the installation details provided in Chapter 2 Installing McDSP Plug ins e McDSP Plug in demos can be requested from www mcdsp com when an iLok com account user name is provided Demo authorizations are then placed in your account for transfer to your iLok More detailed information is provided in Chapter 2 Authorizing with iLok com in the Initialization section The plug in does not appear in Insert popup e Check your installation of the individual plug in or plug ins you purchased e The plug in will not appear in an insert popup if its trial period has expired or is not authorized Preset does not affect plug in controls e Presets for the CB1 CB2 and CB3 configurations are interchangeable For example a preset created with a CB1 can be used in a CB2 and CB3 mono and stereo However some of the controls in CB2 and CB3 are not available in CB1 just as some controls are not available in CB2 that are in CB3 Ifa preset has not affected any controls on the UI it is because the controls that differed from the current ones on the CB configuration the user has switched to are not present in that CB configuration s UI If an incompatible preset is used such as a FilterBank EQ preset CompressorBank will display a warning message accompanied by a system beep and
3. Please press the button only once don t remove or insert your iLoks and don t touch your browser until the process completes A progress page should be displayed within a few seconds of pressing the button may need to install a different version of the Plug In if you are upgrading or replacing Transferring Authorizations with iLok com You may freely transfer any authorization within your iLok com account between any of your registered iLok Smart Keys If you wish to transfer an authorization out of your iLok com account to a different user it will require additional support from PACE Anti Piracy Inc and may be subject to a service fee or limited by manufacturer restrictions Check the www ilok com website for updates and developments regarding iLok USB Smart Keys and the Pace Interlok Copy Protection system mcdsp com Page lv Registering your McDSP Plug In To register your McDSP Plug In fill out and return the product registration card enclosed with the boxed Plug In package by mail or fax 707 220 0994 Registering your product entitles you to future upgrades and advance information from McDSP Each individual product must be registered even if you have multiple copies and the product must be registered to an individual not an entity If you represent a company it is your company s responsibility to notify McDSP in writing if the individual who registered the Plug In is no longer with the company The Company must also be ab
4. STEREO McDSP CompressorBank CONFIGURATION INSTANTIATIONS PER DSP ON INSTANTIATIONS PER DSP ON HD SYSTEMS HD ACCEL SYSTEMS cia mono CE2 stereo eT CB3 mono ser fi cea mono fs ser 2 Many of the CompressorBank plug in configurations can operate on the same DSP depending on the configuration s DSP requirements See below for the percentages of a HD or HD Accel DSP used by a single instantiation of a CompressorBank plug in CompressorBank supports all higher sample rates 96 kHz and 192 kHz However due to the DSP usage of some of the larger CompressorBank configurations not all configurations are available at the higher sample rates For 96 kHz operation the DSP usage is doubled x 2 and for 192 kHz operation the DSP usage is quadrupled x 4 Digidesign and Pro Tools are registered trademarks of Digidesign Inc mcdsp com Page 41 CompressorBank Frequently Asked Questions For an updated list of Frequently Asked Questions see our website www mcdsp com FAQ html How is CompressorBank different from other Compressors e CompressorBank gives you the most power and flexibility to emulate any other compressor and many limiters or create your own custom compressor limiter e Consider first the number of configurations you get in this one plug in compression with side chain input CB1 compression with side chain input and pre filtering CB2 and compression with side chain inpu
5. Insert the McDSP HD Disk Native Disk or LE Disk CDROM onto an available CDROM drive e Navigate to the CompressorBank plug in folder on the CDROM the installer application is contained therein e Run the CompressorBank plug in Installer application to install the CompressorBank plug in presets and documentation to a local folder on your system The plug in will be placed in the Plug Ins folder and the presets will be placed in the Plug Ins Settings folder e f a previous version of the CompressorBank plug in or other HD Native or LE version was already in the plug ins folder it will automatically be updated or replaced by the installer Getting Started Re installing the CompressorBank plug in presets manually In you wish to restore the factory default presets it may be useful to know how to manually re install only the presets e Go to the Plug In Settings folder e C Program Files Common Files Digidesign DAE Plug In Settings e f Pro Tools has not already done so for you create a folder called CompressorBank e Place a copy of the folder from the CompressorBank plug in package called Presets into the CompressorBank folder The presets are now viewable after restarting Pro Tools from the settings popup menu from the CompressorBank plug in Note it may be necessary to re start Pro Tools in order for the newly added Presets folder to be viewable from the
6. ON OFF Polarity phase of the final output When yellow LED is lit signal is 180 from original ENGAGED Selects the side chain signal to cause the Compressor to begin DISENGAGED reducing signal dynamics range once it exceeds the selected threshold INPUT OR 60 to 0 dB Output level of band Meters below COMPRESSION GAIN METER OUTPUT displayed in green and reading from left to right Red LED s are METERS lit to indicate output has clipped Click LED to clear Selected in the Master Section METERS Compressor ING ON OFF Compressor enable disable Red LED is lit when band is enabled THRESHOLD 45 to 0 dB Level at which the compression starts Also indicated by orange triangle on OUTPUT METER COMPRESSION 10 1 to 1 1 Ratio of input to output levels for compressor As input exceeds the THRESHOLD it is compressed by an amount determined by this control KNEE 10 0 to 15 0 The smoothing of the compression response immediately below and above the threshold level See COMPRESSION DISPLAY for visual display of differences 10 to 0 undershoot 0 hard knee 0 to 10 overshoot 10 to 15 overshoot with compressor tail BITE 1 0 to 50 0 Bi Directional Intelligent Transient Enhancement As this control is increased fast signal changes transients are allowed to pass through the compressor while the overall compression remains the same ATTACK 0 03 to 250 The rate at which the compressor responds to signals as they rise
7. Pro Tools On Windows XP when starting ProTools I get a Initialization Error message box saying Updated driver required The driver version is incompatible with this product and requires updating How do I fix this e If you just installed McDSP plug in for the first time you need reboot your PC and relaunch ProTools If you just upgraded ProTools or installed a different company s plug in most likely an older version of PACE s driver was incorrectly installed To resolve this re run any recent McDSP plug in Installer and select Repair reboot your PC and relaunch ProTools Alternatively you may run the latest Pace InterLok drivers installer which is available from the Driver download page at www paceap com dldrvr html McDSP MCcDSP License Agreement The software described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of the agreement McDowell Signal Processing Limited Liability Company License and Warranty The software which accompanies this license the Software is the property of McDowell Signal Processing Limited Liability Company or its licensers and is protected by copyright law While McDowell Signal Processing Limited Liability Company continues to own the Software you will have certain rights to use the Software after your acceptance of this license Except as may be modified by a license addendum which accompanies this license your ri
8. Settings popup inside the CompressorBank plug in window toolbar mcdsp com Page xi Installation on VENUE D SHOW systems The CompressorBank plug in Package for VENUE D SHOW systems includes presets for the CompressorBank plug in and the CompressorBank plug in The CompressorBank Licensing Agreement is displayed when installing the product on D SHOW The pdf manual can be obtained by running the Mac OS X or Windows XP Vista version of the CompressorBank Pro Tools plug in installer on any available computer Both online and boxed versions will come with a VENUE compatible installer that will automatically install the CompressorBank plug in and its presets on your system The authorization of the CompressorBank plug in is still required after running the installer and those steps are detailed in the following sections Note that all McDSP HD plug ins except Synthesizer One support the Digidesign VENUE D SHOW system Installing the CompressorBank plug in and presets on VENUE with the HD Disk The boxed CompressorBank plug in package purchased at your local dealer will contain a CDROM titled HD Disk that is specially formatted to work with your VENUE console The VENUE installers are also available online as a compressed zip file download however you will have to take additional steps to create your own VENUE installer CD R see additional instructions below before proceeding with these instructions Both the boxed and online ver
9. The compression tail is seen in Fig 4 4 between 12 dB and 0 dB McDSP engineering also had the opportunity to evaluate an LA2A with the compressor limiter switch modification and the LA3A These measurements and the ones in Fig 4 4 above were used to create the LA too eh presets UREI 1176 LNTM blackface The UREI 1176 LN 1176 for short was one of the first classic compressors to offer user adjustable attack release and compression ratio controls Alleged to be superior to later production models the blackface front panel version is the 1176 edition measured by McDSP engineering Fig 4 5 UREI 1176 LN blackface left and CompressorBank right CompressorBank s Knee control range of 0 to 10 models the 1176 knee shape nicely The possible compression ratios of 4 8 12 20 and 44 have been mcdsp com Page 23 measured and transformed into CompressorBank presets called blackface The modeling of the 1176 also shows how the CompressorBank compression bands can be setup to have a compression ratio much greater than its apparent 10 1 maximum By using the Knee control 0 to 10 and Compression control interactively a flat compression curve can be created easily These controls combined with the fastest attack setting 0 03 msec i e one sample make for a great brick wall limiter Neve 2254E 33609 Originally part of larger Neve consoles the 2254E compressor limiter was made into a two channel stand alone un
10. Views Compression Curve Graph The Compression Curve Graph shows the Input vs Output response in dB of the compressor as determined by the Threshold Compression and Knee controls A dB vs dB grid can be displayed with the graph by hold the Control key while clicking on the graph Repeating this action will remove the grid The relationship between the input and output levels of the compressor are shown in the compression curve graph For each decibel of input a corresponding amount of output is produced Input levels exceeding the compressor s threshold will be attenuated compressed Input signal levels below the threshold are unaffected Pre Filter Response Graph The response graph shows the pre filter frequency response in white along with the parametric EQ response in purple Note the EQ response shown is the static or max active response yum Tame E McDSP CompressorBank Signal Path Diagram CompressorBank s three configurations each have their own signal path CB1 the most basic setup is a compressor with side chain input CB2 adds to CB1 a pre filter section to process the original input or side chain CB3 adds to CB2 an EQ that can remain fixed static or act on the signal dynamically based on the compressor section threshold attack and release The images here are intended to give a visual to how the signal is processed The input exceeds some threshold green lines in first box the
11. a moment depending on your internet iLakcone Los Out Help connection oe co ai Download Licenses Complete The selected licenses have been downloaded to iLok1 When the transfer finishes you will be 39 asked to confirm the completition of the transaction thereby letting you know that the transfer was successful If you wish to go back into your account and visually confirm the transaction for yourself select View iLoks Then select the iLok you had the authorizations transferred to That s it Dont forget to logout and move the iLok Smart Key to your ProTools System if you are using another computer for Internet access Also you Authorizing Your McDSP Plug Ins r 2 0 iLok com Log Out Help View the contents of your iLoks From here you can see what s on your iLok register your iLoks synchronize your iLok license contents with your account and identify which iLoks are installed on your machine You have 1 registered iLoks 0 are covered by Zero Downtime 1 are not covered Sign up for Zero Downtime bere If your iLok does not appear in the list below insert it now and press the Synchronize button To identify which iLoks you currently have inserted press the Identify button Inserted iLoks will have a green button by them in the Inserted column Name Licenses Last sync Inserted Covered biLoki 4 5 09 14 2004 e No Note that the synchronize and identify processes may take some time
12. adjusts the amount of boost or cut applied to the signal Freq The frequency control adjusts the point in the frequency spectrum where the parametric band gain is applied The signal amplitude at the frequency set by this control is equivalent to the amplitude set by the gain control All parametric sections are completely overlapping the frequency range of each extends to the top and bottom of the frequency spectrum Q The width of the parametric band the bandwidth is controlled by the Q control Q 1 bandwidth Large values of Q correspond to narrow bandwidth small values of Q correspond to wide bandwidth CompressorBank Q ranges meets or exceeds most other parametric equalizer implementations in fact we even exceed the upper Q range of FilterBank McDSP Q Fig 4 2 CompressorBank high pass filter curves FREQ n pereme 20 0k OFF STATIC DYNAMIC uses proprietary constant Q technology to maintain an analog response through the entire frequency spectrum Also note when the Q control is set to its lowest setting 0 1 i e 10 octave bandwidth the equalizer response approaches that of a very smooth low or high shelf filter when the frequency control is set to extreme low and high frequency settings This is a common characteristic in high end parametric equalizers Page 20 McDSP CompressorBank The applications of the dynamic EQ include 4 de essing signal enhancement and harmonic ra distortion T
13. as there is an internet connection to access iLok com note that you don t have to use your ProTools system computer You simply use this computer to connect to iLok com and transfer authorizations to your iLok Smart Key The iLok Smart Key can then be moved to your ProTools system to complete authorization of your Plug In You will need e A computer with an Internet connection Either a Macintosh running OS 9 2 to OS 10 3 or a PC running Windows 98 ME 2000 XP or Vista e An iLok USB Smart Key e A valid iLok com account Visit www iLok com and set up a free account if you have not already done so 1 Download and install the required client software from iLok com 2 Download the desired McDSP Plug In Installer from http www mcdsp com support updating html 3 To receive an upgrade or replacement authorization send email your iLok com account information to support mcdsp com To receive a demo authorization email your iLok com account information to authorize mcdsp com Insert your iLok Smart Key into an iLok com Log Out Help available USB port and ensure that pee EcEr ome OEC the indicator light is lit Once your ommum Wisicome Gabi demo u pg rade Or repl acement lE How ln d Ae new improved iLok com New features with authorization is available for transfer ev Support for moving licenses between ks Optional Zero Downtime coverage for your critical iLoks your iLok com account will di
14. be adjusted with the Knee and Bite Bi directional Intelligent Transient Enhancement controls Knee can soften the compression curve creating a smoother response and or add pumping breathing compression effects CompressorBank s unique and unprecedented Knee design allows the user to morph between various compressor topologies such as the dbx 165 Neve 2254E 33609 and Teletronix LA2A Bite gives the compressor the ability to allow signal transients rapidly changing signals i e high frequency data to pass uncompressed while the overall compression response is unchanged These controls allow the user to emulate responses of their favorite vintage gear mcdsp com Page 1 e Multiple Peak Detection Circuits Every compressor uses a model to detect and track signal peaks and then apply dynamic compression Variations of basic models are available in Compressor Bank Type 1 pure peak detection Type 2 pure peak detection combined with adaptive release times and Auto signal levels are automatically tracked e Static Dynamic EQ Using the same technology as in our FilterBank plug in including analog saturation modeling to prevent digital clipping this parametric EQ section can be applied to the compressor output The user can select a fixed amount of gain or a dynamic gain that tracks to the attack and release settings of the compressor Possible effects include signal enhancement noise reduction and harmonic distortion e Doubl
15. msec above the THRESHOLD RELEASE 5 0 msec to The rate at which the compressor stops responding to signals as 2 5 sec they fall below the THRESHOLD mcdsp com Page 29 Parameter Settings Function AUTO ON OFF Automatic ATTACK and RELEASE When AUTO mode is enabled Yellow LED is lit and ATTACK RELEASE and RELEASE2 controls are disabled TYPE Type 1 Type 2 Time Constant Circuit Type Type 1 indicates the standard pure peak detection and Type 2 indicates a more advanced adaptive release based on multiple signal peaks RELEASE2 0 005 to 5 0 The secondary rate at which the compressor stops responding sec to signals as they fall below the THRESHOLD Only active when Type 2 TC CIRCUIT TYPE is selected Pre Filter CB2 amp CB3 only PRE FILTER IN 60 to 0 dB Engages or bypasses the pre filter OUT INLINE overshoot Places the pre filter output in the direct signal path so the pre For 1 4 Q filtered signal is compressed and heard at the final output 5 0 the filter will undershoot FILTER TYPE High Pass Low Pass Band Pass Parametric FREQUENCY The center frequency of the filter 20kHz IQ 0 1 to 5 0 The width of the parametric EQ bell 1 One full Octave GAIN 12dB to The amount of boost or cut in dB for each EQ band 12dB Static Dynamic EQ CB3 only FREQUENCY 20Hz to The center frequency of the EQ 20kHz Qe 0 1 to 5 0 The width of the parametric EQ bell 1 One full Octave GAIN 24dB to Th
16. ns OX icc arrack 0 01 o 2x JL aie mcdsp com Page 39 Linked Control Table CompressorBank provides a variety of linked control functionality in its many configurations The table below lists all the linking capabilities as of the v1 0 version of CompressorBank For more information on control linking see the Control Linking section of the Quick Start Tour LINKED CONTROLS LINK ACTION LINK TYPE Left Right Output controls Enable the Lock LED in the Master Absolute or Relative section DSP Delay The delay is 1 sample on HD systems There is a 2 sample delay from the TDM connection to the CompressorBank plug in This is the absolute minimum number of delay samples a TDM plug in can have The McDSP plug ins are designed in this manner to provide the user with the closest analog mixing console experience possible analog inserts such as EQ and compression do not cause a processing delay when inserted into a track DSP Usage HD and HD Accel DSP hardware The TDM versions of the CompressorBank plug in configurations use a varying amount of dsp resources for each CompressorBank configuration The table below is a listing of these dsp usages The DSP Allocator utility provided by Digidesign may be used to display dsp resource allocation when Pro Tools is running Maximum Instantiation Counts at 48kHz CONFIGURATION INSTANTIATIONS PER DSP ON INSTANTIATIONS PER DSP ON HD SYSTEMS HD ACCEL SYSTEMS CB1
17. the option key will return the knob to its default value Expanded Alternate User Interface All the configurations of CompressorBank have an expanded User Interface UI This larger UI shows the signal flow through the compressor the compression curve and the frequency response of the Pre Filter and Static Dynamic EQ section The expanded UI is available for slider and knob based UI sets McDSP CompressorBank Automation All CompressorBank Controls are completely automatable See the Digidesign TM Pro Tools Reference Guide Automating plug ins section Here are a few tips about automating the stereo versions of CompressorBank configurations e f stereo or linked automation is desired for a left right control pair you only need to automate ONE of the left right control pair The stereo or link offset is preserved during automation playback You may automate both left and right controls simultaneously however the automation data is simply duplicated in the left and right control pair e f discrete automation is desired for a left right control pair then the CompressorBank control mode Lock LED should be disabled This will allow each left right control to operate independently and not also send automation events to each other as is the case when the CompressorBank Lock LED is enabled Using the Presets and Making Your Own The CompressorBank presets are inspired by compressors such as the UREI 1176 LN Teletronix L
18. this type of linking will allow the left and right controls to have different values e To disable automatic linking disable the Lock LED A table listing all the control linking capabilities is provided in the reference section at the end of this manual The Meters Each white hash mark represents a change of 3 dB the top hash mark represents O dB The input and output meters become bright green as signal is passed through the compressor and become bright yellow as the input or output signal exceeds 6 dB in its respective meter The Peak Meter lights when the signal is about to clip The peak meters can be cleared by clicking on them with the mouse The compression gain meter is orange to distinguish its updates from the input and output meters The amount of gain reduction is read from right to left as the meter updates in this direction as compression gain is applied to the input signal Note how when the output gain is O dB unity the input and compression gain meters can be added to equal the current output level in the output meter This is a good way to develop an understanding of how compressors operate Stereo versions of the CompressorBank configurations have two input and two output meters but still only one compression gain meter Stereo versions of CompressorBank base their compression gain on a composite signal derived from the current left and right input signal levels mcdsp com Page 11 User Interface P
19. A2A Neve 2254E 33609 Avalon Designs 2044 Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor dbx 165 and Altec Lansing 9473A A variety of other presets are named for their application vocal drums guitar The presets can be accessed from the Pro Tools plug in Librarian and plug in Settings pop up menus To make and save your own presets see the plug in Librarian Functions section of Digidesign s DigiRack plug ins Guide A Word on Preset Compatibility Presets for the CB1 CB2 and CB3 configurations are interchangeable For example a preset created with a CB1 can be used in a CB2 and CB3 mono and stereo However some of the controls in CB2 and CB3 are not available in CB1 just as some controls are not available in CB2 that are in CB3 If a preset has not affected any controls on the UI it is because the controls that differed from the current ones on the CB configuration the user has switched to are not present in that CB configuration s Ul If an incompatible preset is used such as a FilterBank EQ preset CompressorBank will display a warning message accompanied by a system beep and retain the control settings before the preset was applied mcdsp com Page 13 The additional Modeled Comrpessor CB4 makes use of a different preset format and its presets are not compatible with other CompressorBank configuration nor are other CompressorBank configuration presets compatible with CB4 For more information see the sectio
20. Adobe Acrobat reader or similar pdf reader is installed Both online and boxed version will come with a CompressorBank installer that will automatically install the CompressorBank plug in and its presets on your system The authorization of the CompressorBank plug in is still required after running the installer and those steps are detailed in the following sections Installing the CompressorBank plug in and presets with the Installer The CompressorBank plug in package purchased at your local dealer will be on CDROM and contain a Windows self extracting executable exe similar to the online CompressorBank plug in package prepared for Internet delivery Both the boxed and online versions the CompressorBank plug in executable file will automatically install the plug in and its presets on your system Double click the file to launch the installer which will install the CompressorBank plug in presets and documentation At any time after installation you may access the documentation from the Windows Start Menu under the McDSP group Authorization of the CompressorBank plug in is still required after running the installer and those steps are detailed in the following sections Note that after installing new versions of the PACE iLok drivers with the CompressorBank plug in installer you will be prompted by the CompressorBank plug in installer to reboot your system If you are not prompted by the installer there is no need to reboot e
21. B CB1 Sliders with Plot View Stereo Page 32 McDSP CompressorBank CompressorBank CB1 Compression and side chain processing TYPE2 g TYPE 1 e cee TACK 9 10 0 32 0 c AUTO COMP BITE 6 RELEASE e J 6 0 REL 2 20 0 5 00s CB1 Knobs Stereo P e i TACK Di Ibid 2 5 v 28 0 Q AUTO COMP e BITE A RELEASE 6 7 EY 4REL2 10 0 1 0 400 5 00s rp Au AA IN l y fov FS Vou _ CB1 Knobs with Plot View Stereo mcdsp com Page 33 CompressorBank CB2 Adds pre filtering to the input or side chain signal p OUTPUT 8 PRE FILTER 3 THR COMP ATTACK RELEASE TYPE TYPE2 A AUTO 4REL2 6 100 0 5 00s CB2 Sliders Stereo OUTPUT PRE FILTER THR COMP ATTACK RELEASE TYPE m TYPE2 Q AUTO 4REL2 gt 6 1000 peh INLINE a ER aU DUT e wi CB2 Sliders with Plot View Stereo Page 34 McDSP CompressorBank CompressorBank CB2 Adds pre filtering to the input or side chain signal eu Owe i o ct 30 0 7 TYPE2 c 37 0 0 S AUTO FREQ d COMP i BITE S RELEASE 4REL2 6 100 0 2 0 r CL X OUTPUT 6 2a w o o Dna 0 0 o Gc 0 0 e GAIN E TYPE 1 amp p THR T KNEE D ow TYPE2 24 0 mto cone 4 ES dy RELEASE 6 indi REL2 gt 9 1000 20 15 0 250 5 00s OUTPUT CR o LES IHAA gt y 3 our LI KA CB2 Knobs with
22. DSP Plug Ins e Once the Plug In is personalized click the Next button to continue e Check the Use License Card box and ELE press the Next button figure 2 3 ss not be found in the mann fal nekaber Note Although the Authorization ES chek be o Use ens card check os DX UN prse ttn at Wizard may appear to allow e Bs towa ad authorization by challenge response that method is currently NOT SUPPORTED MCcDSP Plug Ins lt Back next gt gt Cancel e Separate the small punch out iLok License Chip the removable metal and plastic tab from the License Card by pushing the cutout up and out with your thumb Do not force your finger downward Dom CompressorBank The Complete Compressor e The iLok License Chip may now be inserted into the key slot of the iLok USB Smart Key figure 2 6 If the iLok USB Smart Key does not appear to be present on the system ensure the iLok USB Smart Key is connected to a valid USB port and that the green LED is lit inside the iLok USB Smart Key To insert the License Chip into the iLok USB Smart Key orient the iLok USB Smart Key s USB end to the left and the loop end to the upper right Insert the metal chip end of the iLok License Chip the License Chip tab should have the metal chip side facing up towards you not down You should be able to visually verify that the License Chip makes contact with the iLok USB Smart Key metal card reader e T
23. LAN EET GA 9 e NU O n ZW RELE 1000 O n a _ ODD 3j PRE Compress o rB k EI hec enis Compressor ary INLINE 49 d o User Manual McDOWELL SIGNAL PROCESSING LLC McDSP CompressorBank Plug In Manual McDSP McDowell Signal Processing LLC 1300 Crittenden Lane 401 Mountain View CA 94043 Support Email info mcdsp com Technical Support help mcdsp com World Wide Web www mcdsp com McDSP CompressorBank Special Thanks to e Daniel Caccavo Will Catterson Mikail Graham Andy Gray Jonathan Goldstein Rhett Lawrence and Dave Pensado and the rest of our great beta team for their invaluable input and feedback e Dr Robert E Filman and Tom McTavish for the tech talk and encouragement e Florian Richter Ken Walden and the many other tape sat solicitors e Frank Filipanits Jr for the GeneratorX plug in his additional assistance with the abundance of details in bringing a software product to market e David Denny and Stephen Jarvis for the rental on the great gear e Jay McKnight at Magnetic Reference Laboratory for his expert commentary and vast catalog of papers on audio engineering e Jack Endino www endino com for providing some measurements of various analog tape reproducers he has worked with over the course of his career e Rob Barrett Jr our 1 customer from the entire McDSP development team Copyright Notice Copyright 1998 2009 McDo
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25. Plot View Stereo mcdsp com Page 35 CompressorBank CB3 Adds both pre filtering and static dynamic EQ p OUTPUT THR COMP PRE FILTER y3 COMP 1 6 00 INLINE v 10 kHz CB3 Sliders with Plot View Stereo ATTACK RELEASE 4 TYPE1 o TYPE 2 AUTO 4REL2 gt 5 00s ATTACK RELEASE c TYPE 1 G TYPE 24 AUTO 4REL2 gt 5 00s 20 0k OFF STATIC DYNAMIC 48 20 0k OFF STATIC DYNAMIC Page 36 McDSP CompressorBank CompressorBank CB3 Adds both pre filtering and static dynamic EQ TYPE 1 GAIN 4 SET Q r a THR ATO ATTACK 9 lt J A wf 6 6 d m TYPE2 4 p 22 2 10 0 0 27 12 0 AUTO 0 0 ma cow 7 ame Oe uas ay mto 85 Ng X ic V REL2 s gt 20 0 8 0 35 0 30 0 5 00s a2 PRE FILTER up TYPE 1 es eo c Lun b b Q TYPE2 9 T l E auto COMP e BITE RELEASE G P U b i294 40 28 6 350 5 00s Da N JI oF l l o STATIC INLINE is DYNAMIC v8 3fl CB3 Knobs with Plot View Stereo mcdsp com Page 37 CompressorBank CB4 The CompressorBank CB4 plug in is a collection of famous compressor and limiter models in both mono and stereo configurations Although the names of other compressor manufacturers are mentioned here they are in no way affiliated with McDSP British British is an emulation of the Neve 33609 MODEL en que attack EN M C zs Q9 O 28 9 001 gp 2X o O o OL eov Bros
26. R from the online zip file If you do not have a boxed copy of CompressorBank with the included HD Disk CDROM you can still obtain a copy of the VENUE compatible installers from the www mcdsp com website Once you have located and downloaded the latest VENUE compatible installers from the McDSP website you will have to take several additional steps to create a VENUE compatible Installer CD R For your convenience all VENUE compatible products are located in the same downloadable zip file so you will only have to create one CD R to install all compatible McDSP products e Unzip the downloaded file and locate the folder named TDM Plug Ins inside the unpacked folder e Using any CD R burning application burn this folder and its contents to an ISO format CD R It is recommended that you use a brand new CD R for this and do not rewrite an older CD R e Once you have burned this folder to a CD R you should see it at the root level of the disk i e D TDM Plug Ins Important If the TDM Plug Ins folder is not located at the root level of the CD R or has been renamed the VENUE console may not properly recognize the installer disk e At this point you can follow the HD Disk installation instructions above to complete the installation mcdsp com Page xiii McDSP CompressorBank CompressorBank Using the same design approach as our popular FilterBank plug in CompressorBank gives the user complete control of dynam
27. ally track to the amount of signal present in the compressor 3 OUTPUT PRE FILTER 3 THR COMP ATTACK RELEASE FREQ o AKNEER 4REL2 5 00s 48 20 0k OFF STATIC INLINE ws DYNAMIC McDSP CompressorBank CompressorBank CB4 Overview A collection of specific compressors and limiters Stereo versions shown below all are also available in Mono Although the names of other compressor manufacturers are mentioned here they are in no way affiliated with McDSP Output Meter IN 60 to 0 dB OUT 24 to 24 dB PHASE Polarity phase of the final output When yellow LED is lit signal is 180 from original GR Gain Reduction amount in dB IN Input signal amount in dB OUT Output signal in dB CLIP Lights when the signal is about to clip The clip light can be cleared by clicking the light with the mouse G GB rac 0o01 e e come c JL S 82 Pigs Compressor MODEL Chooses CB4 emulator KEY Selects the side chain signal THR 45 to 0 dB COMP 20 1 to 1 1 ATTACK 0 01 to 10 msec RELEASE 50 msec to 1000 msec 2X Doubles the rate of the attack and release Monitor Monitors side Chain signal CompressorBank CB4 Tube2 Tube 2 is an emulation of the Manley Variable MU This configuration was chosen to use as an example because it contains the maximum amount of CB4 parameters mcdsp com Page 7 Diagrams and Plot
28. and nearly transparent with few characteristics imparted into the audio The transition from 1 1 compression to X 1 compression is achieved by a medium knee and moderate attack and release settings McDSP CompressorBank Fig 4 9 AD2044 left and CompressorBank right at 5 1 compression Lowering the threshold of the AD2044 reveals the same type of compressor tail as found in the Teletronix LA2A Fig 4 10 AD2044 left and CompressorBank right wi tail CompressorBank plug in presets derived from these models are titled Class A Opto xx mcdsp com Page 27 Other CompressorBank Presets Several other presets have been included in your CompressorBank package These settings were created to highlight the flexibility and utility of CompressorBank Presets include effects such as signal enhancement compression pumping noise reduction de essing Other application specific presets are given names such that their use is easily understood such as vocal dialog drums etc CompressorBank is the most flexible compressor on the planet We hope you enjoy using it as much as we did creating it McDSP CompressorBank CompressorBank Plug In Reference Guide CompressorBank CB1 CB2 amp CB3 Specifications Parameter Settings Function OUTPUT 24 to 424 dB Amount of make up gain applied to master signal LOCK ON OFF Locks right and left OUTPUT controls stereo configurations only PHASE
29. cona Authorizing your McDSP Plug Ins xlix Getting Started with CompressorBank Each McDSP plug in is delivered inside an installer application and uses the Interlok copy protection software to authorize each plug in This section describes how to install and authorize a McDSP plug in General system requirements are also described System Requirements McDSP HD Native and LE plug ins are compatible with Pro Tools HD HD Accel TDM systems as well as Pro Tools LE and Pro Tools M Powered host based systems McDSP plug ins support Mac OS 10 4 x Tiger 10 5 x Leopard Windows XP and Vista and require Pro Tools 7 x 8 x or greater McDSP plug ins require an iLok USB Smart Key Configurations McDSP plug ins are available in TDM RTAS and AudioSuite configurations See individual products for specific available configuration sets Applications Pro Tools 7 x 8 x or higher is required for TDM LE and M Powered systems Additionally a third party software application that supports the Digidesign TDM RTAS or AudioSuite plug in standard may be supported See http www digidesign com developers plugin_info for more information McDSP plug ins are compatible with the entire Pro Tools 7 and 8 product line Hardware McDSP plug ins support any Digidesign or approved third party hardware supported in Pro Tools 7 x and 8 x This includes HD HD Accel 003 and Mbox host based systems All McDSP HD plug ins except Syn
30. controls Threshold Compression Knee and Bite Bi directional Intelligent Transient Enhancement e Threshold the signal level above which the compressor is engaged Audio below this level will not be compressed Audio above this level will be compressed by the amount the signal is above the threshold level e Compression the amount of compression also known as the compression ratio As audio exceeds the threshold level it is compressed by an amount determined from this control This is illustrated in the example below Example Threshold 12 dB 4 0 4 1 compression ratio The signal level is above the threshold by 12 dB This amount is compressed at a ratio of 4 1 to 12 42 3 dB The new compressed signal level is then 12 dB 3 dB 9 dB When a stereo compression configuration is used the maximum of the left and right input channels is used as the compressor input e Knee the smoothing of the compression response immediately below and above the threshold level The effect of the knee control is best understood by displaying the CompressorBank alternate expanded user interface The Knee control has three ranges of values undershoot range is 10 to 0 overshoot range for 0 to 10 and overshoot with compression tail The undershoot range creates a smoothed transition from unity gain 1 1 compression ratio to the selected compression ratio This effect emulates the trademarked over easy compression curves of t
31. d as radio buttons only on may be selected at a time The compressor can be triggered by the input signal internal key or by an external signal called a side chain or external key Toggling the Side Chain LED button will enable disable side chain input The input signal to the compressor side chain or input can be monitored by toggling the Monitor LED button Control Linking To Link the Right and Left Input Controls of Stereo Versions e Enable the Lock LED lit is enables unlit is disabled The controls will be linked relative to their positions prior to enabling the Lock LED This allows both linked stereo operation and relative link operation e To link controls for stereo operation set the Left and Right Input controls to equal values before enabling the Lock LED Adjust one of the left controls Page 10 McDSP CompressorBank and note how the right control automatically adjusts to be equal with the left control for example if you adjust the left gain to be equal to 6 dB the right gain will equal 6 dB too or e To link controls for relative link operation set the Left and Right Input controls to the desired offset from each other before enabling the Lock LED Adjust one of the left controls and note how the right control automatically adjusts relative to the left control for example if you adjust the left gain to increase by 2 dB the right gain will increase by 2 dB Unlike the stereo link operation
32. e Precision Arithmetic at side chain pre filter compression and active EQ stages e Performance On Pro Tools HD systems the TDM version of Compressor Bank can run up to 18 mono compressors or up to 14 stereo compressors at 48 kHz sampling rate On ProTools HD systems 96 kHz and 192 kHz sample rates are also supported CompressorBank can get up to two times 2x the number of channels per dsp as on HD Accel e CompressorBank is compatible with ProTools and other DAW applications that support TDM RTAS and Audiosuite plug in formats The McDSP CompressorBank plug in operates on Mac OS X and Windows XP systems All Trademarks are property of their respective owners UREI and Teletronix are trademarks of the Teletronix Universal Audio UREI companies dbx is a trademark of the Harmon Corporation Neve is a trademark of AMS Neve Manley Variable MU is a trademark of the Manley Laboratories Inc These companies are not affiliated in any way with McDSP nor do they endorse the CompressorBank plug in The trademarks of these companies are used solely for the purpose of describing the sounds produced by the McDSP CompressorBank plug in While CompressorBank emulates the sounds of these compressors McDSP makes no representation or warranty that CompressorBank is identical to or duplicates these compressors Pro Tools is a registered trademark of Digidesign Inc McDSP CompressorBank Quick Start Tour CompressorBank Star
33. e amount of boost or cut in dB for each EQ band 12dB McDSP CompressorBank CompressorBank CB4 Specifications Parameter Settings Function MODEL See reverse side of this card KEY ON OFF Selects the side chain signal to cause the Compressor to begin reducing signal dynamics range once it exceeds the selected threshold OUTPUT 24 to 24 dB Amount of make up gain applied to the master signal PHASE ON OFF Polarity phase of the final output When yellow LED is lit signal is 180 from original IN 24 to 12 dB Amount of input gain applied prior to compression THRESHOLD 45 to 0 dB Level at which the compresson starts COMPRESSION 1 1 to 20 1 Ratio of input to output levels for compressor As input exceeds the THRESHOLD it is compressed by an amount determined by this control ATTACK 0 01 to 10 msec The rate at which the compressor responds to signals as they rise above the THRESHOLD RELEASE 50 to 1000 msec The rate at which the compressor stops responding to signals as they fall below the THRESHOLD Meter Input signal amount in dB UT Output signal in dB CLIP LED Lights when the OUTPUT is about to clip Clear by clicking with the mouse mcdsp com Page 31 CompressorBank CB1 Compression and side chain processing P THR COMP ATTACK RELEASE TYPE1 TYPE2 gt AUTO 4REL2 e 5 00s OUTPUT THR COMP ATTACK RELEASE 9 o 0 E UAN HAA gt PV OUT nay
34. ettings folder e f a previous version of the CompressorBank plug in or other HD Native or LE version was already in the plug ins folder it will automatically be updated or replaced by the installer Getting Started Re installing the CompressorBank plug in presets manually In you wish to restore the factory default presets it may be useful to know how to manually re install only the presets e Go to the Plug in Settings folder e Root gt Library gt Application Support gt Digidesign gt Plug in Settings e f Pro Tools has not already done so for you create a folder called CompressorBank e Place a copy of the folder from the CompressorBank plug in package called Presets into the CompressorBank folder The presets are now viewable after restarting Pro Tools from the settings popup menu from the CompressorBank plug in Note it may be necessary to re start Pro Tools in order for the newly added Presets folder to be viewable from the Settings popup inside the CompressorBank plug in window toolbar mcdsp com Page ix Installation on Windows XP and Vista The CompressorBank plug in Package includes this manual ReadMe and Release Notes a folder of presets for the CompressorBank plug in and the CompressorBank plug in Two copies of the CompressorBank Licensing Agreement are included one in this pdf manual and a second as a separate text file The CompressorBank manual requires that
35. exceeding input is processed by an attack and release circuit and the result is used to create a compression gain and apply it to the input signal and lastly the output makeup gain is applied BE DUT eee kk maa E zs oud Pre The CB2 path diagram also shows the Es filter section ny Y out The CB3 path diagram also shows the active static EQ section mcdsp com Page 9 Controls Basics To adjust any of the controls with sliders including the pop up sliders for Knee Bite Release2 and the Pre Filter Q located behind the control label itself just click the control name you can e Click and drag the sliders or e Hold the Command key while dragging the slider for fine control or e Click on the text box to highlight and edit the numeric value to get precise control if a value outside the valid range is input the control will default to the nearest allowed value when enter is hit and hit Enter or e Click on the text box to highlight the numeric value and then use the arrow keys to increase or decrease the numeric value or e Use the Option key to bring all the controls to their default values or e Use hardware controller surfaces supported by CompressorBank including the Mackie HUI and Digidesign s ProControl The three different TC circuit types Type 1 Type 2 and Auto can be selected by clicking the LED buttons next to each TC Circuit type text Note these buttons are groupe
36. g 4 Compressor A TC Circuit 4 CompressorBank CB2 Overview 5 Pre Filter CB2 amp CB3 5 CompressorBank CB3 Overview 6 Static Dynamic EQ CB3 only 6 CompressorBank CB4 Overview 7 Output 7 Compressor 7 Meter 7 Diagrams and Plot Views 8 Compression Curve Graph 8 Pre Filter Resoonse Graph 8 Signal Path Diagram 9 Controls 10 Basics 10 Control Linking 10 The Meters 11 User Interface Preference Setting 12 McDSP CompressorBank Alternate Knob User Interface 12 Expanded Alternate User Interface 12 Automation 13 Using the Presets and Making Your Own 13 Using CompressorBank 15 Output 15 External Key Enable and Key Listen 15 Compressor 16 Attack and Release 17 Time Constant Circuits 18 Pre Filter 19 Static Dynamic EQ 20 Modeling Analog Compressors with CompressorBank 22 Teletronix LA2ATM 22 UREI 1176 LN blackface 23 Neve 2254E 33609 24 dbx 165 25 Avalon Designs AD2044 26 Other CompressorBank Presets 28 CompressorBank Plug In Reference Guide 29 CompressorBank CB1 CB2 amp CB3 Specifications 29 CompressorBank CB4 Specifications 31 CompressorBank CB1 32 CompressorBank CB1 33 CompressorBank CB2 34 CompressorBank CB2 35 CompressorBank CB3 36 CompressorBank CB3 37 CompressorBank CB4 38 CompressorBank CB4 39 Linked Control Table 40 DSP Delay 40 DSP Usage 40 HD and HD Accel DSP hardware 40 Maximum Instantiation Counts at 48kHz 40 CompressorBank Frequently Asked Questions 42 Technical Support 45 mcdsp
37. ge control application Presets in the CompressorBank plug in package derived from these models are called British Comp and British Limiter dbx 1657 The dbx 165 like other dbx compressors is known for its over easy trademarked compression sound Using CompressorBank s Knee control 10 to 0 captures this characteristic very well Fig 4 6 dbx165 left and CompressorBank right at 4 1 compression mcdsp com Page 25 Fig 4 7 dbx165 left and CompressorBank right at 6 1 compression The transition from an un compressed sound 1 1 to the selected compression ratio 4 1 and 6 1 above is very gradual to the point of obscuring the compressor threshold Such a response allows the compressor to be transparent even when applying a significant amount of compression Additional emulation of the dbx 165 is accomplished by using CompressorBank s Bite control Instead of manipulating CompressorBank s attack control the Bite control was used instead to approximate the corresponding dbx 165 attack control The Attack control can be set anywhere from 10 to 50 msec during such operation Presets in the CompressorBank plug in package derived from these models are called Old Smoothie Avalon Designs AD2044 Avalon Designs specializes in contemporary implementations of high end audio gear emulating the sounds of classics of earlier eras The AD2044 is a Pure Class A Opto Compressor The AD2044 compressor is very smooth
38. gher than the 138 dB noise floor you would expect from a 24 bit data path Such adverse affects would be seen as DC offset in output meters even when there was no audio being processed Small amounts of such noise reduce the quality of 24 bit audio data mcdsp com Page 43 What is Analog Saturation Modeling and why you want it Analog Saturation Modeling prevents pure digital clip that can ruin a mix Instead analog saturation modeling will approximate the sound of an analog box driven to a clipping state You can test CompressorBank s saturation modeling applying the maximum gain max gain on the static dynamic EQ or the minimum Q on a high or low pass pre filter to a relatively hot signal This choice of input and setting creates ideal conditions for digital clipping However note that CompressorBank will not produce digital clipping but will instead saturate and sound like an overloaded analog EQ The point of this example is that even with extreme input CompressorBank will not produce a digital clip and will emulate the much preferred analog sound What CompressorBank presets are available Presets emulating a number of popular compressor sounds are included with CompressorBank and are found in the Presets folder in the CompressorBank package These presets were created from measurements taken at McDSP headquarters while emulating different analog classic compressors Other presets are included from industry professionals
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40. h e Side chain input e Side chain input monitoring p f OUTPU THR COMP ATTACK RELEASE TC Circuit B L3 Attack 0 03 msec to 250 msec Release 5 msec to 2 5 sec Release2 5 msec to 5 0 sec TC Circuit Types e Type 1 pure peak detection e Type 2 adaptive release e Auto automatic attack and release Metering Input Compression Gain Output McDSP CompressorBank CompressorBank CB2 Overview The CompressorBank 2 CB2 plug in has the following features e All of the features of CB1 e Pre Filter Pre Filter CB2 amp CB3 Pre Filter In Out Engages or bypasses the pre filter Pre Filter InLine Places the pre filter output in the direct signal path so the pre filtered signal is compressed and heard at the final output Filter Type High pass Low pass Band pass and Parametric Frequency 20Hz to 20kHz Q 0 1 to 5 0 Gain 12 dB to 12 dB p OUTPUT PRE FILTER yj THR COMP ATTACK RELEASE 0 rm TYPE 1 o TYPE24 AUTO REL2 0 2 5 00s 4 8 20 0k at OFF STATIC DYNAMIC mcdsp com Page 5 CompressorBank CB3 Overview The CompressorBank 3 CB3 plug in has the following features e All of the Features of CB1 amp CB2 e Static Dynamic EQ StaticDynamic EQ CB3 only Gain 24 to 12dB Freq 20Hz to 20kHz Q 0 1 to 5 0 The gain of the CB3 parametric EQ can be fixed or dynamic
41. he dbx compressors The overshoot range allows the compressor to miss or overshoot the desired compression ratio and ultimately recover to a linear compression curve This effect creates pumping breathing effects found in such compressors as the Neve 33609C The overshoot and tail range continues the overshoot response and adds a compression tail This tail reduces compression ratios for signals that greatly exceed the compression threshold Such an effect gives compressed signals more presence or top end as some strong signal transients are allowed to pass with less gain reduction from the compressor Such characteristics are common in devices like the Teletronix LA2A and other Page 16 McDSP CompressorBank opto compressors It is important to note how these three variations of knee control transition smoothly from one to the other New and unprecedented compression techniques are available only in CompressorBank The user can choose different knee shapes even changing compression paradigms from a dbx 165 to a Neve 33609 in a single continuous control change e Bite the Bi directional Intelligent Transient Enhancement control gives the compressor well more bite As this control is increased fast signal changes transients are allowed to pass through the compressor while the overall compression amount is the same The transients of a compressed signal will become less compressed as more bite is applied This con
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43. he next section of this manual Modeling Analog Compressors with CompressorBank illustrates some of these uses N of dynamic egualization s My N Wy WS 4 KENAA NS Fig 4 3 CompressorBank dynamic EQ mcdsp com Page 21 Modeling Analog Compressors with CompressorBank CompressorBank models a wide variety of vintage and contemporary compressor implementations This section highlights how CompressorBank is used to model some of these analog implementations The user is additionally directed to various presets included in the CompressorBank plug in package Each of the following sections contains graphs representing the responses of analog gear as measured by the engineering staff at McDSP Although the names of other compressor manufacturers are mentioned in this chapter they are in no way affiliated with McDSP CompressorBank presets are inspired by compressors such as the Urei 1176 LN Teletronix LA2ZA dbx 165 Neve 33609C Avalon Designs 2044 Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor and Altec Lansing 9473A The presets can be accessed from the Pro Tools plug in Librarian and plug in Settings pop up menus To make and save your own presets see the plug in Librarian Functions section of Digidesign s DigiRack plug ins Guide All Trademarks are property of their respective owners UREI and Teletronix are trademarks of the Teletronix Universal Audio UREI companies dbx is a
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45. ic compression Common controls such as Output make up gain Threshold Compression Ratio Attack and Release are provided Non standard Knee and Bite controls allow the articulation of the compression characteristics Multiple peak detection circuit types provide flexibility only previously achieved by owning different compression units Side chain support side chain or in line pre filtering and a static dynamic EQ section post compression round out the signal processing capabilities of an already very capable compressor Feature List e Power and Flexibility eight different compressor configurations are available CB1 provides compression and side chain processing CB2 adds pre filtering to the input or side chain signal and CB3 adds both pre filtering and static dynamic EQ CB4 is modeled compression See the Reference section for a complete listing of all CompressorBank configurations and their specifications e Side Chain Support provided in all CompressorBank configurations Side chain pre filtering high pass low pass and band pass and parametric is also available The pre filter can also be placed in line and applied to the compressed signal and uses the same technology as in our FilterBank plug in including analog saturation modeling to prevent digital clipping e Compression Curve Modeling In addition to the standard Threshold and Compression Ratio controls the actual shape and response of the compression curve can
46. it called the 33609C The 33609 unit was evaluated at McDSP Measured compression and limiter curves showed how the 33609 has the potential to create classic pumping breathing effects due to a subtle overshoot in the compression knee Using the Knee control 0 to 10 values CompressorBank models this behavior very closely In fact this part of the CompressorBank knee curve was designed to specifically emulate the 33609 compression response Fig 4 4 Neve 33609 left and CompressorBank right at 6 1 compression Note how the overshoot portion of CompressorBank s Knee control can create a knee size less than equal to or greater than the 33609 This is a good demonstration of the modeling accuracy and flexibility of the CompressorBank compression bands The 33609 limiter has a similar knee overshoot characteristic as its compressor Use of the Knee control can setup the CompressorBank compression bands to function as a brick wall limiter as Shown below in the emulation of the 33609 Page 24 McDSP CompressorBank Fig 4 5 Neve 33609 Limiter left and CompressorBank right limiter emulation Using CompressorBank s Knee control to create an overshoot realizes a compression curve with a nearly flat or brick wall response The smooth transition seen in Fig 4 2 between 24 dB and 18 dB makes the limiting as transparent as possible Again the flexibility of the CompressorBank compression bands provides another useful dynamic ran
47. k plug in The high pass filter in Fig 4 2 shows three different ranges of Q overshoot 0 1 Q 14 is in red undershoot 1 4 lt Q lt 5 0 in green and critically damped Q 1 4 in blue These same responses are attainable in the low pass filter of CompressorBank s pre filter section as well Effects such as resonant filtering super bass and a variety of cut emphasis settings can be created Note when monitoring the input signal to the compressor in CB2 and CB3 configurations the passed signal is the output of the Pre Filter This is done so the user can listen to the signal feeding the compressor which in the CB2 and CB3 configurations is the output of the pre filter mcdsp com Page 19 Static Dynamic EQ l The CompressorBank CB3 configurations have a parametric EQ section for more control over the frequency response of the compressor The parametric EQ section is derived from the same technology in our FilterBank plug in including analog saturation modeling and 48 bit internal precision Additionally the gain of the CB3 parametric EQ can be fixed or dynamically track to the amount of signal present in the compressor This dynamic gain uses the same 40 10 attack and release times as set in the compressor already so the dynamic gain follows the amount of compression The parametric section is placed at the output of the compressor post compression and has gain frequency and Q controls Gain The gain control
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49. le to supply matching registration information to successfully transfer ownership of the Plug In Using your McDSP Plug Ins Starting a McDSP Plug In Follow the installation authorization and registration instructions above Launch Pro Tools and the McDSP Plug In and its presets are ready for use Refer to the Digidesign Pro Tools Reference Guide for details on general Plug In operation such as automation Exiting a McDSP Plug In A McDSP Plug In is exited by clicking on the desktop or other window in the DAE application running the Plug In closing the Plug In window or de instantiating the Plug In Pro Tools sessions will save instantiated Plug In configurations and their settings Refer to the Digidesign Pro Tools Reference Guide for details on general Plug In operation Digidesign and Pro Tools are registered trademarks of Digidesign Inc www mcdsp com Copyright 2009 by McDowell Signal Processing LLC All trademarks are property of their respective owners MCcDSP is a trademark of McDowell Signal Processing LLC
50. llowing instructions detail this process Important Note The Authorization Wizard will prompt the user to register their iLok USB Smart Key at iLok com iLok com is a service offered by PACE Anti Piracy Inc and this step is recommended but NOT REQUIRED by McDSP to complete the authorization of the Plug In If you choose to register your iLok USB Smart Key at iLok com care must be taken to record your ilok com account information i e write down your User ID and Password in a safe place If your iLok com account information is lost the iLok cannot be registered to another account and unfortunately there is nothing McDSP can do to help you See iLok com for more details about the benefits of using PACE s iLok com service Note Images in this section are for illustration only the actual product and screens will be the name of the product you are authorizing mcdsp com Page xlix Authorizing a McDSP Plug In from a License Card with the Authorization Wizard The Authorization Wizard is used to install an authorization from a License Card to the iLok USB Smart Key To use the Authorization Wizard for the Plug In you purchase perform the following steps e Insert your iLok USB Smart Key into an available USB port e On a Mac Locate and launch the Authorizer application found in the Authorize folder in the Plug In package for the McDSP Plug In you purchased on the CD ROM e On Windows XP or Vista just launch Pro Tools to a
51. manual and a second as a separate text file The CompressorBank plug in manual requires that Adobe Acrobat reader or similar pdf reader is installed Both online and boxed version will come with a CompressorBank installer that will automatically install the CompressorBank plug in and its presets on your system The authorization of the CompressorBank plug in is still required after running the installer and those steps are detailed in the following sections Installing the CompressorBank plug in and presets with the Installer The online version of the package has been prepared for Internet delivery and is transmitted as a compressed file in zip format zip In Mac OS X 10 4 x or 10 5 x simply double click the zip file to unpack the installer The boxed plug in package purchased at your local dealer will be on CDROM As with the online version these physical versions of the CompressorBank plug in package should be copied into a local folder on your system e Insert the McDSP HD Disk Native Disk or LE Disk CDROM onto an available CDROM drive e Navigate to the CompressorBank plug in folder on the CDROM the installer application is contained therein e Run the CompressorBank plug in Installer application to install copy the CompressorBank plug in presets and documentation to a local folder on your system The plug in will be placed in the Plug Ins folder and the presets will be placed in the Plug Ins S
52. n including analog saturation modeling and 48 bit internal precision Many high end compressors make use of a fixed pre filter section CompressorBank gives the user total control over filter parameters e Pre Filter In Out engages or bypasses the pre filter e Pre Filter InLine places the pre filter output in the direct signal path so the pre filtered signal is compressed and heard at the final output PRE FILTER 3 e Filter Type selects the filter type used to pre filter the aka input into the compressor Available types are high pass low pass and band pass as well as parametric e Frequency controls the cut off frequency of the pre filter For high and low pass filters the signal level is 3 dB at the selected frequency For the band pass filter the signal level is O dB at the selected frequency i000 e Q controls the amount of overshoot undershoot of the filter response in high and low pass filters and the bandwidth of the band pass filter Q 2 1 bandwidth For INLINE ya high and low pass filters the critical Q value at which no overshoot undershoot occurs is 1 4 the default of the Q control For 0 1 Q 1 4 the filter will overshoot For 1 4 Q 5 0 the filter will undershoot e Gain controls the amount of cut or boost when the parametric pre filter type is selected The Gain control range is 12 dB Note how the Q range when used with the parametric EQ is even greater than on our FilterBan
53. n on Modeling Analog Compressors All Trademarks are property of their respective owners UREI and Teletronix are trademarks of the Teletronix Universal Audio UREI companies dbx is a trademark of the Harmon Corporation Neve is a trademark of AMS Neve Manley Variable MU is a trademark of the Manley Laboratories Inc These companies are not affiliated in any way with McDSP nor do they endorse the CompressorBank plug in The trademarks of these companies are used solely for the purpose of describing the sounds produced by the McDSP CompressorBank plug in While CompressorBank emulates the sounds of these compressors McDSP makes no representation or warranty that CompressorBank is identical to or duplicates these compressors Pro Tools is a registered trademark of Digidesign Inc McDSP CompressorBank Using CompressorBank Output All CompressorBank configurations come with an Output stage When a signal is compressed the maximum signal level is reduced Compressors provide a make up gain to allow the signal level to be returned to its previous level or other desirable level The polarity or phase of the signal can be altered at this stage as well by enabling disabling the O LED The phase of the signal is unaffected when the LED is off The make up gain control is useful in amplifying low level signal levels such as room ambience while the compressor reduces signal peaks that would have other
54. ntly and concurrently care should be taken when operating both If for example the Release2 response is decreased to an amount equal to the main Release control the overall release will be even faster For this reason the default control value for Release2 is 5 0 seconds which makes the control s effect on the release curve negligible Figure 4 1 shows the Type 1 green and Type 2 blue as well as the affect of decreasing the Release2 control purple As shown in the Type 1 green line in Fig 4 1 a second signal spike red does not alter the release response The green line continues to decay unaffected by the new signal information because the new signal level is below the release signal level In the Type 2 blue line the new signal affects the release level even though the new signal level is below the release level The Type 2 w Release2 added purple line total release time becomes shorter as the Release2 control is increased Note how this response can even produce release times faster than the original release as Release2 is equal to or less than Release Fig 4 1 CompressorBank release curves 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 Page 18 McDSP CompressorBank Pre Filter The CompressorBank CB2 and CB3 configurations have an input pre filter select the frequency range of the signal used to trigger the compressor The pre filter section is derived from the same technology in our FilterBank plug i
55. oading using or copying this Binary Software Licensee agrees to abide by the intellectual property laws and all other applicable laws of the U S and the terms of this License Ownership of the software shall remain solely in McDowell Signal Processing Limited Liability Company Authorizing Your McDSP Plug Ins Authorizing your McDSP Plug Ins Authorizing with a pre programmed iLok Smart Key McDSP bundles such as the Emerald Pack come with a pre programmed iLok Smart Key Simply insert the iLok into any available USB port on your computer The iLok s indicator light will illuminate when the iLok has a proper connection The Plug Ins included in the bundle require no further authorization steps As with any iLok on your system it is recommended that your iLok be registered and synchronized with iLok com Authorizing with an iLok License Card All McDSP Plug Ins require that a valid authorization is present on your iLok SN USB Smart Key McDSP Plug ins that AMET JU m are purchased individually provide this P authorization on a plastic License Card about the size of a credit card with a e CompressorBank small punch out iLok License Chip After being separated from the License Card this iLok License Chip is to be inserted into the key slot of the iLok USB Smart Key in order to transfer the authorization from the License Card to the iLok USB Smart Key Note that each License Card holds ONE Plug In authorization The fo
56. orizations have been transferred off the iLok USB Smart Key Register the iLok USB Smart Key to an iLok com account only when you are ready to retain all the needed iLok com account information User ID and Password authorizations on your iLok With iLok com you can see what is on your iLok register your authorizations and receive new authorizations from participating software publishers We recommend at this time that you register your iLok with iLok com To register connect to the Internet check the Register my iLok check box below and then press the Next button You will be guided through the registration process by the web site If you do not have an Internet connection on this machine you may still register your iLok on any Internet enabled system To do so remove your iLok bring it to an Internet enabled system and go to the following URL using your browser http www ilok com To suppress this registration request in the future select the Don t ask me again check box v Register my iLok 7 Don t ask me again e A Finished dialog is displayed showing what authorization method was used e Click Finish to exit the Authorization Wizard Authorizing Your McDSP Plug Ins Authorizing with iLok com Required for demo upgrade and replacement authorizations only iLok com can be accessed from any Macintosh or PC with an Internet connection You can do this at home a friend s or at the office as long
57. readily apparent in the alternate expanded CompressorBank interface The signal flow diagram pre filter and static dynamic EQ response curves and compressor response curve let the user experience the processing visually e Static Dynamic EQ again using the FilterBank technology to achieve the great FilterBank sound Additionally the EQ gain can track to the signal level in the compressor as controlled by the compression attack and release values This EQ can be for signal enhancement de essing harmonic distortion and other effects to compliment the great compression algorithms in CompressorBank e CompressorBank is a high end compressor with e Double Precision Arithmetic which keeps the noise floor at 138dB In contrast it is possible for single precision arithmetic processors to raise the noise floor significantly above 138dB e Analog Saturation Modeling in the Pre Filter and Static Dynamic EQ sections that prevents digital clip and e A minimum of 15 mono or 12 stereo channels of compression per HD Accel dsp compare this to the typical 1 or 2 per hardware box What is Double Precision Arithmetic and why it is important The TDM bus is a 24 bit audio signal path with a dynamic range of 138 dB CompressorBank s internal double precision 48 bits keeps the noise floor of its outputted signal at 138 dB In contrast with single precision 24 bit arithmetic the noise floor of a digital effect process can be dramatically hi
58. reference Setting CompressorBank comes with four User Interface UI sets The original slider based Ul is the default settings preference The other three preferences are an expanded slider based UI with graphic displays a knob based UI and a knob based UI with graphic displays These UI preferences are discussed in further detail in the sections below When CompressorBank is loaded during ProTools launch a dialog is displayed asking the user what is to be the Ul preference for CompressorBank CompressorBank will solicit the Ul preference from the user upon first use Should the user wish to modify their UI preference they may do so by inserting any CompressorBank plug in on a track pressing the lt U gt and lt l gt keys immediately after the plug in has been selected from the insert menu When the session is closed the CompressorBank plug in saves which UI type was last used as a preference Alternate Knob User Interface CompressorBank also comes with a complete set of knob based Uls The knobs can be operated by clicking and dragging the mouse left right or up down Note the mouse movement is locked to the left right or up down movement once the mouse position goes outside of the knob graphic This reduces control jitters significantly and allows the knob to be functionally equivalent to a slider As with the sliders holding the command key while adjusting the knob will allow fine control and clicking the knob while holding
59. retain the control settings before the preset was applied The additional Modeled Comrpessor CB4 makes use of a different preset format and its presets are not compatible with other CompressorBank configuration nor are other CompressorBank configuration presets compatible with CB4 mcdsp com Page 45 DAE Error 7450 While Processing Audio with AudioSuite version e The stereo AudioSuite versions of the plug ins are capable of mono or stereo processing If stereo processing is selected on a mono file DAE will report an error indicating the right channel is not available for processing Mono files should be processed previewed in mono processing mode or a mono AudioSuite version of the plug in Presets do not appear in plug in settings folder e Pro Tools will automatically create a plug in settings folder when you run a plug in in a Pro Tools Session If no presets are created and saved in this folder Pro Tools will delete it To install the presets shipped with you McDSP plug in simply copy the Presets folder from the plug in package folder into Root gt Library gt Application Support gt Digidesign gt plug in Settings Note running the installer even a second time will add the plug in presets to the appropriate location as well Bypass button does not respond e Verify the Pro Tools master bypass is off Refer to Digidesign s ProTool s Reference Guide for detailed description of plug in operations in
60. sions of the CompressorBank installer are the same and will install both the plug in and its presets on your system Note that after installing new versions of the PACE iLok drivers with the CompressorBank plug in installer you will need to reboot your system You will not be prompted to reboot and if you don t you may see an error message saying TPkd driver required and a reboot Please reboot or reinstall the software If you see this message simply reboot the console and try again e Insert the McDSP HD Disk CDROM onto the CD drive Note that neither the McDSP Native Disk nor the LE Disk contains VENUE compatible installers e Ensure your system is in CONFIG mode you cannot install plug ins in SHOW mode e Navigate to the OPTIONS page and then select the PLUG INS tab e You should now see the CompressorBank plug in available on the left hand side Getting Started e Select the CompressorBank plug in and select INSTALL e f a previous version of the CompressorBank plug in was already installed it will be updated by the installer Important note for FilterBank HD and CompressorBank HD on VENUE D SHOW consoles The first time you instantiate either of these plug ins a dialog box will appear asking you to choose a user interface preference Choose the Knobs interfaces as some of the Slider interfaces are too large for the VENUE display Creating a VENUE D SHOW Installer CD
61. splay Zero Downtime ee ance Safari browser the notice saying You have licenses What s new Improved automated help and support on the upper left Begin by selecting Buy an lak yaur account oratia nd rexiem vour ILAK cam hisiay In addioe Us 7 Buy a Dongle section will provide you with important messages regarding your that link Buddy M BENE oun trons Gm vendere or mock g linus between holes chek here mcdsp com Page liii The next page Will display Pending licenses available for download th e pe n d n g Ce n Ses Product Company Type Deposited Expiration available for download ee Th IS pa g e wi d SO d IS p ay Compressor Bank McDSP NFR 09 14 2004 09 14 2005 the name of the PI ug l n FilterBank McOSP License 09 14 2004 03 14 2005 U it f t t h t MC2000 McDSP Demo 09 14 2004 03 14 2005 t l S m a n u a C u re r e ype Synthesizer One McDSP License 09 14 2004 09 28 2004 t J of authorization demo Not For Resale or License the date the authorization was deposited and the date when the authorization will no longer be available for download from the Before downloading licenses you must insert one or more iLoks as needed and press the se rver Synchronize button Once your iLoks are synchronized with your account you will be able to 7 select the licenses to download and the target iLok to receive the licenses Insert your iLoks and synchronize Note that t
62. t pre filtering and static dynamic EQ all in stereo and mono configurations e Consider next the maximum number and ranges of the independent controls available to the user to define the compression response curve Our design philosophy is maximum user control and here is the proof of our concept e Standard compression controls compression ratio threshold and output make up gain allow only the most basic manipulation of the compression response e Non standard compression controls Knee and Bite give the user complete control over the articulation of the compression curve The Knee control smooths the transition from 1 1 output to a compressed output The Bite Bi directional Intelligent Transient Enhancement control gives our compressor the ability to pass fast signal changes transients while maintaining the overall compression level Both these controls are critical in the control of the over all compression response and allow CompressorBank to emulate other vintage and modern compressors e Pre Filtering is common on many high end compressors CompressorBank s pre filter is totally adjustable frequency Q and filter types high pass low pass and band pass and parametric EQ controls are provided The pre filter uses the same technology from FilterBank including analog saturation modeling and 48 bit processing to realize a great sound all on its own Page 42 McDSP CompressorBank e Total Ul feedback is
63. t Pro Tools and instantiate the CompressorBank CB1 configuration e Launch Pro Tools and Open a Pro Tools Session e Verify the Display gt Mix Window Shows Inserts View option is checked e n one of the inserts of a stereo master fader select the CompressorBank CB1 stereo configuration Note CompressorBank will operate on master or regular audio tracks in mono and stereo versions e f the insert selection does not show CompressorBank plug ins verify that the CompressorBank plug in has been installed correctly e For more information on starting Pro Tools and working with plug ins see Digidesign s Pro Tools Reference Guide CompressorBank CB1 Overview The CompressorBank 1 CB1 plug in has the following features e Uniquely flexible compressor with Knee and Bite Bi directional Intelligent Transient Enhancement controls e Multiple Time Constant TC circuit types e Side chain input e Side chain input monitoring e Metering of Input Compression Gain and Output mcdsp com Page 3 Compressor Threshold 45 to 0 dB Compression 1 1 to 10 1 Knee 10 0 to 15 0 0 hard knee 10 to 0 undershoot 0 to 10 overshoot 10 to 15 overshoot with compressor tail Bite Bi directional Intelligent Transient Enhancement 1 0 to 50 0 50 max Bite Compression can be triggered from input signal or side chain input Output Output 24 dB Phase Polarity Switc
64. the compressor responds to signals as they fall back to and below the threshold level This secondary release control is available only in the Type 2 TC circuit and is used to fine tune the overall release response Note that when using Release and Release2 concurrently the overall release time is faster than indicated by either release mcdsp com Page 17 control Setting Release2 to its maximum release time of 5 0 seconds makes its effect on the release response negligible e TC Circuit Type selects the TC circuit algorithm Type 1 Pure Peak Detection Type 2 Adaptive Release and Auto Automatic attack and release based on signal data Note when the Auto TC circuit type is selected the Attack and Release and Release2 controls have no effect Time Constant Circuits CompressorBank has two types of Time Constant TC circuit algorithms to emulate the TC circuit responses and hence sound of other compressors There are two types of user controllable curves e Type 1 Pure Peak Detection the release response is unaffected by new signals if those signal levels are below the current release level e Type 2 Adaptive Release the release response is affected by new signal regardless of the signal level relative to the current release level The Release2 control that allows further manipulation of the release response and is available when using the Type 2 release curve Because both Release and Release2 control operate independe
65. thesizer One also support the Digidesign VENUE D SHOW systems See http Awww digidesign com compato for more specific information The McDSP Mac versions are compatible with both Intel and PowerPC based computers The McDSP Windows versions require an Intel Pentium 4 or greater processor Getting Started McDSP Windows test machines are chosen to follow the Digidesign recommended systems guide which currently is the Dell Precision Workstation 670 with 2 79 GHz Xeon processor All products are guaranteed to run on that system Older Intel processors i e Pentium Ill and predecessors and AMD processors are not officially supported although some users have had limited success with newer AMD processors i e Dual Opteron 1 79 GHZ Athlon 64 2 20 GHz and Athlon 64 XP 3700 None of McDSP Windows product line will work with Pro Tools M 5 x Also note the McDSP Windows product line does not support MIX although RTAS versions will work if they exist and the rest of your system i e Pro Tools version and processor is compatible Please visit mcdsp com for the latest information about compatibility mcdsp com Page vii Installing the CompressorBank Plug In Installation on Mac OS X The CompressorBank plug in Package includes this manual ReadMe and Release Notes a folder of presets for the CompressorBank plug in and the CompressorBank plug in Two copies of the CompressorBank Licensing Agreement are included one in this pdf
66. trademark of the Harmon Corporation Neve is a trademark of AMS Neve Manley Variable MU is a trademark of the Manley Laboratories Inc These companies are not affiliated in any way with McDSP nor do they endorse the CompressorBank plug in The trademarks of these companies are used solely for the purpose of describing the sounds produced by the McDSP CompressorBank plug in While CompressorBank emulates the sounds of these compressors McDSP makes no representation or warranty that CompressorBank is identical to or duplicates these compressors Pro Tools is a registered trademark of Digidesign Inc Teletronix LA2ATM Made first in Sunnyvale CA not far from McDSP headquarters this peak limiter has become one of the most sought after devices in music production The LA2A as well as other pure class A opto compressors are characterized by their soft knee and compression tail This gives the compression response more presence in the mix as the amount of compression actually decreases when enough signal is driven into it to reach the tail CompressorBank s Knee control range of 10 to 15 is designed specifically to emulate the LA2A and other contemporary opto compressors At a Knee of 410 the transition from 1 1 to X 1 compression is already very large As the Knee control is increased to 15 the compression tail is created Page 22 McDSP CompressorBank Fig 4 4 Teletronix LA2A left and CompressorBank right
67. trol is useful in emulating the response of analog compressors Attack and Release Compressors use a circuit to track the signal changes over time as they exceed the threshold control level Such circuits have time constants attack and release to articulate the response of the circuit to signal changes hence the term time constant circuit or TC circuit These circuits in conjunction with the compressor controls shape the overall sound of the compressor CompressorBank is unique because it gives the user multiple variations on these circuits The Time Constant TC Circuit section of CompressorBank is comprised of 4 controls Attack Release Release2 and TC Circuit Type e Attack the rate at which the compressor responds to signals as they rise above the threshold A fast attack can track even sample by sample the changes in the signal data Note that such a fast setting can introduce unwanted gain cogging in analog or digital domains as the compressor response sounds erratic as it changes with every signal nuance Release the rate at which the compressor responds to signals as they fall back to and below the threshold level A fast release can track almost sample by sample the changes in the signal data Note that such a fast setting can introduce unwanted gain cogging in analog or digital domains as the compressor response sounds erratic as it changes with every signal nuance e Release2 the secondary rate at which
68. uthorize the individual McDSP Plug In you purchased Note When authorizing the Plug In on Windows XP or Vista with a new iLok USB Smart Key you must insert the iLok USB Smart Key and complete the Windows Found New Hardware Wizard before attempting to authorize the Plug in e Select the Authorize button to be guided through the Authorization Wizard Note Selecting the Quit button at any time will not authorize the Plug In or allow it to be used for a trial period If Quit is selected the Plug In will not be available in the Pro Tools insert menu To authorize select the Authorize button to be guided through the process 4 This version of software does not have a demonstration period e McDSP Plug Ins require that the user Compressor Bank personalize their copy of the Plug In A dialog is displayed soliciting this information Name Company Colin McDowell McDSP Address P O Box 50611 Note that the product registration card enclosed with the Plug In MUST ALSO be filled out as well and returned to McDSP via mail or fax to 707 220 m GD Cancel 0994 This additional mail in registration will entitle the user to future upgrades and advance information from McDSP City State Zip Country Palo Alto CA 5 94303 USA 3 Phone Fax Email 650 320 8452 707 220 0994 colin medsp com e Notify me with new product information Authorizing Your Mc
69. well Signal Processing Limited Liability Company All Rights Reserved The McDowell Signal Processing Limited Liability Company s CompressorBank Plug In and corresponding User s Manual is copyrighted and all rights are reserved Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of McDowell Signal Processing Limited Liability Company This document may not in whole or part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form for the purpose of resale without prior consent in writing from McDowell Signal Processing Limited Liability Company Trademarks McDowell Signal Processing Limited Liability Company is a trademark of McDowell Signal Processing Limited Liability Company Other brands and their products are trademarks of their respective holders and should be noted as such Digidesign and Pro Tools are registered trademarks of Digidesign Inc mcdsp com Page iii Table of Contents McDSP CompressorBank Plug In Manual Getting Started with CompressorBank vi System Requirements vi Installing the CompressorBank Plug In viii Installation on Mac OS X viii Installation on Windows XP and Vista X Installation on VENUE D SHOW systems Xii CompressorBank 1 Quick Start Tour CompressorBank 3 Start Pro Tools and instantiate the CompressorBank CB1 configuration 3 CompressorBank CB1 Overview 3 Output 4 Meterin
70. wise been masking such sounds External Key Enable and Key Listen The signal that drives the compressor is often called the compression key It is typically the input signal to the compressor that is processed and heard at the output There are compressor applications where the input signal is compressed based on the changes in another separate signal or side chain An example of such an application would be dialog ducking where the overall program music background sounds etc would be reduced in level when ever the speaker began talking singing The External Key Enable control allows the user to select between the input internal key or side chain input external key as the compression key When the key LED is lit the external key is being used else the internal key is being used The Key Listen control allows the user to monitor the input signal into the compressor whether it is an internal or external key This is useful in comparing the processed signal to the original Note that if an external key is selected to drive the compressor that signal will be heard at the compressor output should Key Listen be enabled When the Key Listen LED is lit key listening is enabled Note that when Key Listen is enabled in CompressorBank configurations with a Pre Filter section the monitored signal is the output of the pre filter mcdsp com Page 15 Compressor The compression section of CompressorBank is comprised of 4

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