User manual SONY MRW-FC1

[. . . ] PowerCore There are two separate plugin types ­ Direct and Band Split. The latter provides both Direct and Band Split modes (see below). The Direct version is provided for your convenience, and utilises less DSP resources by only featuring direct processing (the band split mode button is greyed out when this plugin is in use). Mono and Stereo versions of each type are also provided, for a total of four plugins. 3. System Requirements. · · · · Approved Digidesign CPU and configuration Pro Tools HD or Mix system (TDM version). [. . . ] When you install your plugins, they will be placed into the `/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/Sony' folder, and registered for use as AudioUnits. 4. 4. PowerCore (Windows) If any older versions of the plugins are installed, remove them via the `Add or Remove Programs' control panel before continuing. Double click the installer icon for your product to begin, and follow the onscreen instructions. When the plugins are installed, the setup program will attempt to detect your shared `VSTPlugins' directory. However, you may also select another location if desired. 5. Revision History · · · 29th September 2003 ­ updated for ProTools iLok 3rd September 2003 ­ PowerCore update for v1. 7 drivers 31st October 2002 ­ first release for ProTools. 6. Description of controls. 1. Input Level Control. Sets the input level to the Inflator process. For full level input signals, maximum peak input is obtained with the slider set to 0dB. Further gain beyond is provided to allow lower level programme to be boosted to full modulation and allows the Inflator to be deliberately overdriven to produce distortion effects. 2. Input Drive meters. Display the peak input drive levels. With the Clip 0dBr de-selected the meters show the level of overdrive applied to the Inflator process. 3. Clip 0dBr button. When selected, internal processing levels are restricted to the equivalent of normal digital maximum. When de-selected internal processing may develop and process signals beyond the equivalent of digital maximum. 4. Output Control. Sets the output level to allow adjustment of the signal level after processing. 5. Parameter Value displays. Display the setting values at all time. Values can be entered directly by selecting the required display. 6. Output level meters. Display the output peak modulation levels. 7. Effect Control. Sets the amount of the overall Inflator effect that is applied to the programme from 0% to 100%. 8. Effect meters. Indicate the degree of average signal modification in real time, depending on programme type and Inflator settings. 9. Curve Control. Modifies the processing characteristics and sonic effect of the Inflator application. 10. Band split selector. Selects processing on the direct full band signal or invokes a band splitting function that processes the signal separately in LF, MF and HF spectral regions. This button is only available on the Band Split plugins. 11. In selector. Switches the Inflator process in and out for comparison purposes. 12. Options Button. ProTools Displays an options dialog containing version information, and allowing the meter peak hold behaviour to be changed (between click to reset, hold for 2 seconds, and hold for 5 seconds). PowerCore Displays a menu allowing an about box with version information to be displayed, `No Latency' mode to be switched on or off, and the meter peak hold behaviour to be changed (between click to reset, hold for 2 seconds, and hold for 5 seconds). 7. Operation and modes. 7. 1. Input Clipping. The Inflator process develops internally (and can process) signal levels that are notionally greater than digital maximum. This mode is occasionally advantageous when going for maximum loudness enhancement where there is a significant predominance of specific frequency ranges in the programme content. However it should be noted that, depending on programme and settings, operation in this mode produces output levels that are beyond the relative input peak level. This means that the signal is more likely to clip at the output, which may produce an increased harshness to the sound. If this becomes obtrusive, reducing the input or output levels to avoid clipping will obviously somewhat negate the purpose of the exercise. 7. 3. Basic loudness enhancement procedure. For basic loudness enhancement the procedure is to get the programme up to maximum normalised level at the input (0dBr) in order to fully benefit from the Inflator process, apply the Inflator processing to get the desired effect and adjust the output level to maintain desired maximum modulation. Start with the Clip 0dBr function selected to limit the range of the Inflator to normal digital maximum. Using the input level control and input meter, set the level such that the red 0db over indicator flashes occasionally to indicate the presence of max peak sample values. Set the output level control to maximum initially so that the input and output meters read similarly when the music is played. Further user modifications to the Inflator process can be invoked to either gain greater loudness or different characteristics in sonic detail, as described below. 7. 5. Curve modification. The curve modification control subtly affects the characteristic of the Inflator process to affect both the perceived loudness and tonal character of the signal. With the curve control set at minimum position (-50) the Inflator produces the most subtle changes to the sound. Overall loudness enhancement is minimal but significant harmonic content is added to produce a richer overall sonic character. When applied to composite mixes, the predominantly loud parts of the mix will apparently be accentuated over the background and reverberant parts of the programme, producing the effect of dynamic expansion (without a time constant). [. . . ] not band split) with the curve set to the neutral mid position (0) with Clip de-selected. The input gain should be set somewhat above unity (+6dB) to allow the mixer to operate without clipping overshoots prior to the Inflator and the output should be set to max (0db) to provide full output modulation. These settings will establish a virtual operating level at ­6dBr within the mixing environment with a possible overload area provided by the Inflator process for short-term level peaks to be accommodated without clipping. The Inflator input and output meters can then be used as main output buss level reference monitors during the mix session. 7. 7. Distortion generation. For distortion generation it is best to proceed initially with the Effect level set to maximum so that the nature of any distortion can be assessed. [. . . ]