Advanced Panel - Arturia COMP DIODE-609 User Manual

3.3.4. Advanced Panel

• First, switch to Dual Mono to treat each stereo channel as a separate entity;
• Now press the Advanced button to open the Advanced panel. First thing will
be to switch on the Look Ahead feature. This induces latency, but since we
are dealing with a bus track, it doesn't matter much. Look Ahead allows the
processor to "read" the audio signal prior to processing it, which allows for a
better compression by anticipating level changes. We will set the Look Ahead
value to the max - 5 ms.
• We will use the internal audio as side-chain source. You can also use an external
source. Please refer to your DAW's manual to know how to properly route audio
to achieve this;
• Press the side-chain listen button to monitor the original input audio. Now switch
on the side-chain equalizer. It's time to process the side-chain signal in order to
achieve a better detection signal. Remember that this processing is just for the
detection path - it will not affect the audio output in any way;
• In our testing, we opted to leave the high pass filter off, as the audio doesn't
have much lower frequency content. This may change, so it's up to you to decide
what fits best in the each circumstance. Activating the high band and reducing
it, while increasing the middle band, will increase the middle frequencies. This
way, you will get a more balanced detection signal. Since we activated the dual
mono switch, each channel will be triggered independently. This will result in
more balanced dynamics for both channels;
• Now, it's time to add a little character to the audio by turning the input drive knob.
This parameter is very subtle, so do not be surprised if you don't notice much
difference.
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