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- Page 1 User Manual MASTER X HD NATIVE / MASTER X HD-DT Multiband Dynamics Processor Plug-In with Optional Hardware Desktop Controller V 1.0...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
MASTER X HD User Manual Table of Contents Important Safety Instructions ........3 6. Navigating the MASTER X HD Desktop Controller (optional)............... 17 Legal Disclaimer ............. 3 7. Dynamics Processing In-Depth ......18 Limited warranty ............3 7.1 Compressor ................. 18 1. -
Page 3: Important Safety Instructions
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Page 4: Introduction
Master X HD. About this manual Read this manual to learn how to install and use your TC Electronic MASTER X HD multi-band dynamics processor unit. This manual is only available in PDF format from the TC Electronic website. To get the most from this manual, please read it from start to finish, or you may miss important information. -
Page 5: Installation On A Mac
MASTER X HD User Manual 3. Activate your MASTER X HD Note: If your DAW fails to detect the newly installed plugin, this can often be fixed by adding the following paths to the Plug-in Manager (or similar) of the iLok license DAW. -
Page 6: Connection And Setup
MIX parameter, which is ideal for that purpose. • The plug-in will likely be found in a dedicated TC Electronic folder. Select the MASTER X HD and it will now be added to the signal chain. -
Page 7: Plug-In And Hardware Controls
MASTER X HD User Manual 4.5 Plug-in and Hardware Controls 4.6 Connection Status to the Hardware Unit After you have installed the plug-in, activated the iLok license, and optionally The TC Icon family all use the same method to show the connection status connected the MASTER X HD DT desktop controller hardware unit via USB, you between the plug-in and the hardware unit. -
Page 8: User Interface
MASTER X HD User Manual 5. User Interface The top part of the display: Control of the MASTER X HD is done in the plug-in, or using the optional hardware • • Three Static Response graphs (Low/Mid/High), each with a combination unit (when you have purchased the DT version). -
Page 9: Bypass On/Off
Press this very important button to bypass or engage the MASTER X HD. This Note: For enhanced precision in modern mastering, the TC Electronic Brickwall makes it easy for you to listen and compare the overall effect of your awesome HD plug-in features very high quality True Peak limiting, and is perfect in work. -
Page 10: Static Response View
MASTER X HD User Manual 5.4 Static Response View 5.5 Target Curve And Target Factors One of the very strong features of the MASTER X HD is to simplify the many Low, Mid, High Band settings of the 3-Band Expander, Compressor, Limiter, so that each one presents The top section of the display shows three Static Response graphs, one for each only one set of parameters, and not one set per frequency band. - Page 11 MASTER X HD User Manual 5.5.2 Target Curves The High band will be processed more. The Curve setting determines how the 3 bands work together. When you mouse-over the Curve or Factor area, three contour lines appear, that show the factor setting for the Expander, Compressor, and Limiter. Flat All 3 bands are processed equally.
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Page 12: Expander
MASTER X HD User Manual 5.6 Expander Ratio The Ratio determines how much the output signal will be lowered in proportion The following examples show a Curve of "BASS" and a different Factor set for to the original signal. The MASTER X HD’s Ratio parameter is a combined Ratio each Expander/Compressor/Limiter and Range control, and you can see the max Expander action (Range) in the main view at stopped DAW Playback. -
Page 13: Compressor
MASTER X HD User Manual 5.7 Compressor Ratio Determines the amount of compression, the higher the ratio the “stronger” the Compressor Example: processing and the lower the output dynamics range. Attack The Compressor’s attack time determines how fast the compressor will react on signals exceeding the threshold. -
Page 14: Limiter
MASTER X HD User Manual 5.8 Limiter Attack The Limiter’s attack time determines how fast the limiter will react on signals Limiter Example: exceeding the threshold. Note: You may want to increase the Look Ahead Delay in order to better catch transients. -
Page 15: Crossover Frequencies And Band Gains
MASTER X HD User Manual 5.9 Crossover Frequencies and Band Gains 5.10 Soft Clip MASTER X HDs crossover filters are designed to not introducing any split- and The analog-style softclipper sits at the output of the Master X HD, after the recombination filter anomalies, unlike many other multiband compressors on the Limiter and Mix, but before the Output Gain. -
Page 16: Mix
MASTER X HD User Manual 5.11 Mix 5.12 SoftClip/IO/MIX controls The Mix feature is new to the MASTER X HD, compared to MASTER X3 for Pro Click on the S/C, IO, or MIX text to view or hide three pairs of controls. The Tools/Powercore. -
Page 17: Navigating The Master X Hd Desktop Controller (Optional)
MASTER X HD User Manual 6. Navigating the MASTER X HD Note that the Compressor meter is a +/- lniear scale like in the plugin that show Desktop Controller (optional) both gain reduction and makeup gain. Block Select Button Selects between editing the Expander, Compressor, or Limiter. Each block can be enabled/disabled by holding Block Select and Bypass. -
Page 18: Dynamics Processing In-Depth
MASTER X HD User Manual 7. Dynamics Processing In-Depth Examples of Compressor Threshold, Ratio, Curve, and Factor The multi-band compressor splits the signal gently into 3 overlapping bands - Let us look into setting the Threshold and Ratio. In many cases, you would use a the low, mid, and high frequencies. -
Page 19: Limiter
MASTER X HD User Manual 7.3 Gate/Expander Examples of Attack, Release and Crossover frequencies Let us look into how to set the Attack and Release Times. By compressing the signal, we made it sound louder due to the auto make-up We start with small values for both parameters. -
Page 20: Modern Mastering, Loudness And .................................. True-Peaks
MASTER X HD User Manual 7.4 Modern Mastering, Loudness and 7.4.2 True Peak True-Peaks Often, there can be small peaks of sound in-between digital samples, inter- The MASTER X HD is a multi-band dynamics-multi-tool, highly suitable for the sample peaks, that go undetected in digital tools including our MASTER X HD. mastering process, with many ways to make your mix sound better, but if not Where traditional peak meters and conventional peak limiters fail to read those used wisely, there are many ways of making it sound worse! - Page 21 TC Electronic has launched a free on-line service at the following address: Another highly-relevant combination of processing can be carried out with MASTER X HD and the TC Electronic BRICKWALL HD limiter in series, as the last https://finalizer.com/analyzer step before bouncing your mix or master.
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Page 22: Presets
MASTER X HD User Manual 8.2 User Presets 8. Presets If you make an alteration to any of the parameters in the current preset, the The MASTER X HD offers a collection of factory presets, as well as the option to preset name changes to italics as a reminder that something has changed from create and save your own custom settings as user presets and favourites. -
Page 23: Presets And The Optional Hardware Unit
MASTER X HD User Manual 8.3 Presets and the optional hardware unit When a preset is assigned a favorite slot number: Presets can also be recalled from the hardware unit by pressing the PRESET • • The preset is part of the 100 presets that can be recalled on the button. -
Page 24: Software Updates
MASTER X HD User Manual 9. Software Updates 10. Specifications New versions of the software may be released to add new features and improve Sound performance. Updates can be detected from the plug-in directly and can be installed after download from the website. See Chapter 2 for plug-in installation. Processing 3 Band expansion/compression/ If the ’Automatically check for updates’... - Page 25 MASTER X HD User Manual FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION COMPLIANCE INFORMATION TC Electronic MASTER X HD DT Music Tribe Commercial NV Inc. Responsible Party Name: 901 Grier Drive Address: Las Vegas, NV 89118 +1 747 237 5033 Phone Number: MASTER X HD DT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.