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Focusrite Fast Compressor Manual

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Summary of Contents for Focusrite Sonible Fast

  • Page 1 Manual Focusrite Fast Compressor Manual...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction Feature Overview User Interface Overview FAST And Detailed View Learning and Automatic Compression Fine Tune your Sound Global Control Section Settings Focusrite Fast Compressor Manual...
  • Page 3: Introduction

    With the ability to learn from your input signal, the plug-in assists you in your mixing tasks. Like all plug-ins of the FAST family, FAST Compressor has been designed with a simple goal in mind: Get great results, FAST! Focusrite Fast Compressor Manual...
  • Page 4: Feature Overview

    Profiles Different profiles allow you to tell FAST Compressor what kind of instrument or voice the plug-in is dealing with. This ensures a perfect adaption of the processing to your audio material. Focusrite Fast Compressor Manual...
  • Page 5: User Interface Overview

    Meter Select a profile that best Manually set your Output Gain matches your audio material Control the intensity of the Monitor your output level A button compression Flavour Buttons Enable the automatic Output Gain (Makeup Gain) Focusrite Fast Compressor Manual...
  • Page 6: Fast And Detailed View

    This is the default View when opening the plug-in. You can easily switch between FAST and Detailed View by clicking on the two buttons in the upper left corner of the Waveform Display. Focusrite Fast Compressor Manual...
  • Page 7: Learning And Automatic Compression

    If you want FAST Compressor to learn from a different section of your signal, you can simply start the audio playback from there and click the Relearn button. Note that you don’t have to click the Relearn button when switching between Flavours or Profiles. Focusrite Fast Compressor Manual...
  • Page 8 But please note, that manually Sound in Detailed View on page 9 for more details. made adaptions with Flavour Sliders or filters will not be adopted. So, changing your profile will reset all parameters to their default value! Focusrite Fast Compressor Manual...
  • Page 9: Fine Tune Your Sound

    If Auto Gain is enabled, the plug-in automatically sets the output gain (make-up gain) to compensate for the level reduction caused by compression. After finishing the learning process, the Auto Gain will become more precise and matches the RMS levels of input and output signal. Focusrite Fast Compressor Manual...
  • Page 10 Waveform Display. This helps to easily identify the impact of changing The Attack defines the time it takes for the signal to the release time. become fully compressed after exceeding the Thresh- Focusrite Fast Compressor Manual...
  • Page 11 For example, at a setting of 0/100 your will only hear the compressed signal, while a setting of 50/50 leads to a mix of 50% compressed signal and 50% dry input signal. This makes it very easy to apply parallel compression tech- niques without any additional routing. Focusrite Fast Compressor Manual...
  • Page 12: Global Control Section

    You can also easily share your presets among different workstations. Bypass All presets are saved with the file extension *.spr to the following folders: OSX: ~/Library/Audio/Presets/Focusrite/FASTCompressor Undo/Redo Win: Documents\Focusrite\FASTCompressor\Presets Focusrite Fast Compressor Manual...
  • Page 13: Settings

    Take Guided Tour Disable this option if you want to hide tooltips. Click this button to restart the guided tour. Please note that all parameters will be reset to their default values when a new tour is started! Focusrite Fast Compressor Manual...
  • Page 14 License Management License Information This section shows the license information for your plug-in. Help Center Visit the Help Center to e.g. manage your subscriptions or download new plug-ins and the latest updates. Focusrite Fast Compressor Manual...