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Summary of Contents for PSP Xenon
- Page 1 PSP Xenon Full Band Precision Limiter...
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Page 2: Acknowledgements
Mastery, Nashville, TN , USA Joachim Krukowski, Achim Studio, Poznan, Poland Paul Abbott, Mastering, San Diego, CA, USA Sakis Anastopoulos, DigisoundMastering, Melbourne, Australia Thanks to all our users around the world for ideas and help in development of new plug-ins! PSP Xenon Operation Manual... -
Page 3: End User License Agreement
EULA or the use of or inability to use the SOFTWARE, even if PSP has been advised of the possibility of such damages. -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
RIAL DEMO VERSION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS........................9 ................................9 INDOWS ................................9 ACINTOSH INSTALLATION............................10 PSP XENON QUICK START......................... 11 LAYOUT OF PSP XENON INTERFACE....................12 PSP X ............................12 ENON ROCESSING PSP X ............................17 ENON ETERING PRESET HANDLING..........................19 SUPPORT............................ -
Page 5: Algorithm Overview
This way an en- gineer will not need to lower the output level of the entire signal anymore—PSP Xenon’s envel- ope detector does it automatically whenever required. The result - greater loudness at reduced distortion. -
Page 6: Metering In Psp Xenon
Metering in PSP Xenon By default, PSP Xenon shows the peak level of the input and output signal as well as the gain reduction applied. The peak meters have falloff time of 8dB/sec. To allow for consistent loud- ness control, we built the K-System mastering metering system into PSP Xenon. - Page 7 This process exploits the fact that the human hearing is not equally sensitive within the whole audible frequency range. PSP Xenon has three different noise spectrum curves to choose from. These curves follow the izophonic curves of human hearing system (for low signal levels) to greater or lesser extent, the 'type C' representing the most faithful izo- phonic shaping.
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Page 8: Protection System
(see step 2) into the proper field of your PSP profile. 5A. If you don’t have PSP Xenon yet - add the plug-in to your cart. Once you pay for the con- tents of your cart the iLok license requests will be created automatically in our system. The li- cense will be uploaded to your www.ilok.com... -
Page 9: System Requirements
System Requirements Before installing the PSP Xenon on your Windows or Macintosh computer, please make sure your system meets these minimum requirements: Windows * Windows XP with ServicePack 2, * Intel Pentium II CPU or later, * CPU with SSE2 support is strongly recommended,... -
Page 10: Installation
Installation PSP Xenon is very simple to install. As mentioned before, we selected the iLok for PSP Xen on’s copy protection after much deliberation and many user requests. Thanks to Digidesign requiring the iLok for Pro Tools, the iLok has become the de facto standard copy protection system for many professional audio plug-ins. -
Page 11: Psp Xenon Quick Start
PSP Xenon Quick Start If you are so excited to start playing with PSP Xenon you can’t read through the manual first, here are some quick steps to get you going: 1.Instantiate the PSP Xenon into an insert slot in your host DAW. -
Page 12: Layout Of Psp Xenon Interface
PSP Xenon’s graphical user interface is very intuitively designed to reflect the signal flow of your audio material from left to right •At the far left of PSP Xenon’s interface are the buttons and knobs relating to input and initial processing stages. - Page 13 TIP: Another reason to avoid over-limiting, especially when limiting a full mix, is that too extreme limiting can make the material sound flat and uninteresting as all the dynamics will be lost. So remember that “less is more” when it comes to adjusting the in knob. PSP Xenon Operation Manual...
- Page 14 These buttons configure the wordlength reduction feature of PSP Xenon. Whenever truncation would occur, PSP Xenon applies its high quality dither- ing algorithm to keep the perceived dynamic range as close to the original as possible. Please see the Requantize section above for more information on wordlength and dithering.
- Page 15 However, one side affect of decoupling the two channels is that the stereo image may fluctuate. Thus, with PSP Xenon you can use the link knob to dial in the optimal blend between the extra loudness gained by de-linking a stereo signal versus the stability of the ste- reo image gained by partial or complete linking.
- Page 16 For easier identification of the limiter’s action PSP Xenon is equipped with an auto output mode. When this mode is on, the output is automatically attenu- ated or amplified to compensate for the input gain, as set by the input knob.
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Page 17: Psp Xenon Metering
PSP Xenon Metering PSP Xenon offers three stereo meters and eight mode and calibration buttons to control meter- ing and calibrate your listening environment to K-system standards. meter bars PSP Xenon includes three stereo meter bars: •input - shows the input signal level •attenuation - shows how much gain reduction the plug-in is applying to the signal... - Page 18 Some poor quality reproduction systems don’t have enough headroom to handle analog signal levels exceeding the equivalent of 0dBFS without distortion. Oversampled metering can be used to predict such excessive levels. At this point, you can reduce the PSP Xenon output to avoid them.
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Page 19: Preset Handling
Preset Handling PSP Xenon comes with a number of presets designed as starting places for your own experi- mentation. Like other PSP Audioware plug-ins, PSP Xenon features the PSP Audioware Preset Bar. Please see the PSP Audioware Preset Bar Quick Guide for information on how to use the Pre- set Bar. -
Page 20: Support
You can also contact us by e-mail: support@PSPaudioware.com . We will gladly answer all of your questions. As a rule we respond within 24 hours. PSPaudioware.com s.c. Dzikiej Rózy 11/8 Józefoslaw 05-500 Piaseczno Poland. ph. +48 601 96 31 73 www.PSPaudioware.com contact@PSPaudioware.com PSP Xenon Operation Manual... -
Page 21: User Comments
User Comments We welcome any opinions and comments related to PSP Xenon. We would also be grateful if you shared with us your experiences using PSP Xenon. For example, if you’ve created a use- ful preset then let us know.
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