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OPTIMOD-PC
Five-Band compressor can increase audio density when operated at a fast or me-
dium-fast release because it acts more and more like a fast limiter (not a compressor)
as the release time is shortened. With fast and medium-fast release times, density
also increases when you increase the drive level into the Five-Band compressor be-
cause these faster release times produce more limiting action. Increasing density can
make loud sounds seem louder, but can also result in an unattractive busier, flatter,
or denser sound. It is very important to be aware of the many negative subjective
side effects of excessive density when setting controls that affect the density of the
processed sound.
Because OPTIMOD-PC's AGC algorithm uses sophisticated window gating, it is pref-
erable to make the AGC do most of the gain riding (instead of the five-band com-
pressor), because the AGC can ride gain quickly without adding excessive density to
program material that is already well controlled. Use the five-band compressor
lightly, so it can achieve automatic re-equalization of material that the AGC has al-
Multiband Attack/Release/Threshold
Advanced Name
Multiband Release
Speech Multiband Release
B1 Compression Threshold
B2 Compression Threshold
B3 Compression Threshold
B4 Compression Threshold
B5 Compression Threshold
B1 Speech Compression Threshold
B2 Speech Compression Threshold
B3 Speech Compression Threshold
B4 Speech Compression Threshold
B5 Speech Compression Threshold
B1 Attack
B2 Attack
B3 Attack
B4 Attack
B5 Attack
Speech B1 Attack
Speech B2 Attack
Speech B3 Attack
Speech B4 Attack
Speech B5 Attack
B1 Limiter Attack
B2 Limiter Attack
B3 Limiter Attack
B4 Limiter Attack
B5 Limiter Attack
B1 Delta Release
B2 Delta Release
B3 Delta Release
B4 Delta Release
Range
Slow, Slow2, Med, Med2, MFast, MFast2, Fast
Slow, Slow2, Med, Med2, MFast, MFast2, Fast
–16.00 ... 0.0, Off
–16.00 ... 0.0, Off
–16.00 ... 0.0, Off
–16.00 ... 0.0, Off
–16.00 ... 0.0, Off
–16.00 ... 0.0, Off
–16.00 ... 0.0, Off
–16.00 ... 0.0, Off
–16.00 ... 0.0, Off
–16.00 ... 0.0, Off
4.0 ... 50.0 ms, Off
4.0 ... 50.0 ms, Off
4.0 ... 50.0 ms, Off
4.0 ... 50.0 ms, Off
4.0 ... 50.0 ms, Off
4.0 ... 50.0 ms, Off
4.0 ... 50.0 ms, Off
4.0 ... 50.0 ms, Off
4.0 ... 50.0 ms, Off
4.0 ... 50.0 ms, Off
0 ... 100%
0 ... 100%
0 ... 100%
0 ... 100%
0 ... 100%
–6 ... 6
–6 ... 6
–6 ... 6
–6 ... 6
Table 3-10: Multiband Attack / Release Controls
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