Craig Anderton
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(Note: Anything titled “Craig’s Tip” would have appeared in the PreSonus Blog if I was still posting there, and either will be included, or has been included, in the The Huge Book of Fender Studio Pro Tips and Tricks.)
The Multiband Dynamics processor can do frequency-selective upward expansion. This tip isolates the high frequencies, and then upward expansion gives an effect that resembles transient shaping. It accents note attacks from drum sounds, acoustic guitar strums, piano, marimba, hand percussion, and other percussive instruments. Fig. 1 shows typical control settings.
IMPORTANT NOTE! The .preset file format is not recognized for uploading in this forum. After downloading High-Frequency Upward Expansion.multipreset, simply change the name to High-Frequency Upward Expansion.preset.
Figure 1: Typical settings for Multiband Dynamics upward expansion.
Here’s how it works:
1. Bypass all stages except for the High-Frequency stage.
2. Isolate the desired frequency range with the H control.
3. To vary the expanded high-frequency content, edit the Gain control. This may be the only control you need to adjust to obtain the sound you want.
4. Leave High Threshold at 12.00. Vary the perceived amount of expansion with the Low Threshold control. With higher Low Threshold settings, you’ll likely need to turn down the Gain.
5. Ratio changes the rate of expansion. Values above 1:3.0 aren’t too useful. With a 1:3.0 ratio, you’ll probably need to turn Low Threshold and Gain all the way up.
6. The Mix control is useful to edit or automate the balance of high frequencies to the dry sound.
And that's all there is to it!
The Multiband Dynamics processor can do frequency-selective upward expansion. This tip isolates the high frequencies, and then upward expansion gives an effect that resembles transient shaping. It accents note attacks from drum sounds, acoustic guitar strums, piano, marimba, hand percussion, and other percussive instruments. Fig. 1 shows typical control settings.
IMPORTANT NOTE! The .preset file format is not recognized for uploading in this forum. After downloading High-Frequency Upward Expansion.multipreset, simply change the name to High-Frequency Upward Expansion.preset.
Figure 1: Typical settings for Multiband Dynamics upward expansion.
Here’s how it works:
1. Bypass all stages except for the High-Frequency stage.
2. Isolate the desired frequency range with the H control.
3. To vary the expanded high-frequency content, edit the Gain control. This may be the only control you need to adjust to obtain the sound you want.
4. Leave High Threshold at 12.00. Vary the perceived amount of expansion with the Low Threshold control. With higher Low Threshold settings, you’ll likely need to turn down the Gain.
5. Ratio changes the rate of expansion. Values above 1:3.0 aren’t too useful. With a 1:3.0 ratio, you’ll probably need to turn Low Threshold and Gain all the way up.
6. The Mix control is useful to edit or automate the balance of high frequencies to the dry sound.
And that's all there is to it!