Waves Multimaximizer L3-16 - Manual (Page 3)

L3-16 User Guide
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 W ELCOME ................................................................................................................................................................. 4
1.2 P RODUCT O VERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................ 5
1.3 C ONCEPTS AND T ERMINOLOGY ................................................................................................................................. 6
The Peak Limiting Mixer™ ....................................................................................................................................... 6
Limiter bands vs. Paragraphic-EQ bands ............................................................................................................... 6
Separation ................................................................................................................................................................. 6
The L3-16 Release Character System.................................................................................................................... 7
1.4 C OMPONENTS ........................................................................................................................................................... 7
CHAPTER 2 – QUICKSTART GUIDE ............................................................................................................................ 8
CHAPTER 3 – CONTROLS AND INTERFACE............................................................................................................. 9
3.1 G LOBAL L IMITER S ECTION ........................................................................................................................................ 9
3.2 P ARAGRAPHIC EQ/P RIORITY D ISPLAY AND C ONTROLS S ECTION ............................................................................ 11
Main Display............................................................................................................................................................ 12
Paragraphic EQ/Priority Controls .......................................................................................................................... 13
3.3 IDR S ECTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 15
CHAPTER 4 – THE WAVESYSTEM ............................................................................................................................ 16
4.1 T HE W AVE S YSTEM T OOLBAR ................................................................................................................................. 16
Toolbar Functions ................................................................................................................................................... 16
4.2 P RESET H ANDLING .................................................................................................................................................. 16
Preset Types ........................................................................................................................................................... 16
Loading Presets and Setups.................................................................................................................................. 17
Saving Presets and Setups.................................................................................................................................... 17
Deleting Presets...................................................................................................................................................... 17
A/B Comparison and Copying ............................................................................................................................... 18
4.3 I NTERFACE C ONTROLS ............................................................................................................................................ 18
Toggle Buttons ........................................................................................................................................................ 18
Value Window Buttons ........................................................................................................................................... 18
Faders...................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Band Markers.......................................................................................................................................................... 19
Multiple Selection of Controls ................................................................................................................................ 19
TAB Functions......................................................................................................................................................... 19
APPENDIX A – CONTROLS LIST................................................................................................................................ 21
APPENDIX B - IDR IN DEPTH ..................................................................................................................................22
Dithering and Noise Shaping ................................................................................................................................. 22
IDR Dither Options ..............................................................................................................................................22
IDR Noise Shaping Options................................................................................................................................23