Slate Digital Virtual Buss Compressors - Manual (Page 11)

Unique Parameters
Auto-Release
The
Auto-­‐Release
parameter
on
the
FG-­‐RED
and
FG-­‐Grey
is
program
dependent
and
sets
the
release
Kme
automaKcally.
Drive
The
Drive
parameter
is
the
modeled
output
transformer
stage
of
the
Focusrite
RED
as
a
separate
control,
meaning
you
can
have
no
compression
and
sKll
impart
the
subtle
characterisKc
low-­‐level,
frequency
dependent
distorKon
of
the
box
post
make-­‐up
gain...
It
affects
the
signal
if
the
knob
is
more
than
"0"
regardless
of
compression,
it
is
the
transformer
nonlinearity
from
the
RED
OUTPUT.
But,
rather
than
make
it
dependent
on
output,
it's
been
made
separate
on
the
actual
FG-­‐RED.
On
the
original
unit,
in
order
to
get
the
effect
you
HAD
to
increase
makeup
gain,
but
with
the
"FG-­‐RED"
you
don't.
Stereo / Mid-Side
The
FG-­‐MU
employs
two
processing
methods
for
compression,
Stereo
&
Mid/
Side.
Stereo
processing
occurs
convenKonally
to
the
sum
of
the
le]
and
right
channels.
Compression
may
be
adjusted
independently
on
both
channels
(top
=
le],
boSom
=
right)
or
together
using
the
Stereo
Link
mode.
Mid
/
Side:
Also
know
as
m/s,
sum
and
difference,
or
on
the
original
Fairchild
670
unit
“Lat/
Vert”...
Mid
(the
top
secKon
of
FG-­‐MU
in
this
mode)
=
a
mono
sum
of
both
le]
and
right
channels
(L
plus
R).
Side
(the
boSom
secKon)
=
the
difference
(L
minus
R).
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