Metric Halo ChannelStrip 2 - Manual (Page 35)

ChannelStrip User Guide
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nal used by the sidechain is the input or bus selected in the
“side chain input” popup in the Pro Tools plug-in window
header. If nothing is selected in that popup, the input to the
sidechain will be silence and the compressor will never
compress.
You can use the filter to achieve a de-essing effect by using
the bandpass filter to only compress when the “ess” is
present. You can also achieve a combined compression/de-
essing effect by using a peaking filter to accentuate the “ess”
frequencies and adjusting the threshold and ratio to perform
compression when the “ess” is not present and limiting when
the “ess” is present. Take a look a the presets for examples.
F ILTER TYPE BUTTON
This button (indicating a peaking/parametric filter in the
illustration) is used to select the filter type of the single band
of side chain EQ. You may choose from 6 different types of
filters:
• Peaking/Parametric – a second order bell-shaped paramet-
ric boost/cut filter. Boost/cut has a range of ± 24 dB. When
the boost is greater than +15 dB the filter gains a resonant
quality. The center frequency of the filter can be any fre-
quency between 20 Hz and 20 kHz. The bandwidth of the
filter is continuously variable between 0.1 octaves and 2.5
octaves.
• High Cut – a 12 dB/octave high cut filter with a 3dB fre-
quency that is continuously adjustable between 20 Hz and
20 kHz.
• Low Cut – a 12 dB/octave low cut filter with a 3dB fre-
quency that is continuously adjustable between 20 Hz and
20 kHz.