Metric Halo ChannelStrip 2 - Manual (Page 39)

ChannelStrip User Guide
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efficient and sounds better. By adjusting the various parame-
ters associated with each band in the EQ you can control the
tonal and timbral balance of the signal. The resonance effect
of the peaking filters provides a facility to recreate acoustic
resonances that are lacking in the source material with
which you are working. One of the nicest aspects of the fil-
ters in ChannelStrip is their time domain performance. These
filters ring significantly less than comparable filters in other
signal processors. This allows you equalize signals without
the normal time smearing that you encounter with other
equalizers.
M ASTER E NABLE BUTTON
This orange button just below the EQ input meter is the mas-
ter enable for the entire EQ section. When this button is off,
the EQ section will not change the signal.
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.