Waves L3-16 manual

L3-1 6 Multi maxi mize r ™ User Manual[...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 2[...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 3 TAB LE OF CON TEN TS CHA PTER 1 – INTROD UC TION ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 4 1.1 W E LCOM E .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...[...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 4 Cha pter 1 – Intr oduct ion 1.1 Welcome Thank y ou for ch oosi ng Waves ! I n or der to get the most out of your Wav es p roc ess or, pl eas e t ake th e time to re ad t hrou gh t his man ual. In c onjunc tio n, w e als o s ugges t t hat y ou bec o me f a miliar with ww w.w avesu pp ort.n et . There y ou will f ind an ext en[...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 5 1.2 Prod uct Overv iew The Wav es L3 -1 6 Multim axi mizer is a 16- ba nd a uto-su mm ing peak limite r, the f ourt h pr ocess or in Waves ’ acc lai med L-S eri es of Ult ram axi mizers a nd Multi max imiz ers. Pow ered by a n adv anc ed ve rsio n of the Waves P LMixe r  Pe ak Li miti ng Mixer engi ne, the L3- 16 of fers [...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 6 1.3 Conc epts and Te rmi nology The Peak Limiting Mixer ™ A tradit ion al mult iband li miter c ons ists of a giv en n u mber of limit ers oper atin g ind ep ende ntly of eac h other, eac h set to a partic ula r freq ue ncy range. Th e key to the L 3-1 6’s p o wer is its patent- pe nding P eak Limitin g Mixe r™ (PL Mixe [...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 7 The L3-16 Release Characte r System The L 3-1 6 off ers a wi de r ange of soun d q ualiti es whic h a re co ntrol le d usin g t he r eleas e sett ings acr oss its 16 ba nds. Like it s pr ed ecess or the L 3, the L 3-1 6’s b and rele ase ti mes a re d eter min ed by W aves AR C™ Auto Rele ase Cont rol, whic h dy na mically [...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 8 Cha pter 2 – Qu ickstar t Guide We rec o mm end r eadi ng t his man ual t o g et t he mo st out of the L3-16. Howev er, for a q uick start to sett ing u p the L3- 16 o n y our audi o, f ollow t hes e st eps: 1. Insert the L3-1 6 Mult imaxi miz er i nto y our projec t, pref era bly as the las t proc es sor on t he mast er bus[...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 9 Chapter 3 – C ontro ls an d Interf ac e 3.1 Glob al Limiter Sec tion This sect ion consis ts of c ontr ols t hat gl ob ally af fec t all of t he L3 -16’s ba nds. Threshold / Input Mete r - Ra nge - 30d B to 0dB - Defa ult 0d B Thres hol d is prob ably th e most i mport ant cont rol of the L3- 16, as it set s t he gl obal l[...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 10 The Thres hold fa der is loc at ed o n the In put Meter, allo wing easy a djust ment with ref ere nce t o i nput energy . Note t hat the Inp ut Mete r disp lays the s ig nal l evel afte r t he P aragr ap hic E Q pr ocess i ng to al lo w accur ate Thr esh old set ti ng. B elo w th e Inp ut M eter , y ou will find Wav es s ta n[...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 11 Voca l Pri ority 1 Voca l Pri ority 2 Bass Prior ity 1 Bass Prior ity 2 Hi- mid Su ppr essor 1 Hi- mid Su ppr essor 2 Lo-m id S uppr ess or Sub Supp ress or L3 – B asic P rofil e L3 – Ex tr em e An alog L3 – S e mi Se par ate d L3 – Wide Ba nd AR C L3 – Wide Ba nd Man ual L3 – War m & Cos y L3 – L ou d &[...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 12 The int erf ace c ons ists of 6 P aragr ap hic ba nds wit h cont rols for Gain, Freq uenc y, Q, and Pri ority . Ga in and Priorit y c an be a djust ed in de pend ently, or t og ether, usi ng t he Link cont rol. Thes e P ara grap hic bands ar e sup eri mp osed over th e 16 i nter nal cr os sov er b ands . Eac h of t he 6 P ar [...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 13 • Clic k-h orizo ntal dra g cha ng es f reque ncy • Contr ol- click (P C)/ Comm a nd-cl ick ( Mac ) a nd drag c ons tra ins mov eme nt t o the X or Y axis – vertic al d rag will loc k f requ ency b ut all o w gain ch ange, and hor izont al drag wil l lock g ain b ut allow f req ue ncy cha nge • Alt-cl ick ( P C)/ O pt[...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 14 Gain/Priority Link The butt on all ows si multan eo us c ontr ol of Gain a nd P riorit y ret ainin g a co nstant off set bet wee n the m. Freq - Ra nge 1 6 Hz to 20k Hz - Defa ult 100, 200, 4 00, 8 00, 160 0, 32 00 The Freq co ntrol s ets the f req ue ncy for eac h of th e 6 Para gra phic ba nds. Q - Ra nge 0. 50 to 2. 0 - De[...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 15 3.3 IDR  Secti on Quantize - Ra nge 2 4, 22, 2 0, 18, 16 bit - Defa ult 24 The Q ua ntize co ntrol s et s t he targ et bit de pth of th e L3- 16 outp ut. Qu antize is a lways act iv e, s o the outp ut of the L3-1 6 will b e q uantiz ed to a maxi mu m of 24- bits eve n if you are in a f loat ing p oint envir onm ent. Dither[...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 16 Cha pter 4 – The WaveSys tem 4.1 The W aveSystem Toolb ar All Waves pr ocess ors feat ure the Wav eSy ste m to olb ar which t akes car e of most a dmi nistrat ive funct ions you will enc ou nter while wo rkin g with yo ur Wav es s oftware. The f eat ures of th e Wav eSyst e m toolb ar a re th e s ame on p ract ical ly all W[...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 17 Loading Presets and Setups Clic k-an d- hold o n the Lo ad b utt on to se e the L oa d po p-up me nu. The me nu is divi ded int o four sect ions. If a sec tion is n ot c urrent ly av aila bl e it will not appe ar in th e L oad pop-u p menu. Ope n Pr eset Fil e… Selec t t o op en a ny s etup or pr eset file, wh eth er fr o m[...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 18 4. A confir mat ion box will app ear, allo wing y ou to c ancel or ‘ OK’ th e de letio n. A/B Comparison and Copying The S etup A/ Set up B butt on may be c licke d t o co mpar e t wo s ettin gs. If you load a pres et in th e Set up B positio n, this will n ot affec t t he pr eset load ed i nto t he S etup A pos it ion, a[...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 19 • Usin g ke y e ntry , dou ble c lick on the butt on t o op en the v alue win dow, and direc tly enter th e valu e fro m yo ur k eyb oard. If you ent er a n out of ra nge num ber, the butto n s tays select ed but rema ins at the c urrent set tin g (sy ste m be eps ? If sy stem so un ds ar e on ?) Som e pr ocess ors hav e l [...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 20 Addit ionally , t he Mac has an o ptio n- TAB f unct ion f or ‘d o wn’ m ove ment and sh ift-opt ion- TA B f or ‘u p’ move ment wher e ap plic able. If you hav e sev er al Va lu e Windo w But to ns s electe d, T AB fu nct ions will take yo u thro ug h the s elec te d contro ls only.[...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 21 Appen dix A – C ontr ols List Contr ol Ra nge Defa ult Thre sh old/I nput Meter -30dB to 0 d B 0dB Out Ceili ng/ Out put Meter -30dB to 0 d B 0dB Atte nuati o n Met er -30dB to 0 d B Relea se x0.1 to x 10.0 x1.0 Sep arati on Low, Me dium, Hi gh Medi um Relea se Ch arac ter Default War m Ana lo g War m Cl assic al Over all P[...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 22 A ppe ndix B - IDR  In De pth Dithering and Noise Shaping Ditheri ng an d Nois e Shapi ng are t wo i nd epen dent , c omple ment ary tech niq ues t hat impr ove the perc eive d qu ality of di gital au dio af te r it has b een re-q ua ntized. Each t ec hniqu e is res pons ible for t he impr ove ment of a dif fere nt s ubjec[...]

L3-16 Use r G uid e 23 Typ e2 Type 2 is a n arro w-ba nd d ithe r w hich ad ds a min im al the a mount of n oise. It deliv ers a n oise l evel about 5d B lo wer t han Typ e 1, while a ddi ng so me l o w leve l dist orti on. ( The disto rtio n lev el is lo wer th an whe n no d ithe rin g is appli ed.) IDR  Noise Shaping Options As ex plain ed ab [...]