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SHADOW HILLS MASTERING COMPRESSOR

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Summary of content (8 pages)

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FOR AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY SHADOW HILLS MASTERING COMPRESSOR — Deployment Operational Procedures — You have been issued the latest operative technology, the Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor Plugin, developed by the industrial military contractor, Shadow Hills Industries.
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The Mastering Compressor OVERVIEW The Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor Plugin is a faithful 1:1 model of the corresponding hardware version, offering all its non-‐linear behavior and analog sound quality in the digital domain.
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The Mastering Compressor METERING AND THE MAGIC EYE The Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor is equipped with two VU meters for proper visual analysis of audio processing. Each VU meter has the capability of displaying optical gain reduction, discrete gain reduction, and output level, as determined by the position of the “Meter Select” switch.
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The Mastering Compressor TRANSFORMER CHOICES TOP POSITION – NICKEL The cleanest position with the least distortion. This position has a subtle accentuation of ultra-‐high frequencies. MIDDLE POSITION – IRON This position has an additional Class-‐A amplifier section adding even-‐ordered harmonic distortion, resulting in a very musical upper low frequency boost.
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The Mastering Compressor OPTICAL SECTION The Optical Section is the first gain reduction circuit in the Mastering Compressor. The compressor is characterized by its very musical compression circuit featuring a slow attack and a two-‐stage release.
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The Mastering Compressor DISCRETE SECTION The Discrete Section is the final gain reduction circuit in the Mastering Compressor. It achieves compression by means of our custom, discrete voltage-‐controlled amplifier. Due to the breadth of the controls, the discrete compressor is extremely versatile and can be configured to attain a variety of sounds.
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The Mastering Compressor IN USE In the vocal chain, on the master fader or the drum buss, the S.H.M.C’s two-‐stage compression and transformer matrix will impart its unique sound quality and character upon your best work to take you to new levels of creativity.
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The Mastering Compressor The transformers connected to the audio boards and chassis must be shot through their cores, and the windings unraveled, their lamination separated, bent, and scattered some distance away. The audio boards should be crushed under heel, then folded or ripped, and then incinerated according to the previously described method.