Contents
ii Square ONE Dynamics
Compressor _______________________________________ 19
Principles of compression 19
Modes of operation 20
Compressor soft knee and RMS (default setting) 20
Compressor hard knee and RMS 20
Compressor hard knee and vintage 20
Compressor soft knee and vintage 20
Lo-Q frequency-conscious compressor 21
Hi-Q frequency-conscious compressor (de-esser) 21
Limiter 21
Threshold 22
Attack 22
Release 23
Ratio 24
Hard knee and soft knee 25
Side chains 25
De-essing 26
Gate _____________________________________________ 27
Principles of gate operation 27
Creative use 27
Gate operation 28
Threshold 28
Attack 28
Release 29
Range 29
Intelligent threshold shift (i-TS) 29
Music PA 29
Conference PA 29
Interfacing with the console 30
Using gates with compressors 31
Instrument synchronisation 32
Envelope shaping 32
Gating vocals 33
Applications _______________________________________ 34
Compression 34
Drums and percussive instruments 34
Stringed acoustic instruments 34
Stringed electric instruments 34
Electronic instruments 34
Brass instruments 34
Sung vocals 34
De-essing 34
Spoken word 35