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Celeste–byLeeXS
AfastactingWBAGCandInfinite:1ratiosoverthresholdinthemultibandAGC’sgive“Celeste”a
consistentsoundonawidevarietyofsourcematerials.It’sstrong,warm,androundbasstexture
andsmoothmidrangemakeitagoodchoiceforsmoothR&BorlightACstationswhovaluelong
termlisteningandaneasysoundoveralloutloudness.
Classical–byLeifClaesson
“Classical”isa3bandpresetdesignedtoprovidegentlewidebandandmultibanddynamicscontrol
withoutinterferingwiththeoriginalspectralbalanceofthemusic.Itisnotdesignedforloudness,
asitutilizesamodestamountofslowmultibandridingandminimalfinalclipping.
EmpireStateofProcessing–byLeifClaesson
Builttoanswerthequestion“Howloudcana3bandpresetbe?”,“EmpireStateofProcessing”
reliesmoreonthefinalclippertodelivercompetitiveloudnesswhileemployingslowattackand
releaseratesandlowratiosinthemultibandsectionforamoreopenfeel.Vocalsarewarmand
full,balancedbyacrisphighend.
Eruption2.0–byLeifClaessonandJohnnyLundholm
Deep,alwayspresentbasscomplimentsoffastattackandreleaseratesinthelowestbandanda
touchofintentionalwideband“breathing”makethedynamicandpunchypresetagreatchoicefor
techno,electronic,orhighlyproducedurbanmusic.“Eruption2.0”leansheavilyonthefinalclipper
todeliverplentyofloudnessonair.
FrenchKiss–byLeifClaesson
A6bandpresetreminiscentofthetypeofprocessingfavoredinFranceadecadeortwoago,
“FrenchKiss”offersuplotsofclean,distortionfreebassandusestheWBAGC2compressorto
intentionallypumptheaudiojustabitwhenthebasskicksin.Whilelesssuitedfortypical
commercialformats,itpairsverywellwithelectronicdancemusic.
Helix–byJesseGraffam
“Helix”isa7bandpresetthatsportsasmileyfaceEQcurvetodeliverasolidlowendandsparkling
highs,butstillprovidesaniceopenmidrangesound.Thispresetusesthemaximumamountof
multibandrange,anInfinite:1multibandratio,andafairamountofhighfrequencylimitingto
deeplyreequalizeandrebalancevirtuallyanyinput.