TC Electronic Studio Konnekt 48 - Manual (Page 27)

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The Limiter
Fabrik C Studio also holds a Limiter. The Limiter is used to prevent overloads occurring at extreme and occasional peaks in
the source material - peaks that may not be caught and attenuated sufficiently by the Compressor. Where the Limiter can
be used to limit the extremes, the Compressor can be used to apply a much more “musical” and gentle compression.
Threshold
Range: -12dB to 0dB
The Threshold sets the max amount allowed to pass through the Limiter.
We recommend a setting of -0.1dB as maximum.
De-Esser
A De-Esser is a compressor type used to reduce only specific sibilant frequencies. Typically the “ss ” sounds can be too
dominant on a vocal track and the track would therefore often benefit from being processed by a De-Esser.
The De-Esser also comes in handy when working with background vocal tracks with many voices dubbing the “s”-sounds
from the lead track.
The De-Esser works in both 3-band and Full-band modes.
Bypass
Use Bypass to activate or deactivate the De-Esser.
Amount
Range: 0 to 100%
While listening, move the slider from left to right set appropriate amount of de-essing. A De-Esser reduces certain high-end
frequencies and you should not set the Amount parameter higher than necessary.
Routing modes
Two routing modes can be selected via the Routing mode
drop-down menu.
Plug-In mode - must be selected when Fabrik C is used
as VST plug-in.
Internal mode - Use internal mode when Fabrik C is used
without a host program with VST facilities and when
monitoring a source signal with no latency.
Example:
Typically you would record thru the Fabrik C channel strip
adding limited compression and EQ. In this case Internal
mode should be selected.
When mixing you would probably use the Fabrik C as a
good channel strip inserted as VST on a channel. In that
scenario “Plug-In mode” would be the correct choice.