Aphex Exciter - Manual (Page 13)

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Owner’s Manual
4.5 AURAL EXCITER FREQUENCY CONTROL
The Aural Exciter Frequency control adjusts the corner frequency of the high pass filter, thus
setting the range of frequencies being enhanced by the Aural Exciter. The range of the corner
frequency is 600Hz (fully counter clockwise) and 5kHz (fully clockwise). The 12 o’clock setting
is approximately 3kHz. As the tune control is adjusted clockwise, less and less mid-frequency
enhancement will take place.
Refer to the Tune Control With Frequency Markings in section 5.4.
4.6 AURAL EXCITER HARMONICS CONTROL
This control adjusts the amount of harmonics being generated by the exciter. It controls the
texture and detail of the effect. The MIN position is generally considered NORMAL, and is
useful for voices and total mixes. The MAX position is most useful on specific tracks, especially
percussive instruments, horns, guitars and digital instruments.
4.7 AURAL EXCITER AMOUNT CONTROL
This control varies the amount of enhancement mixed back into the original signal, from the
sidechain. Maximum effect is achieved when the control is set fully clockwise.
4.8 PROCESS ON/OFF BUTTONS
These lighted Process On/Off buttons allow you to turn the enhancement for each channel on and off individually.
The IN position turns all processing on and sends Aural Exciter and Big Bottom
enhancement to the outputs. The buttons glow green when processing is on.
They are dark when processing is off. When processing is off, only the unmodi-
fied signal passes through to the outputs. Switching the button back and forth
offers a quick A/B comparison, allowing you to hear the enhancements from
the Exciter in your program content.
Note: This is not a hard wired bypass. The audio still passes through the input
and output stages but enhancement sidechains are turned off.
Controls & Indicators