Slate Digital FG-X Virtual Mastering Processor - Manual (Page 12)

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It" is" suggested" that" when" first" using" the" FG" Level," you" push" the" Constant" Gain"
Monitoring" button." " This" will" allow" you" to" start" processing" the" mix" while" maintaining"
transparency.""
Please" note" that" the" Metering" Section" still" displays" the" master" output" levels" with" the"
Constant" Gain" Monitoring" engaged." You" can" change" this" behavior" in" the" Metering"
Section"options."
Start"by"adding"level"to"the"mix"via"the"GAIN"knob.""The"inner"meters"in"the"meter"panel"
will" show" you" the" RMS" level." " Start" by" pushing" the" GAIN" so" that" during" the" loudest"
passages"of"the"mix,"the"average"RMS"levels"are"about"-10"dB"FS."""
Disable"the"power"button"to"hear"what"effect"is"being"added"to"the"mix.""Many"times"
you’ll"find"the"process"is"extremely"transparent"with"no"other"tweaking"needed.""In"some"
cases"you’ll"need"to"adjust"the"TRANSIENT"knobs"in"order"to"match"or"even"amplify"the"
original"mix’s"punch.""You"can"also"dial"in"the"DYNAMIC"PERCEPTION"knob"to"add"better"
perceived"dynamic"feel"to"the"master."
Once"you"have"gotten"the"master"to"your"desired"level,"turn"your"monitor"volume"down,"
disengage"the"Constant"Gain"Monitoring,"and"turn"on"the"DITHER.""Now"you"are"ready"to"
export"your"master."
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