Metric Halo Production Bundle - Manual (Page 50)

Processing
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(measured in octaves), not the quality factor (or “Q”). If you have been using Q controls, the numbers will
be backwards from what you are used to. Small numbers mean narrow filters and large numbers mean wide
filters. For peaking and bandpass filter types, this parameter controls the bandwidth of the filter in octaves. For
the high and low shelving filter types this parameter adjusts the amount of dip/peak and the slope of the shelf.
When this parameter is set to 0.1 you will get the largest dip/slope available and when the parameter is 2.5,
you will get a classic first order shelf (which has a transition band that is about 1 decade wide; e.g. if it is a
high shelf with a frequency of 10 kHz and a gain of 10 dB, the gain will be at 0 dB near 1kHz).
Equalizer
The next processing section is the Equalizer. The equalizer may appear in the signal chain before the compres-
sor section depending on the state of the “Post EQ’ button in the compressor. The equalizer in ChannelStrip
is a very flexible, fully parametric 6 band equalizer. Each band in the equalizer can be configured as any of
the six available filter types. Each parameter in the equalizer is continuously adjustable throughout its entire
range, so you can set the exact EQ that you need.