Metric Halo Mobile I/O - Manual (Page 282)

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Master Bypass
{On, Off}
When enabled, fully bypasses the plugin.
See also:
MIOComp
MIOStrip
• Synopsis: Mobile I/O Channel Processor
• Category: EQ, Dynamics, Channel Strip
• Channels: 1, 2
Description:
MIOStrip provides a complete channel strip processor in one self-contained signal processor. It in-
cludes dynamics (gate and compressor with side-chain EQ) and EQ in a flexible, internally routable
package.
MIOStrip is a mono or stereo processor and provides a mono sidechain input channel.
The default signal flow through the processor is:
input → gate → EQ → compressor → output.
When when
Comp Comp First
is enabled, the EQ and compressor order is swapped, and the signal
flow becomes:
input → gate → compressor → EQ → output.
The dynamics processor blocks normally detect the level from the signal that is at the input of the
dynamics block, optionally pre-processed by the block's associated side-chain EQ. It is also possible
to route the side-chain input channel to the input of each block's side-chain EQ and detector. This
allows you to use an external key signal to control the dynamics processing in the channel strip. You
can select the side-chain source of each dynamics block independently.
Note: Each band of EQ is capable of being configured as one of 6 types of EQ Filter. The types are:
Peaking/Parametric, Low Shelf, Hi Shelf, Hi Cut, Low Cut, Band Pass, and RIAA. The first 5 types are
parametric filters that allow you to use the Frequency, Gain and Bandwidth controls to adjust position
and shape of the filter that is applied. The RIAA type is special. It is used to decode a signal that has
been RIAA encoded (for example, the signal on a phonograph disc). This filter type would be selected
if you need to decode the output of a phonograph player that is directly connected to the inputs of
your interface, with the use of an external RIAA phono preamp. Only one band of EQ should be set
to RIAA on a channel as using the filter twice will not provide useful results.
Parameters:
Gate Enable
{Off, On}
Enables the gate. When disabled, the gate is hard-bypassed, and does not consume DSP power.
Gate Threshold
[-100, 0] dB
Sets the threshold at which the gate begins to act. There will be no gain reduction applied by the
gate when the input signal is above this threshold.
Gate Attack
[-1 µ , 100 µ ] s
The characteristic attack time of the removal of the gain reduction. Longer attack times will cause
the gate to cut off the initial transients that bring the gate out of gain reduction. When the attack
time is negative, the Gate detector applies an auto-attack to the incoming signal to accurately
track fast transients smoothly. The attack time is applied in the detector stage of the Gate block.