Metric Halo ChannelStrip 2 - Manual (Page 36)

ChannelStrip User Guide
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• Low Shelf – a shelving filter that applies boost/cut to low
frequencies. Boost/cut is limited to +12 dB/– 24dB. The
bandwidth controls the dip/peak that is added at the end of
the transition band.
• High Shelf – a shelving filter that applies boost/cut to high
frequencies. Boost/cut is limited to +12 dB/– 24dB. The
bandwidth controls the dip/peak that is added at the end of
the transition band.
• Bandpass – a bandpass filter with 6dB per octave skirt on
the high and low ends of the pass band. The width of the
pass band can be adjusted between 0.1 octaves and 2.5
octaves and the center of the pass band is continuously
adjustable between 20 Hz and 20 kHz.
F ILTER ENABLE BUTTON
Use this green toggle button to enable the sidechain filter.
When the filter turned off the signal will pass through the
sidechain filter unchanged.
F ILTER BAND BOOST / CUT CONTROL
Use this knob (labeled “dB” in the illustration) to adjust the
gain of the filter band for the peaking, high and low shelf fil-
ter types. This parameter is ignored for the other filter types.
In the shelving filters the maximum boost is +12 dB and the
maximum cut is -24 dB. In the peaking filters the maximum
boost/cut is ± 24 dB. When you increase the boost for a filter
band above 15 dB, the filter gets very aggressive and reso-
nant.
F ILTER BAND FREQUENCY
Use this knob (labeled “Hz” in the illustration) to adjust the
characteristic frequency of the filter. For the peaking and