Overloud Gem Comp76 FET Compressor and Limiter Plug-In - Manual (Page 39)

OVERLOUD GEMS VOICE
CUT - Cuts lower frequencies. Useful when the harmonic content is unbalanced towards the low
frequencies.
PHASE - Inverts the input signal.
LEVEL - Each module of the VOICE includes a -15 / -15 dB level control, which allows gain staging of
all the modules in the sound chain.
LEVEL METER - Close to the LEVEL controls, you can fi nd the corresponding LEVEL METER which
shows the current level of the signal emitted by the module. Act on the LEVEL control to keep
the level the higher possible below the red peak levels.
ON (POWER) / S (SOLO) - Each module of the VOICE also includes POWER and SOLO controls to tem-
porarily esclude (bypass) a module from the processing and to temporarily exclude all powered
modules (SOLO). It’s a fast way to evaluate how each module participates to the whole sound.
TAPE SIM
This module reproduces the typical tape recording harmonic distortion. The processed sound
gets some color from this module, which generally corresponds to an analog kind of timbre.
DRIVE - Adjust the gain of the signal recorded on the tape: it allows to control the amount of satu-
ration. The same control compensate the increased recording level by lowering the playback
level.
BLEND - Adjusts the mix between the input and the processed signal.
ENHANCER
When the voice recording seems to lack presence and isn’t cutting through the mix, or even if it
just sounds weak, then it’s worth adding some amount to the ENHANCER. You will appreciate
how vocals will get extra de
fi nition and brilliance, without being overdone. The ENHANCER only
uses harmonics that naturally exist in the original tracks. In the opposite manner, exciters gener-
ate non-existent harmonics by synthesizing them, and often they end up adding unnatural and
inharmonic frequencies due to intermodulation.
AMOUNT - Adjusts the amount of e ff ect added to the processed signal.
MULTIBAND
This module is a speci fi c double fi lter to attenuate voice artefacts from mic recordings. Both fi l-
ters work as compressors.
The DE-BOX is a dynamic control of the lower-mid part of the frequency spectrum. Boxy vocals
contain too much low frequency energy and lack the proper excitement needed to cut through
the mix. The DE-BOX processor dynamically removes this low-mid excess.
The DE-ESSER focuses on sibilant sounds letting you to control their prominency.
You can control both fi lter amounts while looking at the gain reduction meter just close to the
knobs.
DE-BOX AMOUNT - Adjusts the amount of DE-BOX fi lter applied.
DE-BOX FREQ - Adjusts the frequency around which the DE-BOXing works.
DE-ESSER AMOUNT - Adjusts the amount of DE-ESSER fi lter applied.
DE-ESSER FREQ - Adjusts the frequency around which the DE-BOXing works.
AUTO CUE - Automatically puts the DE-BOX or the DE-ESSER fi lter in solo while you drag one of its
knobs. This allows you to listen the frequencies that the fi lters are processing.
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