Sonic Studio Mastering EQ User Manual
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1. A Sonic Studio M Sonic Mastering EO Output tl 4 Faramecre Para irk Frequency rrr po 1300 3 ML Boost i Cul 19 6 ak Boost ut 20 kHz Sonic Studio Mastering EQ Table of Contents 1 0 Sonic Studio Mastering EQ 2 c ccccssecesneeeceneeeeeeecnneeseeesseeneeenes S 1 1 Sonic Studio Mastering EQ Audio Units Plug in cccecceecesseeeeeesseeeeeeeeeeeeaes 4 1 1 1 CVT MCW ani io GU E NG O Sw Y YD 4 1 1 2 Installaueon and Operation uu i nL OD GL A O es eee O LG A O UL 4 1 1 2 1 FreauencyVisualizer SCALING in dB a GC i GN CY yu CU OU CAU Un 6 1 1 2 2 Mastering EO Visualize ecien IL Y iro Fdly NN dene a Udd YNO a UL AFAL 6 1 1 2 3 GA AOC i a a A NO SR O ON O 6 1 1 2 4 Hoh Denton Meters sssi Gi wa A Cyn wn YE AU Y SO Gr GN UNO gUn 6 1 1 2 5 Peak OIG SO dl AR a ca A A NF I Y NY AFR RR 6 1 1 2 6 Euaualizer BANGS wnh 17 Uniaue r Teri doi Ci waved ea OA YD MY Y YU io NOAH Yd ARY A 6 1 1 2 7 EO GO allen eenen Y O O PN RH HT 7 1 1 2 8 Dither election Area ea ce nu CG CF AG E CN A UU E FO ANG 7 1 1 2 9 EO Banc On OH ue ee Ud Y a ns Yd Td LON 7 1 1 2 10 Hide Show Frequency and Meters ccccsceccsececeeecseeceeeecesececseecaseccaeeesaeeeeaeecaeeesaeeeeaeeeeaseseseesegeesegestasessaeees 7 Appendix A Sonic Studio Mastering EQ Filter Specifications and Descriptions 8 Appendix B Sonic Studio Mastering EQ Dither Specifications and Descriptions16 Appendix A iLok License2. Ambient to A Cappella Jazz to Jive Symphony to Spoken Word Zydeco to ZeitGeist You may not be aware of it but you ve heard this EO before Sonic Studio Mastering EO is a minimal phase four band filter Audio Units plug in Each band offers your choice of 17 filter types or topologies with some best used for restoration and damage control while other are excellent for changing color or timbre It can be used as a mono stereo or multichannel instantiation This document covers Sonic Studio Mastering EQ s use in our soundBlade product However since it s an Audio Units plug in it will operate on any audio software that supports Audio Units plug ins so all the concepts and attributes described below will apply in other applications soundBlade TV View the Sonic Studio Mastering EQ tutorial by clicking HERE www sonicstudio com The Sonic Studio Mastering EO Overview Tutorial Page 3 1 1 Sonic Studio Mastering EQ Audio Units Plug in 1 1 1 Overview In the soundB lade environment Sonic Studio Mastering EO can be inserted as a plug in in three different points within the signal flow of soundBlade 1 A s a Desk Event 2 Inthe EDL Desk mixer window 3 Inthe Meters window N 7 wy N 1 1 2 LEARN soundBlade offer the option to add Desk Events or plug ins to a Project or bus When plug ins are instantiated in a Project they provide time based snapshot automation Also in Pro
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4. with 1st through 4th order or 6 to 24 dB per octave slope respectively Each of the four orders are separate menu choices The family of curves shown below include a wide O of 0 5 a medium O of 2 0 and a narrow O of 10 EQ Transfer Fynctasn Figure 10 2 1st order parametric with f of 1000 Hz Page 8 EQ Transfer Fyngctaen Figure 10 3 2nd order parametric with f of 1000 Hz EQ Transfer Fur tapn Figure 10 4 3rd order parametric with f of 1000 Hz Page 9 EO Transfer Function Figure 10 5 4th order parametric with f of 1000 Hz The high and low shelves are also three parameter filters with Resonant Frequency gain and order The family of curves below include 1st through 4th order The 4th order response is practically vertical in the transition region EQ Transfer Funeria Figure 10 6 High shelf with f of 1000 Hz The high and low pass filters also have three parameters However in this case stopband ripple labeled Stop has taken the place of gain As with the shelving filter above the family of curves below include 1st through 4th order Page 10 EQ Transfer Fynctayn a ed ee Figure 10 7 High pass with f of 1000 Hz Stopband ripple describes the amount of amplitude variation or ripple in a filter s out of band response Indirectly it describes two more important parameters One is out of band suppression or how much leakage of unwanted signal
5. allow some material below the resonant frequency to leak into the filter s output Again however because the ripple spec has been relaxed the phase response would be improved EQ Transfer Fungi Figure 10 9 3rd order high pass with 0 1 dB of passband ripple amp 10 dB of attenuation Page 12 The bandpass and band stop filters are straightforward three parameter forms and the notch filter has only two parameters as the gain is implied to be The next two figures once again include quality factors Q of 0 5 2 and 10 EQ Transfer Fungia Figure 10 10 1st order bandpass with f of 1000 Hz EQ Transfer Fungia Figure 10 11 3rd order bandpass with f of 1000 Hz Page 13 EQ Transfer Fyngctaen Figure 10 12 Notch filter with f of 1000 Hz The RIAA filters provide emphasis for creating cutting masters for lacquer and de emphasis for correcting material that is digitized flat from 33 1 3 RPM phonograph record This approach means that the excellent minimal phase characteristics of this digital RIAA de emphasis implementation can be used in place of an imprecise and potentially colored analog filter network in a phono preamplifier EC Transfer Furnsten Figure 10 13 RIAA de emphasis Page 14 The Emph and DeEmph selection are for 44 1 kHz AES EBU audio The de emphasis type is guite useful when archival material was emphasized during recording but the Emphasis flag was not set T
6. g Passband Stopband E L_ k A Sonic Mastering EO ON o 3 Gain Fader 4 High Definition Meters 5 Peak Hold Settings 6 Equalizer Bands with 17 unique filters 7 EQ Global On Off 8 Dither Selection Area 9 EO Band On Off 10 Hide Show Frequency and Meters Page 5 1 Frequency Visualizer Scaling in dB 2 Mastering EO Visualizer 1 1 2 1 Frequency Visualizer Scaling in dB This menu sets the vertical scale of Visualizer window in dB The values are 24 12 6 and 3 with the default scale at 24 1 1 2 2 Mastering EQ Visualizer This area displays the current filter settings as a visual representation Each color coded filter node can be dragged and adjusted from within this window 1 1 2 3 Gain Fader Adjusts the overall gain of the plug in Parameters are 12 to 12 dB Option click to re set to zero 1 1 2 4 High Definition Meters The Meters section graphically displays real time indications of Peak RMS and VU values with hyper ballistic accuracy At the top of the meter strips Peak and RMS values are displayed in numeric relation to zero for under zero for over zero Both the meter strip and the numbers in this section will turn red when an over zero level is detected When Sonic Studio Mastering EO is used as a mono instantiation only channel one or the left channel will display level 1 1 2 5 Peak Hold Settings In this section Peak Hold preferences can be set to reflect your needs The defau
7. Installation cccsccecseseeseeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeseesesessesees DD Permanent LIGENSE INStallall ON sues ica ddu Ln NS dd See ies AD DU dud Gu Gn aU GO ddu O on uo 17 4rial License InstallallB ncu yd GU Cd Y GG O a Gy i 17 Sonic Studio Mastering EQ Index 9 99 er YHA YHALYWW YY YY HWY YY wnn 19 2006 2013 Sonic Studio LLC All rights reserved This manual as well as the software described in it is furnished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of such license The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Sonic Studio LLC Sonic Studio LLC assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this document Except as permitted by such license no part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Sonic Studio LLC SONIC STUDIO LLC MAKES NO WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING THE APPLE SOFTWARE SONIC STUDIO LLC DOES NOT WARRANT GUARANTEE OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SONIC STUDIO LLC SOFTWARE IN TERMS OF ITS C
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9. Studio Process Page 18 Sonic Studio Mastering EQ User Manual Index Symbols 1st order bandpass 13 1st order parametric 8 2nd order parametric 8 3rd order high pass 11 12 3rd order parametric 8 4th order parametric 8 Audio Unit 3 4 Contextual Menu 5 DC 15 De emphasis 14 15 Desk Event 4 5 Dither 5 7 Dither Selection Area 5 7 EDL Desk 4 5 Emphasis 14 15 EQ Band On Off 5 7 EO Global On Off 5 6 7 Equalizer 5 Equalizer Bands 5 Filter 16 Filter Curve 16 Gain Fader 5 6 Page 19 High Definition Meters 5 6 High pass 11 High shelf 10 iLok 4 17 18 Low pass 10 Mastering EQ Visualizer 6 Meter 6 Meters 6 Meters window 4 5 minimal phase 3 No DC 15 Noise Shaped 16 Notch filter 14 parametric 8 9 10 Parametric 8 10 11 13 passband 11 12 Peak 5 6 Peak Hold 5 6 Peak Hold Settings 5 6 plug ins 4 latency compensation 4 Project Panel 2 O Ouality Factor 8 Ouality Factor 8 RIAA 14 15 Page 20 Ripple 10 11 12 RMS 5 6 Round 16 Slope 8 Snapshot automation 4 Sonic EO Bypass 6 Group menu 6 parameters 6 7 pre processor 4 O or Quality Factor 8 sections 6 stopband ripple 11 Stopband 11 Triangular Probability Density Function 16 Truncation 16 VU 5 6 2013 Sonic Studio LLC 1340 Mission Street San Francisco CA 94103 e 1 415 944 7642 soundBlade Sonic Studio Mastering EQ sonicstudio com the Sonic Studio logo and type are trademarks of Sonic Studio
10. he No DC type is a special form of high pass filter designed for archival recordings made with EIAJ adapters so called F1 recorders which were short lived consumer digital audio recorders manufactured by Sony Matsushita and others They employed very simple low cost converters and often injected a large amount of DC offset into the signal to overcome crossover distortion This filter will remove that DC offset Lastly the NoDC DeEmp type is again a special filter for recordings made with an EIAJ adapter that both removes DC offset and applies de emphasis EQ Transfer Function Figure 10 14 DC reject plus RIAA de emphasis the NoDC DeEmp Page 15 Appendix B Sonic Studio Mastering EQ Dither Specifications and Descriptions Selecting a Dither Type Dither is an intentionally applied form of noise used to randomize quantization error preventing audible artifacts from being induced when calculating sample rate or bit depth changes No single dither is a magic bullet so three different variations of dither are available in Sonic Studio Mastering EQ Sonic Studio Mastering EO Dither Settings Bypass Disables all dither passing all bits as rendered Round Truncation Rounds to the target word length without adding dither Dither Triangular Probability Density Function Shaped triangular dither cuts the noise level at low frequencies while boosting it a high frequencies This results in the dither n
11. jects plug ins are constant latency and are seamlessly cross faded even within an individual segment This means settings change smoothly free of audible discontinuities even for plug ins with high latency All plug in instantiations are fully latency compensated unless the plug in itself cannot or does not report latency See the soundBlade HD or SE user manual for more on using plug ins as Desk Events LEARN To insert a plug in into one of the slots in the EDL Desk simply click on the slot button and a drop down menu appears showing all valid plug ins available Then select the desired plug in from the list The plug in will be inserted in the slot and the selected plug in will open for manipulation of its parameters These instantiations are mono and unlike other workstations using plug ins in the EDL Desk is generally not recommended Use Desk Events instead See the soundBlade HD or SE user manual for more on using the EDL Desk a plug in is inserted in the Meters section that plug in is applied to all audio that is routed out that bus See the soundBlade HD or SE user manual for more on LEARN The Meters window is a good place to use true stereo plug ins When using plug ins in the Meters section Installation and Operation To install Sonic Studio Mastering EQ double click on the SonicMasteringEO Installer pkg and follow the on Sonic Studio screen instructions If you are a soundBlade user you ll also need to run In
12. lade purchase 2 Launch the iLok License Manager application and from the Licenses menu at the top of the screen select Redeem Activation Code Activate Deactivate Take Ownership Redeem Activation Code Transfer License 3 In the Enter Activation Code window paste the Activation Code you copied in step one and click on Next Enter Activation Code j Can copy your mline activalion code and past H into any box ge y b Cancel 4 Select the Activation Location and download your soundBlade license to the iLok of your choice To register your Sonic Studio software and iLok USB Smart Key visit http www sonicstudio com sonic reg sonic register Trial License Installation To enable a full function 14 day trial version 1 Copy this Activation code 2251 1155 0716 9991 7477 9561 7230 09 Page 17 2 Launch the iLok License Manager and from the Licenses menu at the top of the screen select Redeem Activation Code Activate Deactivate Take Ownership Redeem Activation Code Transfer License ell 3 In the Enter Activation Code window paste the Activation Code you copied in step one and click on Next Enter Activation Code dalon Goce and pasit Bing You can copy your emire activation o d pasie H imio any box Cancel 4 Select the Activation Location and download your soundBlade license to the iLok of your choice 5 Launch Sonic
13. lt value is one second for Peak Hold and 100 milliseconds for Meter Release timing This setting is saved with the EO 1 1 2 6 Egualizer Bands with 17 Unigue Filters The bottom left half of the Sonic Studio Mastering EO window contains the master controls None Parametric Band Pass Rand Stop for each of the four available Notch filter bands The controls are Hi Shelt me Lo Shelt context sensitive and apply to cs the selected filter section and Lo Pass changes are reflected in the eel y Emphasis Mastering EQ Visualizer section Denpi De emph DC Clicking on the top reveals a list RIAA Die RLAA the available filter types Filter Selection Menu Select your desired filter from the menu to instantiate Extra control sections will me enabled depending on filter type Page 6 LEARN See Appendix A below for complete filter descriptions and graphical representations of their capabilities LEARN Values can be entered by keyboard or by click hold mouse up down 1 1 2 7 EQ Global On Off This button toggles the Sonic Mastering EO on or off and is useful for comparing the sum of all changes made with this instance of EQ 1 1 2 8 Dither Selection Area This section selects whether dither is enabled on this instance of EQ The choices are Off Dither and Noise Shaped LEARN See Appendix B below for complete dither descriptions 1 1 2 9 EO Band On Off This button toggles individual bands of Sonic Maste
14. oise being less audible This shaping or weighting reduces the audibility of the noise to a degree With triangular dither the added noise level is constant and slightly higher It is recommended for use on all types of music Noise Shape This dither type alters the spectral shape of the error that is introduced by dithering such that the noise power is at a lower level in frequency bands at which noise is perceived to be more undesirable and at a correspondingly higher level in bands where it is perceived to be less undesirable Since this dither is packed at the higher end of the hearing spectrum this shaping or weighting reduces the audibility of the noise to a degree This dither is recommended for general use Note In general triangular PDF dither is preferable That said LISTEN and decide for yourself Note That with either type of dither the added noise is very small and each dither option acts differently with different types of program material You should experiment with each dither type to achieve the results that you desire Page 16 Appendix ILok License Installation All Sonic Studio software is protected with PACE Anti Piracy s InterLok copy protection Your Sonic Studio Process software is authorized with an iLok USB Smart Key Permanent License Installation To download your Sonic Studio Licenses to your iLok 1 Copy the Activation Code that was delivered with your soundB
15. ring EO on or off and is useful for comparing the change induced in a single band of EO 1 1 2 10 Hide Show Freguency and Meters Clicking the top triangle toggles between hiding showing the Meters section Clicking the middle triangle toggles between hiding showing the Freguency section This is useful for conserving screen real estate Page 7 Appendix A Sonic Studio Mastering EQ Filter Specifications and Descriptions The parametric filters are classic three parameter versions with Resonant Frequency gain and Q O or Quality Factor is defined as the resonant frequency or center frequency in the case of a symmetrical filter divided by the bandwidth The bandwidth is in turn defined as the one or two frequencies at which the filter response is 3 dB up or down from unity gain Expressing the width of a filter as a Quality Factor rather than bandwidth provides a more intuitive sense of the filter s subjective sound since the same value of O will produce different bandwidths at different freguencies The higher the freguency the wider the bandwidth will be for a given O value which roughly corresponds to our auditory mechanism s ability to perceive a filter s action As an example a parametric filter with a O of 1 has a bandwidth of 100 Hz when its center freguency is set to 100 Hz but it has a bandwidth of 1000 Hz when the center freguency is set to 1000 Hz The order or slope of the filter is controllable
16. stall Options mpkg located in the Sonic Options folder of your soundBlade app folder selecting Sonic Mastering EQ in the options installer dialog box Note that So nic Studio Mastering EO is iLok licensed When you purchased this product you received and Activation Code and install instructions This document assumes that you have installed you llcenses r iLok license See Appendix C for more info on installing permanent and trial Page 4 To enable a Sonic Studio Mastering EO plug in as a Desk Event in soundBlade in the EDL Desk or Meters window select Sonic Mastering EO from the contextual menu that appears The Sonic Studio Mastering EQ window will appear MIOConsoleConnect SonicConsoleConnect STTool PureLimiter Il Dual Mono QuartetDynPEQ TrioDynPEO OuartetDynPEO Oxford SuprEsserHR Oxford SuprEsserLL Select Sonic Mastering EQ from the contextual menu After selection the Sonic Studio Mastering EO window will appear ASC Sonic Mastering EQ Output 1 4 Peak Peak Hold Meter Release 100 EQ Dither Type Word Depth Lo Shelt Frequency EZ Boost Cut Tir u U D0 Freguency 109 6 Mu Boost Cut Passband Stopband 00 Mel mrt Parametric Frequency 1300 3 Mu Boost Cut Parametric Band Pass Band 5top Notch Hi Shelt Lo Shelt Hi Pass Lo Pass DC Bock Emphasis De amphasis De emph DC RIAA De RIAA Noise Band EZ
17. you receive and the other is phase shift and group delay The stopband ripple parameter provides a range of 12 to 108 At the 12 setting only 12 dB of loss will occur out of band no much for a filter of this type However because the stopband ripple value is so low the phase response and resultant temporal response of the filter will be excellent At the other extreme of its range stopband ripple will be 108 dB down from the unity passband gain but the phase response will suffer the group delay will be severe and the resulting temporal smearing may be unacceptable As with any filter careful listening will determine the tradeoff between stopband suppression and side effects Figure 10 8 below shows an typical 3rd order high pass filter Superimposed on that curve is another 3rd order high pass with 6 dB of passband ripple amp 120 dB of stopband attenuation Notice the rippling bouncing ball amplitude response in the region above the resonant frequency This passband ripple would create some possibly undesirable amplitude effects but because the ripple spec has been relaxed the phase response would be improved Page 11 EQ Transfer Fungia Figure 10 8 3rd order high pass with 6 dB of passband ripple amp 120 dB of attenuation Compare the response in figure 10 8 with the next figure which shows a 3rd order high pass with 0 10 dB of passband ripple amp 10 dB of stopband attenuation This time the stopband ripple would
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