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1. User Manual EIOSIS ao men me LL DETAILED FUNCTIONS 6 111 1 EQUALIZATION BANDS 7 11 1 1 BAND ACTIVATION AND 7 11522 AD LUSTING THE PARAMETERS 8 15 TYPING THE VALUES ta ear ti ka ik a ke e ke a kk a 8 11 1 4 ADJUSTMENT WITH MAXIMUM GAIN kk L kk tata a tet 8 6595 BAND NAMING pei tas or a ke kok A hematite ob DEA 8 MELO PEAK DIP BAND di td and a da kt e a ad e ao e apa tf a a tn so 9 11154148 SHELE BELL BAND a a dira ae tot a a a a a e a SS 9 Whee 0 HAIGH CUT BANDS aka r st dok a a ae ate e kk e e tk e ka 10 Wee MAR DAN a e 10 111 2 PRESET MANAGEMENT ANN aaa et 11 11 21 PRESET DISPLAY AND ORDERING vi k aa vans von ek id m 11 111 3 OPTION MENU peine kes ka DA 12 111 354 GENERAL bati ane ki den aka fa at pott kipa fek 12 Ws S220 ADIS2. feature select Options Display Auto On Active Please note that e The first time that you launch AirEQ when you load a preset or when you reset AirEQ the On Off switch will always be set to On when moving a knob whatever the option Auto On Active is When you use automation to change equalization values the auto on is inactive Output gain always active It can be useful to keep the output gain always active even when the equalization is deactivated Indeed the output gain is sometimes set to compensate the equalization settings or to adjust the desired output level but if the equalizer is deactivated the output gain is also deactivated This option allows keeping the output gain always active even if the Global In switch IS deactivated To activate this option go to Options Display Out Gain always active 12 1 3 2 Display options The Display options menu allows configuring the AirEQ display according to your needs and to the information that you want to display Value Display You can display or hide the parameter values in AirEQ Select Options Display Value Display to show or hide the parameter values We would recommend mixing without displaying the values most of the time because it Name display You can assign a name to each equalization band It is useful when you are adjusting a equalization setting and that you want to assign to each band a particular signification Display f
3. selectors for the first and last full bands which lets you choose between bell and shelf filter types The Air knob which adjust the Air amount The In switch which activates and deactivates the global processing e The Global Gain knob 1 Equalization bands AirEQ features 8 equalization bands Combining these bands allows getting the desired equalization in almost every situation where a sound needs to be corrected At the top of each band a switch allows to switch on or off the corresponding band Then you find 3 knobs frequency Q factor to set the width of the filter and gain for peak boost and shelf filters The Air band has only a gain knob 11 1 1 Band activation and deactivation Each equalization band has an On Off switch which allows activating and deactivating the corresponding band When you move a knob the On Off switch of the same band is automatically set to On You can change this behavior by deactivating the Auto on in the Options menu You also can use the Kick On Off for the band switches Use the right click or shift left click on the On Off switches it will temporarily change the state of the switch and when you release the mouse button or the shift key the switch will return to its initial state AirEQ features an auto in system which switches on a band while moving a knob This function can be disabled when a band have been switched on at least one time When launching AirEQ on pres
4. PLAY OBTIONS kita nt eka at e A a ae n cians 13 VALUE SNAP radi tini kip ed bio ka da a ae eka ia ki 13 e a 13 111 4 KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS assi ak aka kan kai pa ne aa aka ke aaa nan y s a kaa kana Dan De 14 AirEQ Design Fabrice Gabriel AirEQ DSP GUI and general programming Xavier OUDIN AMLT algorithm by Fabrice Gabriel and Xavier OUDIN Thanks to Meffy Ellis and special thanks to Olivier Daric for his support and his friendship Introduction eyes losed Thank you to have chosen AirEQ AirEQ have been design to give you the best equalization sound with excellent ergonomics and unique features AirEQ has been thought to be a musical equalizer and to let you mix with eyes closed Without graphical equalization curve display you can really focus on the sound The musical tunings of AirEQ has been also thought to be suited to the ear functioning Tuning the Q factor with AirEQ is now natural and intuitive and it reacts not the same way than most equalizers does so you may have a little adaptation time before its use becomes very familiar for you You can find back the ease and intuition of use of an analog equalizer with AirEQ But with the advantages of digital plugin display frequencies as musical notes use one of the numerous tuning options as L R or M S modes and benefit from the featured preset system to l
5. e preset destination use Each band has a particular name which represents a characteristic of the sound To display the band names press the Options button select the Display menu item and select Name Display You can now move the gain knobs corresponding to the characteristics of the sound you want to modify 11 Detailed Functions AirEQ has several controls to which lets you manage the equalization parameters the presets and the options The menu bar contains e The Bank menu to browse presets by bank and select bank options e The Preset menu to browse presets inside the current bank and to select preset options e The A B comparison buttons to switch from A to B memories e The Options button which opens the options menu e The button which opens a help panel with a keyboard shortcuts reminder ii SO 5 9 2 2 oes 4299 factor controls 5 1 Toolbar Frequency Controls Then he AirEQ interface features all the controls to set the equalizer parameters The input phase switch The Input gain knob The In switches for each band to activate deactivate each band processing The Band Names which lets you name each band The Frequency knobs for the first 7 bands The Q factor knobs which adjust the Q factor of the corresponding band The Slope selectors which lets you choose the slope of Low Cut and High Cut filters The Gain knobs which adjust the gain of the corresponding band e The Type
6. et change or when resetting the equalizer the first movement of a knob will always switch on the corresponding band Please note that the auto on feature 15 only active while tuning a parameter via the graphical User interface of AirEQ If a value is modified with automation the auto on feature will be disabled 1 1 2 Adjusting the parameters You can tune a value by clicking on a knob Linear adjustment is set by default According to the host the value adjustment can also be circular t For precise adjustments it is recommended to work with linear movement Adjusting a parameter can be done with horizontal or vertical movements it allows 7 Gy ma to get several degrees of adjustments for the same mouse displacement depending of the mouse movement direction You can access to fine tuning by left clicking on the knob while tuning a value You can also shift right click to get fine tune on a value You can also directly enter the values at the keyboard if the values are displayed You just have to click on the value display to modify it 1 1 3 Typing the values You can hide or display the values according to your needs It may be useful to hide them if you really want to work with your ears Each parameter value can be displayed blow the corresponding knob To display the values select Options Display Value Display The frequency display can be set as Hz default display or notes The A3 note c
7. et you store and recall your favorite Q Frequency setups Name equalization bands to remember what are the characteristics of your equalization hide parameter values to work even more intuitively Mix eyes closed with AirEQ Il Quick Start To use AirEQ insert the plugin in a track that you want to equalize The AirEQ interface opens The default setting has all the bands off The RTAS version in this setting does not consume any CPU power TRE ra 22274208 ai IFE LI koton 4 3 FT 1 Yi a ip LA Sti fe 4 85 Pa no AA 1 r ER Input mn rs SIL an 3 p iF wT amp w Fwa e m a 4 irr m ka e TE OEA 1 aks a yi m ee 2 _ e 22 84 181 1 4 1 van When you move a knob it automatically sets the corresponding equalization band to on It also set the general IN switch to on This way you do not need to switch the band and the global processing to on Displaying the values You can choose to display or to hide the parameters values and the band names Click on the Options button to display the option menu choose the Display menu item You have access to display options with this menu the first items lets you choose if you want to display parameter values and band names In the display menu you can whose whether yo
8. ike many digital EQs AirEQ has a high cut filter which is not warped and perfectly matched to an analog filter curve This is very important especially for a 6dB ot low cut to get a very smooth a very regular attenuation in the highs LP 6dB oct 12kHz 44 1 Khz Sampling Frequency AirEQ Filter Standard Digital Filter 11 1 9 Band The Air band is a special filter which is useful for adding brightness and Air to the sound This special filter adds high frequencies without being harsh or unpleasant It only has one gain parameter which allows adjusting the Air amount This filter is not symmetric 1 6 it has not the same shape for positive and negative gains For standard high frequency enhancement use gain between up to 3dBs For sounds which particularly lack high frequencies use gain up to 6dB Upper values are useful when you have a very dull sound when you want to refresh the highs or when the record where damaged At high gain values be careful of output clipping high frequency boosts may increase digital clipping so you can add a high cut filter to limit these high frequency clippings 10 4112 Preset management AirEQ features a preset management system which allows storing recalling and Managing your presets You can also import and export preset banks and modify preset information Note in Protools it is better to use only one preset system at the same time Use only the Protools preset system
9. nction in AirEQ works differently as the one in Protools it allows to really compare two settings and not the actual setting with the one stored in the Protools preset 11 41113 Option menu In this menu you will find many options to configure the display and the use of AirEQ like value display adjustment value snap and general behaviors 1 3 1 General options Class bands by frequency order To display your settings in a clearer and more logical way it could be useful to order your equalization bands by increasing frequency order from left to right Indeed analog equalizer it is common to find equalization bands with overlapping frequency settings ordered from let to right To order the frequencies by increasing frequency order select Options Display Class bands by Frequency order You can only order the Bell bands it means that if a band is in shelf mode it won t be included in the ordering Init settings from current settings When you load AirEQ on a track init settings are used You can modify these init settings by using the Init settings from current settings option It sets all the default values which will be used when AirEQ loads from the current displayed settings Band auto On The auto In feature allows to automatically turn on the In switch of the bands It is useful when you launch AirEQ and when you do not want to manually switch on the band you are adjusting To activate the auto in
10. or the AirEQ preset system since using both may be confusing 1 2 1 Preset display and ordering Presets are ordered into banks Click on the bank button to show all the banks which contains the presets in each sub menu Click on the preset button to show the presets of each bank You can modify the way that the presets are ordered and showed Use factory presets In the bank menu the Use factory option shows the factory presets which are intalled with AirEQ Thus you can modify the factory presets store them in a factory bank and show only the preset you modified without displaying the factory presets Preset ordering option In the bank menu the sort by option allows to show a sub menu This menu allows to select a criteria to order the presets Sort By Bank Name display the presets ordered by bank Sort By Author Name Display the presets according to the preset author Sort by Project Display the presets according to the project Sort By Active Bands Display the presets by activated equalization bands Sort By All Presets Display all the presets at the same time in one bank You can modify Author project and other preset information in the preset information menu B Comparison You can find the following buttons in the menu bar Please note do not use the Protools compare feature and the AirEQ A B comparison Using both systems at the same time may be confusing Anyway the A B fu
11. orresponds to a 440 Hz frequency To display the frequencies as notes select Options gt Display Frequency as Notes The Q Factor display can be set as qualiy default display or octaves To display the Q factor as octaves select Options Display Q factor as octave 1 1 4 Adjustment with maximum gain You can tune the frequency and the Q factor values while keeping the gain at a Maximum value This way you can more precisely hear the resonances you search for while keeping the original gain of the bands To set the gain value at maximum gain while tuning the frequency or the Q factor press the Alt key while adjusting the value When you release the alt key the gain returns to its original value 1 1 5 Band naming You can individually name each equalization band It allows to set a specified Q factor frequency set and to name it according to a sound characteristic To name a band simply click on the name field to modify it You can name each band to visualize more easily you equalization settings This feature 15 very useful to assign and to Know when you recall a preset the function of each band or the characteristic it is intended to modify Thus you can name the bands with names such as presence warmth body etc To display the band names select Options Display Name Display To modify a band name click on the name to modify and enter the new name to the keyboard Press enter to validate you
12. r modification 1 1 6 Peak Dip bands The 3 middle bands are peak boost bands Each band frequency can be set from 20Hz to 20kHz their Q factor from 0 1 to 7 and their Gain between 15dB to 154 The peak dip bands have a particular behavior regarding Q Gain adjustment The Gain and Q values are interdependent to reacts according hearing sensation It allows getting a more natural equalizing process where the Gain do not need to be readjusted after a Q Factor modification and where the Gain adjustment gives a regular loudness sensation across the whole gain range Turned to the left the Q factor gives a broad equalization slope Turned to the right the slope is steeper 1 1 7 Shelf bell Bands The second and sixth band can be set as peak dip or shelf bands The second band can be set as a low Shelf and the sixth band a a high shelf Gain Low Shelf High Shelf Frequency Frequency The low and high shelf has a particular behavior regarding the frequency the adjustment frequency is the center frequency of the filter while usually for shelf filters the adjusted frequency is on of the resonant frequencies The result is a more natural behavior when adjusting the gain the shelf filters reacts the same way for positive and negative gain as for low and high shelf filters 1 1 8 Low Cut High Cut Bands The low cut and high cut band are useful for regularly cutting frequency above or below a certain frequency Unl
13. requencies as notes It can be useful to visualize the frequencies as musical notes of the scale tuned on the 440 Hz A Q Factor as Octaves The Q Factor is displayed as width frequency ratio but you can also display the Q Factor as octave width 1 3 3 Value Snap On several analog equalizers the values can be adjusted by stepped values Some people will prefer stepped values against continuous values because it allows to find faster always the same values when adjusting The snap values has been elaborated to To activate the value Snap go to Options 2 Snap You can separately adjust the Snap options for Frequencies Q Factor and Gain 11 3 4 Options saving You can save the global parameters of AirEQ in order to launch AirEQ each time with the same configuration You have two ways to save and recall the options You can save the options in the host project or permanently in a file to recall the same options in all your projects 13 Keyboard shortcuts 14
14. u want to display the frequency values as Hz or as musicale notes It is useful when you work with harmonic instruments and that you have some resonances on specific notes The Q factor values can also be displayer as Octaves The Q Factor knob behaves like this Turn to the left the peak dip slope is broader the shelf low pass and high pass slopes are softer It corresponds to lower Q factor values and higher Octave values Turn to the right the peak dip slope is steeper the shelf low pass and high pass slopes are sharper and had an overshot It corresponds to higher Q factor values and lower Octave values To tune a parameter you can use e The left click for coarse tuning The right click or shift right click gives you a fine tune of the parameter If values are displayed click on the value allows you to directly enter numerical value e f you want to tune the Q factor or the frequency of a band you can press the Alt key while right clicking It will move the gain knob to its maximal value this way it will be easier to hear frequency resonances and to tune the right parameter value Using the presets You can browse the presets by clicking on the Bank button You will find presets for different signals to process mastering instruments Select a preset which corresponds to your case The presets do not have any band gain but instead its bands Q factors and frequencies have particular settings suited to th
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