The FG Dynamics compressor assumes that you have used your favorite color or tone compressor to achieve the sound on your final mix.
The FG Dynamics plugin is a true mastering quality compressor meant to control the dynamics of your mix in the most transparent way possible, not to color it with digitally modeled harmonics or distortions.
When they do use compression, they use only the most transparent compressors that will not alter the tone or balance of the mix. In truth, most top mastering engineers use very little or no compression. Some mastering compressor plugins try to emulate vintage analog units and add color, harmonics, and different filters that change the way your mix sounds. This great feature allows you to further customize your master with extreme precision. The lower the slider, the more the transients will sound smoother. The higher the slider, the more the transients in the mix will sound harder. This control sets the global character of saturation curves that the ITP process will produce. This amazing new process can make the final master sound more dynamic, open, and punchy, even though the master has much more limited dynamic range then the mix.Īt the right of the Dynamic Perception control lies the ITP character slider. DETAIL adds more clarity and focus to the transients, perfect for buried snares or kicks.Īfter the ITP powered GAIN maximizer, there is a function called Dynamic Perception. Lo Punch allows you to transparently increase the level of the low energy in a mix, increasing the punch and dynamics without altering other elements of the mix. The TRANSIENT function contains two controls to fine tune mix transients. The FG LEVEL maximization plugin offers the user complete control of their mix, before and after the level maximization process. The result is the most transparent means of level maximization the industry has ever heard, with extreme transparency, and no degrading artifacts common to peak limiters. For a snare drum transient, it will optimize the algorithm to preserve upper mid range punch. For example, if the ITP algorithm’s lookahead identifies a kick drum transient, it will optimize the algorithm so that it preserves low frequency energy. It then optimizes a specialized set of saturation curves for that specific transient. The ITP process uses a complex lookahead detection algorithm to analyze oncoming transients and groups of transients. Last up, you can use the “ITP” slider to prevent unwanted distortions or crackles, so you won’t get weird artifacts in your masters because a mix has small bursts of low-frequency energy here and there.
And after the Slate Digital Gain maximizer, you’ll want to use the dynamic perception parameter to make your final master sound totally open and punchy. The Detail feature helps you add more clarity and focus – ideal for your buried kick or snare sounds. Use the”Launch” parameter to transparently increase your track’s punch and dynamics, without unbalancing the mix. With Level, you can use the Transient knobs to fine-tune your mix transients. Slate Digital FG-X includes the FG Level maximization plug-in and the FG Dynamics compression plug-in.