Peak Meters
The peak meters in the input and output sections
contain a clip indication light. This can be reset using
CTRL+double click anywhere on the peak meter area
(this does not have to be exactly over the LEDs). This
will also reset the clip indication in the small plug-in
window in the mixer once the EQ curve or LED
Background of the Dynamics have turned red.
The peak meters also have a right click menu. Here the
clipping indicators can be reset and an automatic clip reset time can be
selected. By default this is set to 1 second, meaning that the clip indication will
be automatically reset after 1 second.
TIP: The EQ curve in the big graph window also indicates clipping; the whole EQ
curve turns to a deep red colour once clipping has occurred. This indication is set to a
fixed reset time of 1 second and is not affected by the clip reset settings.
Automation
Any „knob“, Rotary, Button or EQ-Graph Node exposes its GUI position to the
build-in Automation interface. This is not the case for the Clip Reset Menu and
the general Controls in the GUI Topbar.
Plug-In GUI in Focus
Tweaking parameters with the scroll wheel needs the respective GUI to be „in
Focus“, which means it has to be the active Window.
In order to prevent erratic parameter changes, you therefore have to first click
on the GUI you want to change, before the Mouse Over and Scroll-wheel are
able to detect the Knobs.
Details on Rotary Knob Precision
All rotaries inside the SSL MX4 Plug-Ins and Mixer Applications follow the
rotational Click&Drag principle, which allows the control resolution to be
defined by the distance from the centre of the rotary control.
Take your time to get used to this behaviour. Compared to Up/Down
Click&Drag, where you cannot alter the knob precision without additional
controls (ie. pressing CTRL), the Rotation approach gives you a stage less
precision using the mouse only.
In addition while you click&drag the Scroll-wheel is also active, providing very
fast simultaneous adjustment.
Plug-in top bar
The Top bar of the main Plug-In GUI is common between all SSL Console
Bundle Plug-Ins.
Loading a Preset
By pressing the LOAD FILE button, a standard Windows dialogue
opens allowing you to browse through the factory presets and load
them. All 3 SSL Console Bundle plug-inʻs come with presets that are
intended to work as a useful starting point.
Saving a Preset
After pressing the SAVE FILE button you can browse to a folder,
type in the name and press SAVE to store the preset.
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