5INTRODUCTION TO DYNAMICS

In order to fully understand the dynamic plug-ins in Soundtrack, we are going to explore them in two stages. In this chapter we will introduce each dynamics plug-in and in the next chapter we will get under the hood and grapple with level standards. While understanding how to use your tools is of the utmost importance, the foundation for Soundtrack’s dynamics capabilities starts with understanding general concepts and exploring the functionality of each specific plug-in.

Defining Dynamics

Think of dynamics as the audio level of your project. In fact, you may think ‘audio level’ in your head whenever the term ‘dynamics’ is written on the page. The reason that I have not simply used ‘audio level’ is that it is important ...

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