Devilish Dynamics

Control guide

This guide covers the current ASETA development version. The release manual and installation requirements will be added when that version is final.

Start with a preset

Choose a factory preset, play a representative section of your track and bring up the main Amount control. Amount changes the strength of the multiband processing defined by the preset; it is not a dry/wet blend. Compare with bypass and adjust Output so the level difference does not decide for you.

The front panel

Amount

Scales the processing across the bands. Different presets can respond differently at the same Amount setting.

Input and Output

Input changes the level entering the processor. Output trims the result. The link control lets you adjust the two trims together in opposite directions.

Band meters

Show the activity in the frequency regions used by the preset. Use them to see which regions are being changed while listening to the whole track.

Auto Gain

Provides an automatic gain correction to help with comparison. Listen to the result and check your output level.

Presets

Choose a starting sound from the browser. The preset editor gives access to the individual band settings.

The preset editor

A preset can use three to six bands. The crossover settings set the frequency boundaries. Each band has separate thresholds and ratios for processing above and below the chosen levels, plus Attack, Release, Input, Output, Active and Solo controls.

The global Time setting scales the band attack and release times. Detector, knee and crossover-phase choices change the response. Linear-phase crossover operation adds latency, which the plugin reports to the host.

Solo a band when you need to hear what a setting is doing, then return to the full mix before deciding. Save your edits as a user preset if you want to reuse them.

Saving and recall

The ASETA version saves new user presets in Documents/ASETA/Devilish Dynamics Presets. Your DAW session also stores the plugin settings. Keep a copy of any user presets you rely on when moving between computers.