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TC Electronic PowerCore Master X3 manual

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  • Page 1

    Master X3 for P owerCor e Manual English M anual M aster X3 for P o werCor e[...]

  • Page 2

    SUPPORT AND CONTA CT DET AILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 T ABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 GENERAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    K K n n o o c c k k o o u u t t P P u u n n c c h h f f o o r r a a n n y y m m i i x x e e s s o o r r m m a a s s t t e e r r s s . . P P e e r r i i o o d d . . M M a a s s t t e e r r X X 3 3 i i s s t t h h e e v v i i r r t t u u a a l l i i n n c c a a r r n n a a t t i i o o n n o o f f t t h h e e T T C C E E l l e e c c t t r r o o n n i [...]

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    F F A A C C T T O O R R Y Y P P R R E E S S E E T T S S TC Master X3 comes with factory pr esets. These presets were designed b y audio professionals who created them in real-life sessions. The presets are extremely useful to get started quickly , and some users might even feel no need to edit them! P P L L U U G G - - I I N N A A U U T T O O M M A[...]

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    OVERVIEW OVERVIEW 9 8 Consecutive Clipping Indicator Band levels Crossover Frequencies Input/Output PPM Meters Limiter Soft Clip Indication Input Level Output Level 3-Band Compressor Controls 3-Band Expander Controls Preset Manager Look-ahead Delay Output Dithering Target Curve Compressor reduction meters 3-Band Limiter Controls Meter zoom[...]

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    O O U U T T P P U U T T Sets the Output level. Make sur e you set the OUTPUT LEVEL properly , i.e. make sure there are no clips displayed in the OUTPUT METERS. Output-Clips are only displayed, if DIGITAL CEILING is set to 0 dB. F F R R E E Q Q U U E E N N C C Y Y / / L L E E V V E E L L S S Here you set the cr ossover frequencies and compressor gai[...]

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    R R a a t t i i o o Determines the amount of compression, the higher the ratio the “ stronger ” the processing and the lower the remaining dynamics range. R R a a n n g g e e / / A A t t t t a a c c k k The Compressor’ s attack time determines how fast the compressor will react on signals exceeding the threshold. Shorter attack times will com[...]

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    T T a a r r g g e e t t F F a a c c t t o o r r The T arget F actor allows fast editing of the relation betw een the 3 bands, separately for each module. For example: With just one move of the T ar get F actor in the Limiter block, you can increase the focus of the Limiter block on the hi frequency spectrum. In OFF position, the T arget F actor is [...]

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    Let’ s set the Attack and R elease T imes to remove the “ pumping” from the sound. W e start with small values for both parameters. If the attack time is too short, we may remove some “kick ” from the material. That’ s certainly not what we want, so if it happens, try a greater value. Heavy peaks can be smoothed using the limiter sectio[...]

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    Use the Expander car efully . The modulated noise of the ground floor level is much more audible than a higher ground floor level without such modulation. The Expander’ s thr eshold must be lower than the compressor’ s threshold. If you raise it too much, you might cut into low parts of the signal, such as reverb tails. The Expander’ s range [...]

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    21 20 I I n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n We r ecommend using the dedicated P owerCore file handling system that, apart from recall; store and compare facilities, allo ws for easy exchange of entire preset folders with other users, between Windo ws/Mac platforms and also between differ ent host applications. F F i i l l e e Click “Fil[...]