Voice Optimised Eq; De-Esser - Focusrite VoiceMaster Pro Mode D'emploi

- Determines how much saturation is applied. As you
DRIVE (knob and LED)
rotate the drive control clockwise from COOL to WARM, you progressively increase
the amount of overdrive applied to the signal, adding harmonic-rich peak compression,
and creating a more 'rounded' tone. As the signal level increases, so more harmonics
are created. The DRIVE LED provides a visual indication of the amount of distortion
being applied, by changing colour from blue, (no distortion,) through green, to red
(high distortion).

VOICE OPTIMISED EQ

The VOICE OPTIMISED EQ is a sophisticated tone control that boosts or cuts
selected frequency bands and so modifies the tonal quality of the input signal. It can be
used correctively (to fix problems with the original sound) or creatively (to enhance a
signal and help a track stand out in a mix).
- Switches the VOICE OPTIMISED EQ into the signal path. When
IN (switch)
engaged, the red LED in the switch cap is lit.
- Boosts or cuts the high frequencies in the signal. Adjust the
BREATH (knob)
Breath control to accentuate or reduce the breathy part of a vocal. The SHIFT switch
determines the frequencies that are affected.
- Determines the shelving frequency for the BREATH EQ band.
SHIFT (switch)
With the SHIFT switch disengaged (out) the BREATH control affects frequencies
above 16kHz; with the switch engaged (in) it affects frequencies above 10kHz.
- Boosts or cuts the 'edge' and high mid of the voice. This circuit uses
MID (knob)
a bell-shaped EQ curve centred on 1.3 kHz.
- This control allows you to reduce the volume of the
ABSENCE (knob)
frequencies that make a vocal sound coarse or harsh. This circuit uses a bell-shaped EQ
curve centred on 3.9 kHz, which allows 0 dB (fully clockwise) to 10 dB (fully
counter-clockwise) of cut to be applied.
- Boosts or cuts low frequencies in the signal. The frequencies
WARMTH (knob)
that are affected are determined by the TUNING control. Cutting frequencies with
the WARMTH control affects a narrower range of frequencies than when boosting.
The Q value is 0.7 for boost (knob pointing to the right) and 2.5 for attenuation (knob
pointing to the left.)
- Determines which frequencies are affected by the WARMTH
TUNING (knob)
control – in general lower frequencies affect male voices and higher frequencies affect
female voices. The range of frequencies which can be affected in this band range from
120 Hz (knob fully counter-clockwise) to 600 Hz (knob fully clockwise).

DE-ESSER

The DE-ESSER lets you remove excessive sibilance from a vocal performance. (A
sibilant sound is one in which the "ess" sound is over-emphasised.) The VoiceMaster
Pro uses the phase cancellation de-essing circuit from Focusrite's flagship ISA 430 to
neatly eliminate a very narrow band of frequencies (user-definable, see 'CUT
FREQUENCY' below,) centred around the sibilant frequency.
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