To perform the most detailed analysis of the material possible, a side chain section featuring a three-band equalizer for generating true frequency sensitive processing, as well as input options for an external sidechain signal, is provided.

Side Chain Section Details

Each of the three eq-bands provides; Gain, Frequency and Q-Factor, as well as five different Filter Types:

• 12 dB per octave high pass filter
• Low shelving
• Parametric
• High shelving
• 12 dB per octave low pass filter

The external side-chain input is available in AU (Mac OS X) and AAX Native & DSP (Mac OS X & Windows) only.

In addition to the common controls on a dynamics processor; ratio, attack, release, Solera offers control over the fundamental characteristics of the dynamics processing, all in order to provide full control over the processing even in the most demanding situations.

Details:

Envelope, Time and Detection Settings

• Extended envelope settings with full control of Attack, Hold and Release with Manual, Auto and Advanced release modes.
• Zero attack time for the dynamics processing by introducing a delay reflecting the attack time into the signal path.
• Eight different detection modes interacting with the time and envelope settings as well as with the integration times for the RMS detection. Includes specific “Feed Backward” modes inspired by vintage hardware architectures for producing a naturally “beefy” sound.
• Dynamic Factor – Amplifies or diminishes the extracted real-time dynamics information.
• Dynamic Velocity – Controls the speed of variation on the extracted dynamics information.

On each of the four dynamics processing sections two parameters are provided that are kind of unique to dynamics processing; Dynamics Ratio and Level Independent Detection (L.I.D), using the dynamic range content of the signal and not just the signal levels as standard processors do.

Details:

• Dynamics Ratio is controlling the amount of auto-ratio determined by the signal dynamics and the manual ratio setting. This literally opens the sound, increases the dynamic impression and keeps some crest by adjusting, in real time, the ratio of every dynamic processing section in regards to both the current ratio settings and the signal content (mainly dynamic range).
• Level Independent Detection (L.I.D) controls the amount of auto-threshold determined by the signal dynamics and the manual threshold value, providing processing of the audio signal independently of the sound level and instead in regards to the signal dynamic range.
• A Maximum mode can be engaged on the L.I.D control, allowing for processing that accounts for the maximum