Audio Processing

Most processing tools in Acoustica have some properties in common such as preset management, A/B comparisons and bypassing. You can find a common set of buttons and controls in the header section of the included processors. They are described below.

Preset Manager

Acoustica is shipped with a set of factory presets that serve as a starting point for further adjustments. You can browse through preset categories and presets as well as create and manage your own presets using the preset management section:

Changing presets

The preset section is available in all the integrated processors. You can browse through the presets using the arrow buttons. Alternatively, you can click the current preset name and a drop-down menu appears.

The dropdown menu contains various sub-folders depending on the processor type. Acoustica includes a variety of useful presets for music production, podcast creation and post-production dialog and effects for film and video.

Saving and managing presets

You can also save your own presets by choosing "Save user preset file..." from the dropdown menu shown above. A file chooser dialog box appears where you can enter the name of the preset you wish to save.

You can create sub folders and place your preset files inside, and these will appear as categories in the user presets.

User presets are saved by default to the below directories, depending on your operating system:

• macOS

  /Users/[USER_ACCOUNT]/Library/Application Support/Acon Digital[NAME_OF_PROCESSOR]

• Windows

  C:\Users[USER_ACCOUNT]\AppData\Roaming\Acon Digital[NAME_OF_PROCESSOR]

USER_ACCOUNT is your username on your computer.

NAME_OF_PROCESSOR is the name of the processor that the preset is for. For example, this would be Echo for a preset made for the Echo processor.

In the above image, two example presets have been saved and appear under User Presets.

Undo and Redo

You can undo (or redo) changes to the parameter settings by clicking the circular arrow back or forward buttons:

A / B Comparisons

It is frequently useful to be able to quickly compare different parameter settings. You can do this using the A / B comparison buttons:

The A / B comparison buttons allows you to quickly compare different settings

You can keep two independent sets of parameter settings, the A and B settings, and switch between them using the corresponding buttons.

The arrow button copies the settings from A to B or the other way around depending on which parameter set that is currently active.

> If A is active, A will be copied to B.
> If B is active, B will be copied to A.

The Processor Menu

The last button in the header section displays the processor menu:

The processor menu allows you to access the processor help topic directly along with other processor specific features.

Using Sliders to Adjust Parameters

Horizontal, vertical and rotary sliders (or knobs) are frequently used in the built-in processors in Acoustica.

Clicking with the mouse on a knob and moving up or down will allow you to modify the setting. You can also use the scroll wheel of your mouse. For more precise control, you can hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard at the same time as you use your mouse to modify the setting.

Hearing the Effect of a Processor in Real Time

You can listen to the effect of the current processor or plug-in settings and make changes while immediately hearing the results. This is controlled using the transport buttons in the lower right corner of the processor window:

You can start or stop the playback with the two first buttons. The third button is a bypass toggle that allows you to disable the processing so that you can easily compare the processed and unprocessed versions.

Repeating the Last Process

Restoration work often means applying the same process with the same settings to one problem spot after another. The Reprocess command in the Edit menu (Ctrl/⌘ + P) applies the processing tool you used last to the current selection, with the settings it had, and without opening its window.

The usual workflow is to open the tool once, dial in the settings and process the first spot as normal, then select the next spot and press Ctrl/⌘ + P for each of the remaining ones.

If you need to see or adjust the settings again, open the tool from the Edit History instead: right click the editing step and choose Show Processor Settings to reopen the processor exactly as it was.