{"id":36,"date":"2026-09-28T16:59:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alboreaaudio.com\/glow\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T12:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:32:19","slug":"glow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alboreaaudio.com\/es\/glow\/","title":{"rendered":"Glow"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"36\" class=\"elementor elementor-36 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"hostinger-elementor-aos elementor-element elementor-element-b1a0e01 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b1a0e01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1a0e02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"b1a0e02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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class=\"alb-ab__row\"><button class=\"alb-ab__play\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play\">&#9654;<\/button><div class=\"alb-ab__bar\"><div class=\"alb-ab__fill\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"alb-ab__time\">0:00<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"alb-ab__toggle\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"Compare\"><button type=\"button\" data-side=\"dry\" aria-pressed=\"true\">Dry<\/button><button type=\"button\" data-side=\"wet\" aria-pressed=\"false\">Glow<\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"alb-ab__note\">Both versions play together and are level-matched. 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0;font-size:.85rem;color:var(--d);text-align:center;max-width:56ch}@media(max-width:560px){.alb-dg__arrow{display:none}}<\/style><div class=\"alb-dg\"><h2>What one knob actually moves<\/h2><p class=\"alb-dg__sub\">Four controls. Underneath each one, a whole signal path. Pick one.<\/p><div class=\"alb-dg__chain\"><span class=\"alb-dg__fixed\">In<\/span><span class=\"alb-dg__arrow\">&rarr;<\/span><span class=\"alb-dg__fixed\">High-pass 30 Hz<\/span><span class=\"alb-dg__arrow\">&rarr;<\/span><span class=\"alb-dg__macros\" id=\"albMacros\"><button class=\"alb-dg__chip\" type=\"button\" data-k=\"deess\" aria-pressed=\"false\">De-ess<\/button><button class=\"alb-dg__chip\" type=\"button\" data-k=\"sat\" aria-pressed=\"false\">Saturation<\/button><button class=\"alb-dg__chip\" type=\"button\" data-k=\"eq\" aria-pressed=\"false\">EQ<\/button><button class=\"alb-dg__chip\" type=\"button\" data-k=\"comp\" aria-pressed=\"false\">Compression<\/button><\/span><span class=\"alb-dg__arrow\">&rarr;<\/span><span class=\"alb-dg__fixed\">Tonal Temperature<\/span><span class=\"alb-dg__arrow\">&rarr;<\/span><span class=\"alb-dg__fixed\">Loudness<\/span><span class=\"alb-dg__arrow\">&rarr;<\/span><span class=\"alb-dg__fixed\">Ceiling<\/span><span class=\"alb-dg__arrow\">&rarr;<\/span><span class=\"alb-dg__fixed\">Out<\/span><\/div><p class=\"alb-dg__hint\">Drag the four macros to change the order, or focus one and use the arrow keys. This is the same reordering the plugin does.<\/p><div class=\"alb-dg__box\"><div class=\"alb-dg__pane\" data-k=\"deess\" hidden><p class=\"alb-dg__t\">Two bands that move<\/p><p class=\"alb-dg__d\">Two bells chase the real sibilant energy between 5 and 9 kHz instead of sitting on one frequency, the second one at 1.45\u00d7 the first. The threshold is relative to the voice, not an absolute number, and a 15 ms hold stops it lisping on the way out.<\/p><ul class=\"alb-dg__l\"><li>Q 1.4<\/li><li>Attack 0.3 ms<\/li><li>Release 40 ms<\/li><li>Hold 15 ms<\/li><li>Up to 12 dB of reduction<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"alb-dg__pane\" data-k=\"sat\" hidden><p class=\"alb-dg__t\">One number changes the whole harmonic signature<\/p><p class=\"alb-dg__d\">The curve is a tanh with a pinch of asymmetry. Near symmetric and the third harmonic dominates \u2014 clean tape. Push the asymmetry and the even harmonics come up \u2014 valve, chest, warmth. Above 7 kHz nothing is saturated, so the esses stay out of it.<\/p><ul class=\"alb-dg__l\"><li>Drive 1 \u2192 4.6<\/li><li>Character: tape 0.03 \u2192 valve 0.10<\/li><li>Nothing saturated above 7 kHz<\/li><li>Normalised to reference level<\/li><li>Oversampled<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"alb-dg__pane\" data-k=\"eq\" hidden><p class=\"alb-dg__t\">A tilt, not a bank of bands<\/p><p class=\"alb-dg__d\">Two shelves pivoting against each other: one knob leans the sound towards the bottom or the top. There is nothing to sweep and nothing to get wrong.<\/p><ul class=\"alb-dg__l\"><li>Low shelf at 250 Hz<\/li><li>High shelf at 4.5 kHz<\/li><li>Up to \u00b16 dB<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"alb-dg__pane\" data-k=\"comp\" hidden><p class=\"alb-dg__t\">Two stages in series, not one<\/p><p class=\"alb-dg__d\">A slow leveler works on the phrase: RMS detector, 20 ms attack, ratio opening from 1:1 towards 8:1, and a vari-mu release that slows to 900 ms the harder you push it. A fast peak stage then sees what is left and tames the consonant. Both detectors are deaf below 120 Hz, so bass notes and plosives never trigger the compression.<\/p><ul class=\"alb-dg__l\"><li>Stage 1 \u2014 20 ms \/ 300 ms, to 8:1, knee 7 dB<\/li><li>Stage 2 \u2014 4 ms \/ 90 ms, to 12:1, knee 4 dB<\/li><li>Detector high-passed at 120 Hz<\/li><li>Enters from about 35% of the knob<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"alb-dg__ord\"><p class=\"alb-dg__ordh\">What this order does<\/p><ul class=\"alb-dg__ordl\" id=\"albOrd\"><li data-c=\"satFirst\" hidden>Saturation before compression: the compressor then tames the harmonics saturation just added, so the colour stays in check.<\/li><li data-c=\"compFirst\" hidden>Compression before saturation: saturation then works on an already even signal, so the colour comes out consistent take after take.<\/li><li data-c=\"deessFirst\" hidden>De-ess before compression: the sibilance is gone before the compressor can push it forward.<\/li><li data-c=\"deessLast\" hidden>De-ess after compression: it catches the sibilance the compressor just brought up.<\/li><li data-c=\"eqFirst\" hidden>EQ before compression: the detector hears your tilt, so the compressor reacts to it.<\/li><li data-c=\"eqLast\" hidden>EQ after compression: the tilt shapes the result without steering the compressor.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><p class=\"alb-dg__foot\">The four macros run in whatever order you drag them into. 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