Denmark - TC Electronic is announcing the immediate availability of the MD3 Stereo Mastering package for Pro Tools|HD. Ported from TC's processing flagship System 6000, the MD3 includes two first-class algorithms, MD3 Multiband Dynamics and BrickWall Limiter. The MD3 Stereo Mastering Package for Pro Tools|HD is shipping now.

MD3 features a multiband 48-bit internal resolution structure, and offers a 3-band compressor and expander, a 4-band parametric equalizer, and a limiter in one powerful algorithm. MD3 can be configured for stereo or dual mono processing, and used on single sources as well as composite stereo mixes. Alternatively, stereo material may be processed in the MS domain, or MD3 may take in MS signals and convert them to stereo with processing taking place in either the LR or MS domain. BrickWall Limiter is a stereo/dual mono limiter with new features and technology designed to adapt to the audio signal, investigate if this signal is contaminated with 0dBFS+ peaks - and to remove them if so desired. This prevents sustained distorting inconsumer equipment not designed to handle audio signals that are squashed against afull scale - 0 dBFS - peak level in DA converters and data reduction codec (MP3, AAC etc.).

(Chris Henry)


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