Tool Settings — Stereo

Optimizing Stereo Tool Settings for Enhanced Audio Production

AGC Look-ahead

• Setting: 10ms. This allows the volume to adjust before a loud chorus hits, preventing the "pumping" sound.

If you can hear the processor working, you've set it wrong. The goal is loudness and consistency without audible pumping, breathing, or distortion. A/B test your processed vs. unprocessed signal often. stereo tool settings

The "Natural Dynamics" Slider (in Multiband)

• This brilliant control restores micro-dynamics after compression.
• Setting: 2-4 for classical/jazz; 0-1 for top-40 loudness.