01/16/07
(January 18, 2006) — Solera from FLUX sound and picture development is primarily designed for mastering and re-mastering applications. However, it can also be used as a regular dynamic processor for superior sonic quality and distortion free operations.

Solera comes from 10-years-long cogitation about compression, dynamic, and loudness. How to make a compressor, which can add loudness whilst keeping some airiness in the sound, which retains fast transients, subtle distinction and undertone?
How to make a processor that can retrieve lost dynamic? Or just to be able to add contrast, to increase low-level ambiance or to sharpen the sound etc… How can we imagine processing the dynamic without taking into account the sound Level? How to compress the sound steadily without losing the “nuance” and pumping? And so on. Solera answers all these questions.

Solera implements 4 different detectors and envelop-generators in parallel and simultaneously: compressor, de-compressor, expander and de-expander. These sections can be independently switched on or off and can implement an activity display next to their controls. For each you can set the threshold, the ratio, the range and a knee. A three band equalizer can be inserted into the detector section to allow a frequency dependent processing.

In addition, here are some of the key features that make our plug-in the best available for wide band dynamic processing in the digital domain:

• An analog like metering. RMS values are more useful than dB-fs when setting a dynamic processor.
  
• The "Angel's Share" parameter takes into account the dynamic range of the signal for an intelligent relaxation of the processing action.
  
• The "Hysteresis" parameter allows compressing and de-compressing, independently of the sound level and can be mixed with the standard compression scheme.
  
• The Auto Release features a unique algorithm that avoids typical pumping effect.
  
• An Advanced Release mode is also available for special requirements.
  
• A delay line can be inserted in the signal path to produce a null attack time.
  
• A state-of-the-art soft clipper.
  
• The A/B Compare and Morphing section enables ultra-fast and precise operations.

Note also that Solera supports all HD sampling rates and up to eight audio channels.

For more information about Solera, visit the FLUX website at www.fluxhome.com