08) Getting to Know Box Tone
Box Tone is one of the more subtle processors on GOLD CLIP, but I often find it helpful when I want to smooth out the top end of digital recordings. In effect, Box Tone is a hyper-sonic low-pass filter that cleans up some of the digital ugliness on the very top of a mix. Again, it is subtle, but it creates a slight contour to the high frequencies and kind of just smooths things out; especially the Modern setting. Here is a look at what Box Tone is doing.
FLAT - Is bypassed. It does not have a contour or hyper sonic low-pass filter - it is flat and true to the input signal up to 40kHz in a 96kHz host sample rate session.
CLASSIC - Imparts a gentle air-band contour at 20kHz and a hyper-sonic low-pass filter that removes the unwanted signals beyond our our hearing range between 20kHz and 40kHz.
MODERN - Imparts a subtle mid- and high-frequency contour around 3kHz and 8kHz, slightly reduces the air-band around 20kHz by 0.3 dB, and applies a hyper-sonic low-pass filter similar to classic.
Box Tone is a high-precision filter that is inspired by the mid- and high-frequency contour of the modern and classic converter. As you would imagine, converters are intended to be as flat and balanced as possible, and for that reason these effects are extremely subtle.
Let us know how you are using Box Tone in your mixes and masters. Or, tag @SchwabeDigital in an instagram story and show us how you are using Gold Clip. We'll repost.
Be well,
Ryan Schwabe
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