How to Use the On-board Processing

Pro Tip

After finding your sound using VoxLab, you can still use the advanced editor to further tweak the processing. This is handy, for example, if you have your ‘Punch’ set to a nice level of compression but want to further reduce background noise using the noise gate, if you have ‘Depth’ and ‘Sparkle’ set as you like them but want to further tweak the mid frequencies in your voice using the equaliser, or any other application where you want to make additional adjustments to your sound.

Compressor

Use the compressor to make your voice (or any other audio source) sound smooth and balanced. This is achieved by bringing down (or “compressing”) the loudest peaks in the signal, while boosting quieter parts so that it is more even.

RØDECaster Pro II compressor
Equaliser (EQ)

Use this to fine-tune the tonality of your voice or audio source. This is a three-band parametric EQ, which allows you to boost or cut bass, mid and treble frequencies at any frequency range that you choose.

RØDECaster Pro II equaliser
De-esser

Use this to tame sibilance in your voice. Sibilance is a “hissing” sound that occurs naturally in human speech and is caused by consonants, mainly ‘s’ (hence the name “de-esser”). This is essentially a compressor that targets a certain frequency to reduce its presence in a signal.

RØDECaster Pro II de-esser
Aural Exciter

Use this to bring out more detail and clarity in your voice or audio source. This is achieved by adding subtle harmonics to the higher frequencies in your signal, giving it more “sparkle”.

RØDECaster Pro II aural exciter
Noise Gate

Use this to help reduce background noise in your recording, such as air conditioners, chatter in another room or traffic outside. This is very handy if you are recording in a space that is not acoustically treated.

RØDECaster Pro II noise gate
Big Bottom

Use this to give your voice or audio more depth without creating muddiness. This is achieved by adding subtle harmonics to the low-end frequencies in your signal, giving it more “punch”.

RØDECaster Pro II big bottom exciter
High-pass Filter

Use this to help further reduce background noise in your recording or add some presence to a muddy voice or vocal track. This is achieved by cutting low-end frequencies below a certain cut-off frequency.

RØDECaster Pro II high-pass filter
Panning

Use this to pan your audio across the stereo field (when channels are stereo linked, they are automatically hard panned left and left).

RØDECaster Pro II panning

Note

This function only applies to outputs that are configured to use the 'Main Mix', it won't work with custom sub-mixes. See this page to learn more about custom mixes.

Note

This function only applies to outputs that are configured to use the 'Main Mix', it won't work with custom sub-mixes. See this page to learn more about custom mixes.