Finality Advanced

ThankyouforpurchasingFinality,thefirstJoeySturgisToneslimiterdesignedbyJoey
Sturgis.Thislimiterismyattemptatmakingaversatilelimiterthatcanhandlevocals,
guitars,drums,andmixingmaterialwithease.Iwantedtocreatealimiterthatcouldbeboth
hardandsoft,bothaggressiveandlight,andalimiterthatcouldaddcolororbecomesterile.
Finalityistherealizationofthatgoal,andIamsoexcitedtoofferittoyourproductions.I
knowyouwillenjoyFinality,asIveenjoyedcreatingandusingit.Thankyouagain!

JoeySturgis

 Legal

Caveat:
Byinstallingthissoftwareyouagreetouseitatyourownrisk.Thedevelopercannotbeheld
responsibleforanydamagescausedasaresultofit'suse.

Distribution:
Youarenotpermittedtodistributethesoftwarewithoutthedeveloper'spermission.This
includes,butisnotlimitedtothedistributiononmagazinecoversorsoftwarereview
websites.

MultipleInstallations*: Ifyoupurchasedthisproductasanindividual,youarelicensedto
installandusethesoftwareonanycomputeryouneedtouseiton,providingyouremoveit
afterwards(ifitisasharedmachine).Ifyoupurchaseditasaninstitutionorcompany,you
arelicensedtouseitononemachineonly,andmustpurchaseadditionalcopiesforeach
machineyouwishtouseiton.

Upgrades*: Ifyoupurchasedthisproductyouareentitledtofreeupdatesuntilthenext
majorversionnumber.Thedevelopermakesnoguaranteeismadethatthisproductwillbe
maintainedindefinitely.

Licensetransfers*: Ifyoupurchasedthisproductyoumaytransferyourlicensetoanother
person.Astheoriginalowneryouarerequiredtocontactthedeveloperwiththedetailsof
thelicensetransfer,sothatthenewownercanreceivetheupdatesandsupportattachedto
thelicense.Upontransferringalicensetheoriginalownermustremoveanycopiesfrom
theirmachinesandarenolongerpermittedtousethesoftware.

*Appliestofullversiononly,notthedemoversion.

 Installation

InstallingFinalityisverysimple.Therearetwoinstalltypes,oneforWindowsand
oneforMac.Eachinstallercontainsboth32bitand64bitversionsofallapplicableplugin
formatsforbothplatforms.

Windows
Locatethesetupexefileanddoubleclickittobegintheinstallation
Stepthroughtheinstallerandbecarefultoreadeachstepandinputdesiredoptions

Macintosh
Locatethesetupdmgfileanddoubleclickittomounttheinstallerimage
ThiswillcreateanewvirtualdriveinyourFinder,openthedriveandrunpackage
Stepthroughtheinstallerandbecarefultoreadeachstepandinputdesiredoptions

Bothinstallerswillaskyouwhichfolderlocationyoudliketoinstall32bitand64bitplugins
respectively.Youmayalsochoosewhichpluginformatsyoudlikeincludedwithyourinstall.

TheformatsthatareavailableforFinalityare:
VST2
VST3
AU
RTAS
AAX

 Controls
Input
(90 dB to +13 dB)
Thiscontrolallowsyoutoadjusttheamountofgaincomingintothepluginwhichwill
allowyoutobettercontrolyourgainstaging.Thedefaultvalueis0dB.

Lookahead
(0.01 ms to 5 ms)
Usingthelookaheadcontrol,thelimitercananticipateloudpeaksbeforetheyoccur
andlowerthevolumebeforetheyarrive.

Release
(0.01 ms to 5000 ms)
Modifiesthespeedofthelimitersrelease.

Threshold
(30 dB to 0 dB)
Controlsthepointatwhichlimiting(andsaturation)willoccur.

Output
(30 dB to 0 dB)
Thiscontrolallowsyoutoadjusttheamountofgainleavingthepuginwhichwillallow
youtobettercontrolyourgainstaging.Thedefaultvalueis0dBfornoadjustment.

Aggro
(On or Off)
Thischangesthereleaseenvelopeinawaythatismorefavorabletodrumsand
transienttypecontent.ThedefaultvalueisOff.

Color
(On or Off)
Addssaturationtothesignal(greatlyinfluencedbythethreshold).Thedefaultvalue
isOn.

Mode
(Soft or Hard)
Thiscontrolchangesthereleaseenvelopewhichwillemmulateeitherasofteror
harderdynamicadjustment,respectively.ThedefaultvalueisHard.

HPF Sidechain
(On or Off)
ThiswillturntheSidechainsignalonoroff,whichwillchangehowthelimiterreacts
tothesignal.ThedefaultvalueisOff.

HPF Sidechain monitor

(On or Off)
ThiswillallowyoutohearwhatthesignalgoingthroughtheHPF(highpassfilter)
soundsliketothelimiter.ThedefaultvalueisOff.

HPF Frequency
(0 dB to 12 kHz)
ControlsaHPFforthelimiterssidechainonly.Thisisusefulforcontrollinghowthe
limiterreactstolowend.
 Controls (continued)
Autogain
(On or Of)
SettingAutogainonwillautomaticallyadjustthemakeupgainofthelimiter.The
defaultvalueisOn.

Gain
(0 dB to +30 dB)
IftheAutogaincontrolisoff,thiscontrolvariestheoutputgain.

Mix
(0% to 100%)
Thisknobcontrolsthebalancebetweentheoriginalunprocessedsignalwiththefinal
compressedsignal,muchlikeaparallelcompressionsetupwoulddo.Thedefault
valueis100%foronlycompressedsignalontheoutput.

Meter Mode Switch

(IN, GR, and OUT)
Thisswitchsetsthemodeofthemeterwhichchangesitsdisplay.TheINmode
causesthemetertodisplaythevolumeleveloftheincomingsignal.TheGRmode
causesthemetertodisplaytheamountofgainreductionbeingappliedtothesignal,
andtheOUTmodecausesthemetertodisplaythedBlevelcomingoutoftheplugin.

 Functions

Thecontrolshavesomeadditionalfunctionalityandalternatewaysofinteractingwith
thecontrolsviathefollowingmethods:

DoubleClick/RightClick
Thisallowsyoutomanuallytypeinanumbervalueforthecontrolpoint
ControlorCommand+Click
Thisallowsyoutoresetthecontrolpointvaluebacktodefault
Shift+Click
Thisallowsyoutohaveafinermodeofcontroloverthecontrolpoint
RightClick(VST3)
ThisallowsyoutoaccesstheautomationmenusupportedbytheVST3
format
Finalitylogo
ClickingthiswilldisplaytheAboutScreenwhichcontainsusefulinformation
fortroubleshootingortechnicalsupportissuesandforaccessinghelptoopen
themanualfrominsidetheplugin.

 Credits

FinalityisaproductofJoeySturgisTones.

AllsupportforissuesdirectlyrelatedtoFinalitymayemailsupport:
support@joeysturgistones.com