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5.04 Ratio:

With the Hard switch depressed, this control governs by how much the input level must

rise before a rise of 1dB would be seen at the output. For example, (In Hard-knee mode)

With the input signal level above the threshold setting, a Ratio setting of 5:1 would imply

that the output would only rise by 1dB with a 5dB rise in the input level.

With the compressor set for soft-knee, Ratio fixes the final compression ratio that will be

applied once the 10dB 'soft-knee' region is exceeded. The ratio may be continuously

adjusted from 1.2:1 to infinity:1 allowing the possibility of true hard limiting.

5.05 Gain:

The output level may be attenuated or amplified by up to 12dB to compensate for level

changes caused by compression and limiting. Quite often compressors are perceived to

'reduce' the total output level, this control should normally be adjusted so that the output

level measures identical levels on the VU meters with Bypass depressed and released.

The Gain control can also be set audibly if the system speakers are within unobstructed

ear-shot. Normally this control will be operated rotated to the positive (clockwise) gain

side.

This control comes before the Peak limiter detector and this fact should be taken into

account when setting the Peak limiter threshold.

5.06 Peak Limit:

Sets an absolute limit to the level that the output signal will not be permitted to exceed.

The control ranges from +26dBu (where the limiter has no effect) down to -6dBu. This

limiter is very fast acting enabling it to control any peaks without audible distortion. If the

output signal is so high as to cause the limiter to operate for more than 20mS, the system

gain is automatically reduced to bring the signal back within range. The system gain is

then returned to normal over a period of approximately one second. The peak limit control

and the compressor Gain control should be used in conjunction to ensure that the peak

limiter operates only rarely (if at all), if it is to be used purely for peak protection.

Alternatively, it may be deliberately driven into limiting by falsely increasing the gain

control to produce creative effects.

5.07 Bypass:

This switch causes a bypass of all signal processing, where the input signal is routed

directly to the output socket. Normally the switch is used to compare the raw unprocessed

signal against the effects of any compression and or limiting.

SLOW

HARD THRESHOLD

RATIO

PEAK

GAIN

BYPASS

RELEASE

KNEE

0dB

+10

-10

-15

-20

1.2

1.5

-6

-4

-2

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