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CX335: Installation and Operation Manual Page 1
CX335 STEREO COMPRESSOR LIMITER
Installation and Operation Manual
CONTENTS
Section Page
1
Safety Notes
.....................................................................................3
2
‘Quick Start’
......................................................................................3
2a
Soft Knee, Normal Envelope
..........................................................3
2b
Hard Knee, Normal Envelope
........................................................4
2c
Intelligent Limiting
.........................................................................5
2d
Soft Knee, Slow Envelope
.............................................................5
2e
Hard Knee, Slow Envelope
............................................................6
3
Introduction
......................................................................................6
4
Installation
........................................................................................7
4a
Mounting
......................................................................................7
4b
Audio connections
........................................................................7
4c
Power connections
.......................................................................7
5
Compressors and Limiters Explained
...............................................8
5a
What is a Compressor / Limiter?
....................................................8
5b
Threshold Explained
.....................................................................8
5c
What is Hard-Knee and Soft-Knee?
...............................................9
5d
Ratio Explained
............................................................................9
5e
What about Attack and Release Controls?
......................................9
5f
Gain Requirements
.....................................................................10
5g
Understanding Compressor/Limiters Verses Peak Limiting
.............10
5h
Other Nomenclature
...................................................................10
6
Control Descriptions
.......................................................................10
6a
Envelope Switch
.........................................................................10
6b
Knee Switch
...............................................................................11
6c
Threshold
..................................................................................11
6d
Ratio..................................................................................................
11
6e
Gain
..........................................................................................11
6f
Peak ..................................................................................................
11
6g
Bypass Switch...................................................................................
11
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