FALCON OPERATOR'S MANUAL Version 0 20130401 LTD. 2117 East 5th Street Superior, WI 54880 USA tel: 715-398-3627 fax: 715-398-3279 www.cranesong.com © 2013 Crane Song, LTD. Subject to change without notice. 1 Printed in the U.S.A.
THE CONTROLS ATTACK SWITCH: A three position switch with fast, medium and slow settings, which controls the time it takes Falcon to respond to the input signal. Fast is the top position RELEASE SWITCH: This switch controls the time it takes Falcon to return to no gain reduction. It is a three position switch with fast, medium and slow settings. Fast is the top position. The release time is also determined by the program material. This is the optical time constant effect.
In link mode: ATTACK, RELEASE, METER SWITCH, COLOR SWITCH, and THRESHOLD controls are controlled on the master channel THRESHOLD The threshold control governs the amount of gain reduction. GAIN: The gain control will adjust the compressor gain from off to +15 dB of gain. When linked the gain controls operate independently.
ATTACK an RELEASE have 3 positions Meter switch compressor-limiter mode system color Link In Bypass
Bright LED indicates the MASTER Dim LED indicates the SLAVE Set to BYPASS This channel is the SLAVE This channel is the MASTER Set to LINK LINK MODE OPERATION The GAIN and DRY-WET controls operate individually, all others are controlled by the MASTER.
Limiter Hard Knee Output Compressor Soft Knee Input INPUT - OUTPUT RELATIONSHIP RATIO Falcon is a feedback design, as a result the ratio changes depending on how much gain reduction is taking place. This measurement was made with the Attack set to fast, Release set to mid. The threshold was set so that with a +24dbu input there is16 db of gain reduction taking place on the graph.
LINK CABLE CONNECTION
SPECIFICATIONS Connections: The input and output are balanced, with the output being transformer balanced. Signal Level: The maximum specified signal level is +26 dbu Noise Floor: -82.5 dbu measured 20Hz to 20 kHz Power: 110mA with 16 volt bipolar power supplies Tube: 12AX7B Attack Time: For a 12 db change, 100uS; 7mS; 20mS Release Time: For a 12 db change, 75mS to 200mS; 300mS to 1S; 1.4S to 3.
