Technical data
23
18
1,5
3,0
5,0
12
16
20
1,0
2,0
4,0
6,0
8,5
9,5
11
14
7,5
1,0
1,5
2,0
16
18
20
3,0
4,0
5,0
6,0
7,5
8,5
9,5
11
12
14
Soft Clip
Gain Reduction
M/S Mode Active
Channel Link
Mix
Dir
10
%
20
30
60
70
80
90
Com
100
50
Gain
0
0,5
dB
1,5
2,0
4,5
6,0
8,0
10
12
11
3,5
EQ Freq
Hz
20
22
30
40
140 170
500
220
300
2k0
1k0
SC Gain
dB
LP
-12
-5
-2
-1
-0,3 -0,3
-2
-5
-12
HP
SC Freq
Hz
30
40
50
80
280 340
430
2k0
3k3
EQ Gain
Lo
2,7
2,2
1,6
1,0
0,3
1,6
2,2
2,7
Hi
dB
0,3
Auto Fast
Feed Forward
On
Auto Fast
x10
On
Transformer
Direct
Compressed
On
Thresh
+20
+18
dB
+15
+11
0
-3
-6
-9
-13
-12
+4
Attack
0,01
2,0
ms
7,0
13
28
50
70
110
150
130
24
Release
60
75
ms
100
150
430
570
800
1k1
1k8
1k5
300
Ratio
1,1
1,2
1:X
1,3
1,4
1,7
1,8
1,9
2,1
2,4
2,2
1,6
Soft Clip
25
24
dB
21
19
14
11
8,0
5,5
3,0
16
4,0
Mix
Dir
10
%
20
30
60
70
80
90
Com
100
50
Gain
0
0,5
dB
1,5
2,0
4,5
6,0
8,0
10
12
11
3,5
EQ Freq
Hz
20
22
30
40
140 170
500
220
300
2k0
1k0
SC Gain
dB
LP
-12
-5
-2
-1
-0,3 -0,3
-2
-5
-12
HP
EQ Gain
Lo
2,7
1,0
0,3
1,6
2,2
2,7
Hi
dB
0,3
Auto Fast
Feed Forward
On
Auto Fast
x10
On
Transformer
Direct
Compressed
On
Thresh
+20
+18
dB
+15
+11
0
-3
-6
-9
-13
-12
+4
Attack
0,01
2,0
ms
7,0
13
28
50
70
110
150
130
24
Release
60
75
ms
100
150
430
570
800
1k1
1k8
1k5
300
Ratio
1,1
1,2
1:X
1,3
1,4
1,7
1,8
1,9
2,1
2,4
2,2
1,6
Soft Clip
25
24
dB
21
19
14
11
8,0
5,5
3,0
16
4,0
SC Freq
Hz
30
40
50
80
280 340
430
2k0
3k3
500
800
18
1,5
3,0
5,0
12
16
20
1,0
2,0
4,0
6,0
8,5
9,5
11
14
7,5
1,0
1,5
2,0
16
18
20
3,0
4,0
5,0
6,0
7,5
8,5
9,5
11
12
14
Soft Clip
Gain Reduction
M/S Mode Active
Channel Link
Mix
Dir
10
%
20
30
60
70
80
90
Com
100
50
Gain
0
0,5
dB
1,5
2,0
4,5
6,0
8,0
10
12
11
3,5
EQ Freq
Hz
20
22
30
40
140 170
500
220
300
2k0
1k0
SC Gain
dB
LP
-12
-5
-2
-1
-0,3 -0,3
-2
-5
-12
HP
SC Freq
Hz
30
40
50
80
280 340
430
2k0
3k3
EQ Gain
Lo
2,7
2,2
1,6
1,0
0,3
1,6
2,2
2,7
Hi
dB
0,3
Auto Fast
Feed Forward
On
Auto Fast
x10
On
Transformer
Direct
Compressed
On
Thresh
+20
+18
dB
+15
+11
0
-3
-6
-9
-13
-12
+4
Attack
0,01
2,0
ms
7,0
13
28
50
70
110
150
130
24
Release
60
75
ms
100
150
430
570
800
1k1
1k8
1k5
300
Ratio
1,1
1,2
1:X
1,3
1,4
1,7
1,8
1,9
2,1
2,4
2,2
1,6
Soft Clip
25
24
dB
21
19
14
11
8,0
5,5
3,0
16
4,0
Mix
Dir
10
%
20
30
60
70
80
90
Com
100
50
Gain
0
0,5
dB
1,5
2,0
4,5
6,0
8,0
10
12
11
3,5
EQ Freq
Hz
20
22
30
40
140 170
500
220
300
2k0
1k0
SC Gain
dB
LP
-12
-5
-2
-1
-0,3 -0,3
-2
-5
-12
HP
EQ Gain
Lo
2,7
1,0
0,3
1,6
2,2
2,7
Hi
dB
0,3
Auto Fast
Feed Forward
On
Auto Fast
x10
On
Transformer
Direct
Compressed
On
Thresh
+20
+18
dB
+15
+11
0
-3
-6
-9
-13
-12
+4
Attack
0,01
2,0
ms
7,0
13
28
50
70
110
150
130
24
Release
60
75
ms
100
150
430
570
800
1k1
1k8
1k5
300
Ratio
1,1
1,2
1:X
1,3
1,4
1,7
1,8
1,9
2,1
2,4
2,2
1,6
Soft Clip
25
24
dB
21
19
14
11
8,0
5,5
3,0
16
4,0
SC Freq
Hz
30
40
50
80
280 340
430
2k0
3k3
500
800
SCENARIOS – Vocal Down & DeEssing
Vocal Down
If you have a track in which the vocals are too loud, the compressor can be set in a way that it
mainly reacts to the lead vocals placed in the middle, resulting in a better integration into the mix.
For this purpose, switch it into the unlinked M/S mode. Again, the specialty here lies in combining
the sidechain lters with suitable attack parameters. The SC lter of the middle channel is set to
high pass at a center frequency of about 270 Hz with the eect that the compressor hardly reacts
to bass impulses anymore. The attack time lies between 70-100 ms. Thus, transient-like signals like
a snare drum also only have a minor inuence on the compression process. The release time is set
at about 100 ms so that the compressor can return to its idle status fast enough. In the side band,
both the controller for the threshold and the ratio parameters should be turned hard left if you
do not wish any further processing there. An equal setting of the middle and side channel gain
controllers is also advised.
DeEssing
A variation of the Vocal Down scenario is DeEssing which is used for reducing unwanted ess and
hiss sounds. The sidechain lter of the middle channel is set to approx. 2 kHz, which is even high-
er than in the previous application, so that only the high frequencies can inuence the detec-
tion circuit. At about 100 ms, the attack time is also quite long and the release time is set to fast
50 ms. Now threshold and ratio are used to set the trigger point and the intensity of the process-
ing. Again, this application is run in unlinked M/S mode to assure that only the middle channel is
processed (but of course you can still additionally process the sides separately if needed).