Manual

TheSP27“D-Max”limiterpredelaysthesidechainsignal,resultingina“zeroovershoot”limiter,whichisable
tocatchallpeaksandprovideareliableabsolutemaximumsettingfortheoutputofanychannel.
Thepredelayedsidechainisshowningreen,with
themainsignalinred.Asthemainsignalarrives
slightlyafterthesidechain,theoutputfromtheunit
doesnotsufferfromtheovershootproblem.
Rememberthatthisdelayisonlyintheorderof
tensofuS,andisa–thesidechainis
movedintimeinrelationtothemainsignal.
Insertingadelayintothesignalpathofan
analoguedynamicsprocessorwillachievesimilar
results,butwiththepenaltyofdelayingthemain
signalbytheamountoflookaheaddelay
introduced.
predelay
back
main
The“D-Max”limiterwhichappearsinoutputlistsjustfollowingthetraditionallimiter,hasonlytwoparameters
toadjust:
Thereleasetime(eitherFast,Medium,orSlow)andthethreshold.Notethatthethresholdissettobea
minimumof2dBabovethethresholdoftheprogramlimiter–settingthethresholdto10dBAbove,asinthe
example,meansthatnomorethan10dBofovershootabovethethresholdoftheprogramlimiterwilleverbe
allowed.
ThereleasetimemayalsobesettofollowtheHighPassfilteroftheoutput–thisisachievedthroughthe
sub-menu,andwillresultinthedisplaychangingtoshow
OP1Output1ClipLim
Rel.=Medium10dBAbove
OP1Output1ClipLim
Rel.=Auto10dBAbove
Designa
Crossover
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