Operation Manual

Masters 503
PRO Series Live Audio Systems
Owner’s Manual
DYN (dynamic) safe
The following diagram details the master parameters protected by the DYN safe. Only
the corrective compressor is shown, but this is typically the same for the other
compressor modes (adaptive, creative, vintage and shimmer).
Item Control Parameter
1 CMP switch Compressor on/off
2 release control knob Compressor release
3 threshold control
knob
Compressor threshold
4 KNEE pushbutton Compressor knee selector: hard, medium and soft
5 IN switch Compressor sidechain in/out
6 freq control knob Compressor sidechain frequency
7 WIDTH pushbutton Compressor sidechain width: 2 Oct, 1 Oct or
0.3 Oct
8 ratio/range/[ratio]
control knob
Compressor ratio
9 attack control knob Compressor attack
10 MODE pushbutton Compressor mode — corrective, adaptive,
creative, vintage or shimmer
11 make up control
knob
Compressor gain
5
1
3
11
5
6
7
10
9
8
4
2
10
9
8
4
3
11
2
5
6
7
1
Compressor
processing area in
GUI channel strip
master overview in
GUI channel strip