User manual

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July/August 2014 resolution
MODULAR PROCESSING SUPPLEMENT GEAR
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Drawmer
The DS101 500-Series noise gate features the
frequency conscious gating functionality of
Drawmer’s DS201. The DS101 is based on a single
channel of the DS201 and incorporates fully
variable high- and low-pass lters and key listen
monitoring. The DS101, which can be used for
gating and ducking, has controls for threshold,
attack, hold, decay, and range, as well as Drawmer’s
trac light metering. When installed next to each
other in a 500-Series rack, two or more DS101
gates may be linked using Drawmer’s new infrared
triggering mechanism. Linked in this fashion, the
envelope shaping capabilities of many DS101 gates may be
adjusted independently while the trigger pulse passes through
unchanged.
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Great River Electronics
The PWM-501 is an ultra-fast
compressor. With its Feed-Forward
and Feed-Back control, users
eectively have access to two totally
different sounding compressors.
When engaged, a second order (12dB/
octave) variable HPF is inserted in the
sidechain immediately after the Feed-
Forward and Feed-Back blend circuit
to filter out bass signals that might
otherwise influence the action of
the PWM-501. The Threshold control
determines the portion of the signal
that the rest of the sidechain will use
to control the operation of the PWM-
501. At low levels the unit looks at all
or most of the signal and acts as a
compressor; at higher levels it looks at peak and functions more as
a limiter. Alongside Ratio, Attack time, and Release time controls, a
Link switch links the control voltage between multiple PWM-501
units installed in a rack with the correct interconnections on the
backplane bus. One unit can be used to control all others, or each
can contribute. This control voltage is unique to the PWM-501
and is not compatible with systems from other manufacturers.
Display LEDs operate according to whatever meter mode is used.
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Kush Audio
Kush Audio’s Electra is a 4-band, ‘multitopology’
EQ that has two sweepable, overlapping
Proportional-Q bands whose bandwidth and
gain have been tailored to allow for extreme
pushes. Rounding out the bottom is a fixed
low shelf that interacts with the continuously
variable (25-400Hz) 12dB/octave HPF. Topping
it off is a sweepable (3.4-20kHz) high shelf
reminiscent of vintage mastering equalisers. A
switchable Fader Mode converts the low shelf
knob into a fader so multiple Electras can be
used to create lunchbox-based mixers with
fader and EQ. The popular Clariphonic Parallel
Equalizer has also received the 500-Series
‘shrinkage’ treatment to re-emerge as the
Clariphonic 500 with two high-shelves blended in parallel on
each channel; six corner frequencies; powerful control over the
midrange, presence, and air bands; and ability to solo the parallel
lters for external sweetening and processing.
www.thehouseofkush.com
DAV Electronics
Inspired by the DAV Electronics BG 3 (Broadhurst
Gardens No. 3) mastering EQ, the BG 503 EQ is
a 500-Series module. Low and high frequency
bands use a shelf curve with +/-8dB of gain and
stepped frequencies ranging
from 12.5-400Hz for the LF
band and from 2-32kHz for
the HF band. The mid band
uses a resonant design with
its bandwidth narrowing
when reaching the extremes
of its +/-12dB of gain. Stepped
frequencies are also used
and range from 240Hz-5kHz
offering useful overlapping
of frequencies between bands. The BG 504
(Broadhurst Gardens No. 504) is an optical
limiter/compressor, featuring electronically
balanced inputs and outputs, low noise/
distortion, LED GR meter, stereo link, and a
total bypass.
www.davelectronics.com
Spotlight: Elysia
The most recent addition to Elysia’s line of 500-Series
modules are the xlter 500 and nvelope 500. Elysia’s
xlter 500 is a true stereo EQ with an all Class-A audio
path. It oers high- and low-shelf bands, both of which
can be switched into high- and low-cut filters with
resonance — a feature from the agship museq EQ.
The xlter 500 also provides two mid-peak lters with
wide or narrow Q. It has a switchable fixed LC filter
for the high frequency and this passive lter consists
of a capacitor and a coil per channel that produce a
slight resonance peak around 12kHz. By linking its
two channels, the xfilter 500 eliminates the task of
matching settings. The potentiometers are stepped.
The nvelope 500 is a two-slot-space stereo
dynamics processor capable of making subtle or
drastic changes to a sound by altering its impulse
structure, providing direct control over the envelope
of a signal by shaping the intensity of its attack and
sustain. It is primarily intended to shape individual signals, but it can be used in mixing as well. Another powerful feature is the
enhanced tweakability oered in Dual Band mode. Individual frequency controls for attack and sustain yield precise results
while avoiding unwanted artefacts — even when used on complex material like a summing bus. The nvelope 500 oers dual
mono or linked stereo operation in Full Range, Dual Band, or EQ modes.
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