Owner's manual

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The Mastering Compressor!
p. 6
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DISCRETE SECTION
The!Discrete!Section!is!the!final!gain!reduction!circuit!in!the!Mastering!Compressor.!It!
achieves!compression!by!means!of!our!custom,!discrete!voltage?controlled!amplifier.!Due!to!
the!breadth!of!the!co ntro ls,!the!discrete !com p resso r!is!extremely!versatile!and !can !be!
configured!to!attain!a!variety!of!sounds.!
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!@;?LJCJ*ON@G*
This!control!provides!post?compression!make?up!gain!or!attenuation!using!a!
24?position!rotary!switch.!The!gain!control!provides!greater!accuracy!around!unity!gain,!
which!occurs!roughly!at!position!“7”,!and !o f fe rs !c o a r s e r!a djustment!towards!mo r e !
extreme!settings.!
!@;?LJCJ*C=LJ;=+K!*
This!control!determines!at!what!input!level!compression!begins!to!occur.!Minimum!
compression!occurs!at!“1”!and!maximum!comp ression!occurs!at!“24”.!
!@;?LJCJ*LNC@+*
This!control!determines!the!amount!of!compression!achieved!when!the!input!signal!reaches!
the!threshold.!A!ratio!of!“1.2”!means!that!for!every!1.2!dB!of!input!over!the!threshold,!1!dB!
will!be!outputted.!At!“2”,!1!dB!will!be!outputted!for!every!2!dB!of!input!over!the!threshold,!etc.!
When!the!dial!is!set!to!“Flood”,!a!ratio!of!20:1!occurs.!
!@;?LJCJ*NCCN?I*
This!control!determines!how!quickly!the!compressor!engages!attenuation!once!the!threshold!
has!been!reached.!Each!setting!is!in!milliseconds.!
!@;?LJCJ*LJ?+PJL*
This!control!determines!how!quickly!the!compressor!disengages!attenuation!once!the!
threshold!has!no !long er!be en!re ach ed.!Each!setting!is!in!seconds.!At!“Dual”!the!compressor!
mimics!the!two?stage!recovery!of!the!optical!section.!