Output Zone − Limiter - QSC MP-M80 User Manual

Output Zone − Limiter
The Limiter prevents the audio level from exceeding a
preset threshold.
1. – Opens the Limiter screen.
Limiter
2. switch – Engages or disengages the
Limiter Out/In
compressor or limiter.
3. button – Hides all controls except:
Simple
• Limiting Slider
• Limiter In button
• Simple button
• Reset button
4. Reset button – Sets all the Limiter controls to their
factory default position.
5. In meter – Displays the RMS input signal level
6. Reduction meter – indicates how much the signal
level is reduced by the Limiter.
7. Output meter – Output signal level
8. Limiter graph – When engaged, the Limiter trace is
fuchsia.
• Threshold (A) – The level at which limiting begins.
• Attack time (B to C) – The time it takes for the
limiter to reach maximum limiting after the input
exceeds the threshold level.
• Ratio (A to E) – The amount of limiting applied to the signal.
• Release time (C to D) – The time it takes for the limited signal to rise to the threshold level once the input level no longer exceeds
the threshold.
• Vertical scale = dB
9. Threshold slider – Sets the point at which the limiter begins to reduce the signal level.
10. – Adjusts how quickly the processor reacts to a signal that exceeds the threshold.
Attack slider
11. – Adjusts how quickly the processor stops compressing or limiting when signal falls below the Threshold.
Release slider
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5 6
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B C D A
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Outputs
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Limiter