Sony DMX-R100 Operating Instructions Manual page 50

Menu Windows
1 Gain reduction meter
Displays the gain reduction of both dynamics sections.
2 Dynamics characteristics
Displays the graph of the dynamics gain transfer
function.
3 Parameter display section
Displays the following values of the Expander/Gate or
Compressor/Ducking selected by the Function
selectors 4.
• THRESHOLD: Threshold
• RATIO: Ratio
• ATTACK: Attack time
• HOLD: Hold time
• RANGE: Range of the gate (In compressor mode,
gain )
• RELEASE: Release time
4 Function selectors
Switch the function to be displayed on the Parameter
display section 3 between Expander/Gate and
Compressor/Duck.
EXPANDER/GATE tab: Touch this tab to select the
Expander/Gate function.
COMPRESSOR/DUCK tab: Touch this tab to select
the Compressor/Duck function.
5 DYNAMICS IN button
This puts the dynamics in the signal path.
Note
Even if the IN button of the function access buttons qs
is selected, the dynamics are not in the circuit if the
DYNAMICS IN button is out.
6 INSERT POINT section
Switches the insertion point of the dynamics between
PRE/POST EQ.
PRE EQ button: Touch this button to insert the
dynamics processing before the equalizer.
POST EQ button: Touch this button to insert the
dynamics processing after the equalizer.
7 LIBRARY button
Touch this button to open the DYN LIBRARY
window.
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8 KEY button
Touch this button to open the sub menu that allows
you to select the key signal for the dynamics
processing.
LOCAL: Uses its own channel signal as the key
signal.
1 to 24 (or 25 to 48): Uses the signal of the selected
channel as the key signal. The audio channel is
selected using two-level channel lists.
AUX: Uses the AUX SEND signal as the key signal.
The setting of this button is common to EXPAND/
GATE and COMPRESSOR/DUCK.
9 AUTO (auto gain) button
When the COMP/DUCK is set to use as a
COMPRESSOR, this button appears to turn ON/OFF
the AUTO GAIN MAKEUP function. By setting the
button ON, the COMPRESSOR setting is ignored,
and the input gain is automatically set so that the unit
provides a -20 dBFS output when a stable -20 dBFS
signal is input.
0 qsEXP (expander) and GATE buttons (when
the EXPANDER/GATE tab 4 is selected),
COMPRESSOR and DUCK buttons (when the
COMPRESSOR/DUCK tab 4 is selected)
Select the parameters to be displayed on the
Parameter display section 3 between the expander
(when the EXP button is selected) and gate (when the
GATE button is selected).
When the COMPRESSOR/DUCK tab 4 is selected,
8 becomes the COMPRESSOR button and 9
becomes the DUCK button.
qa LINK button
Touch this button to link the dynamics settings of this
channel to the adjacent channel to the right.
The setting of this button is common to EXPAND/
GATE and COMPRESSOR/DUCK.
Note
Adjacent channels are placed in different pages, such
that CH 24 and CH 25, CH 48 and CH1, cannot be
linked. Also, AUX SEND 1 to 4 and AUX SEND 5
to 8 can be linked. However, AUX SEND 4 and AUX
SEND 5 cannot be linked.