Drive - Marani CLP-260 User Manual

This is due to the fact that extend the same amplitude to the all sub
harmonics generated, would bring to a "booming" and "dark" result, there
where having a Peak on the 65Hz(24-36) or 90Hz(36-56), will leave the
max intensity of the synthesized sub harmonics, in correspondence of the
original fundamentals, ranging around 130Hz and 180Hz, where typically
fall the octave used by the harmonizing instruments as the Bass or Kick
Drum, creating there a bigger presence and giving the music that much
sought after "punch".
The all available Parameters of the Sub Harmonic Synthesizer,
accessible by the Unit's Front panel, using the NAVIGATION encoder for
scrolling them and the VARIATION encoder to set their value, are the
following:
Ch.A Harmony
< Freq = 36 -56 Hz >
Percent: With this parameters can be set the amount of Sub Harmonics
generated, will be added to the original Signal.
Freq: this parameter is allowing to select what's the Peak of the
Synthesized sub band; when selected 24-36, the Peak is centered on
65Hz and the max amplitude is +18.6dBu, when instead 36-56 is
selected, the Peak is centered on 90Hz and the Max amplitude is
15.7dBu.
Drive: within this page is possible to set the signal level BEFORE the
RMS compressor Peak detector.
The Gain can be set ranging between -12dBu and +6dBu, by steps of
0.5dBu:
The Drive is not increasing actually the Input Signal level, but just the one
of the signal used as reference for the RMS Compressor RMS detector.
This means that acting on the Drive the Original Input Signal isn't
affected, but the level "seen" by the RMS level detector yes.
Operating on the drive, then, it is possible to get on the Input Signal a
higher level of compression, still remaining its level the original one.
In some way the Drive is allowing to extend of 6dB more the compression
range, or reduce it of 12dB.
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