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2 decibels the input signal increases, the output
is allowed to increase only 1 decibel.
The Freeze Gate is used to prevent "suck-up"
of room noise during speech pauses. When ac-
tive, gain is not increased by the compressor
when audio is absent. "Freeze" would be the
default, since it almost always improves results.
De-Essing is just what you think it is - a way to
electronically remove extra sibilance from your
mic channel. If your mic is particularly sensitive
to "s" and "th-" sounds and accentuates them
on-air, De-Essing helps reduce these sounds to
more manageable levels. As with compression,
too much de-essing will produce annoying and
unnatural results - you'll wind up sounding like
you're talking through a cotton sock! Stick to
small amounts to get the effect you want.
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Rotating the
Exp Gate Thresh/Bypass/Ac-
SoftKnob varies the level of signal thresh-
tive
old needed for the
Gate
tween -50 and 0dB). Pushing this knob toggles
Dynamics between Active and Bypass states.
»
The
Exp Gate Depth
gain reduction when audio level falls below the
Exp Gate Threshold
-3 and 0dB).
Comp Thresh/Bypass/Active
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limit of the level at which the compressor will
begin to work (between -30 and 0dB). Pushing
the SoftKnob toggles between Active and By-
pass states.
Comp Ratio/Freeze/No Freeze
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pression ratio (variable between 1:1 and 16:1).
Pushing the SoftKnob activates and deactivates
the compressor's Freeze Gate function. When
the Freeze function is active, a red "lamp" illu-
minates just above the Compression Ratio bar-
graph meter.
De-Ess Thresh/Bypass/Active
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level above which the de-esser will be engaged
(from -20 to 0dB). Pushing the SoftKnob toggles
between Active and Bypass states.
sets the amount of sibilance re-
De-Ess Ratio
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duction, in dB, that will be applied (adjustable
between 1:1 and 8:1).
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Pressing the
Dynamics & EQ
turn you to the
Channel Options
function to activate (be-
knob sets the amount of
value (adjustable between
sets the upper
sets the com-
sets the audio
key again will re-
screen.
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Figure 4-10: Pan / Mode menu screen.
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Pan & Mode Key
This function allows the operator to adjust the pan or
balance of the channel source and correct signal phase
errors.
It's a Lock: If a "padlock" icon appears in any
options screen, that function is "locked out" in
the Source Profile and adjustments cannot be
made. In Figure 4-10, the padlock appears just
below the soundfield representation, above the
Mode indicator. The onscreen Mode SoftKnob
is also "grayed out" to show that this function
is unavailable.
Operators cannot "unlock" locked functions;
if you wish to make locked functions available,
simply modify the source profile to allow them
and when the source is reloaded to the console,
the padlock will have disappeared.
Rotating this SoftKnob adjusts
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Pan/Balance:
the the Pan setting for mono sources and the Bal-
ance setting for stereo sources.
: If the selected source is in stereo and the
Mode
»
Source Profile for the selected source permits
it (see Chapter Two for information on Source
Profiles), rotating this control lets the board op
switch source audio between
(discrete
Stereo
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