Korg Pa4X User Manual page 537

quired and it then gets out of the way allowing the silky brightness to remain
on the voiced portion of your singing.
There is only the single DeEss Level control; no other manual adjustment
settings are required. The factory setting of 50% gently reduces sibilance
without becoming obvious. Higher settings of compression and Shape or a
bright, sibilant voice may require a higher setting.
Programing Gate
If your musical accompaniment is loud or you hear feedback, the Gate con-
trol will enable you to make adjustments.
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Use the Gate
When the Gate mode is Adaptive, the Gate control helps in minimizing feed-
back, and reducing the amount of audible effects processing on sounds en-
tering the mic other than your voice.
A typical, fixed gate works by shutting off, or reducing the level of any signal
below a threshold that you set. When you sing louder than that threshold,
the gate will open and your vocal will come through the amplification sys-
tem. When you aren't singing, the gate will close and block sounds around
you.
The Adaptive Gate works automatically with your singing style to provide the
optimum balance between how loud you have to sing to open the gate and
how much other noises are reduced.
For troublesome audio environments, or for those who are familiar with set-
ting manual gate parameters, there is also a
You can also turn the gate to
volume musical environment.
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Use the Lead Atten(uation)
is reduced (attenuated) when your voice falls below the Gate threshold and
the Gate closes. This setting applies whether the Gate is set to Adaptive or
Manual. The factory default setting of -3 dB (a reduction of 3 dB) is gen-
tle enough that if your voice strays below the threshold, it is not cut off
completely. If you are in a feedback-prone environment (loud monitors plus
Shape and Compress on) you can increase this to reduce more. A setting of
pop-up menu on the left to select the Gate mode.
Off
knob to control how much your lead voice level
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Manual
with good results if you are in a quiet, low
setting.