Focusrite ISA 430 MKII User Manual page 11

Dynamics position switch
Allows the dynamics section to be placed in three different positions in the processing chain. (Normally the dynamics
section is the second processing section in the signal path, after the EQ section.) When activated, the new position of the
dynamics section is indicated by the LEDs below the Dynamics switch.
a) Dynamics Post-EQ (Default)
MIC INSERT INSERT
LINE 1
INST SEND RETURN
LEVEL
TRIM &
PHASE
b) Dynamics Pre-EQ
Pressing Dynamics once reverses the position of the EQ and dynamics sections, placing dynamics first and EQ afterwards. The
Pre-EQ LED illuminates to provide visual confirmation of the dynamics' pre-EQ position.
MIC INSERT INSERT
LINE 1
INST SEND RETURN
LEVEL
TRIM &
PHASE
c) Dynamics Post-Sum
Pressing Dynamics a second time places the dynamics section after the Ext Sum, Ext Level and Output faders but before the
limiter. The Post-Sum LED illuminates to provide visual confirmation of the dynamics' POST-SUM position. This allows the
external signal, which has been summed to the main input signal, to be processed through the dynamics section of the ISA 430
MKII. Pressing Dynamics a third time returns the dynamics section to its default position (post-EQ, pre-Sum) where both the
Pre-EQ and Post-Sum LEDs are unlit.
MIC INSERT INSERT
LINE 1
INST SEND RETURN
LEVEL
TRIM &
PHASE
INSERT INSERT
1 2 2
SEND RETURN
EQ
1
DYNAMICS EQ
INSERT
1 2
SEND
EQ
EXT
SUM
O/P
DYNAMICS
LEVEL
INSERT INSERT
EXT
2 2
SUM
SEND RETURN
O/P
LEVEL
INSERT
EXT
2
SUM
RETURN
O/P
DYNAMICS
LEVEL
11
ANALOGUE
OUTPUT
LIMITER
ADC
METERS
ANALOGUE
OUTPUT
LIMITER
ADC
METERS
ANALOGUE
OUTPUT
LIMITER
ADC
METERS