WEISS GAMBIT DS1-MK2 Operating Manual

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weiss engineering ltd.
Florastrasse 42, 8610 Uster, Switzerland
) +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14
8 http://www.weiss.ch / http://www.weiss-highend.com
GAMBIT
DS1-MK2
OPERATING MANUAL
Software Version:
0S: 2.0
DSP: 2.0

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  • Page 1 Florastrasse 42, 8610 Uster, Switzerland ) +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch / http://www.weiss-highend.com GAMBIT DS1-MK2 OPERATING MANUAL Software Version: 0S: 2.0 DSP: 2.0...
  • Page 2 Graphic 1: Front Panel Elements ¬ ® ¯ ° ± ² Graphic 2: Display Elements - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 2 of 29 ) +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch * weiss@weiss.ch...
  • Page 3 - Envelope follower settings p. 9 ² - Compressor gain reduction meter p. 10 - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 3 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch * weiss@weiss.ch...
  • Page 4: Remote Control

    OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR GAMBIT DE-ESSER/COMPRESSOR DS1-MK2 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing the Weiss Gambit Series DS1-MK2 De-esser / Compressor ! This two channel digital De-esser / Compressor Display features linear-phase crossover filters covering Standardised peak meters for compressor- the whole audio band. Thus the DS1-MK2 is not...
  • Page 5: Update History

    Works great. Not just great, absolutely fantastically. Fattens - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 5 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 6: Operation

    To For setup see chapter Remote Control (p. 15). reset these values press key B twice. - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 6 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 7: Overall Gain

    However, the pre-limiter gain can be used to drive the safety limiter. Too much pre-limiter gain will result in dis- tortion! - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 7 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 8: Compressor Parameters

    „menu“ key ( ) then se- Ê - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 8 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 9 3 x attack time parameter the best combination of all dynamic parameters. - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 9 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 10 – for this - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 10 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 11 Output Gain Gain Gain Out- Safety Comp. Limiter Graphic 9: Full Range Mode - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 11 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch * weiss@weiss.ch...
  • Page 12 11): To add even more subtle compression, the compressed signal can be filtered before com- pression. Using the monitor function, one can - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 12 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 13 Once you have found the snap- shot, press key D to restore it. - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 13 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 14 (Graph 14). play the dump sequence. The DS1-MK2 will automatically switch into receive mode and dis- - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 14 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 15: Lcd Contrast

    “bypass” key is lit, the DS1-MK2 is absolutely gardless of “ON/ OFF” or protocol status. transparent, making the output signal bit equal to - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 15 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 16: Software Information

    DS1-MK2 and how to reach us. Have this page ready when you want to report a problem. - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 16 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 17: Technical Data

    Bits 6,7: 00 (Mode 0) Byte 1: Bits 0..6: 0000000 (category code general) Bit 7: 1 (original) - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 17 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 18 Bits 0,1,2: 001 (max. sample length= 24bit) Bits 3,4,5: 101 (24 bit word length) Bits 6,7: 00 - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 18 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 19: Peak Meters

    4980, 5270, 5590, 5920, 6270, 6640, 7040, 7460, 7900, 8370, 8870, 9400, 9960, 10500, 11200, 11800, 12500, 13300, 14100, 14900, 15800, 16700, 17700 - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 19 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 20 16.0, 17.0, 18.0, 19.0, 20.0, 22.0, 24.0, 26.0, 28.0, 30.0, 32.0, 34.0, 36.0, 38.0, 40.0, 45.0, 50.0, 55.0, 60.0 off, max. - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 20 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 21 Graph 15: Output spectrum with 80dBFS / 1kHz sine wave, dithered to 16 Bits, using the three POW-R algorithms at 44.1kHz and 88.2kHz respectively - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 21 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 22 (cccc) Channel No. 0vvv vvvv (vvvvvvv) New Value: 0= off, 1 = manual, 2= maximum - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 22 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 23 0= off, 1 = on System Reset 1111 1111 Recall Snapshot 0 to WS A - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 23 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 24 0000nnnn Device ID: -> Midi channel number 00000011 message = version request Message Type 3 - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 24 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 25 Device ID: -> Midi channel number 00000101 message = pc programming mode Message Type 5 - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 25 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 26 " " " " " " " " " " " " " - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 26 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch * weiss@weiss.ch...
  • Page 27 This because the sidechain "sees" the "burst off" before the gain stage sees it (preview delay), so the end of the burst gets influenced by the release. - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 27 of 29...
  • Page 28 Fig. 8 The burst is now longer which gives it more influence on the average measurement (averaging oft he signal). First there is a Release Fast portion followed by a short segment of Release Slow. - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 28 of 29...
  • Page 29 Fig. 7 to 10. The effect is that depending on the burst length, there is not that much of an influence of the Release Slow parameter as it was with figures 7 to 10. - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 29 of 29...
  • Page 30 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR GAMBIT DE-ESSER/COMPRESSOR DS1-MK2 TECHNICAL DATA Fig. 13 Fig. 14 - Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 30 of 29 +41 1 940 20 06 2 +41 1 940 22 14 8 http://www.weiss.ch * weiss@weiss.ch...

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