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Key Sources
The Compressor/Limiter can be self-keyed. The Ex-
pander/Gate can be self-keyed or use any available input, out-
put, bus, or hardware channel as the key signal with a select-
able source pickoff point.
You can use any of the following as the key source for the Ex-
pander/Gate:
• Self
• Any Input (Channel or FX Returns)
• Any Output (Auxes, Groups, Matrix, PQ, Mains)
• Any hardware input or output
• You can also specify the pickoff source for the key signal
for input and output channels.
To select the key signal for the Gate from the control surface:
Go to the appropriate Input Channel and target the Gate in
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the ACS Dynamics section.
Press the Key Assign switch.
2
Press Select on the channel you want to use as the side-chain
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key signal.
Press Key Assign again to confirm the assignment.
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To select the key signal for the Gate on-screen:
Go to the Input Channel.
1
Click the E/G Side-Chain tab in the Dynamics section to se-
2
lect the gate.
Click the Key Source selector and choose an available chan-
3
nel or bus.
Choosing a Key Source
To select a pickoff point for the key source signal:
Click the Source Pickoff selector and choose a pickoff source
for the selected key signal:
Key Listen
The Key Listen switch toggles the key onto the Main Solo bus,
replacing the signal there. This happens regardless of whether
the key is the channel signal or the external key, or whether it
has been side-chain filtered.
Key Listen always overrides the Solo bus. If soloed channels
are already on the Solo bus, they are suppressed until Key Lis-
ten is cleared. If additional channels are soloed while Key Lis-
ten is on, they will be added but suppressed.
The Key Listen solo is also exclusive to itself. If one is active
and you press Key Listen on a different processor or channel,
the first Key Listen is turned off and the new Key Listen takes
over.
Key Listen on a Dynamics plug-in does not route the signal
to the solo bus, but to the plug-in output. Use caution when
using the Key Listen with a plug-in dynamics processor.
To engage Key Listen:
Press Key Listen.
To disengage Key Listen:
Press Key Listen again. The Solo bus reverts to its previous
signal (soloed channels, or none). You can also press Solo
Clear once to turn off the any currently engaged Key Listen.
Press Solo Clear a second time to clear channel solos, if any.
Side-Chain Filters
Both the Compressor/Limiter and the Expander/Gate
side-chains provide two bands of EQ to band-limit the range
of frequencies in the key signal.
To enable a side-chain EQ from the ACS:
Press the LPF or HPF encoder.
To enable a side-chain filter on-screen:
Click the side-chain filter In buttons on-screen.
LPF frequency
LPF in/out
HPF frequency
HPF in/out
Key Listen
Key In
Side-Chain controls in the software screen (Expander/Gate shown)
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