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WEISS GAMBIT DS1-MK3 Operating Manual

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weiss engineering ltd.
Florastrasse 42, 8610 Uster, Switzerland
+41 44 940 20 06
http://www.weiss.ch / http://www.weiss-highend.com
GAMBIT
DS1-MK3
OPERATING MANUAL
Software Version: 0S: 3.1,
Release Date:
+41 44 940 22 14
DSP: 3.0
October, 2008

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  • Page 1 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com digital audio weiss engineering ltd. Florastrasse 42, 8610 Uster, Switzerland +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch / http://www.weiss-highend.com GAMBIT DS1-MK3 OPERATING MANUAL Software Version: 0S: 3.1, DSP: 3.0...
  • Page 2 / http://www.weiss-highend.com Authors: Andor Bariska, Daniel Weiss, Weiss Engineering LTD. Weiss Engineering LTD. reserves the right to make changes to product specifi- cation or documentation without prior notice. Updated manuals and datasheets are available at our website for downloading. Weiss Engineering LTD. makes no...
  • Page 3 A - B copy safe ganged monitor snapshots Graphic 1: Front Panel Elements Graphic 2: Display Elements Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 3 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch weiss@weiss.ch...
  • Page 4 - Peak limiter gain reduction meter p. 8 - Envelope follower settings p. 10 - Compressor gain reduction meters p. 10 Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 4 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch weiss@weiss.ch...
  • Page 5 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR GAMBIT DE-ESSER/COMPRESSOR DS1-MK3 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing the Weiss DS1-MK3 De-Esser / Compressor ! This two channel digital De-esser / Compressor ∗ Logarithmic graph of the transfer function features linear-phase crossover filters covering of the de-esser/compressor calculated in the whole audio band.
  • Page 6 You name it, it works very well. Variations: Use it like the Dolby Spectral En- hancer, by split band [parallel] compression, so Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 6 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 7 Situated adjacent to key B, this group contains a peak-hold and an over-hold for each channel. To reset these values press key B twice. Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 7 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 8 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 8 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 9 Please note that during delay Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 9 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 10 "release slow" setting. is to cause gradual gain changes, thus eliminat- ing distortion. The current values are shown in Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 10 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 11 . This part of the sidechain is re- sponsible for the actual gain reduction ( ) cal- culations. The detected signal envelope is com- Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 11 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 12 "off" from the gain makeup menu. Graphic 15: Band Filter menu Graphic 14: Gain Makeup display Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 12 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 13 / over meter meter hold Output Gain Gain Gain Out- Safety Comp. Limiter Graphic 17: Full Range Mode Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 13 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch weiss@weiss.ch...
  • Page 14 / over meter meter hold Pre-Limiter Output Gain Gain band Safety Out- Cross- pass Comp. Limiter over Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 14 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch weiss@weiss.ch...
  • Page 15 Graphic 21 shows the effect of Parallel Compres- sion on the transfer curve (upper graph). Lower levels are raised while higher levels are not much affected. Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 15 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 16 M/S to L/R conversion. The “Compressor” block can again work in full band mode or in band selective mode, inde- Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 16 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 17 If monitor is active, the output peak hold and the over detection run on the monitor signal, not on the main output. Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 17 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 18 (see TECHNICAL DATA for dither their creators: specifications). The first few factory presets we created at Weiss To toggle dither on/off, press key D twice. To Engineering, then a whole bunch of presets cre- see dither status refer to the status display ( ated by Bob Katz follow.
  • Page 19 Press the “menu” key ( ) then choose the Graphic 28: Recall menu Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 19 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 20 ( DS1-MK3 and might crash during or after the dump process. To adjust gain reduction or peak meter resolu- Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 20 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 21 232”, “RS 422” or “MIDI”. This will determine which port at the rear of the DS1-MK3 is active. The other inactive ports will be ignored. Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 21 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 22 DS1-MK3 and how to reach us. Have this page ready when you want to report a problem. Graphic 34: System menu Graphic 35: About screen Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 22 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 23 Bits 0,1,2,3: Sampling Frequency according to input Bits 4,5: 00 (accuracy grade II) Bits 6,7: 00 Bytes 3..23: reserved bytes Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 23 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 24 All bits fed forward (transparent), except if not bypassed: Byte 2: 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 24 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 25 1760, 1860, 1980, 2090, 2220, 2350, 2490, 2640, 2790, 2960, 3140, 3320, 3520, 3730, 3950, 4190, 4430, 4700, 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 25 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 26 2.50m, 3.15m, 4.00m, 5.00m, 6.30m, 8.00m, 10.0m, 12.5m, 16.0m, 20.0m, 25.0m, 31.5m, 40.0m, 50.0m, 63.0m, 80.0m, 100m, 125m, 160m, 200m, 250m, 315m, 400m, 500m. µ = 10 , m = 10 Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 26 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 27 44.1kHz and 88.2kHz sampling rates each. Graph 36: 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 27 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 28 1011 cccc 00001010 ($0A) (cccc) Channel No. 0vvv vvvv (vvvvvvv) New Value: 0= off, 1 = manual, 2= maximum Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 28 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch weiss@weiss.ch...
  • Page 29 Release Slow 2 Control Change 1011 cccc 00001000 ($1A) (cccc) Channel No. 0vvv vvvv (vvvvvvv) New Value: 0 - 53 Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 29 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch weiss@weiss.ch...
  • Page 30 1011 cccc 00010011 ($2A) (cccc) Channel No. 0vvv vvvv (vvvvvvv) New Value: 0= WS A, 1 = WS B Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 30 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch weiss@weiss.ch...
  • Page 31 System Exclusive Snapshot format: Bytecount Value Description Sysex Header Manufacturer's ID Manufacturer's ID Manufacturer's ID Model ID: $0C = Gambit DS1-MK3 0000nnnn Device ID: -> Midi channel number 00000001 message = Snapshot dump Message Type 1 0nnnnnnn Package number ( 0..7F)
  • Page 32 TECHNICAL DATA Version send: Bytecount Value Description Sysex Header Manufacturer's ID Manufacturer's ID Manufacturer's ID Model ID: $0C = Gambit DS1-MK3 0000nnnn Device ID: -> Midi channel number 00000100 message = send version Message Type 4 00000100 OS Version data...
  • Page 33 0.5% " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 33 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch weiss@weiss.ch...
  • Page 34 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 34 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...
  • Page 35 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 35...
  • Page 36 Release Slow parameter as it was with figures 7 to 10. Fig. 13 Fig. 14 Weiss Engineering Ltd., Florastr. 42, CH-8610 Uster Page 36 +41 44 940 20 06 +41 44 940 22 14 http://www.weiss.ch...