Expansion Transfer Characteristic - Kurzweil K2600 Musician’s Reference

noise), and the threshold set just above the noise level. You can set just how far to drop the noise with the
expansion ratio.
Figure 10-78

Expansion Transfer Characteristic

The signal being expanded may be delayed relative to the side chain processing. The delay allows the
signal to stop being expanded just before an attack transient arrives. Since the side chain processing
ÒknowsÓ what the input signal is going to be before the main signal path does, it can tame down an attack
transient by releasing the expander before the attack actually happens.
A meter is provided to display the amount of gain reduction that is applied to the signal as a result of
expansion.
Parameters
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In/Out In or Out
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Atk Time 0.0 to 228.0 ms
Rel Time 0 to 3000 ms
SmoothTime 0.0 to 228.0 ms
Signal Dly 0.0 to 25.0 ms
In/Out When set to ÒInÓ the expander is active; when set to ÒOutÓ the expander is bypassed.
Out Gain The output gain parameter may be used to increase the gain by as much as 24 dB, or
reduce the gain to nothing. Note that the Out Gain parameter does not control the signal
level when the algorithm is set to ÒOutÓ.
Atk Time The time for the expander to increase the gain of the signal (turns off the expander) after
the signal rises above threshold.
Rel Time The time for the expander to reduce the signal level when the signal drops below the
threshold (turning on expansion).
SmoothTime A lowpass Þlter in the control signal path. It is intended to smooth the output of the
expanderÕs envelope detector. Smoothing will affect the attack or release times when the
smoothing time is longer than one of the other times.
Out
Amp
In Amp
Threshold
Out Gain Off, -79.0 to 24.0 dB
Ratio 1:1.0 to 1:17.0
Threshold -79.0 to 0.0 dB
MakeUpGain Off, -79.0 to 24.0 dB
KDFX Reference
KDFX Algorithm Specifications
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