Orban OPTIMOD 6200 Operating Manual page 54

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INSTALLATION
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Escape button provides an escape from current screen and returns user to the next
previous screen. Repeatedly pressing
screen.
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Input meters show the peak input level applied to the 6200's analog or digital inputs
with reference to 0 = digital full-scale.
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AGC meter shows the gain reduction of the slow AGC processing that precedes the
multi-band compressor. Full-scale is 25dB gain reduction.
Because the AGC is a two-band unit with Orban's patented bass coupling
system, this meter actually reads the gain reduction of the AGC Master band.
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Gate LED indicates gate activity, lighting when the input audio falls below the
threshold set by the gate threshold control (with the Modify screen's
,
CONTROL GATE THR
is drastically slowed to prevent noise rush-up during low-level passages.
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Gain Reduction meters show the gain reduction in the multi-band compressor. Full-
scale is 25dB gain reduction.
If the Multi-Band structure is operational, all the meters light. If the Two-
Band structure is operational, the two leftmost meters light. If the Protect
structure is operational, only the leftmost meter lights.
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Limiter meters show the amount of broadband look-ahead peak limiting in the left
and right channels, which are not coupled because of the fast release time of this cir-
cuit. Full-scale is 12dB gain reduction.
Escape
control). When this happens, the compressor's recovery time
ORBAN Model 6200
will always return you to the Idle
FULL