SABINE SW71-NDR User Manual page 9

COMPRESSOR/LIMITER
Vocal Settings
A soft voice could be set to 2:1, whereas a loud voice might
RATIO
require a ratio setting of 6:1.
The higher the threshold setting, the more signal is required to
THRESH
initiate compression. Ideally this should be set to reign in peak
levels, and allow signals of lower gain to pass uncompressed.
Threshold settings will depend on the nature and variety of the
signal source.
Short attack times usually work well for voice. However, too
ATTACK
strong a compression ratio, too low a threshold, and too fast an
attack may attenuate speech consonants, which provide im-
portant intelligibility cues to the audience, thus compromising
clarity.
Guitar Settings
A high compression ratio (with gain makeup) will add sustain
RATIO
to held notes and chords.
Moving the threshold will change the audible thick/thinness of
THRESH
the guitar tone, but generally you want to compress all the notes
played.
Be wary of too quick an attack, which may reduce the percus-
ATTACK
sive attack of the guitar notes.
In general, be wary of too much gain makeup, and too high a compres-
sion ratio, which may make a noisy guitar amplifier more objectionable.
Ratio settings might range from 6 to 19:1, threshold variable, slower
attack, soft knee, output gain boosted slightly to significantly depending
on amount of compression.
Bass Guitar Settings
Set to 4:1
RATIO
Set to compress peaks only.
THRESH
Quick attack, medium release, hard knee; (try various release
ATTACK
settings, depending on the speed of notes played).
Output boosted slightly.
GAIN
DE-ESSER
MIC SUPERMODELING
NOTE: Use these settings as a place from which to start, then adjust to your own satisfaction.
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Vocals
RATIO
THRESH
ATTACK
Guitar
RATIO
THRESH
ATTACK
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DE ESSER
MIC SUPERMODELING
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Quick Setups
Soft voice Loud voice
Soft voice Loud voice
Short attack is better for vocals. Be careful not to
over attenuate speech consonants.
Less Sustain More Sustain
Thinner sound Thicker sound
Be wary of too quick an attack, which may reduce the
percussive attack of the guitar notes.
Less reduction More reduction
Scroll through available microphone settings. See
website for additional downloadable microphones.
NOTE: Mic SuperModeling is not avail-
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able using beltpack transmitters.
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