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  • Page 3 Drawmer. replacement as specified herein. In no event will Drawmer Electronics Ltd. be liable for any ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages Drawmer Electronics Ltd., warrants the Drawmer SDX100 Plug-In...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents License agreement Setup System Requirements SDX100 Installation Entering the Password Accessing the SDX100 from Soundscape Introduction About DRAWMER DRAWMER DRAWMER DRAWMER DRAWMER About the SDX100 Plug-in Using the SDX100 Front panel overview Input Expander Noose Gate Compressor Limiter Output...

  • Page 6: Setup

    DRAWMER Setup Setup System Requirements In order to run the Drawmer SDX100 the minimum system requirements are: • • Any compatible Soundscape system such as Soundscape uses low-cost ATA (IDE) hard R.Ed / SSHDR1-Plus DAWs or Mixtreme / drives and stores all audio files as linear (un- Mixpander PCI cards.

  • Page 7: Entering The Password

    A drop down menu will open listing all of the available plug-ins on your system. Looking at the SDX100 section you will find six entries: Expander (mono), Expander (stereo), Noise Gate (mono), Noise Gate (Stereo), Noise Gate (mono + ext trig) and Noise Gate (stereo + ext trig).

  • Page 8: Introduction About Drawmer Drawmer

    Compressor and more recently the highly rated Masterflow DC2476 Digital Mastering Processor. In 1999 the influential contribution of Ivor Drawmer to pro-audio design over the last 20 years was recognised by the APRS (Association of Professional Recording Studios). The Association presented him with a coveted Award for Lifetime Technical Achievement to the Audio Industry.

  • Page 9: Using The Sdx100 Front Panel Overview

    Using the SDX100 Using the SDX100 Front Panel Overview The easiest way to navigate the SDX100 is to imagine it in five sections Input Compressor/Limiter Output Noise Gate Expander Input Input Meters 0 to -31dB The Input Meters, located on the left of the GUI, represents the incoming signal from Soundscape and is displayed by 32 led bar meters.

  • Page 10: Expander

    The expander on the SDX100 is excellent for use on vocal tracks as it has a separate attack and release to smoothly gate the start and ending of words.

  • Page 11: Noose Gate

    Using the SDX100 Noise Gate A noise gate is effectively a switch used to mute signals below a set threshold level. It can be used to suppress background noise and hiss from valve (tube) amps, microphones and effects pedals. It can also be used to make the sound much more crisp and punchy.

  • Page 12: Compressor

    DRAWMER Using the SDX100 Compressor A compressor attenuates high levels, thus effectively reducing the dynamic range, making it possible to fit a large signal into a smaller space and also much easier to control signals and set appropriate fader levels. Reducing the dynamic range also means that recording levels can be set higher, therefore improving the signal-to-noise performance.

  • Page 13: Limiter

    Limiting is an extreme form of compression, where the output signal is sharply attenuated so that it cannot exceed a particular level. A further feature of the SDX100 is a peak limiter which allows the user to set an absolute output signal level that will not be exceeded. If the peak limiter threshold is exceeded for more than a few milliseconds, additional gain reduction will be applied to reduce the overall signal level to within accepted limits without distortion.

  • Page 14: Patches

    DRAWMER Patches Patches The parameters of the SDX100 plug-in can be stored and retrieved by accessing the Load/Save mixer element buttons. Note: With all dynamic sources, the levels and contents will vary when comparing track to track. Save and Load will assist in getting parameter settings close to something usable, but Threshold settings will often need adjustment once loaded.

  • Page 15: Troubleshooting

    Because all pc’s are different, with differing hardware and software, sometimes you may have trouble getting your SDX100 plug-in to work properly. If this is the case the following suggestions may alleviate the problem. Check the plug-ins menu and password entry lists to see if the SDX100 has been detected by Soundscape.

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