3-Band Compressor Effect - Midas PRO SERIES Owner's Manual

3-Band Compressor effect

3-Band Compressor effect
The 3-Band Compressor effect is for applying different compression profiles to different
areas of the audio spectrum.
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Front panel of the 3-band compressor effect
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Control
In button
Threshold control
knob
Ratio control knob
Make-Up control
knob
Release control
knob
Attack control
knob
SOLO button
Three-section
meter
Soft Link button
Global Knee
control knob
Lo Mid Freq
control knob
Hi Mid Freq
control knob
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Function
Switches the stereo 3-band compressor in/out. It
has an adjacent LED (yellow) for in/out indication.
This control is in the Lo, Mid and Hi sections, and is
used for setting the threshold at which compression
begins. Range is from -50dB to +25dB.
This control is in the Lo, Mid and Hi sections, and is
used for setting the compression ratio. Range is from
25:1 to 1:1.
This control is in the Lo, Mid and Hi sections, and is
used for boosting the output level of the compressed
signal. Range is from 0dB to +24dB.
This control is in the Lo, Mid and Hi sections, and is
used for setting the release time of the compressor.
Range is from 0.05sec to 3sec.
This control is in the Lo, Mid and Hi sections, and is
used for setting the speed of the onset of
compression once the threshold has been exceeded.
Range is from 0.2ms to 50ms.
This control is in the Lo, Mid and Hi sections, and is
used for listening to the compressor's sidechain filter.
It has an adjacent LED (yellow) for on/off indication.
This has individual meter elements for input (In),
gain reduction (GR) and output (Out).
Links the left and right channels. It has an adjacent
LED (yellow) for on/off indication.
Sets the rate of transition across the threshold.
Range is from 4 to 40.
Sets the crossover point between the Lo and Mid
compressors. Range is from 40Hz to 1kHz.
Sets the crossover point between the Mid and Hi
compressors. Range is from 640Hz to 16kHz.
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