Using The Program Pre-Sets; Operating The C Com 16 In Manual Mode - Samson C COM16 Owner's Manual

Operating The C com 16
Using the Program Pre-sets - continued
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PROGRAM Control
The PROGRAM control is used to select one of the 15 pre-
sets, or the MANUAL mode. When you dial through the
pre-sets using the PROGRAM control, you will see the cor-
responding PRESET LED turn from RED to GREEN.
• Follow the section above, "SETTING UP THE C Com 16"
for normalizing the controls, and the section "Setting Input
and Output Levels" to set the starting input and output lev-
els.
• Press the BYPASS switch to the IN position so that the
green LED is on.
• Using the PROGRAM control knob, select one of the following C com 16's Program pre-sets:
1 - SMOOTH VOCAL
2 - AGGRESSIVE VOCAL
3 - BASS
4 - SLAP BASS
5 - ACOUSTIC
6 - FUNK GUITAR
7 - SUSTAIN
8 - PERC 1
Once you select the PROGRAM pre-set and you have the basic input and output level set, you can raise the SENSITIVITY
control to "squeeze" the signal and add more compression. If necessary, use the OUTPUT contol to add and "make-up
gain" that you may need to get back to the same output level after the compresson. Use the I/O and GAIN REDUCTION
Meters to monitor the signal levels.

Operating the C com 16 In MANUAL Mode

In addition to the powerful pre-sets, the C com 16 can be used as a full featured standard compressor,
where you dial up the controls to get your exact setting.
In MANUAL mode you will set the various parameter controls to
create your own compression effect. The following section
details the comression controls that you can set yourself in
MANUAL mode.
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RATIO
The Ratio control sets the amount of compression from one to
one, which is essentially no compression, to infinity to one,
which is extreme peak limiting. The RATIO control is used to set
the proportion of gain reduction in relationship to the input sig-
nal. For example, if the RATIO is set to 2:1 and the signal
crosses above the threshold level, an increase in level of 2 dB
will produce a 1 dB increase in level at the output.
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ATTACK
Use the ATTACK control to set the amount of time, from .3 to 300 milliseconds, that the C com 16's
compressor takes to effect the gain reduction after the signal rises above the threshold level.
9 - PERC 2
10 - SOFT
11 - DYNAMIC
12 - ENHANCED
13 - STEREO COMP
14 - STEREO LIMIT
15 - STEREO MASTER
16 - MANUAL
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