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Page 1: User Guide
True to the Music ® PreComp ™ 500 Series Preamp and Compressor User Guide True to the Music ® www.radialeng.com Radial Engineering Ltd. 1588 Kebet Way, Port Coquitlam British Columbia, Canada, V3C 5M5 tel: 604-942-1001 • fax: 604-942-1010 email: info@radialeng.com... - Page 2 WARNING NOTICE TO USER! Although preventative safety measures have been designed into Radial 500 series products we strictly advise against hot-swapping modules or plugging and unplugging them when the Workhorse or other 500 series racks are powered on. Hot swapping can cause connection sparks at the card-edge connector that could send damaging transients to other equipment.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
If you still have a question, feel free to send us an email at info@radialeng.com and we will do our best to answer in short order. Now get ready to start working faster and smarter than ever before. Radial Engineering Ltd. PreComp™ Preamp and VCA Compressor... -
Page 4: Overview
Using a standard ¼” TRS insert cable you can access the preamp and compressor sections independently or insert another processor, such as an equalizer in between. For more information please refer to the Omniport descriptions later in this user guide. Radial Engineering Ltd. PreComp™ Preamp and VCA Compressor... -
Page 5: Features
13. OMNIPORT™ SWITCH: Turns the Omniport on and off. When off, the preamp and compressor sections work in series. When on, the Omniport TRS insert jack is switched into the signal path between the two sections. Radial Engineering Ltd. PreComp™ Preamp and VCA Compressor... -
Page 6: Making Connections
Using your own voice to test is best as it gives you a familiar starting place. Radial Engineering Ltd. PreComp™ Preamp and VCA Compressor... -
Page 7: Getting Started
This helps eliminate excess bass in the mix and will increase High-pass fi lter response the dynamic range of your recording. Radial Engineering Ltd. PreComp™ Preamp and VCA Compressor... -
Page 8: Using The Compressor Functions
LED lights the output is compressed. If the yellow threshold LED is not fl ashing on the signal peaks, turn the threshold level down until it does. Now increase the ratio control to 5:1 and then 10:1 and observe how the dynamic range is reduced at each setting. Radial Engineering Ltd. PreComp™ Preamp and VCA Compressor... - Page 9 You can see how the soft-knee applies -20dB gradual compression as the signal approaches -30dB the threshold while the hard-knee curve reduces HARD the gain once the signal has gone above the -40dB threshold. -50dB Radial Engineering Ltd. PreComp™ Preamp and VCA Compressor...
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Page 10: Ominiport
OUTPUT OUTPUT You could also use the PreComp’s mic preamp to start another signal chain by patching the Omniport TIP into another module. Fig-b: Using the compressor section with another mic preamp. Radial Engineering Ltd. PreComp™ Preamp and VCA Compressor... -
Page 11: Specifi Cations
PREAMP POWER REVERSE INPUT FILTER REAR MINI-TOGGLE OUT+ IN/BYPASS VOLTAGE OUT- PHASE INVERTER SPEED CONTROLLED RATIO MAKEUP AMPLIFER FAST/ DETECT CONTROL GAIN BUSS SLOW /THRSH OUTPUT BELOW ABOVE LED METER SIDE CHAIN Radial Engineering Ltd. PreComp™ Preamp and VCA Compressor... - Page 12 THREE YEAR TRANSFERABLE LIMITED WARRANTY RADIAL ENGINEERING LTD. (“Radial”) warrants this product to be free from defects in material and workmanship and will remedy any such de- fects free of charge according to the terms of this warranty. Radial will repair or replace (at its option) any defective component(s) of this product (excluding fi...
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