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Summary of Contents for Dangerous Music COMPRESSOR
- Page 1 COMPRESSOR ® USER GUIDE...
- Page 2 Dangerous Music Incorporated reserves the right to change the specifications or modify the designs of its equipment. Sending in the registration card is our way of keeping in touch with users of our equipment should this become necessary. Registration information is always kept confidential and never disclosed to third parties for any reason.
- Page 3 THANK YOU Thank you for choosing products from the exciting and innovative line of Dangerous Music recording equipment. Many years of reliable service can be expected from our gear. This is made possible through careful design, construction, and component choices by recording industry veterans.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
| DANGEROUS MUSIC TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview COMPRESSOR Rear Panel Features & Benefits COMPRESSOR Front Panel Features, Benefits & Connection Specifications Warranty... -
Page 5: Overview
Built to the exacting standards of the mastering community, dangerous compressor as with all things Dangerous, it has also proven indispensable for tracking and mixing. Tame a vocal, tighten a snare, crush a sampled loop or gently smooth a track- the will rise to the occasion, providing rapid results, intuitive feedback and without coloration. - Page 6 Feature: Connect an external equalizer here. Either parametric or graphic will suffice, though parametric provides finer control. Benefit: Boost or cut any frequency, to make the Compressor more or less sensitive to that audio range. Example: See the “Sidechain” controls section.
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Page 7: Compressor Front Panel Features, Benefits & Connection
Tip: If the COMPRESSOR will not power on and the outlet has proved to be working (plug in a lamp?), check the fuses under the inlet module’s cover. Use 500 milliamp fast blow for 120V (America) and 250 milliamp fast blow for 240V (Europe). - Page 8 (i.e. compression/limiting), but when engaged, every time the kick drum sounds, the entire gain reduction mix drops in level. By reducing the compressor’s sensitivity to low frequency content (i.e. BASS!), it will allow the kick drum to strike, without over-triggering the...
- Page 9 Tip: When is engaged, the audiophile electronics of the Compressor’s sidechain circuit are still available. external sidechain In other words, you can use your external hardware and the simultaneously- that’s...
- Page 10 | DANGEROUS MUSIC SMART DYNAMICS Feature: employs two independent slopes in the detection circuit. smart dyn Benefit: One section of the detector controls the average level. The other handles only rapid transients. Normally a spike would shove down the entire track, creating an audible faux pas moment. Instead, the normal slope portion handles the smoothing of the entire content and the other deals with the spikes.
- Page 11 COMPRESSOR | MANUAL ATTACK / RELEASE Feature: By default, the unit is set to mode. Engaging this button will override the auto attack release auto attack release Benefit: The has a preset timing of approximately 30 milliseconds for both. Engaging the button will allow...
- Page 12 Furthermore, this will over represent mono (content up the middle) and under represent panned instruments to the VCA, thus making the compressor overreact to kicks, snares, and the lead vocal while not dealing with the panned toms, guitars and keys. The...
- Page 13 COMPRESSOR | Note: While in mode, the gain reduction will always track identically, since the control voltages are added together. stereo Both channels react to whichever one is triggered, thus maintaining the stereo image. 6. VU METERS & LED INDICATORS...
- Page 14 10 | DANGEROUS MUSIC Feature: Stepped controls with subtle ratios: 1.4:1 • 1.7:1 • 2:1 • 3:1 • 4:1 • 6.1 • 20:1 Benefit: “Stepped” in this case means exacting, so you can control with confidence. The subtle ratios (i.e. 1.4 : 1 vs. 1.7 : 1) are incredibly powerful.
- Page 15 Benefit: is the “when” control. “When” does the compressor start working? Gain reduction is implemented when the threshold audio crosses this level or threshold Operation: Full clockwise has little or no effect. Bring it back gradually, counterclockwise for implementation.
- Page 16 Benefit: Tailor the time to control sustain or sculpt other portions of the audio. Operation: Full clockwise is 500 milliseconds (slow), full counterclockwise is 10 milliseconds (fast). Tip: On a snare drum, setting a slower time will accentuate the decay. Faster times will allow the compressor to release reset between hits. Note: button must be activated (lit) to engage these controls.
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Page 17: Specifications
COMPRESSOR | 13 SPECIFICATIONS Frequency Response +- 0.25dB from 15Hz to 80kHz Maximum level > +27dBu Noise floor < -93dBu band limited from 22Hz-22kHz THD+N < 0.005% < 0.007% Crosstalk rejection > 115dB@1kHz Replacement Fuses: 500mA fast blow for 120V... -
Page 18: Warranty
Email: info@dangerousmusic.com E-mail: info@dangerousmusic.de Dangerous Music, Inc. reserves the right to alter the software and design of their equipment. If after reading the manual more information for an application is needed, please contact us via email for the quickest response. - Page 19 Dangerous Music Inc. 231 Stevens Road, Edmeston, NY 13335 info@dangerousmusic.com www.dangerousmusic.com...