Vocal Settings - SABINE SWM7000 Operating Manual

COMPRESSOR/LIMITER

Vocal Settings

A soft voice could be set to 2:1, whereas a loud voice might require
ratio
a ratio setting of 6:1.
The higher the threshold setting, the more signal is required to
thresh
initiate compression. Ideally this should be set to reign in peak
levels, and allow signals of lower gain to pass uncompressed.
Threshold settings will depend on the nature and variety of the
signal source.
Short attack times usually work well for voice. However, too strong
attack
a compression ratio, too low a threshold, and too fast an attack
may attenuate speech consonants, which provide important intel-
ligibility cues to the audience, thus compromising clarity.
Guitar Settings
A high compression ratio (with gain makeup) will add sustain to
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held notes and chords.
Moving the threshold will change the audible thick/thinness of
thresh
the guitar tone, but generally you want to compress all the notes
played.
Be wary of too quick an attack, which may reduce the percussive
attack
attack of the guitar notes.
In general, be wary of too much gain makeup, and too high a compression
ratio, which may make a noisy guitar amplifier more objectionable. Ratio
settings might range from 6 to 19:1, threshold variable, slower attack, soft
knee, output gain boosted slightly to significantly depending on amount
of compression.
Bass Guitar Settings
Set to 4:1
ratio
Set to compress peaks only.
thresh
Quick attack, medium release, hard knee; (try various release
attack
settings, depending on the speed of notes played).
Output boosted slightly.
gain
DE-ESSER
MIC SUPERMODELING
NOTE: Use these settings as a place from which to start, then adjust to your own satisfaction.
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Quick Setups
Soft voice Loud voice
Soft voice Loud voice
Short attack is better for vocals. Be careful not
to over attenuate speech consonants.
Less Sustain More Sustain
Thinner sound Thicker sound
Be wary of too quick an attack, which may re-
duce the percussive attack of the guitar notes.
Less reduction More reduction
Scroll through available microphone settings. See
website for additional downloadable microphones.
NOTE: Mic SuperModeling is not avail-
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