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Quick Start Guide
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A quick overview of the controls
Siz zle
Add s “p u nc h” an d “a ir” to
the s ig n al, e sp ec ia lly u s eful
for b as s s ou n ds . I t p uts a
h ig h- pa s s filte r be for e the
c om pr es s or ’s de te cto r, a n d
a dd s a b it o f H F EQ on th e
o utpu t.
Thr es ho ld se ts
the lev e l wh e re
the c om p re ss o r star ts
wor king on th e sign a l. At th e
“5 o’ clo ck ” s etting , the
thr es ho ld is high a n d th e re ’s
n o co mp r es sio n; tur n
c ou nter - cloc k wise f o r m o r e
c om pr es s io n ( an d le s s
o utpu t) .
Rear Panel
Plu g th e p owe r ad ap ter in
h er e.
The Mod Link co nnec tor s le t
y ou a rr a ng e s ev er al Mo dFX
u nits in a c h ain, with ou t
h av in g to us e inp ut an d
o utpu t c ab le s ins id e the
c ha in .
Loo k Ahe ad
Loo ks a t the digita l s ig n al
s ev er al millise co nd s b efo re it
is pr oc e ss ed , to an tic ip a te
p ea ks . Re du c es the atta c k
tim e to le ss th an z e ro .
Attac k se ts h o w mu c h time
will pa s s after a p e ak is
d etec te d b efo re the sign a l is
c om pr es s ed . Tu rn c loc kwise
to le t m or e a ttac k thr ou g h,
c ou nter - cloc k wise to
c om pr es s a ll pe ak s.
BYPASS le ts s ign al pa ss
thr ou gh with o ut a ny
c om pr es s io n.
The FOO T SWI TCH ma y be
c on ne cte d to an y mo m en ta r y
p ed al, to en g ag e th e BYPASS
fun ctio n .
I NPUTS a nd O U TPUTS a re
s ta nd ar d 1 /4 ” lin e- lev el
jac ks .
Typ e se le cts the kind o f
c om pr es s io n the S ma s hu p
will em u la te . Se ve r al
d iffe re n t an a lo g co m pr es s io n
typ es a r e mo d eled . Se e p ag e
3 0.
Relea se
d eter min es
h ow q uic kly
the
c om pr es s or
will “le t go ”
o f th e s ig na l
a fter le ve ls
h av e fa lle n
b elow th e
thr es ho ld.
Tur n co u nter -
c lo ck wis e fo r
fas te r r elea s es .
O utput
inc re as e s th e
o utpu t lev el.
U se this to inc re as e the sign al
to no rm a l le v els after it h as
b ee n co m pr es s ed .
Sig na l LED
Whe n th is lig hts gr e en , the
S ma sh up is g e ttin g a n in p ut
s ig na l. Whe n it’ s r ed , it’ s
s ee in g too m u ch lev e l...s o
tur n do wn th e ins tr u me nt...
...or th e TRI M co ntro l h er e
o n th e b ac k p an el.
I f yo u’ r e us ing a Mo dLin k
c ha in , y ou o n ly n ee d to
c on ne ct to th e firs t u nit’s
inp ut, a nd th e la st un it’ s
o utpu t.