5 – Channel modules : Dynamics processors
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Gates (input channels 1–32)
GATE This is an on-screen button, allowing you to
turn the channel gate (1 through 32, inputs only) on
and off. Duplicated in the global section at the right
of the screen.
Threshold (THRESH) , controlled by the POD 1
knob, allows the setting of the threshold at which the
gate will open. Variable from
-80dB to 0dB in 1 dB
steps.
Range (RANGE) , controlled by the POD 2 knob,
sets the gate range, from
60dB to 0dB in 1dB steps.
Gate attack time (ATTACK), controlled by the
POD 3 knob. Variable from
0ms to 125ms in 1ms
steps.
Hysteresis (HYST) , controlled by the POD 4 knob,
from
0dB to 24dB in 1dB steps.
NOTE
Hysteresis is a second threshold. The
Threshold
value is
used when opening the gate, and that of
Hysteresis
, typ-
ically set a few dB lower than
Threshold
, when closing
the gate. This means that once a signal has dropped
below the
Hysteresis
level, it must rise again to the
Threshold
level for the gate to re-open, thus reducing or
eliminating gate “chatter”/
Gate hold time (HOLD) , controlled by the POD 3
knob on the second row. Variable from
0ms to 990ms
in 100 steps.
Gate decay time (DECAY) , controlled by the
POD 4 knob on the second row. Variable from
50ms
to
5.0s.
Compressor/expanders
COMP/EXPAND This is an on-screen button,
allowing you to turn the channel compressor/
expander on and off. Duplicated in the global section
at the right of the screen.
Insert point (INS PNT) allows the compressor/
expander to be inserted either pre-EQ or post-EQ
(channels 1 through 32—buss, aux and stereo are
pre-fader only). Move the cursor to this field and use
the
ENTER key to change this setting.
The link and trigger settings work in the same way as
for the gate (see above).
Threshold (THRESH), controlled by the POD 1
knob, and variable from
-48dB to 0dB in 1 dB steps.
Compression/expansion ratio (RATIO), con-
trolled by the POD 2 knob, and variable from
1:1 to
∞:1 (infinite compression).
The steps are as follows:
1.00:1, 1.05:1, 1.11:1, 1.18:1,
1.25:1, 1.33:1, 1.43:1, 1.54:1, 1.67:1, 1.82:1, 2.00:1, 2.22:1,
2.50:1, 2.86:1, 3.33:1, 4.00:1, 5.00:1, 6.67:1, 10.0:1, 20.0:1,
∞:1.
When the processor is used as an expander, the val-
ues are
: 1.00, 2.00, 4.00, 8.00, 16.0, 32.0, 64.0.
Attack time (ATTACK), controlled by the POD 3
knob, and variable from
0ms to 125ms in 1ms steps.
Release time (RELEASE), controlled by the POD 4
knob, and variable from
5ms to 5.0s in 100 steps.
Decay time Step size
5 ms to 200 ms 5 ms
200 ms to 300 ms 10 ms
300 ms to 500 ms 20 ms
500 ms to 1.00 s 50 ms
1.00 s to 3.00 s 0.1 s
3.00 s to 5.00 s 0.2 s
Release time Step size
5 ms to 200 ms 5 ms
200 ms to 300 ms 10 ms
300 ms to 500 ms 20 ms
500 ms to 1.00 s 50 ms
1.00 s to 3.00 s 0.1 s
3.00 s to 5.00 s 0.2 s
