Specifications

Processing Parameters

'GATE THRESHOLD' The gate function prevents 'suck-up' of noise during periods of silence or low level

audio. The level can be adjusted to turn on when the input drops to a level from -20dB to -40dB. The

gate can also be switched off or forced on. The gate when turned on will cause the gain reduction to

move towards the level set by the RTR LEVEL control and to move towards that level at the rate set by

the RTR speed control.

'B1<B2 COUPLING' Sets the amount of coupling between the band 2 gain reduction system and the

band 1 gain reduction system. This is adjustable from 0dB to 15dB with an option for no coupling (OFF)

This coupling is uni-directional, band 2 into 1.

'B3<B4 COUPLING' Sets the amount of coupling between the band 3 gain reduction system and the

band 4 gain reduction system. This is adjustable from 0dB to 15dB with an option for no coupling (OFF)

This coupling is uni-directional, band 3 into 4.

'CHANNEL COUPLING' Couples the Left channel control system to the Right channel control system

so that the either channels gain reduction can not increase any more than a certain dB above the other

channel gain reduction, helping to preserve stereo balance. This is adjustable from 0dB to 15dB with an

option for no coupling (OFF).

'B1-4'

'ATTACK' Controls the attack rate of the AGC, the time the AGC takes to respond to an increase of

input level. The attack time can be varied between 1 and 10 which corresponds to 100 ms to 30 s on

a semi-exponential scale.

'DECAY' Controls the release/decay rate of the AGC, the time the AGC takes to respond to a

decrease of input level. The DECAY time can be varied between 1 and 10 which corresponds to 100

ms to 30 s on a semi-exponential scale.

'XOVER' menu provides the user with another tool in creating their sonic signature.

'B1-2 XOVER' Sets the B1-2 Xover point to one of five frequencies.

'B2-3 XOVER' Sets the B2-3 Xover point to one of five frequencies.

'B3-4 XOVER' Sets the B3-4 Xover point to one of five frequencies.

The 'ENHANCE' menu contains the low frequency enhancement filters which are used to provide bass

enhancement and help overcome the bass reduction effect of multi-band compression.

‘DEEP BASS’ A 12dB/octave shelving bass equalizer that provides between 0 and 12dB of bass boost.

Use this control with caution as too much low frequency bass boost can cause loss of mid-bass because

the very low frequency bass, often inaudible on many receivers dominates the gain reduction of the

BAND 1 AGC and limiter. A setting of 6dB is a good compromise and starting point.

'BASS TUNE' Adjusts multiple points in the dynamics control system, allowing you to control the 'flavour'

of the bass.

‘PEAKING BASS EQUALIZER’ A pseudo parametric style bass equalizer control that allows you to

sweet tune the bass. Four frequencies, amplitudes and Q's are provided giving you 64 different bass

curves to select from. Frequencies selectable: 60Hz, 76Hz, 95Hz and 120Hz. Q's selectable: 0.4, 1, 2

and 4. Gains selectable: 0, 1.5dB, 3dB, 4.5dB, 6dB.

The 'MULTI-BAND LIMITERS' peak limit each of the bands to prevent distortion in the processors clipping

peak control system.

‘MASTER LIMITER DRIVE’ Sets the drive into the multi-band xover that generates the six bands of

audio. This control allows a +/- 6dB adjustment.

'B1-6'

'DRIVE' Controls the drive into the limiter. The drive can be increased or decreased by up to 12dB.

'THRESHOLD' Sets the limiter threshold. If audio is below threshold, there will be no gain reduction.

Audio signals that go above will be attenuated. Threshold level can be varied between -6dB to +6dB