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OVEREASY
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$EPRESSTHISSWITCHTOSELECTTHE/VER%ASYCOMPRESSIONCHARACTERISTIC4HEAMBER4(2%3(/,$
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OPERATESASAHARDKNEECOMPRESSORANDTHEAMBER,%$DOESNOTLIGHT
Compressor THRESHOLD Control and LEDs (BELOW/OVEREASY/ABOVE)
!DJUSTTHISCONTROLTOSETTHETHRESHOLDOFCOMPRESSIONFROMD"TOD")NHARDKNEE
mode, the threshold of compression is defined as the point above which the output level no
longer changes on a 1:1 basis with changes in the input level.
)N/VER%ASYMODETHETHRESHOLDOFCOMPRESSIONISDEFINEDASTHEMIDDLEOFTHE/VER%ASY
threshold region, that is, “half-way” into compression.
4HETHREE4(2%3(/,$,%$SINDICATETHERELATIONSHIPOFTHEINPUTSIGNALLEVELTOTHETHRESHOLD
OFCOMPRESSION4HEGREEN,%$LIGHTSWHENTHESIGNALIS"%,/7THRESHOLDTHERED,%$LIGHTS
WHENTHESIGNALISABOVETHRESHOLDANDTHEYELLOW,%$LIGHTSWHENTHE/6%2%!39SWITCHIS
DEPRESSEDANDTHEINPUTSIGNALISINTHE/6%2%!39RANGE
4HEXS/VER%ASYCOMPRESSIONPERMITSEXTREMELYSMOOTHNATURALSOUNDINGCOMPRESSION
without artifacts, due to the gradual change of compression around the threshold. With
/VER%ASYCOMPRESSIONINPUTSIGNALSBEGINTOGRADUALLYACTIVATETHEXSINTERNALGAIN
CHANGECIRCUITRYASTHEYAPPROACHTHE4(2%3(/,$REFERENCELEVEL4HEYDONOTGETFULLYPRO-
CESSEDBYTHE2!4)/!44!#+AND2%,%!3%CONTROLSUNTILTHEYHAVEPASSEDSOMEWHATABOVE
THE4(2%3(/,$REFERENCELEVEL!STHESIGNALLEVELPASSESTHE4(2%3(/,$LEVELPROCESSING
increases until it is fully processed to the extent determined by the control settings.
In hard-knee mode, the 266xs can provide abrupt compression effects as well as hard-limiting
APPLICATIONS.OTETHATWHENINHARDKNEEMODETHEAMBER,%$WILLNOTLIGHTASTHEINPUT
SIGNALPASSESACROSSTHETHRESHOLD4HESIGNALISEITHERBEINGCOMPRESSEDOVERTHRESHOLDORIT
ISNOTBEINGCOMPRESSEDUNDERTHRESHOLD
NOTE:%VENTHOUGHNOINPUTSIGNALISBEINGAPPLIEDITISNORMALFORTHE,%$STOFLICKERON
when the power is applied or removed.
Compressor RATIO Control
Adjust this control to set the amount of compression applied to the input signal. Clockwise
ROTATIONOFTHISCONTROLINCREASESTHECOMPRESSIONRATIOFROMNOCOMPRESSIONUPTO∞:1
WHERETHECOMPRESSORCANBECONSIDEREDTOBEAPEAKLIMITERESPECIALLYWITHFASTER!44!#+
SETTINGS
7HENANINPUTISABOVETHE4(2%3(/,$SETTINGREFERENCELEVELTHE2!4)/SETTINGDETERMINES
the number of decibels by which the input signal must increase in level to produce a 1dB
increase in the signal level at the output of the 266xs. A setting of 2:1 indicates an input/
OUTPUTRATIOWHEREINAD"INCREASEINSIGNALABOVETHRESHOLDWILLPRODUCEAD"INCREASEIN
output signal. A setting of :1 indicates that an infinite increase in input level would be
required to raise the output level by 1dB.
Section 2
Getting Started
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dbx 266xs