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179 PRO X User Manual
Side chain
You can manipulate the side chain lter from the side chain section (channel strip and GUI). The side chain lter is a swept band pass type, which acts on the dynamics
side chains of the compressor and gate, and covers the full audio spectrum.
Graphs showing the eects of the
three lter Q options, selected via the
WIDTH button
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Compressor
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Side chain controls for the input channels on the control surface and GUI
Item Control Function
1 IN switch Switches the side chain lter into the signal path.
2 freq control knob
Adjusts the side chain lter frequency in the range 50Hz to 15kHz. (Visually, this moves the envelope on the
graph left or right.)
3 WIDTH button
Changes the lter Q. There are three options, and the eects of each are shown in the side chain graph (see above). This is
only enabled when the side chain lter is switched on.
4 MENU button
Opens the Select Side-Chain Source window from which you can select the side chain source for the selected input
channel. Pressing this button with the Select Side-Chain Source window open, closes the window.
5
LISTEN/[LSTN]
switch
Places the side chain pushbutton onto the channel lter bus, allowing the audio signal to be monitored via headphones.
This, eectively, replaces the channel solo audio path with a post-lter (pre-dynamic) signal.
6 Graph Shows the eects of the side chain lter on the signal.
7
Side chain
source eld
Shows you where the side chain of the compressor/gate is sourced from. If you see the text “Unassigned” here, it means that
a source hasn’t been assigned.
8 source button Opens the Patching screen, so that you can select the sidechain source.