User Manual DYN 3000 NATIVE / DYN 3000-DT Midas-Powered High-End Dynamics Channel Plug-In with Optional Hardware Desktop Controller V 1.
DYN 3000 User Manual Table of Contents Important Safety Instructions....................................... 3 Legal Disclaimer.............................................................. 3 Limited warranty............................................................. 3 1. Introduction................................................................ 4 2. Plug-in Installation..................................................... 5 2.1 Installation on a PC....................................................
DYN 3000 User Manual Important Safety Instructions Terminals marked with this symbol carry electrical current of sufficient magnitude to constitute risk of electric shock. Use only high-quality professional speaker cables with ¼" TS or twist-locking plugs pre-installed. All other installation or modification should be performed only by qualified personnel.
DYN 3000 User Manual 1. Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your TC Electronic DYN 3000. The DYN 3000 Compressor/Gate plug-in is part of the Icon Series of plug-ins. In combination with an optional dedicated Desktop Controller, it takes mixing audio to a new level. The DYN 3000 is a truly versatile compressor and gate effect for both channel, bus, and master operation, based on the Midas Heritage consoles.
DYN 3000 User Manual 2. Plug-in Installation The combined DYN 3000 plug-in installer for both the NATIVE and DT Desktop Controller products can be downloaded from the following page: www.tcelectronic.com/dyn3000-dt/support Note: If your DAW fails to detect the newly-installed plugin, this can often be fixed by adding the following paths to the Plug-in Manager (or similar) of the DAW. The default paths on a PC are "C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST2" and "C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3" for VST2 and
DYN 3000 User Manual 3. Activate your DYN 3000 iLok license 3.1 Activation when you have purchased the NATIVE version Step 1: Install iLok The first step is to create an iLok user account at www.iLok.com and install the PACE iLok License Manager on your computer if it’s your first time using iLok.
DYN 3000 User Manual 4.2 Operating the DYN 3000 4.5 Plug-in and Hardware Controls After you have installed the plug-in, activated the iLok license, and optionally connected the DYN 3000-DT Desktop Controller via USB, you can begin inserting the plug-in to your tracks. After you have installed the plug-in, activated the iLok license, and optionally connected the DYN 3000-DT desktop controller hardware unit via USB, you can begin using it.
DYN 3000 User Manual 4.6 Connection Status to the Hardware Unit The TC Icon family all use the same method to show the connection status between the plug-in and the hardware unit. Connection status is indicated on the lower left side of the plug-in window. Successful connection is indicated with a green chain icon. The Tooltips area will show the plug-in instance name that the hardware unit is currently connected to. This is often the DAW channel name.
DYN 3000 User Manual 5. User Interface • Sidechain filter views and Real-Time signal Spectrum The DYN 3000 is controlled using the plug-in, or by using the optional hardware unit (when you have purchased the DT version).
DYN 3000 User Manual 5.2 Meters At the right hand edge: • Input meters and Output meters with peak indicators At the bottom left: • Connection status "Chain" icon • Connection status message and Tool Tips The PPM meters (Peak Program Meters) at the far right include a very accurate Peak-Hold function. CAUTION: You must ensure that no peaks exceed 0dBFS. These peaks will be shown in red for a short time, before decaying. Keep an eye on them, and do something about it if you see them.
DYN 3000 User Manual 5.3 The DYN 3000 Compressor • The DYN 3000 is divided into two dynamic processor blocks: the compressor and gate. The GUI treats both blocks independently, highlighted by different colored controls: Purple for gate settings, and yellow, green, blue, or orange for compressor settings (depending on the compressor type). Envelope Mode selection - selects compressor type.
DYN 3000 User Manual 5.3.1 Threshold The threshold adjusts the operating point of the compressor. Signals that go over this point, or over-threshold, will be affected by compressor action. Signals that stay below threshold will not trigger any compression although they may still be affected by compression releases from previous over-threshold signals. Note: The Threshold control has a helpful display of the signal level on the inner ring, and the Threshold level on the outer ring.
DYN 3000 User Manual 5.3.7 Sidechain Filter A low-cut filter and band-pass filter are provided to act on the sidechain signals. This can be used to make the compression frequency-selective. RTA Compressor Filter Listen Engage/Disengage the Sidechain Filter To engage or disengage the sidechain compressor filter, either double-click on the compressor handle in the graph, or click on the small button next to the FREQ control.
DYN 3000 User Manual EXT: External Source, the DYN 3000 compressor will be triggered by the levels of a different track than the plug-in is applied to. The selection of the external source for the sidechain is set using your DAW. The compressor will still affect the track that the plug-in is applied to, but it will be triggered by the audio of the external source. Its effect will depend upon the settings of the sidechain filter, such as its bandwidth, or low cut slope, and the frequency.
DYN 3000 User Manual Sidechain Real-Time Analyzer (RTA) The Real-Time Analyzer in the sidechains of the DYN 3000 is an informative version of well-known and popular spectrum analyzers. This does not mean that we present more information than you need, which is often seen with popular analyzers on the market where the spectrum in the high frequencies nearly looks like ‘grass’. In the same analyzers, there is often little useful low frequency information to benefit from. 5.3.
DYN 3000 User Manual Parallel Compression Parallel, upward, or New York compression is a widely used and great-sounding compression technique. The Dry signal is mixed with the Compressed signal, and the two signals are timealigned perfectly within the DYN 3000, eliminating any potential phase issues. This is something that can be a challenge in some DAWs, and it makes the DYN 3000 perfectly suited for placing as an insert on either a channel, a sub-mix bus or the master bus output. 5.3.
DYN 3000 User Manual Adaptive Mode (exponential RMS - accurate) This is a root-mean-square (RMS) sensing compressor with exponential attack and release. The RMS averaging process interacts with the attack and release to produce a very adaptive envelope character. This allows faster attacks on large (overthreshold) signal changes and produces slower attacks on small signal changes, regardless of attack time setting.
DYN 3000 User Manual Vintage Mode (adaptive peak - bright) Knee This is a peak-sensing compressor with a partially adaptive nature. It produces extremely subtle attack and release curves during the onset of compression that are largely independent of the envelope control settings.
DYN 3000 User Manual 5.4 The DYN 3000 Gate The second processor block in the DYN 3000 is the gate. It is shown in Purple for all settings and processing views. Swapping between the gate and compressor blocks can be done via the headline/panes in the controls section or via clicking the filter handles in the sidechain view.
DYN 3000 User Manual 5.4.1 Threshold The threshold adjusts the operating point of the gate. Signals that go below this point, or under-threshold, will be affected by gate action. Note: It is opposite for the Ducker Gate mode. Note that the Threshold control has a helpful display of the signal level on the inner ring, and the Threshold level on the outer ring. This display is different for the Ducker Gate, compared to the Normal and Transient Gates.
DYN 3000 User Manual 5.4.7 Mode There are three available Gate types that can be selected from the Mode dropdown menu. Gate Type • Normal • Transient • Ducker • Normal Gate - this is for standard noise and cross-talk gating tasks • Transient Gate - this is similar to the Normal gate but includes the transient envelope accent, which is applied to the signal when crossing the threshold.
DYN 3000 User Manual Range and Threshold (Ducker Gate) The Ducker gate works in the opposite way than the Normal gate or Transient gate. The Ducker could also be considered a kind of two-state compressor (either compressing or not), which can be useful in special cases and with some content. Adjusting the timing parameters will soften the behaviour. Ou tp ut =I Output Signal np ut 5.4.9 Gate Graphs The graphs below show the effect of the gate threshold and range parameters.
DYN 3000 User Manual • Upper slope: The portion of the graph after the Threshold shows that the primary track is reduced by the amount set by the Range control, allowing the secondary track to be heard 5.4.10 History The History button in the lower right of the compressor graph display enables a scrolling view of the potentially filtered Gate sidechain signal along with the gain reduction. This is an informative view of how the input signal, the sidechain filter and the gate settings will interact.
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DYN 3000 User Manual Page Order 6.1 Compressor Page 1 6.2 Compressor Page 2 • Ratio/Attack dial: Sets the compression Ratio. Range is from infinity 1:1 to INF:1 • Ratio/Attack dial: Sets the compressor Attack time. Range is from 0.2 ms to 40 ms • Threshold/Release dial: Sets the compression Threshold. Range is from 0 dBFS to -60 dBFS • Threshold/Release dial: Sets the compressor Release time. Range is from 0.05 s to 3.00 s • Gain/Hold dial: Sets the compression Make-Up gain.
DYN 3000 User Manual 6.3 Compressor Page 3 6.4 Compressor Sidechain Page 4 • Ratio/Attack dial: Toggles the Presence function and Parallel compression on/off • Threshold/Release dial: Sets the Presence Gain or Parallel compression Mix parameter. Presence Gain range is from -30 dB to -3 dB.
DYN 3000 User Manual 6.5 Gate Page 1 6.7 Gate Sidechain Page 3 • Ratio/Attack dial: Sets the gate Range. Values from minus infinity to 0 dB • • Threshold/Release dial: Sets the gate Threshold. Range is from 0 dBFS to -80 dBFS Ratio/Attack dial: Sets the gate sidechain filter width/type. Low Cut, 6 or 12 dB/Octave. Wide, Medium, or Narrow Bell (2 Oct , 1 Oct and 0.3 Oct) • • Gain/Hold dial: Sets the Transient gate Accent amount.
DYN 3000 User Manual 7. Presets The presets menu is divided into Factory Presets and User Presets: The DYN 3000 offers a collection of factory presets, as well as the option to create and save your own custom settings as user presets and favourites. 7.1 Factory Presets Note that most DAWs have a built-in preset function that appears on every plugin, which is often found at the top of the plug-in window.
DYN 3000 User Manual 7.3 Presets and the optional hardware unit 7.4 Favorite Presets Presets can also be recalled from the hardware unit by navigating to the Global Settings Page. Creating your own presets will make them accessible from the Preset menu, but they will only appear in the list of 100 presets in the plug-in or hardware unit if you set them as a favorite. This is done by assigning a favorite slot number to the preset using the Favorite menu.
DYN 3000 User Manual Browse Favorites Only The 'Browse Favorites Only' option in the preset menu allows the UP/DOWN arrows in the bottom bar of the plug-in, or via the hardware unit, to scroll only through the favorites list. Otherwise, scrolling goes through all presets. 8. Software Updates New versions of the software may be released to add new features and improve performance. Updates can be detected from the plug-in directly and can be installed after download from the website.
DYN 3000 User Manual 9. Specifications Sound Processing Processing versatile compressor and gate for channel, bus and master. Presence function and parallel compression. Flexible sidechain filtering Operation Mono, stereo Analysis Scrolling history and constant-Q real time analyzer Sample rates 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192 kHz Software Support Operating systems Mac OS X 10.
DYN 3000 User Manual FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION COMPLIANCE INFORMATION TC Electronic DYN 3000-DT Responsible Party Name: Music Tribe Commercial NV Inc. Address: 901 Grier Drive Las Vegas, NV 89118 USA Phone Number: +1 747 237 5033 DYN 3000-DT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
