Owner's manual

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The Mastering Compressor!
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OPTICAL SECTION
The!Optical!Section!is!the!first!gain!reduction!circuit!in!the!Maste rin g!C o mpresso r .!The!
compressor!is!characterized!by!its!very!musical!compression!circuit!featuring!a!slow!attack!
and!a!two?stage!release.!The!initial!eighty!percent!of!compression!is!rele a se d !ve ry !qu ic k ly ,!
whilst!the!remaining!twenty!percent!takes!over!a!second!to!recover,!varying!slightly!with!the!
amount!of!attenuation!applied.!Modeling!the!Optical!Se ction!w ith!its!unique!electro?
lumines ce nt !optical!attenuator!was!certainly!the!biggest!challenge!during!the!production!of!
the!Mastering !Com p ress or!Plu gin.!
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This!control!provides!post?compression!make?up!gain!or!attenuation!using!a!
24?position!rotary!switch.!The!gain!control!provides!greater!accuracy!around!unity!gain,!
which!occurs!roughly!at!position!“7”,!and!o ffe r s !co arser !adjustment!towards!more!
extreme!settings.!
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This!control!determines!at!what!input!level!compression!begins!to!occur.!The!compressor!
operates!with!a!fixed!ratio!of!2:1,!so!compression!is!achieved!by!lowering!the!threshold!into!a!
range!in!which!it!begins!to!attenuate.!M inimu m !com pression !occurs!at!“1”!and !max imu m !
compression!occurs!at!“24”.!
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