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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR GAMBIT | UPDATE |
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UPDATE HISTORY
Update from DS1 to DS1- MK2 v1.0 or v1.1
Themaindifferencebetweenthesetwoversions istheabilityoftheDS1MK2toaccept88.2/ 96kHzinputsignals.ContrarytotheDS1,where doublesamplingprocessingwasonlyusedin compressormode,theDS1MK2nowusesinter nalupanddownsamplingstagesandallproc essingisat88.2/96kHz.
Thereisacompletelynewfeatureavailablein theDS1MK2,theupwardexpander.Thisisthe logicalextensionofthecompressor.Justturn theratiocontrollercounterclockwisetoexperi encethisnewsound.Newscalerangeonp.26.
TheDeEssersectionhasbeenenhancedwitha newcrossover,whichcoversthewholeaudio bandwidth(theDS1used271Hzaslowestcut offfrequency,theDS1MK2cannowbetuned downto41Hz).Newscalerangeonp.25.
Andforthosewholikeithot,thereisanew peaklimitersectionaddedinseriestothecom pressor/deesser,whichcutsdownspikes above0.0dBFS.Readaboutitsoperationonp.8.
Update from DS1-MK2 v1.0 or v1.1 to DS1-MK2 v1.3
Themainnewenhancementistheparallelcom pressoroption.Toreadaboutoperatingand optionsoftheparallelcompressor,turntop.14. Thiswayofusingacompressorwasmotivated byBobKatz,hereiswhathesaysaboutiton theMasteringWebboard:
“Youwantapatchthatcompresseswithout
stompingontheattacksatall,preservestran sientsbutgivesyougreatinnerdetail?...
Youhaveonecontrol,onecontrolonly,andthat
istheoutputlevelofthecompressor[gain
makeup],the‘sidechain’.Youcanbringoutin
nerdetailswithoutlosingbreathing,andhardly
affectingtheupperdynamicsatall.Worksgreat.
Notjustgreat,absolutelyfantastically.Fattens bassinstrumentswithoutcausingbreathingor pumping.Younameit,itworksverywell.
Variations:UseitliketheDolbySpectralEnhan
cer,bysplitband[parallel]compression,sothat
(forexample)highfrequencyinnerdetailsatlow
levelsareenhanced.”
Theotherchangeinarchitectureistheaddition ofasecondgainbeforethesafetylimiter,re ferredtoasprelimitergain.Theoldoverallgain isalsostillavailable.Readonp.8.
Also,thescalesofthegain,gainmakeupand ratioparametershasbeenmodifiedtosuitcus tomerfeedback.Newvaluesonp.26.
Update from DS1-MK2 v1.3 to DS1-MK2 v2.0
Inthev2.0versionPOWRditheringcapabilities
havebeenadded.Theditheringmenunowhasa
"setup"entrywhichgivesyouaccesstothe
threePOWRalgorithms.
Update from DS1-MK2 v2.0 to DS1-MK2 v2.1
NewFeature:SafetyLimiterisnowalsoofauto
releasetype.Nochangestotheuserinterface.
Update from DS1-MK2 v2.x to DS1-MK3 (v3.0)
AfterseveralyearsoftheDS1’suseinmastering andrecordingstudiosworldwidewehavegath eredandimplementedalistofmostwanted featuressuggestedbyourcustomers.
Theseinclude:
-Gangedorungangedcontrol,i.e.independent
parametersinL/RorM/Spossible
-M/SorL/Rprocessing
-Switchablesidechainlink
-ContinuouslyvariablesignalsensingfromPeak to800msRMS
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