Edelweiss DS1-MK3 manual Update from DS1 to DS1- MK2 v1.0 or, Update from DS1-MK2 v1.3 to DS1-MK2

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