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MULTICOM PRO MDX4400

1. INTRODUCTION		6
1.1 Technical Background		7
1.1.1	Noise As A Physical Phenomenon	7
1.1.2	What Are Audio Dynamics?	7
1.1.3	Compressors/Limiters	9

2. THE DESIGN CONCEPT		10
2.1	High Quality Components And Design	10
2.2	Inputs And Outputs	10
	2.2.1 Balanced Inputs And Outputs	10

3. INSTALLATION		11
3.1	Rack Mounting	11
3.2	Mains Voltage	11
3.3	Audio Connections	11
3.4	Selecting The Operating Level	12

4. CONTROLS		13
4.1	The Front Panel Control Elements	13
4.4	Rear Panel Control Elements Of The MULTICOM PRO	15
5. APPLICATIONS		16
5.1	Compression/Leveling/Limiting/Clipping	16
5.2	Compressor Section	17
	5.2.1 Initial Settings For The Compressor Section	18
	5.2.2 The MULTICOM PRO As A Sound Effects Unit	18
	5.2.3 The “Muffling” Effect Of A Compressor	18
5.3	Peak Limiter Section	19
	5.3.1 Initial Settings For The Peak Limiter Section	19
6. SPECIAL APPLICATIONS		20
6.1	Using The MULTICOM PRO For Recording And Cassette Duplication	20
	6.1.1 The MULTICOM PRO In Digital Recording And Sampling	20
	6.1.2 The MULTICOM PRO In Mastering	20
6.2	The MULTICOM PRO as a protective device	20
	6.2.1 Protection Of A System With A Passive Crossover	21
	6.2.2 Protection Of A System With An Active Crossover	21
	6.2.3 Improving The Sound Of A Processor System	21
6.3	The MULTICOM PRO In Broadcast	22
7. SPECIFICATIONS		23
8. WARRANTY		25

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