THE FRONT PANEL
POWER
Press and hold the Power switch until the Gold Channel logo shows, then release.
CARD SLOT
The PCMCIA slot can be used for storing and loading presets. Use Type 1 PC Cards with a minimum 64 KBytes of SRAM, or up to 2MB.
CHANNEL 1 AND 2
The Gold Channel has direct access to all primary functions on the mic- preamp for each channel:
Input gain encoder: Sets the analog input gain along with the PAD button. Everytime you change the input level, the Gain page will pop up, so you can read the exact input gain.
Input: Selects between Microphone,
PAD: Attenuates the input signal by 0, 20, 40 or 60 dB before the analog input gain encoder. (60 dB is shown when 20 + 40 dB LED’s is ON) Note: Set PAD range in the Utility display to get access to 60 dB PAD +48V on/off: Supplying +48V Phantom power to condenser microphones Phase: Inverts the phase of the input signal by 180 o
Locut: Digital Locut filter can be set to off, 60, 80 or 120Hz at
Softclip: The digital soft clipper is placed right after the Input select and just before the Locut filter. When the Active led is blinking, the soft clipper is working on your input signal.
Mute: Is placed right before the main output panner on each channel.
Meter: Switches the 14 segment LED meter between showing Input before the Softclip and output right after the digital Master Output.
Clip: Indicates if overload is detected somewhere in the signal chain
DYN meters: The 2 X 4 LED meters show you the gain reduction for the Expander and Compressor in the Routing.
Bypass: The Expander, Compressor, EQ and Tools keys, work as bypass for each block. With a double click you get access to the parameters of the respective processing block.
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