AMS 8051 specifications Bypass

8051 5.1 Compressor User Guide

Bypass

All channels have relay bypass. Bypass is from the output of the LFE filter to the input of the Output Level Control *.

100				FILTER TO CHANNEL
80	120
Hz
	IN/OUT	1	2	3	4	5	6
0	0			BYPASS

				1	2	3	4	5	6
			MST	M
15 1/2	15	15 5/6	15			SIDECHAIN LINK
0		0		1	2	3	4	5	6
				A	A	A	A	A	A
				1	2	3	4	5	6
15	15	15	15	B	B	B	B	B	B
3		4
	SC TRIMS dB				SIDECHAIN FILTER

		IN/OUT		1	2	3	4	5	6
	100					CONTROL LINK
80	120
Hz		EXT	1		2	3	4	5	6
		A		A	A	A	A	A	A
		CTRL
		EXT	1		2	3	4	5	6
	Neve	B		B	B	B	B	B	B
		CTRL

If a channel routed to a sidechain is bypassed, its connection to the sidechain is maintained. This means that other channels controlled by that sidechain are unaffected and allows a channel to control others without being compressed itself (as though it were another key input).

Two bypass modes are available, single or master. In single mode each switch bypasses its respective channel. In master mode all channels are controlled together from the channel 1 bypass button.

Master mode is toggled by pressing and holding the channel 1 bypass switch and is indicated by the MST LED to the left of channel 1 being lit. If individual channels are placed in Bypass mode, the Master Bypass function then becomes a Group Bypass control for the remaining channels.

￿* In Master Mode individual channels can be deselected from the master group and will remain in local bypass indicated by permanently lit bypass buttons.

￿* The elements outside the bypass loop are designed to be audibly transparent. Typical distortion in bypass is <0.0008% at 1kHz, typical 20Hz-20kHz band noise is <-90dBu.

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