Front Panel
OverEasy® Switch: OverEasy® provides a smooth transition from the com- pressor’s linear region to the compressed region. This smooth transition greatly reduces compression artifacts and allows faster attack times and higher com- pression ratios while still maintaining the natural characteristics of the signal. The switch lights to indicate OverEasy® processing is enabled. Figure 1 below illustrates the the input/output relationships for OverEasy® operation. Figure 2 illustrates the same for hard knee operation. When conventional hard knee pro- cessing is desired, disable the OverEasy® function
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OUTPUT LEVEL (dB)
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INPUT LEVEL (dB)
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INPUT LEVEL (dB)
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THRESHOLD LEDs: These three LEDs indicate the relationship of the input signal level to the threshold of compression. The green “below”
COMPRESSION RATIO Control: This control selects the ratio between input and output levels for signals above the threshold. Rotate this control clockwise to increase the amount of compression from 1:1 (no compression) up to infini- ty:1 (no increase in output level, regardless of input level increases above threshold); further clockwise rotation increases compression into the INFINI- TY+™ region, up to a maximum of
OUTPUT GAIN Control: Adjust this control to vary the amount of fixed gain (up to ±20 dB) in the 262’s output amplifier stage. The OUTPUT GAIN control does not interact with the threshold of compression.
GAIN REDUCTION Meter: This
STEREO COUPLE Switch and LED: This switch changes the 262 from two independent compressors into a stereo compressor. In Stereo mode, Channel 1
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