Edelweiss DS1-MK3 manual In- put Comp Pre-Limiter Output GainGain + x Safety Out- put

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR GAMBIT DE-ESSER/COMPRESSOR DS1-MK3 OPERATION

Parallel Compressor		beforelimiting.
TheDS1MK3canbeusedinparallelcompres		Parallel band selective compression
		(Graphic20):Toaddevenmoresubtlecom
sionmode,wherethecompressedsignalis
		pression,thecompressedsignalcanbefiltered
addedtothestraightsignal.
		beforecompression.Usingthemonitorfunction,
How to activate parallel compression:Touch		onecanlistentothefilteredsignalforoptimal
thegain/datacontroller(	￿	crossoversetup.
	).Inthemenuthat
appears,markthecheckboxwithsoftkeyA.		Why parallel compression?
Whenusingparallelcompression,theDS1MK3
isabletoruninfrequencyselectiveorinfull		ReadthisquotefromBobKatzfromtheMaster
bandmode.		ingWebboard:
		“Youwantapatchthatcompresseswithout
input	output	peak / over
meter	meter	hold

In- put

Comp.

Pre-Limiter Output

GainGain

+ x Safety x

Limiter

Out- put

Graphic 18: Parallel Full Range Compression

Graphic 19: Parallel Compression on/off (Key A)

Parallel full band compression:Ascanbe seenintheschematic(Graphic18),theinput signalandthecompressedsignalareadded together.Thegainmakeupvaluecanbeusedto controltheamountofcompressedsignal.The prelimitergaincanbeusedtoscalethemix

			input
			meter
In-	Cross-	band
		pass	Comp.
put	over

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.”Thelastparagraphrefers

toparallelbandselectivecompression(cross overinhighpassmode).

Graphic 20: Parallel band selective compression

output				peak / over
meter	Pre-Limiter		Output	hold
	Gain		Gain	Out-
+	x	Safety	x
		Limiter		put

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