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User’s Guide

Global Controls

These controls at the top of the GUI include:

• Input level sliders
• Input/output meters
• Left and right (stereo) input source drop-down menu
• Memory A and B select buttons
• Preset select/display
• Menu button

Input Level
Slider

Menu
Button

Preset Selection
& Display

Memory A/B
Buttons

Meter Displays
(In/Out)

Hide Plug-In
Window Button

Stereo Input Source
Drop-down Menu

Note: The Input Source can be set from either the plug-in GUI or the Patch
Configuration Window.

Aux 6

Effect On/Off
Button (upper
left of the GUI)

Click in the display for
drop-down preset list.

Summary of Contents for ADX 100

Page 1: ...U S E R S G U I D E ADX100 Frequency Conscious Gating Compression Limiting and Expansion Plug in for Mackie Digital Mixers TM...

Page 2: ...are hereby acknowledged Part No 820 253 00 Rev A 03 2001 2001 Mackie Designs Inc All Rights Reserved This icon identifies a description of how to perform an action with the mouse This icon identifies...

Page 3: ...Procedure 7 Configuring the Plug in 8 Using the ADX 100 plug in 10 Front Panel Overview 10 Global Controls 11 Noise Gate 13 Expander 17 Compressor Limiter 19 Saving Loading and Resetting a Preset 22 A...

Page 4: ...based in Yorkshire England was founded by Ivor Drawmer in 1981 With twenty years of experience designing dynamics processors Ivor Drawmer s products are world renowned among mastering engineers and a...

Page 5: ...n the microphone and the recording medium This advanced dynamics processor will particularly appeal to engineers recording highly dynamic instruments such as a real drum kit The ADX 100 is a stereo in...

Page 6: ...allation of hardware or software please see their associated user guides or contact Mackie support www mackie com Authorizing the Plug in If you have D8B v 3 0 b206 or greater the plug in is already i...

Page 7: ...need your plug in s serial number which is printed on the floppy disk label 3 To obtain the unlock code have the ESN and plug in serial number ready Then you have two options Log on to the Mackie plug...

Page 8: ...the Plugins menu and select Plugins or Ctrl P on the keyboard 2 In the Plugin Configuration window locate the card slot that contains the UFX card you wish to assign to 3 In the MODE column click the...

Page 9: ...urn channels faders in the EFFECTS bank The return channel is determined by the slot number and whether the effect output is mono or stereo For example a reverb with a mono input and stereo output tha...

Page 10: ...plug in Front Panel Overview The ADX 100 has four main sections Global Controls see page 11 Noise Gate see page 13 Expander see page 17 Compressor Limiter see page 19 Global Controls Noise Gate Compre...

Page 11: ...uttons Preset select display Menu button Input Level Slider Menu Button Preset Selection Display Memory A B Buttons Meter Displays In Out Hide Plug In Window Button Stereo Input Source Drop down Menu...

Page 12: ...utput Meters show the ADX 100 s output levels The level is controlled by the setting of the gain slider in the compressor section Minimize Button The small x button at the top right will hide the plug...

Page 13: ...en the signal level falls below the gate threshold detection level Normally the gate level will be set below the lowest program level so that it will pass all program material Input Signal Noise Floor...

Page 14: ...ctive button when off routes the input signal past the noise gate module without processing Key Filter Noise Gate Expander The Low Frequency filter is variable from 15 6Hz to 22 6kHz and works by seve...

Page 15: ...reshold This sets the level below which gating starts to take place and may be set in the range 63 5 dB to 0 dB For normal noise removal applications it is normal to set the Threshold as low as possib...

Page 16: ...e unwanted signals which are too loud Tip When first attempting a gating implementation the most typically used parameters are threshold and range which offer the most interplay Gate Duck Switches fro...

Page 17: ...ttingly process low level sounds as they have no means of identifying them from noise On a vocal track for example this can lead to the starts or endings of words being accidentally removed especially...

Page 18: ...mprove transparency Attack The Attack time sets the rate at which the expander will respond to input signals that exceed the threshold level This may be set in the range 0 10 ms to 100 ms Release Rele...

Page 19: ...after changing ratio threshold or knee settings Limiter Limiting is basically extreme compression The limiter is set to affect only signals above a certain level This is particularly useful for limiti...

Page 20: ...e used The ratio slider sets the compression ratio from 1 1 to 20 3 1 Knee The Knee parameter is variable between Hard and Soft Knee operation In general the Soft Knee mode provides the least obtrusiv...

Page 21: ...ctivity The Gain control has a range from 15 7 dB to 16 dB Limiter Release This button toggles between preset release times for the Limiter Release presets are 500 200 100 and 50 ms Peak Level This sm...

Page 22: ...from the hard drive You can save and load files from either Memory A or Memory B To Save a Preset 1 Click and hold on the MENU button 2 Select Save User Preset to overwrite the file currently opened 3...

Page 23: ...the MENU button 3 Select Load Drawmer Dynamics to open a file The Load Preset File dialog box appears 4 Click INTERNAL if the file is on the internal drive or click FLOPPY if the file is on a floppy...

Page 24: ...he clipboard memory in case you want to paste them to a new preset The plug in also reverts to its default state it is reset To Copy Preset Settings 1 Click and hold on the MENU button 2 Select Copy T...

Page 25: ...automation tracks on a parameter basis Automation and Snapshot Control On The Console General Note Plug in settings are recalled as part of a console Snapshot but may also be re called as Presets patc...

Page 26: ...dow Card Slot Column Card B Card C Card D no card installed Card A Plug in display toggle Input Channel Assignment Drop down Menu Button Input Source As signment Column Plug in Assign ment Column Clos...

Page 27: ...ls In the diagram below Aux 1 and Aux 2 feed the plug in in stereo and its output is returned to FX 1 and FX 2 If the plug in has a stereo input it is permissible to send the same aux bus to both inpu...

Page 28: ...ayed on the FX return channel meter A plug in channel insert assignment can be made from the Plugin Configuration window or from a drop down menu from the mixer screen This assignment can also be made...

Page 29: ...Bus 1 Send a signal to a D8B mixer input channel MIC LINE or TAPE IN 2 Assign the input channel V Pot GUI Control Pot to an aux Send We have chosen AUX 5 according to the example above 3 Use the AUX...

Page 30: ...re fader source so that the signal level from the aux control is independent of the channel fader position Aux sends are selectable pre or post fader globally all Aux 1 s for instance from the Mix Opt...

Page 31: ...ll also see meter activity associated with these channels FX Channels 1 2 channels 49 50 Stereo plug in The Plug button toggles between Windows menu buttons and FX buttons lower left on the D8B mixer...

Page 32: ...2001 Mackie Designs Inc and Drawmer Advanced Dynamics All Rights Reserved Part No 820 253 00 Rev A 04 2001...

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