Operation Manual
10
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Envelope section
Attack
The
Attack
control adjusts the speed at which the program (input signal) gain is reduced when a
peak is detected.
The Chan Comp is designed for fast compression with Attack times from 0.02ms to 1.2ms.
Release
The
Release
control sets the speed at which the gain level returns to normal after a transient has
passed.
The Release time ranges from 50ms to 1.2 seconds.
Master section
Bias
The
Bias
control continuously varies between different capacitor values which were used on
various hardware revisions of the hardware on which the Chan Comp is based.
Settings between -25% and +25% result in subtle sonic variations in the compression
characteristics. More extreme settings are useful for driving the compression circuit hard.
Mix
The
Mix
control allows you to blend the final output mix between the input signal (0%) and output
signal (100%).
This is useful for quickly introducing parallel dynamics processing without having to perform extra
routing in your DAW/host, allowing you to achieve the ‘huge’ compressed sound while keeping the
transients of the original signal intact.
Meter section
G.R.
By default, the meter displays the output
level from the compressor.
Activate the
G.R.
button to enable
metering of the amount of gain reduction.
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Master section
Hi Def
By default, all processing in the DCAM Dynamics plugins
is performed at 2x oversampling.
With the
Hi Def
button activated, all processing in the
plugin is performed at 4x oversampling. This achieves
better sounding results but requires more CPU.
Bypass
With the
Bypass
button activated, the plugin is disabled
and the input audio signal passes through unaffected.
Learn
Activating the
Learn
button initiates Learn mode which
allows you to assign MIDI continuous controllers (MIDI
CCs) to DCAM Dynamics' plugin parameters.
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