Select the Limiter Block to access the Limiter page.
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Select the Delay block to access the delay page.
Page 1: ...USER S MANUAL DS CP25 Multi Band Compressor USB USB 482mm 19 DIGITAL DIGITAL DS CP25 L IN R IN L OUT R OUT LCOMP RCOMP USB...
Page 2: ...oduction Introduction Thank you for choosing a Galaxy DSPOT Digital Signal Processor You have joined hundreds of thousands of other satisfied Galaxy customers Since 1977 Galaxy Audio s professional ex...
Page 3: ...ates that dangerous voltage Constituting a risk of electric shock is present within this unit This symbol indicates that there are important Operating and maintenance instructions in the Literature Ac...
Page 4: ...r 2 Key 4 Enter Key 5 Escape Key 6 Utility Key 7 Parameter 3 Key 8 Left Input EQ Edit Mute Key 9 Right Input EQ Edit Mute Key 10 Left Output LIM COMP Edit Bypass Key 11 Right Output LIM COMP Edit Bypa...
Page 5: ...ialization the DS CP25 will show current preset if any available Otherwise if no presets available it will start showing Preset 01 Also the DS CP25 can work as a 2 or 3 multi band compressor or as Mon...
Page 6: ...and held for more than two seconds Input Channels LIN or RIN are either muted or unmuted The red LED will illuminate when the Channel is muted When the MUTE LED is OFF then the related Input Channel...
Page 7: ...editing environment of the Compressor 3 the environment will be no longer accessible in the all compressor s parameters and to edit the Monoband compressor will be necessary to access the editing envi...
Page 8: ...the Unit was switched off will be MUTED or UNMUTED automatically meaning the DS CP25 will have no active Outputs or active Outputs during the start up process depending on the Outputs previous status...
Page 9: ...unning on the DS CP25 SYSTEM UTILITY Input Routing Input Routing Source Analog SYSTEM UTILITY Software Version 8 Program Utilities Sub menu this sub menu allows you to access several options related t...
Page 10: ...otating the PM3 encoder it is possible to scroll through the previously saved presets and the available empty locations identi ed by Empty Memory If no user presets are stored the Save a Program scree...
Page 11: ...need to load it with the Recall a Program procedure If during the Preset Storing process you want to overwrite an existing memory location select this location in the Save a Program page then ENTER a...
Page 12: ...Delete a Program 10 Light Comp 3b Delete a Program 10 Program 11 For example if we want to delete the preset 10 Light Comp 3b the screen will be the following Con rming the deletion by pressing ENTER...
Page 13: ...mple which shows the selected interface as USB Interface Setup Source USB INTERFACE UTILITY Interface Setup 12 Security Sub menu this sub menu allows the User to set the parameters shown lock the DS C...
Page 14: ...one entered in the Enter Password page the following screen will appear Enter Password DSCP25 UTILITY MENU Security Utilities Con rm Password DSCP25 13 If the con rmed PASSWORD is the right one the fo...
Page 15: ...ill turn RED To UNMUTE the input from the MUTE condition press the EQ Edit Mute button again for more than 3 seconds Note All parameter editing can be done using the NAV PM1 PM2 and PM3 encoders The c...
Page 16: ...Bessel Filter 12dB Oct Slope Butwrth 18dB Butterworth Filter 18dB Oct Slope Butwrth 24dB Butterworth Filter 24dB Oct Slope Lnk Ril 24dB Linkwitz Riley Filter 24dB Oct Slope Bessel 24dB Bessel Filter 2...
Page 17: ...the lter s type it is necessary to have the lter s GAIN 0 0dB then using the PM2 encoder rotate it clockwise in order to decide the Peaking lter s Bandwidth or counter clockwise to select the Shelvin...
Page 18: ...e Center Frequency of the Parametric Filter can be edited using the NAV PM1 encoder the BW the PM2 encoder and the Gain the PM3 encoder Center Frequency the selectable frequencies range is from 20Hz t...
Page 19: ...AV PM1 encoder Note Once the desired High Shelving lter is selected the PM3 can then be used to select the desired GAIN and when the GAIN is set at a value different from 0 0dB then the lter type cann...
Page 20: ...om the BYPASSED condition press the Lim Comp Edit Bypass button again for more than 3 seconds Note All parameter editing can be done using the NAV PM1 PM2 and PM3 encoders and the current shown value...
Page 21: ...expansion level when the averaged signal is beyond a de ned Threshold Thr Hold The AGC implemented in the DS CP25 acts on the evaluation of an input signal which is an averaged one on a 50ms time fra...
Page 22: ...Press ENTER an arrow will appear on the left of the screen then use the PM3 encoder The following is an example screen for the Bypass page where the AGC is set Active AGC AGC Exp Time Page from this s...
Page 23: ...f cient not higher than 1 If the Expansion Ratio is set to 2 the signal can be expanded up to a max amplitude that is twice the original one The following is an example screen for the AGC Exp Ratio pa...
Page 24: ...Output Channel is set to Normal Peak Limiter sub menu from this page it is possible to set the Output Channels Peak Limiter The following is an example screen for the Peak Limiter page where the Atta...
Page 25: ...B and can be adjusted by rotating the PM3 encoder Note The Peak limiter Threshold is de ned in Vp due to the fact that with both Sinusoid and Squared wave testing signals the DS CP25 Peak Limited outp...
Page 26: ...YPASSED condition press the Lim Comp Edit Bypass button again for more than 3 seconds Note All parameter editing can be done using the PM2 and PM3 encoders and the current NAV PM1 shown value of the s...
Page 27: ...r second button will allow the access to the single or to the 2 bands Band Mode Page from this page it is possible to set the DS CP25 in terms of sub bands process by an independent RMS compressor To...
Page 28: ...d on the CrossOver 2 editing page The following is an example screen for the CrossOver 1 page where the Cross Over frequency is set to 250Hz CrossOver 2 page when the DS CP25 is set in Mono Mode band...
Page 29: ...and representing actually the RMS value of the input signal itself making a more Musical sounding compression The RMS Compressor maintains constant output energy and not output peak so for different i...
Page 30: ...ter can be set Release Time the selectable range of the RMS Compressor s Release Time is from 0 1s to 3s in steps of 0 1s Threshold page from this page it is possible to set the Threshold parameters o...
Page 31: ...mpressor input signal Upon pushing ENTER the RMS Compressor s Knee editing page can be entered and using the PM3 encoder the parameter can be set Ratio Drive the selectable range of the RMS Compressor...
Page 32: ...LED meters indicates when turned on that the Peak Limiter is active and limiting the output signal clipping of the output signal with the other LEDs is showing the current output level AFTER ALL PROC...
Page 33: ...software will load l Go to programs and double click on DS CP25V1 0 0 l Connect the SDS CP25 with the USB cable to your computer l Turn on the DS CP25 the driver software will load automatically l Whe...
Page 34: ...To edit Double click on the desired device in the ID list The Main Page will load The software will look for active devices and show them in a list 33...
Page 35: ...from Device You can name a device by selecting edit device name From the main page you can choose the section you want to adjust by clicking on the associated block Once you have accessed the block yo...
Page 36: ...Select the PEQ or crossover block to access the lters Select the Compressor Block to access the Compressor page 35...
Page 37: ...Select the Limiter Block to access the Limiter page 36 Select the Delay block to access the delay page...
Page 38: ...Select the AGC Block to access the AGC page 37 You can copy parameters between channels by selecting the copy channel block and then selecting the source parameters and the destination...
Page 39: ...aximum Output Level 20dBu Digital Processing DSP SAM3716 24bits data x 96 bits coeff A D Converters AKM5392 24bits D A Converters AKM4396 24bits Sampling Frequency 48kHz S PDIF Stereo Digital Input 32...
Page 40: ...laxy Audio 2014 WARRANTY Information can be viewed online at http www galaxyaudio com warranty php THREE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY Specifications in this manual are subject to change without notice For th...