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LOOPTROTTER

AUDIO ENGINEERING

Contact:
www.looptrotter.com.pl
[email protected]

Distribution:

www.mjadiolab.pl

[email protected]

Controls

 

Front

 

Panel

:

 

Beside

 

the

 

controls

 

described

 

in

 

the

 

section

 

above

 

there

 

are

 

few

 

more

 

elements

 

in

 

the

 

central

 

section

 

of

 

the

 

front

 

panel

.

POWER

 

– 

switches

 

the

 

device

 

on

 

or

 

off

LINK/DUAL

 – 

when

 

the

 

LINK

 

is

 

on

the

 

compressor

'

s

 

control voltage

 

is

 

summed

 

up

 

and

 

common

 

for

 

both

 

channels

 

but

 

all

 

other

 

settings

 

for

 

compressor

'

s

 

input

output

attack

 

release

tube

 

saturation

 

knob

 

and

 

switches

 

are

 

independent

So

 

if

 

you

 

want

 

to

 

use

 

MONSTER

 

compressor

 

as

 

the

 

stereo

 

unit

 

you

 

MUST

 

set

 

all

 

knobs

 

and

 

switches

 

to

 

same

 

exact

 

settings

.

When

 

DUAL

 

switch

 

is

 

on

both

 

left

 

and

 

right

 

channels

 

of

 

the

 

compressor

 

are

 

fed

 

by

 

their

 

own

 

independent

 

sidechain

 

signal

.

Ch

 

1

/

2

 

PROCESS

 / 

TRUE BYPASS

 – 

switches

 

MONSTER

'

s

 

channels

 

into

 

fully

 

operational

 

circuit

 

or

 

completely

 

bypasses

 

the

 

unit

'

s

 

circuits

 

(

the

 

input

 

signal

 

is

 

led

 

directly

 

to

 

it

'

s

 

output

)

Connectors

 – 

Rear

 

P

anel

:

1

3

2

1

3

2

1

3

2

1

3

2

Channels

 

1

 

and

 

2

 

has

 

input

 

and

 

output

 

connectors

 

based

 

on

 

XLR

 

sockets

There

 

are

 

additional

 

TRS

 

unbalanced

 

outputs

 

for

 

each

 

channel

 

marked

 

as

 

Monitor

 

Output

.

Sidechain

 

Input

 

and

 

Output

:

T

his

 

circuit

 

allows

 

you

 

to

 

master

-

shape

 

the

 

compressor

'

s

 

sidechain

 

signal

It

 

can

 

be

 

used

 

as

 

an

 

insert

 

send

/

return

 

to

 

EQ

 

the

 

sidechain

 

and

 

obtain

 

specific

 

kind

 

of

 

compressor

'

s

 

behaviour

eg

boost

 

of

 

8

-

10kHz

 

on

 

the

 

external

 

EQ

 

and

 

setting

 

the

 

compressor

'

s

 

attack

/

release

 

to

 

it

'

s

 

fastest

 

settings

 

will

 

make

 

the

 

compressor

 

act

 

as

 

a

 

deesser

.

Sidechain

 

input

 

can

 

also

 

be

 

used

 

to

 

feed

 

the

 

compressor

 

with

 

external

 

analogue

 

signal

eg

using

 

kick

 

drum

 

as

 

the

 

external

 

sidechain

 

signal

 

while

 

the

 

compressor

 

inserted

on

 

the

 

main

 

mix

 

buss

 

will

 

make

 

the

 

compressor

 „

pump

-

up” the

 

whole

 

mix

.

XLR:

PIN 1: ground
PIN 2: positive
PIN 3: negative

Summary of Contents for Monster compressor

Page 1: ...LOOPTROTTER AUDIO ENGINEERING Contact www looptrotter com pl looptrotter looptrotter com pl Distribution www mjadiolab pl office mjaudiolab pl OWNER S MANUAL FET COMPRESSOR with TUBE SATURATION ...

Page 2: ...sing It is intended to sound transparent but gives perfect functionality when using MONSTER as an insert device when 100 processing is unwanted Monster Compressor is a device with analog character It was designed to either complement super clean digital technology or expand sonic possibilities in your analog studio The compression module treats the signal in a very musical way before the tube satu...

Page 3: ... 2 3 4 5 MIX OUTPUT dB OUT INPUT O U T P U T 20 20 LIMITER COMPRESSOR 0 40 35 5 10 30 25 15 0 40 5 35 10 30 15 25 V U 7 5 3 20 10 1 0 3 5 L I N K DUAL INPUT OUTPUT OTHER CH BYPASS BYPASS TRUE BYPASS DESYM SYM G R GAIN REDUCTION LEVEL TUBE 2nd SATURATION BYPASS PROCESS BOOST 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ATTACK RELEASE 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 OUTPUT INPUT FET COMPRESSOR COMP LIMITER BYPASS PROCESS 0 1 2 3 ...

Page 4: ...MITER S I D E C H A I N O U T P U T I N P U T The FET compressor is fed by INPUT knob There is no threshold or ratio setting so the more signal gets into the compressor the more gain reduction occurs However there are traditional attack release setting knobs allowing you to set fast to slow attack time 0 1 ms 100 ms and release time between 15ms to 1 5 sec This is useful to shape the compressor s ...

Page 5: ...nd BOOST switch brings up even harmonics introduced by the tube circuit The process bypass switch allows the signal to bypass tube circuit completely Mix and Output Stage 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 MAIN 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 MIX OUTPUT dB 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 MAIN 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 MIX OUTPUT dB This section allows you to mix completely dry signal from the input of the device...

Page 6: ... BYPASS switches MONSTER s channels into fully operational circuit or completely bypasses the unit s circuits the input signal is led directly to it s output Connectors Rear Panel 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 Channels 1 and 2 has input and output connectors based on XLR sockets There are additional TRS unbalanced outputs for each channel marked as Monitor Output Sidechain Input and Output This circuit ...

Page 7: ... engage the tube saturation circuit and check how it works with the processing you ve already achieved The most natural warmth and tube style distortion can be obtained with Saturation at 4 and 2dBoost switch to off More overdrive may be obtained by switching the 2d Boost and turning the saturation knob over 6 Adding very fast attack and release time and switching compressor to limit mode gives mo...

Page 8: ...LOOPTROTTER AUDIO ENGINEERING Contact www looptrotter com pl looptrotter looptrotter com pl Distribution www mjadiolab pl office mjaudiolab pl ...

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