3. ANTICIPATED COMPRESSION
If you feed the audio signal directly into the DETECTOR LOOP input and send the audio signal through a delay before the audio
input, the CL-5000 can anticipate the need for gain change. With experimentation, the effect can create a “zero” attack time at
a given frequency. Additional delay beyond this “zero” attack time will produce a special sound effect, similar to the dynamic
envelope inversion you may already be familiar with from reverse tape playback.
4. “VOICE-OVER” COMPRESSION (“DUCKING”)
The CL-5000 can be used to automatically reduce music to background level when an announcer is speaking through a micro-
phone. For this purpose, the CL-5000 is used as an automatic fader and is controlled by the announcer’s microphone, which is
connected to the DETECTOR LOOP, input via a preamplifier. The music output and the announcer’s voice, are then mixed. This
application is known as “voice-over” compression or “ducking” and is commonly used in discos, radio stations, etc.
Anticipated compression using the CL-5000
“Voice-over” compressing using the CL-5000
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