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Page 2: ...he U S and other countries Windows Windows Vista and DirectSound are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries All other trade marks are the property of their respective owners and use of them does not im ply any affiliation with or endorsement by them LA 2A and 1176 LN are registered trademarks of Universal Audio Inc Vintage Compressors is manufact...

Page 3: ...he Str 29 30 D 10997 Berlin Germany www native instruments de USA Native Instruments North America Inc 6725 Sunset Boulevard 5th Floor Los Angeles CA 90028 USA www native instruments com Native Instruments GmbH 2012 All rights reserved Contact ...

Page 4: ...1 1 What Is a Compressor 5 1 1 1 Main Compression Parameters 6 1 1 2 Other Compression Parameters and Features 6 1 2 The VC 160 7 2 Using the VC 160 9 2 1 The Menu Bar 9 2 2 The Main Interface 11 3 Credits 14 Table of Contents VC 160 Manual 4 ...

Page 5: ...et you glue the individual instruments of an instrument group together and make them sit in the mix more naturally which is particularly helpful when mixing drum recordings Compres sion can also stretch the decay phase of instruments mostly drums and add sustain to the tone of electric guitars However compression can be used for a wide range of applications Here are a just few exam ples Electric g...

Page 6: ... ratio For example when you select a ratio of 2 1 an input level that is 2 dB above the threshold will create an output level that is only 1 dB above the threshold By setting an extreme compression ratio you can practically prevent the signal from ex ceeding the threshold level The compressor then acts as a limiter Since the compression attenuates the higher levels of your input signal most compre...

Page 7: ...rsatility of your compressor Typically the side chain input is fed by the bass drum track as a control signal to trigger the compressor on the bass guitar track Another example is the auto talk over feature found on several mixers which automatically attenuates the level of the music as soon as you talk in the microphone Parallel Compression Sometimes you may want to keep the original signal and b...

Page 8: ...des you with the same simple interface which mainly relies on three knobs You won t find any Attack nor Release control here since these were automati cally determined by the feed forward gain reduction stage Nevertheless bringing vintage hardware into the software world allowed us to add a few great features For example unlike its ancestor the VC 160 does offer both a side chain input and paralle...

Page 9: ...his is primarily used for saving and loading presets but also has a few other functions The Menu bar is located at the top of the interface Saving and Deleting Presets To save a preset 1 Click the drop down arrow to the very left of the Menu bar to open the File menu 2 Select Save as from the File menu Using the VC 160 The Menu Bar VC 160 Manual 9 ...

Page 10: ... through and load the presets one at a time or Click the drop down menu to view a list of all available presets When using the second option a preset is loaded when you click its name The Preset Menu When you save a preset the Preset menu is automatically split in two submenus one contain ing factory presets and one containing user presets By selecting a preset from the User sub menu the list of p...

Page 11: ...y the settings of slot A to slot B Go to the File menu on the left side of the Menu bar and select Copy A to B from the list You can also copy from B to A when editing the parameters of slot B Other functions The File menu also offers the following options Show User preset folder opens a system window in the location of where your presets are saved Here you can rename your presets by changing the ...

Page 12: ...sent to the com pressor s detector When this knob is set fully counter clockwise off no filtering is applied Turning the knob clockwise progressively excludes low frequencies from the control signal sent to the detector The Detector HP knob in no way affects the amount of compression applied Instead it al lows you to select a narrower frequency band in the control signal that will be used by the d...

Page 13: ...al is output Turning the knob clockwise progressively blends in the original signal into the compressor output After adjusting the Dry level you might have to adjust the OUTPUT knob again to ensure that the overall output remains at the optimum level 9 VU meter Allows you to visually monitor the compression in real time This VU meter has three operation modes which you can select using the Display...

Page 14: ... Management Felix Nölken Product Design André Estermann Graphic Design Efflam Le Bivic Kenneth Jensen Sound Design Sebastian Müller Jamil Samad Quality Assurance Tom Scheutzlich A B testing Niklas Odelholm Dan Lumbye Chuck Zwicky Additional testing Stephen W Tayler Robbie Bronnimann Special thanks Rolf Blixt Ulf Karlsson Credits VC 160 Manual 14 ...

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