562E
17
Return the O
UTPUT
A
SSIGN
switch to the G
ATE
/E
XP
. setting and do your final threshold adjustments
as well as any filter fine tuning.
You may prefer to use the 562E’s gate if the downward expander is not providing enough signal
attenuation for you.
Cleaning Up Backing Vocals
A common problem with recording backing vocals, especially when layering multiple tracks of
them, is that the beginnings and endings of lines or phrases can get sloppy. All it takes is for a
singer to be a fraction of a second early in starting or late in stopping. The following technique,
using the 562E, won’t help with timing differences during the line or phrase, but it will help greatly
in tightening up backing vocals with uneven starts and stops. This can make a valuable contribu-
tion to your mix, as the beginnings and endings of lines and phrases are the points when timing
problems are most obvious to the listener.
Mix all of the backing vocals into one subgroup (two for stereo), and feed the subgroup output(s)
to the 562E input(s). Select the backing vocal track with the best timing, and send it to an auxiliary
mixer output. Feed this auxiliary output into the K
EY
I
NPUT
of the 562E. This will be the signal that
you use to trigger the gate.
Set the E
XT
.K
EY
/B
YPASS
/I
N
switch to E
XT
.K
EY
, set the O
UTPUT
A
SSIGN
switch to G
ATE
/E
XP
. and set
the W
INDOW
A
DVANCE
switch to M
AX
. Set the T
HRESHOLD
control counterclockwise, set the A
TTACK
T
IME
and R
ELEASE
T
IME
controls to a medium setting, set the H
OLD
T
IME
counterclockwise, and set
the G
ATE
R
ANGE
control counterclockwise.
Begin rotating the T
HRESHOLD
control clockwise until gating occurs. Then, fine-tune the T
HRESH
-
OLD
, A
TTACK
T
IME
and R
ELEASE
T
IME
controls for the best sound.
Midi Control Of The 562E
OK, you can’t directly control the 562E by MIDI. However, there is a clever trick you can use to
control it indirectly, if you have a midi-controlled synthesizer output that you can spare.
Connect the synth output to the K
EY
I
N
of the 562E, and set the E
XT
.K
EY
/B
YPASS
/I
N
switch to
E
XT
.K
EY
. Now, when the synthesizer plays a sustained note at a constant level, with fast attack
and decay, it will act as a switch to turn the gate off and on. Simply write your midi program so that
the synthesizer is playing a note for the duration of the time that you want the 562E to be passing
signal.
CHANNEL 1
TIME
GATE RANGE
EXPANDER RATIO
500ms
0
HOLD
TIME
ATTACK
TIME
60ms
1 Sec
RELEASE
1:3
2.5 Sec
80dB
4 Sec
300ms
50ms
30ms
(dB)
THRESHOLD
ABOVE
BELOW
0
HIGH CUT
WINDOW
30
MAX
12
20K
4K
ADVANCE
3
REDUCTI0N
GAIN (dB)
-40
+20
60
OFF
40K
400Hz
MIN
AUTO
LOW CUT
OUTPUT
200Hz
15Hz
ASSIGN
20Hz
50Hz
EXT.KEY
KEY LISTEN
1K
10Hz
IN
GATE/EXP.
BYPASS
W/FILTER
CH1 SIDECHAIN PROCESSING
1K
