TC Electronic HyperGravity Compressor, Manual

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Inputs, outputs and controls
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USB port
Use the standard Mini-B USB port on your TC
Electronic effect pedal to connect your pedal to
a computer. This will allow you to load TonePrints
into the pedal or create your own TonePrint us-
ing TC’s TonePrint Editor. For more information,
see “TonePrint”.
If there should be firmware updates for this ped-
al, they can also be installed using the USB port
– see “Updating the firmware”.
Effect controls
Please note that the knob assignments on your
TC Electronic effect pedal are the
default as-
signments. Using the TonePrint Editor, you can
rewire all knobs so they control one or several
parameters of your choice. For more information,
see the TonePrint Editor manual.
A compressor reduces the dynamic range of
a signal. Generally speaking, it will help you to
“even out” signal level variations by reducing sig-
nal peaks dynamically.
Reducing the dynamic range gives you more
headroom that you can use to increase the over-
all signal level. The result is a more consistent
signal that is easier to work with both for the gui-
tar player and the sound engineer. Compression
can be used either subtly or as a pronounced
effect.
HyperGravity is a multiband compressor. What
does this mean?
Splitting an audio signal into several frequency
bands before compressing tremendously helps
fight undesired “breathing”/pumping. Think of a
multiband compressor as multiple compressors
targeting and processing low, mid and high fre-
quency ranges independently and efficiently.
Use HyperGravity Compressor’s controls to
shape the character and intensity of the com-
pression applied to your guitar signal.
Sustain knob
Use the Sustain knob to set the amount of com-
pression that should be applied to the signal.
This corresponds to the Threshold parameter/
knob you will find in most studio compressors.
► Set the Sustain parameter to high values
to
lower the compression threshold. A low
threshold mean that compression kicks in
more often, reducing the dynamic range of
the signal. In combination with high Level set-
tings, this will give you a consistent signal with
lots of squeeze, squash and nearly endless
sustain.
►
Set the Sustain knob to a low setting for a high
threshold – meaning compression will kick in
less often. This will give you just a hint of com-
pression when the signal exceeds the thresh-
old. This is perfect for clean rhythms.