M2000 D.C. DE-ESSER
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Threshold
dBFS
Ratio
Frequency
Bandwidth
Attack
Time
Release Time
Monitor Sidechain
Gain Reduction Meter
When working with digital audio, some of the desirable technical imperfections of analog
are lost. Most noticably, you lose the restricted dynamic range of high frequency content on
analog tape, and may end up with vocal recordings momentarily up to 30dB too bright.
At TC we felt that a nice feature to add to the 02R would be a good De-esser to address
this problem. Even though a De-esser is not used in an Aux send / return environment, you
may direct entire group busses to the UNIT•Y card and have them processed.
This De-esser may process the audio with different bandwidth notches or high shelving.
The Mon parameter allows you to listen to the sidechain in order to tune in on the
frequency range you want to process. Be careful not to leave the parameter in the SChain
position.
Going through the UNIT•Y card will delay the signal by 6 samples, corresponding to 125 µs
@ 48kHz sampling. The delay introduced is similar too moving a microphone 3.8 cm further
away from the source.
Do not mix the De-essed signal from the UNIT•Y card with the direct signal in the 02R.
Doing so will produce unwanted phase cancellations.
UNIT•Y De-esser Engine screen
