OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR GAMBIT DE-ESSER/COMPRESSOR DS1-MK2
TECHNICAL DATA
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Addendum to the Manuals of the Gambit Series DS1 and DS1-MK2
DeEsser / Compressor / Limiter
The graphs on the pages below have been made to convey a better understanding of the dynamic parameters of the
Gambit DS1 DeEsser/Compressor.
Please also read the appropriate pages in the DS1 / DS1-MK2 manual to have a proper understanding of the sidechain
process.
The test signal is a repeating sine wave burst with a certain "on" and a certain "off" level. The frequency of the sine wave
is above 10kHz (period less than 100 s), so there is no influence of the sine wave frequency on the timing behaviour.
The table below shows the timing parameters set on the DS1. For the static parameters a threshold of -20dB, a
1000:1 ratio and no softknee have been chosen.
Figure
Preview
Attack
Rel.Delay
Rel.Fast
Average Rel.Slow
burst duty cycle
1
bypass
2
20 s
20ms
20 s
200ms
800ms
1s
50%
3
63ms
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200ms
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5ms
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20ms
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25ms
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500ms
0.5%
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2%
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5%
10
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10%
11
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40ms
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0.5%
12
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2%
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5%
14
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10%