OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR GAMBIT DE-ESSER/COMPRESSOR DS1-MK3
OPERATION
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Snapshot Display (Key D)
Bottom line in the status display. Refer to this
for information on current workspace and snap-
shot. There are two workspaces (“A” and “B”) for
quick comparison of two de-esser/compressor
settings. A workspace can be stored to a snap-
shot for later use.
The number of the last recalled snapshot will be
displayed. If you change any value after the
recall, the “
=
” will change to “
≠
” to symbolise
that the workspace is not equal to the displayed
snapshot anymore.
For snapshot handling see chapter Snapshots
(p.19).
Dither Icon (Key D)
The dither icon is situated right next to key D
(see Graphic 3). If dither is off, the icon contains
the number “24“, the word length of the output
signal in bits. Turning dither on will produce
arrows above and below the new word length
number (“16“ or “20“). Additionally, if auto-
blacking is enabled, the bottom right corner of
the icon is inverted.
For details on dither refer to chapter Dither (p.
18).
Gain / Output Gain
There are two gains, one pre safety-limiter and
one post safety-limiter, as depicted in Graphic 4.
Graphic 4: Output section
When touching the gain controller (
), the
required gain can be selected from a menu. To
change the output gain, press softkey D. If an
arrow appears inside the output gain window,
the Output Gain can be adjusted. Press the D
key again to control the pre-limiter gain which is
shown in the upper left corner of the display.
Both gains are bypassed when Bypass is active.
The value shown in
is the setting of the pre-
limiter gain.
The post-limiter output gain should be used to
set the maximum output level only (usually
0.0dB).
Safety Limiter
This feature is activated by pressing the “safe”
key. When the “safe” key is lit, the limiter is on.
Safety limiter activity can be monitored with the
second gain reduction meter below the “GAIN”
window (
).
If the “safe” key is lit, overs will be limited by
this fast peak limiter. The parameters of the
limiter are fixed and cannot be adjusted.
However, the pre-limiter gain can be used to
drive the safety limiter.
Too much pre-limiter gain will result in dis-
tortion!
Out-
put
Safety
Limiter
from previous
processing
Gain
Output
Gain
X
X
