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C2
Operators Manual
The red waveform
represents the input to
the dynamics module,
with the dotted line
showing the threshold
for gain control to occur.
There are several peaks
towards the start of this
signal that are above the
threshold, and so the
dynamics processing
should react to these as
appropriate. (In this case
reduce the gain).
The blue waveform
show the output of the
dynamics module. The
circled peak
demonstrates that the
processor has missed the
first peak above the threshold (as it is very fast and short), but has ‘caught up’ shortly
afterwards, keeping all other peaks under control. As it is unable to predict what is
coming, this will always be a failing with analogue dynamics processing.
The
C2
’s ability to predelay the sidechain allows it to predict what will be appearing
in the main signal path and react before the signal arrives, thus preventing the
overshoot seen above.
Making sure that the
AUTO
system is off (blue LED is
not illuminated), setting the attack time control to its
minimum setting will force the
C2
to use predelay in
the sidechain. The effect of this is explained in the next
section.
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