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Congratulations on choosing the dbx MC6 Mini-Comp™ Compressor. The MC6 provides tradi-
tional dbx sonic quality and performance for the working musician, DJ, studio operator or
anyone who needs a friendly compressor to achieve professional quality compression quickly
and easily.We’re sure you’ll agree that the MC6 Mini-Comp is the most affordable professional
quality stereo compressor on the market today. We recommend that you take a moment and
read through the manual as it provides information that will assist you in using your unit to its
fullest potential.To help you use the MC6 in any environment, we uncluded four rubber feet
for table-top use, and an attachable spring steel clip for securing the MC6 to a guitar amp
handle.
The MC6 Mini-Comp™ Compressor is packed with just the right features to effectively reduce
and control the dynamic range of your audio, add punch to flabby, loose sounds, or add sustain
to instruments. The MC6 begins with the classic dbx compression made famous by our 160
line of compressors. But there's more. The MC6 operates in stereo mode or in mono mode,
with the mono input being fed to both channels. Stereo signals are compressed using our True
RMS Power Summing™ algorithm, giving a perfect stereo image every time. With True RMS
Power Summing, the detectors are linked and respond to the sum of the energy (power) of
each channel’s signal. This sum of energies will accurately track over a wide dynamic range
providing excellent response at low or high signal levels. Using two RMS detectors eliminates
inaccurate level detection due to phase cancellation that is inherent in inferior compressor
designs.True RMS Power Summing accurately models the response of human hearing, making
compression and limiting sound the way it should.
The MC6 features two Auto compression modes, one optimized for vocals and the other for
instruments such as an electric guitar. For maximum flexibility, we also scaled the program-
dependent Attack and Release controls with dbx's new AutoDynamic™ circuitry, so that the
MC6's full range of controls produce voicings that extend from slow leveling to aggressive
peak limiting.
