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The VC 160 user interface
The VC 160 is very easy to use: most of the time, you will only need to tweak the THRESH-
OLD , COMPRESSION and OUTPUT knobs.
(1) SC Gain button: Enables/disables the side-chain input. The side-chain circuitry allows you
to feed the compressor’s detector with another control signal instead of the input signal itself
(see
↑
1.1.2, Other Compression Parameters and Features for more info on this).
(2) SC Gain knob: Controls the input gain of the side-chain signal — a signal that can be used
as an alternative control source for the compressor.
(3)
Detector HP knob: Applies a high-pass filter to the control signal that is sent to the com-
pressor’s detector. When this knob is set fully counter-clockwise ( off ), no filtering is applied.
Turning the knob clockwise progressively excludes low frequencies from the control signal sent
to the detector.
The Detector HP knob in no way affects the amount of compression applied. Instead, it al-
lows you to select a narrower frequency band in the control signal that will be used by the
detector, be it the input signal itself (
SC Gain off) or another control signal ( SC Gain on).
(4) THRESHOLD knob: Adjusts the threshold level above which compression is applied.
(5) Threshold Overrun indicator: These two LEDs indicate whether the current level of the con-
trol signal is below (
below lit) or above ( above lit) the defined threshold, thus helping you ad-
just the THRESHOLD value.
Using the VC 160
The Main Interface
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