OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR GAMBIT DE-ESSER/COMPRESSOR DS1-MK2
OPERATION
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Snapshot Display
Bottom line in the status display. Refer to this for
information on current workspace and snapshot.
There are two workspaces (“A” and “B”) for
quick comparison of two de-esser/compressor
settings. A workspace can be stored to a snapshot
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.
13).
Dither Icon
The dither icon is situated right next to key D
(see Graph 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 ar-
rows 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.
13).
Overall Gain
There are two gains, one pre-limiter and one
post-limiter, as depicted in Graphic 4.
Graphic 4: Output section
When touching the gain controller (
Í
), the re-
quired 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.
Both gains are bypassed when Bypass is active,
and stored in workspace snapshots.
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
