TC Electronic Broadcast 6000 - Manual (Page 103)

MD-3
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Example: With a Ratio setting of 2:1 the com-
pressor will reduce every 2 dB above the Thresh-
old point to only 1 dB.
Attack
Range: 0.3 to 100 ms
The Attack time is the time the Compressor uses
to reach the gain reduction specified by the Ra-
tio parameter.
Example:
If the Input signal increases by 4 dB above the
set Threshold with a Ratio set to 2:1 and the At-
tack time set to 20 ms, the Compressor will use
20 ms to reach a Gain reduction of 2 dB.
Release
Range: 20 ms to 7 s
The fallback time. The time it takes for the Com-
pressor to release the attenuation of the signal.
Meter Zoom
Press to zoom on the range of the Gain Reduc-
tion meters.
L/R
Press to view all algorithm parameters at the
same time. From the L/R page any parameter
can be assigned to Fader 6 simply by pressing
the parameter value.
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Full Range Limiter
Softclip
Range: -6 dB to Off in 1 dB steps.
Softclipper after the Compressor.
Threshold is relative to 0 dBFS – not to the Ref
Level.
Threshold
Threshold is relative to 0 dBFS – not to the Ref
Level.
Range: -12 to +3 dB
-6 to +3 in 0.1 dB increments
-12 to -6 in 0.5 dB increments
Release
Range: 20 ms to 7 sec
Release time for the Limiter.
Ceiling
Range: 0 to -0,10 dB in 0.01 dB steps.
Fine-tuning parameter setting the Ceiling for the
Limiter.
This parameter prevents the Output signal from
ever exceeding the adjusted Threshold. It can be
used to “hide” overloads to downstream equip-
ment, but it does not remove the distortion as-
sociated with an over.
Trim Levels
Trim L
Range: 0 to -12 dB in 0.1 dB steps
Left channel Output level trim after the Compres-
sor and Output mode parameter (M/S) and be-
fore the Limiter section.
Trim R
Range: 0 to -12 dB in 0.1 dB steps
Right channel Output level trim after the Com-
pressor and Output mode parameter (M/S) and
before the Limiter section.