Drawmer M500 Dynamics Processor - Manual (Page 21)

M500 OPERATORS MANUAL Ch 3 - 15
• The white graduation above the display window can be used to
maximise the input envelope amplitude.
• When the envelope is later used with the GATE Effect, for it to
respond as a true noise gate envelope the following should apply:
The input level during record should reach 0dB at least once.
Any input level above 0dB will react similar to GATE PEAK.
The final input level of the envelope must be as close to -90dB as
possible for the GATE to fully close.
FIRST RECORD DISPLAY
RECORD To maximise the storage rate and resolution of a recorded
RATE
envelope it is necessary to approximate the duration of the sound
about to be recorded. This rate can be re-adjusted later at replay
time, but should be set to just longer than the sound envelope
being recorded. This time ranges from
0.5 0.5 second to 20 20 seconds.
RECORD The THRSH (threshold) is only applicable if the recording process
THRS
is going to be triggered from an Audio source on channel 1. The
parameter ranges from
-40dB -40dB to +15dB +15dB. For easy operation, this
level can be considered as a noise-gate threshold.
TRIGGER The envelope recording process can be set to start from one of
SOURC
three events. If Audio is selected then the audio threshold level
must be adjusted and recording will commence automatically
when channel one's input signal exceeds the set threshold. YES
can be used to start the process. Alternatively, any valid MIDI note
on the correct MIDI channel and within the Hi-Low split range of
audio channel one will start the record process.
READY TO RECORD The screen prompts with YES to prime YES to prime, and on hitting YES a
new screen is displayed which shows the input signal relative to
the threshold and also the memory available for envelope storage
as a dotted line which 'fills' in the form of a bargraph once
recording starts.
SECOND RECORD DISPLAY