Drawmer M500 Dynamics Processor - Manual (Page 31)

M500 OPERATORS MANUAL Ch 5 - 4
DE-ESS EXAMPLES
To do simple vocal DE-ESSing, select the desired channel to be DE-ESSed,
load the patch number
83 83 called De S Vocal De S Vocal. Hit THRESH and reduce the
sibilance to the required level by rotating the knob anti-clockwise. Adjust
the De-essing frequency hit FILTER and select the lowest (bottom)
screen page, adjust the filter to display the audio band that you wish to
compress.
For De-essing that does not attenuate the low frequencies that may be
present, load patch number
85 De S Music 85 De S Music into Channel 1. Apply a signal
to Channel 1 only. Hit THRESH and select Channel 1, the ˆ ˆ D D indicator
under the input meter shows the maximum audio level that will pass
through the Channel 1 FILTER. Select Channel 2, the indicator is at +15dB
showing that the Ch2 audio is not compressed.
The De S M De S M usic usic patch 83 can also be very effective as a two band
compressor. Set Channel 1 OUTPUT to Auto Auto and adjust the
DC MAKUP
Channel 1 THRESH indicator to -30dB -30dB. Set Channel 1's FILTER by using
the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to adjust the filtered band while
listening to some audio music source, adjust the DE-ESS
RLEASE
parameter to 50ms 50ms for drastic effect !
DE-ESS PATCHES
Patches numbered 81 through and including 89. Only patch number 83 can
process two audio channels, all others are
1<-- 1<-- input and 1<-- 1<-- output, (i.e.
Mono input and Mono output). See LINKS
ADVANCED GATE
Because the GATE incorporates several innovative features, the menu occupies five screens in
normal operation, the top one being as always the View Meters screen. The first screen page
down gives access to the more usual parameters of Threshold, Attack, Hold, Decay and Range.
This screen of parameters will be different if RECORDED envelope
is selected, to confirm
TYPE
this see the last (bottom) screen page.
GATE VIEW METERS
DOWN
GATE PARAMETERS FOR NORMAL TYPE
Sets a signal input level above which the GATE opens. The GATE
THRESH
THRESHOLD and the input level meter reads the level after the Filter if the
GATE
is set to IntFilter IntFilter or ExtFilter ExtFilter. The THRESHOLD
KeySOURCE
parameter ranges from -50dB -50dB to +18dB +18dB