Drawmer M500 Dynamics Processor User Manual
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M500 OPERATORS MANUAL
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This is the rate at which the Gain Reduction increases once the input
ATACK
signal exceeds THRESHold. This parameter should be kept fairly short if
it is desired to prevent any peaks passing through unprocessed. The
manual range of this parameter is
20µs
20µs (letting no peaks through) to
5.0m
5.0m
s
s
(which allows some peaks to pass through).
Length of time that Gain Reduction holds for when signal causes an
HOLD
increase. Useful for low frequency sounds to prevent 'Rattle'. Can be
disabled,(
Off
Off) but more often set between
2ms
2ms through to
10S
10Seconds.
RELEASE is the rate at which the Gain Reduction falls back to the 0dB.
RLESE
Long release times or
Auto
Auto are generally used to make the Limiter
'Transparent'. This parameter ranges from
100ms
100ms through to
10S
10Seconds.
Auto
Auto release is a programme dependant release time which works well on
most material.
LIMIT PATCHES
Patches numbered 90 and 91. Other combination patches are 99, 100 102
and 103 although the LIMIT Effect can be assigned quickly to almost every
patch and still be very usable.
ADVANCED PAN
The panner incorporated in the M500 is extremely sophisticated yet is still very simple to set up
and use. It can be free-running or synchronised to various triggers. The Pan meter screen is
slightly different from other effect modules in that it displays both channel signal outputs and
both channel pan gain-reduction amounts, simultaneously.
PAN VIEW METERS
DOWN
PAN PRIMARY PARAMETERS DISPLAY
Both channels of the M500 need to be assigned for a PAN Effect. If only
one channel is assigned a 'Tremolo' type modulation will be heard.
Rate sets the frequency of the pan oscillator, whether free-running or
RATE
triggered. A fast rate will often be un-musical. Ranges from
50ms
50ms to
60S
60Seconds.
The RANGE sets the depth of amplitude modulation, in other words, how
RANGE
far left or right of centre the signal is panned. The parameter ranges from
0dB
0dB (no panning at all) to
60dB
60dB (very severe panning).