Joemeek MC2 Stereo Compressor - Manual (Page 4)

7 6
Ov
ervie
w
T
he
J
O
E
M
E
E
K
m
c2
i
s
a
pr
of
es
si
on
al
s
tu
di
o-
qu
al
ity
s
te
re
o
co
m
pr
es
so
r
in
a
co
m
pa
ct
h
al
f-
ra
ck
f
or
m
at
.
S
im
pl
e
to
u
se
y
et
e
xt
re
m
el
y
po
w
er
fu
l,
th
e
m
c2
w
ill
br
in
g
ou
t
th
e
be
st
in
a
ny
li
ne
-le
ve
l s
te
ro
m
at
er
ia
l a
nd
g
iv
e
th
e
gl
os
s
of
a
p
ro
-
fe
ss
io
na
l
st
ud
io
p
ro
du
ct
io
n
to
a
ll
yo
ur
p
er
fo
rm
an
ce
s.
I
t
ca
n
be
u
se
d
bo
th
f
or
re
co
rd
in
g,
m
as
te
rin
g
an
d
liv
e
w
or
k.
T
h
in
k
o
f
th
e
st
er
eo
m
c2
a
s
th
re
e
se
p
ar
at
e
it
em
s
o
f
eq
u
ip
m
en
t:
•
A
li
n
e-
le
ve
l s
te
re
o
P
re
am
p
lif
ie
r.
•
A
s
te
re
o
J
O
E
M
E
E
K
O
p
ti
ca
l C
o
m
p
re
ss
o
r.
•
A
s
te
re
o
W
id
th
P
ro
ce
ss
o
r
Pr
eamp
The
front
end
to
the
mc2
accepts
any
type
of
line
level
(ie:
preamplified)
audio
signal.
The
inputs
are
electronically
balanced.
Note:
although
the
Line
inputs
are
not
normally
used
directly
with
microphones,
they
may
be
suitable
for
some
high
output
unbalanced
microphones,
such
as
battery
powered
Electret
types.
The
Line
input
jacks
are
balanced
and
wired
as
follows:
T
ip:
+
(hot)
Ring:
-
(cold)
Sleeve:
ground
The
“Input
Gain”
control
covers
a
range
of
amplification
from
-6dB
to
+15dB.
This
enables
the
mc2
to
be
matched
to
sound
sources
at
both
-10dBv
to
+4dBu
operating
levels.
The
PEAK
LED
lights
6dB
below
clipping,
so
occa
-
sional
brief
flashes
are
OK
but
if
it’
s
on
all
the
time
you
need
to
back
the
Input
Gain
of
f!
Compr
essor
T
he
h
ar
de
st
d
ev
ic
e
to
u
nd
er
st
an
d,
y
et
o
ne
o
f t
he
m
os
t u
se
fu
l,
th
e
P
ho
to
O
pt
ic
al
C
om
pr
es
so
r i
s
w
ha
t g
iv
es
J
oe
m
ee
k
pr
od
uc
ts
th
ei
r u
ni
qu
e
ch
ar
ac
te
r.
Its
jo
b
is
to
m
ak
e
qu
ie
t s
ou
nd
s
lo
ud
er
a
nd
lo
ud
s
ou
nd
s
qu
ie
te
r,
or
in
o
th
er
w
or
ds
to
r
ed
uc
e
th
e
dy
na
m
ic
r
an
ge
o
f t
he
p
ro
gr
am
m
e
m
at
er
ia
l.
It’
s
a
bi
t l
ik
e
m
an
ua
lly
r
id
in
g
th
e
vo
lu
m
e
co
nt
ro
l,
ex
ce
pt
t
he
c
om
pr
es
so
r
do
es
i
t
au
to
m
at
ic
al
ly
,
re
sp
on
di
ng
f
ar
qu
ic
ke
r
an
d
m
or
e
ac
cu
ra
te
ly
th
an
y
ou
e
ve
r
co
ul
d
by
h
an
d.
T
he
c
om
pr
es
so
r
is
ap
pl
ie
d
in
s
ev
er
al
w
ay
s:
1.
M
ak
e
S
o
u
n
d
s
S
ta
n
d
O
u
t
B
ec
au
se
c
om
pr
es
so
rs
m
ak
e
lo
ud
s
ou
nd
s
qu
ie
te
r,
yo
u
ca
n
bo
os
t
th
e
vo
lu
m
e
of
th
e
qu
ie
t b
its
w
ith
ou
t t
he
lo
ud
b
its
g
et
tin
g
ev
en
lo
ud
er
. T
ha
t m
ea
ns
y
ou
c
an
ra
is
e
th
e
av
er
ag
e
le
ve
l
of
a
n
in
st
ru
m
en
t
or
v
oc
al
i
n
th
e
m
ix
,
w
hi
ch
h
as
t
he
ef
fe
ct
o
f
lif
tin
g
it
an
d
br
in
gi
ng
it
f
or
w
ar
ds
.
T
hi
s
ca
n
ac
tu
al
ly
im
pr
ov
e
vo
ca
ls
f
or
ex
am
pl
e,
b
rin
gi
ng
th
em
o
ut
in
fr
on
t o
f a
m
ix
, m
ak
in
g
th
em
s
ou
nd
d
en
se
r,
m
or
e
ev
en
, a
nd
m
or
e
co
nf
id
en
t!
2.
C
ra
n
k
U
p
T
h
e
V
o
lu
m
e
R
ai
si
ng
th
e
av
er
ag
e
vo
lu
m
e
of
w
ho
le
m
ix
es
m
ea
ns
th
ey
c
an
b
e
he
ar
d
in
n
oi
sy
en
vi
ro
nm
en
ts
,
su
ch
a
s
ve
hi
cl
es
a
nd
f
ac
to
rie
s.
B
oo
st
in
g
th
e
av
er
ag
e
le
ve
l
is
w
ha
t
m
ak
es
r
ad
io
s
ta
tio
ns
s
ou
nd
L
O
U
D
a
nd
t
he
s
am
e
te
ch
ni
qu
e
is
u
se
d
on
T
V
c
om
m
er
ci
al
s
to
o,
w
hi
ch
is
w
hy
t
he
y
al
w
ay
s
se
em
a
nn
oy
in
gl
y
lo
ud
er
t
ha
n
th
e
m
ov
ie
y
ou
w
er
e
tr
yi
ng
to
w
at
ch
!
3.
P
ro
te
ct
io
n
F
as
t
re
sp
on
se
t
im
es
a
re
g
en
er
al
ly
u
se
d
to
c
on
tr
ol
b
rie
f
tr
an
si
en
ts
.
In
o
th
er
w
or
ds
i
f
an
o
cc
as
io
na
l
pe
ak
s
tic
ks
i
ts
h
ea
d
ab
ov
e
a
m
ax
im
um
p
er
m
itt
ed
le
ve
l,
th
e
co
m
pr
es
so
r
cl
ob
be
rs
it
;
th
is
is
k
no
w
n
as
li
m
iti
ng
a
nd
a
c
om
pr
es
so
r
de
si
gn
ed
s
ol
el
y
fo
r
th
is
p
ur
po
se
i
s
kn
ow
n
as
a
L
im
ite
r.
Li
m
ite
rs
a
re
p
rim
ar
ily
us
ed
t
o
pr
ot
ec
t
re
co
rd
er
s
an
d
m
on
ito
r
sy
st
em
s
fr
om
o
ve
rlo
ad
,
ra
di
o
tr
an
s-
m
itt
er
s
fr
om
o
ve
rm
od
ul
at
io
n,
e
tc
.
T
he
J
oe
m
ee
k
co
m
pr
es
so
r
is
n
ot
p
rim
ar
ily
in
te
nd
ed
fo
r t
hi
s p
ur
po
se
a
s t
he
A
tta
ck
is
n
ot
r
ea
lly
fa
st
e
no
ug
h t
o s
at
is
fy
r
ad
io
st
at
io
n
re
qu
ire
m
en
ts
, a
lth
ou
gh
it
is
g
en
er
al
ly
g
oo
d
en
ou
gh
to
p
ro
te
ct
r
ec
or
de
rs
an
d
m
on
ito
rs
,
w
he
re
t
he
e
ffe
ct
o
f
tr
an
si
en
ts
is
le
ss
c
rit
ic
al
.
N
or
m
al
ly
y
ou
sh
ou
ld
n
ot
h
ea
r
a
lim
ite
r
op
er
at
in
g
bu
t i
f i
t i
s
dr
iv
en
h
ar
d
co
ns
ta
nt
ly
, i
t c
an
re
nd
er
a
m
ix
s
om
ew
ha
t f
la
t a
nd
li
fe
le
ss
.
4.
A
cc
o
m
m
o
d
at
io
n
T
he
d
yn
am
ic
r
an
ge
o
f t
he
h
um
an
e
ar
is
p
he
no
m
en
al
, e
xt
en
di
ng
fr
om
th
e
th
re
sh
ol
d
of
h
ea
rin
g
(e
g:
a
p
in
d
ro
pp
in
g
on
to
s
of
t
ca
rp
et
)
to
t
hr
es
ho
ld
o
f
pa
in
(
eg
: s
ta
nd
in
g
ne
xt
to
a
je
t a
irc
ra
ft)
-
s
om
e
12
0d
B
A
in
a
ll.
B
y
co
nt
ra
st
,
vi
ny
l,
ca
ss
et
te
t
ap
e
an
d
ra
di
o
br
oa
dc
as
ts
a
ll
ha
ve
a
d
yn
am
ic
r
an
ge
o
f
ab
ou
t
ha
lf
th
at
.
S
in
ce
t
he
a
dv
en
t
of
t
he
C
D
,
th
e
dy
na
m
ic
r
an
ge
o
f
th
e
m
ed
iu
m
is
fa
r
le
ss
o
f a
n
is
su
e
an
d
co
m
pr
es
so
rs
a
re
u
se
d
m
or
e
to
g
iv
e
a
ce
rt
ai
n
“f
ee
l”
to
a
p
ro
du
ct
io
n.
A
M
a
nd
F
M
r
ad
io
h
ow
ev
er
, i
s
st
ill
v
er
y
m
uc
h
co
m
pr
es
se
d
to
fi
t i
ts
r
es
tr
ic
te
d
dy
na
m
ic
r
an
ge
.
5.
M
o
d
if
ic
at
io
n
A
c
om
pr
es
so
r
ca
n
ch
an
ge
th
e
dy
na
m
ic
s,
o
r
“e
nv
el
op
e”
o
f t
he
tr
ac
k
an
d
it
is
h
er
e
th
at
th
e
Jo
em
ee
k
C
om
pr
es
so
r
ex
ce
ls
!
Ty
p
es
o
f
C
o
m
p
re
ss
o
r
M
os
t c
om
pr
es
so
rs
w
or
k
in
e
ss
en
tia
lly
th
e
sa
m
e
w
ay
: a
v
ol
um
e-
co
nt
ro
lli
ng
el
em
en
t
or
“
ga
in
c
el
l”
is
i
ns
er
te
d
in
to
t
he
a
ud
io
s
ig
na
l
pa
th
.
T
he
l
ev
el
o
f
th
e
si
gn
al
a
t a
ny
g
iv
en
m
om
en
t i
s
m
ea
su
re
d
an
d
th
at
in
fo
rm
at
io
n
is
u
se
d
to
c
on
tr
ol
t
he
g
ai
n
ce
ll.
S
o
if
th
e
si
gn
al
g
et
s
bi
gg
er
,
th
e
vo
lu
m
e
is
t
ur
ne
d
do
w
n.
V
ar
io
us
t
yp
es
o
f
ga
in
c
el
l
in
c
om
m
on
u
se
i
nc
lu
de
F
E
Ts
,
va
lv
es
(
tu
be
s)
,
lig
ht
-d
ep
en
de
nt
-r
es
is
to
rs
(
ph
ot
oe
le
ct
ric
),
d
ig
ita
l
po
te
nt
io
m
et
er
s
an
d
vo
lt-
ag
e-
co
nt
ro
lle
d-
am
pl
ifi
er
s,
b
et
te
r
kn
ow
n
as
V
C
A
s.
T
he
m
c2
C
om
pr
es
so
r
is
a
u
ni
qu
e
re
cr
ea
tio
n
of
t
he
s
or
t
of
p
ho
to
el
ec
tr
ic
co
m
pr
es
so
r
us
ed
b
y
re
co
rd
p
ro
du
ce
r
Jo
e
M
ee
k
in
th
e
19
60
’s
. U
si
ng
m
od
-
er
n
co
m
po
ne
nt
s
fo
r
co
ns
is
te
nc
y
an
d
re
lia
bi
lit
y,
it
n
on
et
he
le
ss
r
ep
ro
du
ce
s
fa
ith
fu
lly
t
he
s
am
e
pu
nc
hy
s
ou
nd
t
ha
t
w
as
s
o
ch
ar
ac
te
ris
tic
o
f
th
e
po
p
re
co
rd
s
of
th
at
ti
m
e.
Insert
Point
T
hi
s
is
s
im
pl
y
an
u
nb
al
an
ce
d
“S
en
d
an
d
R
et
ur
n”
ja
ck
o
n
th
e
re
ar
p
an
el
.
It
al
lo
w
s
yo
u
to
p
at
ch
o
th
er
p
ie
ce
s
of
e
qu
ip
m
en
t
in
to
t
he
c
om
pr
es
so
r’s
co
nt
ro
l s
id
e
ch
ai
n,
s
uc
h
as
a
n
eq
ua
liz
er
o
r
fil
te
r.
To
u
se
it
y
ou
w
ill
n
ee
d
a
“Y
”
le
ad
w
ire
d
as
f
ol
lo
w
s:
T
ip
:
se
nd
R
in
g:
r
et
ur
n
S
le
ev
e:
g
ro
un
d
W
he
n
no
ja
ck
is
in
se
rt
ed
,
th
e
so
ck
et
is
in
te
rn
al
ly
li
nk
ed
,
or
“
no
rm
al
le
d”
,
so
t
ha
t
th
e
co
nt
ro
l s
ig
na
l f
lo
w
s
un
in
te
rr
up
te
d.
VU
Meter
T
he
L
E
D
V
U
M
et
er
s
ho
w
s
si
gn
al
le
ve
l a
t t
he
o
ut
pu
ts
. I
t c
ov
er
s
th
e
ra
ng
e
-2
4d
B
t
o
+
12
dB
in
e
ig
ht
s
te
ps
.
N
ot
e
th
at
t
hi
s
is
r
el
at
iv
e
to
t
he
s
el
ec
te
d
op
er
at
in
g
le
ve
l
of
“
+
4d
B
U
”
or
“
-1
0d
B
v”
.
In
o
th
er
w
or
ds
i
f
yo
u
ha
ve
se
le
ct
ed
“
4d
B
u”
a
nd
t
he
m
et
er
r
ea
ds
“
0”
,
th
en
y
ou
h
av
e
+
4d
B
u
co
m
in
g
ou
t
of
t
he
o
ut
pu
t
so
ck
et
s.
I
f
yo
u
ha
ve
s
el
ec
te
d
“-
10
dB
v”
a
nd
t
he
m
et
er
e
re
ad
s
“0
”,
t
he
n
yo
u
ha
ve
-
10
dB
v
co
m
in
g
ou
t
of
t
he
o
ut
pu
t
so
ck
et
s.
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