Joemeek MC2 Stereo Compressor - Manual (Page 6)

11
co
m
bi
na
tio
ns
t
o
di
sc
ov
er
w
ha
t
be
st
s
ui
ts
t
he
m
at
er
ia
l y
ou
w
is
h
to
c
om
pr
es
s.
W
at
ch
t
he
G
R
m
et
er
a
nd
d
on
’t
ov
er
do
t
hi
ng
s
-
it
’s
p
os
si
bl
e
to
a
pp
ly
2
0d
B
o
f
ga
in
r
ed
uc
tio
n
be
fo
re
y
ou
r
ea
liz
e
it!
U
se
t
he
‘
C
O
M
P
’
sw
itc
h
to
m
ak
e
co
m
pa
ris
on
s
be
tw
ee
n
co
m
pr
es
se
d
an
d
un
co
m
pr
es
se
d
si
gn
al
s.
Using
the
GR
Hold
N
ot
e
th
at
th
is
w
or
ks
o
nl
y
in
c
on
ju
nc
tio
n
w
ith
th
e
C
om
pr
es
so
r
–
it
ha
s
no
e
ffe
ct
on
i
ts
o
w
n.
I
t
is
f
or
u
se
w
ith
a
n
oi
sy
o
rig
in
al
s
ig
na
l,
su
ch
a
s
fr
om
c
as
se
tte
ta
pe
, g
ui
ta
r
am
pl
ifi
er
s
or
li
ve
r
ec
or
di
ng
s
w
he
re
a
lo
t o
f u
nw
an
te
d
ba
ck
gr
ou
nd
no
is
e
is
p
re
se
nt
.
W
ith
a
s
ig
na
l p
re
se
nt
, s
et
th
e c
om
pr
es
so
r t
o g
iv
e a
m
od
er
at
e a
m
ou
nt
o
f g
ai
n
re
du
ct
io
n
an
d
w
ai
t
fo
r
ga
ps
b
et
w
ee
n
th
e
m
us
ic
o
r
pr
og
ra
m
m
at
er
ia
l.
Y
ou
sh
ou
ld
t
he
n
he
ar
t
he
n
oi
se
in
cr
ea
se
a
s
th
e
co
m
pr
es
so
r’s
g
ai
n
re
tu
rn
s
to
t
he
le
ve
l
se
t
by
t
he
‘
M
A
K
E
U
P
G
A
IN
’ c
on
tr
ol
.
N
ex
t
sw
itc
h
on
t
he
G
R
H
ol
d
an
d
re
pe
at
th
at
s
ec
tio
n
of
th
e
pr
og
ra
m
. A
dj
us
t t
he
‘G
R
H
O
LD
’ c
on
tr
ol
u
nt
il
th
e
LE
D
ju
st
c
ha
ng
es
f
ro
m
g
re
en
t
o
re
d
w
he
n
th
e
m
us
ic
s
to
ps
.
R
ed
m
ea
ns
t
ha
t
th
e
in
pu
t
si
gn
al
h
as
f
al
le
n
be
lo
w
t
he
s
el
ec
te
d
th
re
sh
ol
d
an
d
th
e
am
ou
nt
o
f
ga
in
re
du
ct
io
n
is
b
ei
ng
h
el
d
co
ns
ta
nt
. G
re
en
m
ea
ns
th
at
th
e
no
is
e
is
s
til
l a
bo
ve
th
e
se
le
ct
ed
th
re
sh
ol
d
an
d
th
e
co
m
pr
es
so
r
is
s
til
l w
or
ki
ng
, s
o
ra
is
e
th
e
th
re
sh
ol
d
by
t
ur
ni
ng
t
he
c
on
tr
ol
c
lo
ck
w
is
e.
If
th
e
re
su
lts
a
re
n
ot
o
bv
io
us
,
tr
y
in
cr
ea
si
ng
t
he
c
om
pr
es
so
r
s
R
el
ea
se
t
im
e.
If
th
e
ga
in
r
ed
uc
tio
n
re
le
as
es
t
oo
q
ui
ck
ly
,
th
e
G
R
H
ol
d
m
ay
n
ot
c
ap
tu
re
i
t
be
fo
re
t
he
g
ai
n
st
ar
ts
t
o
ris
e
ag
ai
n.
K
ee
p
re
pe
at
in
g
th
e
pr
oc
es
s
un
til
t
he
de
si
re
d
ef
fe
ct
i
s
ob
ta
in
ed
a
nd
t
he
re
i
s
no
i
nc
re
as
e
in
n
oi
se
d
ur
in
g
ga
ps
i
n
th
e
pr
og
ra
m
.
A
no
th
er
t
hi
ng
t
o
no
te
is
t
ha
t
th
is
f
ea
tu
re
u
se
s
an
a
na
lo
gu
e
“s
am
pl
e
an
d
ho
ld
”
ci
rc
ui
t
to
f
re
ez
e
th
e
co
nt
ro
l
vo
lta
ge
t
o
th
e
co
m
pr
es
so
r.
A
s
w
ith
a
ll
su
ch
c
irc
ui
ts
, t
he
s
to
re
d
vo
lta
ge
w
ill
e
ve
nt
ua
lly
d
ec
ay
a
w
ay
, t
he
n
th
e
co
m
-
pr
es
so
r
s
ga
in
w
ill
in
cr
ea
se
a
nd
th
e
no
is
e
w
ill
a
ga
in
b
ec
om
e
ap
pa
re
nt
.
H
ow
ev
er
th
is
p
ro
ce
ss
w
ill
ta
ke
s
ev
er
al
m
in
ut
es
–
lo
ng
e
no
ug
h
th
e
co
ve
r
th
e
no
is
y
ga
ps
in
t
he
p
ro
gr
am
m
at
er
ia
l,
or
b
et
w
ee
n
tr
ac
ks
o
f
an
a
lb
um
A
t
th
e
en
d
of
t
he
r
ec
or
di
ng
,
re
m
em
be
r
to
f
ad
e
ou
t
th
e
si
gn
al
b
ef
or
e
th
e
no
is
e
co
m
es
b
ac
k!
Using
the
Ster
eo
Width
W
ith
t
he
S
T
E
R
E
O
W
ID
T
H
c
on
tr
ol
c
en
te
re
d,
n
or
m
al
s
te
re
o
is
m
ai
n-
ta
in
ed
.
S
o
w
ith
a
s
te
re
o
si
gn
al
y
ou
s
ho
ul
d
he
ar
n
o
di
ffe
re
nc
e.
T
ur
ni
ng
th
e
co
nt
ro
l f
ul
ly
a
nt
ic
lo
ck
w
is
e
re
su
lts
in
m
on
o,
ie
: i
de
nt
ic
al
s
ig
na
ls
c
om
e
ou
t
of
b
ot
h
le
ft
an
d
rig
ht
o
ut
pu
ts
.
T
u
rn
in
g
t
h
e
c
o
n
tr
o
l
fu
lly
c
lo
ck
w
is
e
w
id
e
n
s
th
e
s
o
u
n
d
st
a
g
e
t
o
e
xt
ra
-
w
id
e
s
te
re
o
.
U
se
t
he
a
dj
ac
en
t
O
N
s
w
itc
h
to
m
ak
e
co
m
pa
ris
on
s
be
tw
ee
n
pr
oc
es
se
d
an
d
un
pr
oc
es
se
d
so
un
d.
W
he
n
w
id
en
in
g
th
e
st
er
eo
im
ag
e
yo
u
m
ay
fi
nd
th
at
“
le
ss
is
m
or
e”
a
nd
it
s
b
et
te
r
to
k
ee
p
th
e
ef
fe
ct
s
ub
tle
.
Using
the
Ster
eo
Width
10
Using
the
mc2
GETTING
CONNECTED
The
figure
shows
the
mc2
being
used
in
a
typical
recording
setup:
• T
he
in
se
rt
p
oi
nt
is
b
ei
ng
u
se
d
to
d
iv
er
t t
he
c
om
pr
es
so
r c
on
tr
ol
s
ig
na
l t
hr
ou
gh
an
e
xt
er
na
l g
ra
ph
ic
e
qu
al
iz
er
,
fo
r
“f
re
qu
en
cy
c
on
sc
io
us
”
co
m
pr
es
si
on
.
•
If
you
have
a
mixer
with
L-R
Master
sends
and
returns,
this
is
a
good
place
to
connect
the
mc2,
for
both
mastering
and
live
work.
POWER
SUPPL
Y
Connect
the
mc2
Power
Supply
to
the
AC
connector
on
the
rear
panel
and
switch
on
the
mains
supply
. NB:
Use
only
the
12V
ac
mains
adap
-
tor
supplied.
Use
of
any
other
power
supply
may
damage
the
mc2
and
will
invalidate
the
warranty
.
Using
the
Pr
eamp
T
ur
n
th
e
‘IN
P
U
T
G
A
IN
’ c
on
tr
ol
to
m
in
im
um
a
nd
c
on
ne
ct
th
e
in
pu
t s
ou
rc
e.
T
ur
n
up
t
he
‘
IN
P
U
T
G
A
IN
’
un
til
t
he
s
ou
nd
r
eg
is
te
rs
o
n
th
e
V
U
M
et
er
,
ad
ju
st
in
g
it
so
t
ha
t
th
e
m
et
er
r
ea
ds
b
et
w
ee
n
“0
”
an
d
“+
4”
o
n
so
un
d
pe
ak
s.
W
he
n
th
e
re
d
LE
D
(
la
be
le
d
“P
ea
k”
)
lig
ht
s,
t
he
m
c2
is
w
ith
in
6
dB
of
c
lip
pi
ng
. O
cc
as
io
na
l f
la
sh
es
a
re
O
K
b
ut
if
it
is
o
n
al
l t
he
ti
m
e,
tu
rn
th
e
In
pu
t
G
ai
n
do
w
n!
Using
the
Compr
essor
S
ta
rt
w
ith
th
e
C
om
pr
es
so
r
of
f a
nd
a
dj
us
t t
he
IN
P
U
T
G
A
IN
s
o
th
at
th
e
V
U
M
et
er
r
ea
ds
a
ro
un
d
0d
B
.
S
et
‘
C
O
M
P
R
E
S
S
IO
N
’ a
nd
‘
A
T
TA
C
K
’ f
ul
ly
a
nt
i-c
lo
ck
w
is
e,
w
ith
‘
S
LO
P
E
’
an
d
‘R
E
LE
A
S
E
’ a
t
m
id
-p
os
iti
on
.
P
re
ss
t
he
‘
C
O
M
P
’ s
w
itc
h
an
d
tu
rn
u
p
th
e
‘C
O
M
P
R
E
S
S
IO
N
’
co
nt
ro
l
un
til
t
he
c
om
pr
es
so
r
G
R
m
et
er
s
ta
rt
s
to
re
ad
4
dB
o
r
6d
B
o
n
au
di
o
pe
ak
s.
Y
ou
s
ho
ul
d
no
w
b
e
ab
le
t
o
he
ar
t
he
co
m
pr
es
so
r
w
or
ki
ng
a
s
th
e
vo
lu
m
e
di
m
in
is
he
s.
U
se
t
he
‘
M
A
K
E
U
P
G
A
IN
’ c
on
tr
ol
t
o
re
st
or
e
th
e
si
gn
al
t
o
its
p
re
vi
ou
s
(u
nc
om
pr
es
se
d)
le
ve
l
A
lte
r
th
e
S
LO
P
E
a
nd
l
is
te
n
to
h
ow
t
he
s
ev
er
ity
o
f
th
e
ga
in
r
ed
uc
tio
n
ch
an
ge
s.
T
ry
c
ha
ng
in
g
th
e
A
tta
ck
a
nd
li
st
en
f
or
p
er
cu
ss
iv
e
so
un
ds
g
et
-
tin
g
lo
ud
er
.
R
ed
uc
in
g
th
e
A
tta
ck
a
nd
R
el
ea
se
t
im
es
s
ho
ul
d
em
ph
as
iz
e
th
is
e
ve
n
m
or
e
an
d
th
e
co
m
pr
es
so
r
sh
ou
ld
s
ta
rt
t
o
“p
um
p”
a
ud
ib
ly
.
T
he
o
ve
ra
ll
re
su
lt
of
c
om
pr
es
si
on
d
ep
en
ds
o
n
th
e
co
m
bi
ne
d
se
tti
ng
s
of
t
he
C
om
pr
es
s,
S
lo
pe
, A
tta
ck
a
nd
R
el
ea
se
c
on
tr
ol
s.
E
xp
er
im
en
t
w
ith
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