TC ELECTRONIC FINALIZER96
Manual de Usuario

Finalizer96K Manual 01.99

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MAIN PAGE Compressor
Expert Menu
Press MENU keys to enter the expert page. Attack The Attack time is the response time that the Compressor uses to reach the gain reduction specified by the Ratio parameter. Example: If the Input signal increases to 4dB above Threshold with the Ratio set to 2:1 and the Attack set to 20ms, the Compressor will use 20ms to reach the gain reduction of 2dB. Release Release sets the fall-back time of the Compressor, after the signal drops below the Threshold. Side Chain / Delay This parameter adjusts the look-ahead delay. This means that your audio signal is delayed, e.g., 10ms. By slightly delaying the audio signal, you enable the processor to look ahead at the signal, and it will therefore react more accurately than a standard Compressor/Limiter/Expander. The actual look-ahead delay time is scaled automatically with the Attack time, individually on all three bands. Note: This delay time parameter is common for the Compressor, Limiter and Expander. Crest This parameter determines whether the Compressor should react to peaks or RMS (average), or something in between. E.g. if the Crest parameter is set to 6dB, the Compressor is reacting to RMS values and to peaks 6dB higher than the current RMS value.

MAIN PAGE Compressor
Make-up gain
Make-up gain is automatically calculated in the Finalizer as a function of your Threshold and Ratio settings. If for instance you set the Threshold to -9dB with a Ratio of 1:Infinity, 9dB of Make-up gain is added automatically. If the Ratio then is altered to 1:2, 4.5dB of Make-up gain is added. In the Compressor User page, you can now counteract the automatic gain, if you wish to maintain e.g. Unity gain:

Cross-over Menu
Press MENU keys to enter the Cross-over frequency page (Xovr) L-Xovr/H-Xovr With the L-Xovr and H-Xovr you set the Cross-over points of the three bands in the dynamics section. Note: The Cross-over points are common for the Compressor, Limiter and Expander.

Compressor Bypass
Press the blue BLOCK on/off key (the OK-key) to bypass the Compressor section.

On the Compressor display, Band levels are shown as three bars with Unity gain in the centre. To have full automatic Make-up gain, all levels must be set to 0. To have Unity gain simply position the three indicators on the centre line. To have Make-up gain with a flat spectrum below the Threshold of Compression you should balance the bars.

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