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Klanghelm DC8C
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Expert Mode
Klanghelm DC8C
SidechainTiltindB:
Ifsettonegativevalueslow
frequenciesaremore
affectedbthecom!ression"
ifsetto!ositivevalueshigh
frequnciesaremoreaffected
bthecom!ression
Sidechain#owPass
$utoffin%&
Saturationswitch:3
states:
'ff:nosaturation
'range:lightsaturation
(ed:morea!!arent"
modernsaturation
In!utgaincontrol"
whensaturationis
turnedon"more
gainleadstomore
saturation
In!utlevel)*+not
!ea,"setour
referencelevelwith
thecalibration
control-
'ut!utlevel)*+not!ea,"set
ourreferencelevelwiththe
calibrationcontrol-./hen01T.
SidechainandS$#IST02are
activated"the'*Tmeter
dis!lasthelevelofthee3ternal
sidechainsignal
gainreduction
meter
'ut!utgain
mi3controlin4:
54:drsignal"
1554com!ressedsignal
$hannel
se!arationin4
54:mono6stereo
o!eration
1554:dualmono
/henengaged"thereleaseofthedetector
andtheactualcom!ressionreleaserelateto
andde!endoneachother"I'/:smoother
releasecharacteristics
(7Sdetectiontime
inms"
/hensetto5.5
8$9$actsasa
!ea,com!ressor
Expert Mode
2
$lic,atthe
metersto
enable6
disablesoft
b!ass.
Sidechain#isten
incl.filters
:ctivatee3ternalstereo
sidechain.Ifouare
usingthe:*version"
e3ternalsidechainingis
onlavailablein
8$9$sc+Stereoonl
version:T7-
Sidechain%iPass
$utoffin%&
Klanghelm DC8C
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Insteadofaclassical,neecontrol8$9$
offersou
mor!hingbetween3transfercurves:
155
5
;155
Threshold
indB
8etermines+in4-"howmuchofthecom!ressed
signalisfedbac,tothedetector.
Sooucanhavea<eedforwardcom!ressor
+whensetto54-orfeedbac,com!ression+when
setto1554-andeverthinginbetween
:mountofgainreductionsmooting
in4:determineshowsensitive
8$9$reactstochangesingain
reduction.whensetto54+'<<-
nosmoothingta,es!lace./hen
setto15548$9$changesitsgain
reductionverslowl
(angecontrolindB
#imitsthema3.gainreductionto
auserdefinablevalue
/henswitchedon"8$9$becomesa
&erolatencbriwalllimiter.Thetreshhold
controlistheceiling"attac,"feedbac,"
sha!eandmi3controlshavenofunction
inthismode
0nablesnegative;ratio;mode"for
dramatic"obviouscom!ression.7ore
suitedforcom!ressioneffectsthat
controllingdnamics.
(atio3:1
Expert Mode
Klanghelm DC8C
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:ttac,inms
$ontrolsthe!rogramde!endencofthe:ttac,
/hensettonegativevalues"theattac,
becomesslowerthehigherthesignallevelis"
ifsetto!ositivevaluesthehigherthesignal
level=thefastertheattac,
Ifsetto&eronoattac,!rogramde!endencis
ta,ing!lace
Predelaofthecom!ressorinms"
8eterminesthetime"beforethe
com!ressorreactstothein!ut
signal
/henswitchedon8$9$o!erates
absolutelcleanwithnodistortionor
intermodulationnoisefromthe
com!ression
whenengaged"theattac,curvechangesfrom
astandardlogarithmiccurvetoas;sha!ed
curve"lettingmoreofthetransients!ass
If!ressed"therelease
curvechangesfroma
standardlogarithmic
curvetoas;sha!ed
curve"resultingina
morerela3edrelease
behaviour
(eleaseinms
$ontrolsthe!rogramde!endencoftherelease
/hensettonegativevalues"thereleasegetsfasterthe
higherthegainreductionlevelis"
ifsetto!ositivevaluesthehigherthegainreduction=the
slowertherelease
Ifsetto&eronorelease!rogramde!endencista,ing
!lace
Expert Mode
Switchesto0:S>mode
See!age?frodetails
Setsthereferencelevelnotonlfor
the)*metersbutalsoforthe
entiresignal!ath.>oucanusethis
toincreaseordecreasethe
saturationamountinde!endenl
fromthein!utgain.
*semousewheeltochangethe
valueorclic,toenteravalue
'versam!ling:'ff"23"43or93
Setsthetimeinms"the
com!ressorholditsgain
reductionbeforetherelease
,ic,sin
?
Klanghelm DC8C
:ttac,inms
Threshold
indB
(atio3:1
referencelevel"
8escri!tion:see!revious
!age
(eleaseinms
mi3controlin4:
54:drsignal"
1554com!ressedsignal 'ut!utgainindB In!utgainindB
$om!ressionStles
+seene3t!age-
Easy Mode
Switchesto
01P0(Tmode
'versam!ling:
'ff"23"43or93
:ctivatee3ternalstereo
sidechain.Ifouare
usingthe:*version"
e3ternalsidechainingis
onlavailablein
8$9$sc+Stereoonl
version:T7-
Sidechain
%iPass
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Klanghelm DC8C
Easy Mode Compression Styles
S7''T%
invisiblecom!ressionwithoutartefacts"
slowcom!ressoraction"soft,nee"smooth
gainriding
Suitedforbusduties"vocals"strings"snth
!ads
P*2$%
Setandforget!unch"naturalcom!ression"
highl!rogramde!endent+asallother0:S>
modes-
>oucanleaveattac,to5.5msandrelease
around?5ms"soundsgreatinmost
situations.'!timisedfordrumbusses
S2:P
Thisisthetransients!ittingmachine.
againreductionaround;2dBmightalread
beenoughtos!iceu!drums.
:lsosuitabletoem!hasi&etheattac,of
guitar6bassguitarsignals.Becarefulwith
theout!ut,nob:thedifferencesbetween
transientsandtherestofthesignalcanbe
huge.
$(*S%
Theo!!ositetoS7''T%mode.#otsof
com!ressionartefacts+distortion-.>oucan
useittocom!letldestrothednamics
and6ormisuse8$9$asadistortiondevice
T%0<'*(0:S>7'80S
Togetafeelingfordifferentcom!ressioncharacterofeachstle"setallcontrolstoitsdefault
value+doubleclic,oneach,nob-.Thenlowerthethresholduntilougetaround4;?dB
gainreduction.2owswitchthroughthefourstles.Thedifferencesincharactershouldbeobvious
now
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Klanghelm DC8C
Appendix preset list
8efault
8(*7S
;Bass8rumsoft
;Bass8rumnail
;Bass8rumsna!
;Snaresoft
;Snaresolid
;Snaresna!
;Tomssolid
;Tomssna!
;'verheadssoft
;'verheadsaggressive
;(oomcontrol
;(oomsmasher
;8rumAit!arallel!unch
;8rumAitcontrol
;8rumAit!um!ing
;8rumAitsna!!
;8rumAitsnaretrigger
B:SS
;0lectricBasscontrol
;Sla!Bass
;Basssustain
0#0$T(I$B*IT:(S
;!ic,ing
;Cangle
;crunchrhthmguitar
;distortedguitar
;solosustain
)'$:#S
;#ead)o3control
;#ead)o3crunch
;#ead)o3limiting
;Bac,ing)ocals
A0>S
;Piano
;0;Pianoattac,
;Padsustain
;SnthBass
7I1B*SS
;Custalittle
;&erolatencbric,wall
;ma,eitloud
<1
;stutterdrums
;distortion
;isitbro,enD
ST>#0S
;<eed<orward
;<eedBac,
;classico!tocom!ressor
;(7Sonl
;su!ercleancom!ression
;#imiter
;1@5dB
;:liToohe
;<1com!ressor
;stereoenhancer
;transientenhancer
;general!ur!ose
;moderntrac,com!ressor
;vintagetrac,com!ressor
;modernbuscom!ressor
;vintagebuscom!ressor
;mastering
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Klanghelm DC8C
Tips and tricks
8$9$isableto!erformvercleancom!ressionevenat
verfastsettings+$#0:2$'7Pswitchedon-
/hendoingmassivegainreductionoushould,now"
thatfromtimetotimetransientwill!ass+!o!!ing-
through.>oucancom!ensateforthatwithincreasing
B(S7''T%I2B.
/hen$#0:2$'7Pisoff"oucanreachtrue&ero
attac,"i.e.Transientscanbe,illedcom!letelifdesired
Ifouwant5.5msattac,oushouldsetthe(7Stime
andP(0$'7P(0SSI'2TI70to5.
Please"troutthe!resets.Theshouldgiveenough
starting!ointsforourowne3!lorationsintothevarious
com!ressionflavoursoucangetoutof8$9$
The#I7ITI2Bmodeisnotintendedtore!laceour
favouritemasteringlimiter"butitmightbecomeourfirst
choice"when&erolatencbric,walllimitingisrequired.
IFvetriedmbesttominimi&etheunavoidabledistortion
inthismode./henswitchingonthe80T0$T'(
S7''T%andT%0S;(0#0:S0$*()0oucanlower
thedistotionmore.Aee!inmind"thatinlimitingmode
thefollowingcontrolshavenofunction:
(7S"S%:P0"<B7I1":TT:$A"P(0:TT":TT80P"
(:2B0"7I1GtheS$<I#T0(section
/henusingthesaturation",ee!inmind"thatIFvealso
modeledthenoiseandsmallfluctuationsfoundin
analoguecircuits.Thesearebarelnoticable.:nd
com!aredtotherealworldthenoisefloorisrealllow.
SodonFt!anic:;-
/henthesaturationisoff"thefluctuationsandthenoise
arecom!letelgone.
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Klanghelm DC8C
Credits
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