3GAIN CONTROL LED DISPLAY INPUTIOUTPUT LED DISPLAY . ‘THRESHOLD INDICATOR LED's PEAK INDICATOR LED's . . . BYPASS INDICATOR LED BYPASS SWITCH OVERVIEW .... BYPASSING AN INDIVIDUAL SECTION . COMPRESSOR DE-ESSER EXPANDER NOISE GATE . EXCITER . PEAK LIMITERICLIPPER . MASTER OUTPUT . ‘SPECIFICATIONS APPLICATIONS . WARRANTY INFORMATION ‘SERVICE INFORMATION . . . BEavsaae a eee naan ee,INTRODUCTION Congratulations! You have just purchased what many profes: sonal considor tho finest, moat sehniealyavanead omamice processor ever produced. We aongly suggest you read this manual and use it while you aro goting fama wih ll its funcons and capabies. + Ful store processing ‘ovanced VA erty * Low noe design ‘Separate ouput gain for each channel 100 om balanced outputs (XLA and 14°) Switenabie detector loop Separate Gate Koy Input ~ itor Link for ganging together more than one Moc2001 Switchable InpevOurput meting INSTALLATION. ‘The MDC-200 is designed for use In a wide varity of ve and studio applications. Self cotained ina al steel single ‘space high 19" rack mount cage, the MDC-2001 le designed for continuous protessonal use. For touring tack apes. tions, care shouldbe taken to support the unis ear the rack might bo subjected to mechanical shock NOTE: The ont panel may bondi no rear supports provide. Mounting lectin Is nt ctl, but for greater reliably we ‘recommend that you not place the unit ontop of power amps, ‘ube equipment, or other sources of het ‘The MDC-2001 does not havea power switch. This is because ‘most applcatons wil Invi a multiple space rack system wth &smitched masior AC maine power stip. The MDC-200), Yas designed for this application and no harm wil cme to ‘he unit when t's salted inthis manne ‘An audio mute circuit engages and aisengages the ouputs alr the MDC-2001 has bean tuned on oF of Tho mito Time is wo to 9 seconds long aller power up. Langer mute limes ave caused by lower AC mains via, ‘All audio connections tothe MDE-200" are made atthe fear ofthe unt via prtessional 14” phone jacks and XLR connesrs. ‘The auto inputs ofthe MDC-2001 are active balanced type wit connections being made to siter a" streo (TRS) aces ‘standard XLR eonnodors. Yeu may use the deuce in an Lunbalanced (sing end) conguration witout harm fo he ‘tevin iso Input mpedance ie 20K ohms balanced and “Ok ohms if used unbalanced Maximum pt evel 20m, Polarity forthe 4" connect is Tip = (+), Ring = (-), ‘and Slooye = ground. For the XLA connector pola Pint = ground, Pin2 = (4, and Pin 3 = (), ‘The audio outputs of the MOC-200% are active balanced ‘ype with connections being made to eer 14" sorao ITS) jacks or standard XLR eannectors, You may Use the ‘fevice in an unbalanced (single ended) eoniguraton without harm te the device isl or the flowing unitin the chain, ‘Output impedance is 100 ohms balanced anc £7 ohms if us ‘ed balanced. Maximum output levi 248m, Polarity forthe 34" connector is: Tip = (+). Ring = (, land Sloevo = ground. Fo the XLA connector pola is Pin 1/= ground, Pin 2 = (+), and Pin = (-) se The detector loop may be used for a variely cf pplcatons Outboard de-essing, and ducking may be done by using the ‘detector op. Operon: ‘Winer there is no connection mace othe detetor oop jacks, the detector lop is closed betwoon the decay ipul and ‘utp jack: Connoc! the appropriate input ang output of what you wil use wi the lop, To engage the detector lop input Jack posh the Detector Loop sw on the fon pane in ‘The Sich must be engaged forth delat oop to work When th sertch is ou, te detector oop oust signal Is fed the detector rut, Impedance of the Loop input is 1K oben. Loop Output i pdnce is 100 ohms ‘The jack configuration for both input and output itp cor nections are the let deter anding connections are the Fight detector. OF course, the sieve Is groune.GATE KEY INPUT “The Gate Kay nput is an outside tink tothe Gate detector oul A treo jack f Uood fo connect to each detacor utp. The tp and ring are connected separately 10 the lft fad right ceecor inputs spectively. Whan thor is ro con heetlon made fo the jack, the inpuls are automatically con ‘ected duo fo the sutiching capabiis ofthe ack Ksl 0 the detector outputs, Use the key input a tgger the gate from an external sure. ‘lina level auc signal may be used as a tigger Input ‘mmpedance ls 1K ohm. ‘ume. un “The Linitor Link input enablas you fo connect mutiple IMDC'slogetor For linking three or more MOC's, a "Y" ‘or is needa, The inser sections ofthe MDC's ae linked fd the operation ofthe it LED's Is mained. The ‘hanna LED whieh causes the imitin action wil be it the bghtest leaving the rat cimly Input impedance fer the Unter Link is ah, ‘This input isa drect nk to the YEA. A cont voltage is cine input oF output from thi ek. The larger ofthe con trl voiages ha ploy aver what ho liter ink acts 38, ‘he contol of controled device. Th limiter ink is wie "ered tothe VCA, Maximum VCA gai Is et by the com: presser veshold and slop. Thao is a 05 wot crop be- Swoon the jack and CA. urs ‘ain Contra Meter “The gun contol meter consists of 21 LED's indicating a ange of 9038 fo 306 and inaleates exactly what happening st the VCA, The center LED (0) it constarty indeatng uly gain. Increased gain s incest by ighing LED to the ight of unity. Decroased gain is indcated by LEDS othe lot of uniy ong lt. Since the display i always atv, the conta of MDC can be adjusted While he processor is bypassed. ‘The switchable InpuvOuiput meter consists of 8 LED's per hanna incieting manga fom 30a ta +158 of leet ‘The to LED's to the ll ofthe mele indicate whether you ‘16 wowing input or output level Input level being dislayes is shown when the yellow LED ‘above the meter select sch ist Output owl fs dspiayed ‘hen the red LED {Nl funetons of the MDC-2001 (except the Des) are ine fated thay are in use by tei yellow teeshod nda: ‘When the $0 threshold a he effects uate signal lvel reached the ld wil ight, The compressor LED wil ght wth no comprossor action “The lt an right peak icietors ght when the audio signal level reaches the value you set with the peak iis, One of ‘the LED's, UI) wil usually bo brighter tan to oer. Tho Drigter led Indicates whieh channel fs being sed fo crive the detector eeu “Tho ad LED above the Bypass svich when It indicates the MDC 2001 is bypassed, The unt isn the active mode when the LED i not ‘The Bypass switch on tho front pane slocts whether the IMBC isn bypass or sce made. Bypnes mode for tho 'MDC2001 s'a hard bypess, mearing the input and output jacks are ied together avec rough the suitch‘The MDC-2001 Stroo Master Dynamics Control is a ‘votsatle componont rendy 1 ad fexblty but more im Pottanty contl to your exising sound satu. Be warmed, {he MDC-2001 isnot an effect. tis a tool © process your ‘sound into the cleanest quietest productions you can ‘imagine “The MDC-2001 isa ue stereo processor with Indvgsal [solatnd ces for two channel performance. The stonget signal of he Iwo channels fs used fo determine the conto) parameters forthe MDC's performance characteristics. Front ‘nel cons lfc! the operation of both channels ‘There are si user contlable processing devices contained inthe MOC2001, These include a compressor, de-sser, ex ‘ander, noise gale, exote, ané poak tence Esch play fn important role in signal processing, Realise pracical onto ae provided fer each secton allowing you to main- tain precise and necessary masioing ofthe fina sound Four separate detectors are used inthe MOC-2001, The com- ‘pressor and expander share the main delat, while the noise ‘ste, cer and limiter each have thoi own, ‘You may neice there are no Inet switches for the various sections. Each section becomes present inthe path when {he satings ofthe folowing contole ar eat grestor than ‘heir minimum value Compressor: Ratio = 1 Desser: Level = 0 Expander: Slope = 1 Nowe Gets: Thwesh Pak Liter: Threah = (+)20 When thase controls are sot a minimum, you should conaider the secon of. PROCESSOR ‘COMPRESSOR Contots Input... (210 10 C40 Ratio it 40) ‘tack Om 10 5Oms Release .Ofsee to 10 sec une ‘A compressor is used to conto the dynamic range of program material when a sot threshold is exceeded, Operation: Four controls define the operatian of he compressor The Contos though independant in funcon. interact with each fer to consol the signal in th desied manner. The Input ‘conto sos the inp sensiviy of the compressor. A threshold range trom (-}038 to (+}10d8 is avaliable. When the Input contig se 10 (+1048, the compressor is least senso, nly signal loves above (+1028 wil be compressed. As the ‘conto is tuned clocks, input sensiiy increases. Av the {Ch0aB soting, ary signal lowe greater than -)40 8 il be compressed. Tho slope of the compressors set with the Ratlo contol The rao range starts a 1-1 and nas a max Inu valve of 40:1 A rato achieved! wih he cont sata 12 O'Clock. You shuld consider @ 40:1 slope infin, Providing a compressed signal aa constant level regardless ‘tthe change In input signal lve. With a 4:1 slope selected land the input evel operaing above the sot hveshold, a 468 ‘change in input lve wil reel in only a 128 change in ut put ve ‘Operating over a range of Oss to SOms, the Attack conto! ss the time I Takes the compressor fo respond to an ir ‘rouse in signal levels. When you use shor attack times, the signal wel controled but less dynamic. Short stack ‘times re used o contol transient sighal level. As tho a lack ime is ineoased, dynamics bocome emphasized ana the signal smth over: Longer attack mes respond mainly tothe average signal lovel ofthe program mater “Tho Release contol sets the amount of time the compressor lakes to recover from a decraaea in signal lve, Satae range Is fom 01 seconds toa full 10 second. A quick release time wil increase the apparent level and decrease ‘dynamics Ifyou release time 110 quick for The program ‘alr you wil Hoar the sound "pump". This ist say the ‘put signa! level wil be uneven or jumpy. Ae the release ‘im i lengthened, you maintain ongnal eynamics ana lamer the average agnal level. Both the affach and release ‘contol also have an real “Auto Adjust feature dopendent ‘on the incaming audio signal. The two convals ae fin tuned ‘coninuously by the dynamic characterises of he auco signal ow Wort: ‘Abe heart ofthe compressor lies a Voltage Coatoied "Ampifior commonly known as a VGA. A VCA is 2 type of ‘ula empiier which was designed 1o be used to increase ‘and decrease lve. Instead of using gral alenuation, ‘VGA is contoiod by an external OC votlage, Ths DC wotag is derived fam a detector ccut which converts ‘signal lve nto a DC votage. Higher signal levels are con. ete ino higher DC voltage which dives the VEA harder Prowsng attenuation,cont: Use: ‘A do-essor i used mainly to remove annoying stance ‘when using large amounts of compression Operations: (niy one conto is needed to operate the De-asser. However you must use the compressor section in order to use the Ge-esear. Tho Level contrasts the amount of sigaal used to conte the detector cut. The range of gain starts a (3B and has a mivimum valve of 1508. Adjust the lve contol uni he desired amount of suppression is acheved ow 1 works: ‘The signal tobe processed is fed toa band pass fier sol at 1 certain requene. The tiered signal fs then fed to log Converter which in turn cvs tho compressor VCA. The coil ‘volage derivod fom the VCA Is used fo contol he ckculry ‘Recessary 1 suppres the frequency. EXPANDER Contos: “Throsh (808m to (+}2008m Slope 1110 15 Use: “This expander Is used mosty to reduce noise Iti commonly noon 35 a downward expander The Dest way fo use the ‘expander isn coqunion wth tha compressa, Wie here lin the program materia il eliminate "noise swol ‘nen the compressor is trying to lve the signal when there ‘sone to tre. Operation: ‘Sot he Threshold contr to the lve you went the expander to sat workng rom. When the signal level i ess than the ‘he sal treshokd owl, to expander LED wil light inccsting Is presence nthe signal chain and itis attenuating the signal YoU wil 590 tho gain conto! LED's inca this ‘Adjust the Slope (depth) ofthe expander forthe amount of ‘in reduction you desire. I your slope Is sot fora 1:2 rao {and you decreaso tho input ivel by 148, a reduction of 248 ‘nl be the result onthe ouput ‘signal ow Wor: The signal vel drives the main detector cies. As the signal level decreases, the gain decreases. NOISE GATE Contots Thresh (036m to (+)2048m Hold Tine. 15m 10 286 se: ‘Anois gate is used to eliminate unwanted residual nose row signal evel when a certain minimum tests level '5 passed Operation: ‘Tho nase gato is reterenced tothe input signal level. Th ‘Threshold contol allows you to atthe level st which the ‘oles gate wil Kickin when the input eve apa below, ‘When this tvesols levels reaches, the Noise Gato LED ‘il ight. A ange from a minimum signa vel of 90 den and maximum of (+2068 can be saci, The tmeit ako the noise gate to react to the threhold level 's enable wih the Hold Time cont. Al share hol Umes, the noise gate wil eact quicker to the signal fwcton. Be careful if your Master Output contals are st for ‘gan, you could encounter some coping (8 to (+)20481m Conte Let Chane. Fight Chane se: 1} bet the master output evel ofthe MDC-200 perion: Adjust the Loft and Right Channel conols to detrmine the final cutput ove ofthe processes signal. The range of level ‘can be set rm 2or0 output fvel to @ maximum ouipit eve 1 (+68 of gan Clint 0 (+)648 (Chit 1 9648‘SPECIFICATIONS Frequency Response: oHe to 28KHz, (+), (548 SIN Rat. ‘cios6 Dynamic Range: "2008 THD: (3) 004% a@rktiz Maximum Input Level (92008 Input Impedance: 20K ohm active balanced aximum Outpet (2ta5m ‘Output Impsdance 100 shim ace balanced Mechanical 175" Hx 10" Wx 95" ‘wernt $10 Lbs Power 400-25 Volt AC, ts, Inlrsal fuse, SW typical {Export unit conigured for dsination county) Compressor: Trreshos (0a 10 (+1008 ato: ate 407 black ‘sme to Som Roloase: (1866 1 10300 Deksser Lovet: 088 to 1548 xgande: ‘Theshola (80a 16 (+2038 Slope 1p 15 aise ate: ‘Tvoshal: (98036 to (+2038 Holt Time: ‘ome 10 20se¢ ater, Love: 010 Frecuency ake to 1SKH2 Peak Limiter Cnr: Threshat 08m to (+}20e6m oi: (¢)6d81m above sot vol ‘tack Tine: '300u8 maximum Feloase Tine: Program dependent aster Output: Love: nti to (49608, Detector Lao: Maximum input Love (32048 Input Impedance: 20K ohm Maximum Output Lovet (set38m Output Impedance: 400 ohne ate ney tat: Maximum input Love 2008 Input impedance: 4K ohm ‘Applied Research & Technology, Ine 218 Femant soet Rochester, Now Yerk 14608 USA “Telephone: (716) 496 2720 Fax: (796) 438 9982 "ele: 404973 ARTROC. ‘Applied Research & Technology. Ine: riains a policy of constant product improvement, ‘Specitcations are subject lo change without notice, Designed and Manufactured inthe United States of America. 520.5004-100,APPLICATIONS During @ matirack miadown you may need to reduce the lov of eifeent instruments when the lead vocal Nowds 1 dominate, You ean accomplish this by using the Detactor Loop. With the MDC-2001, you can reduce Upto two racks ata ime. Connect the ado Wacks you wish to reduce in level to the Inputs ofthe MDC2001. Push the Detocor Loop swith in ‘The outputs ll be returned tothe mix Patch tho leed vocal into the Detector Loop Input. Aust the Compreaso” input Conta oe the compyassor tvesnola level. Sete alo onto fo 40:1. Now. hen the vocal excends the threshold ‘eve by 6a, the uso tacks wil be reduced in level by 6B ‘lve DJ stustion would be playing the canned mix ane wanting to ak ovr it reducing the mix and lating your ‘ice be ineligible. Too this you would set up the MOC as hove ‘USE OF AN OUTBOARD EQUALIZER ‘Roving Equalization tothe Noise Gate ‘An Outboard equalizer can be vse to limit the bandwith ‘18 signal for Improving Gate porlrmance. The equalizer ie Used to st up a contin frequency range which wil be used to theger tho gate, Patch the equalizer between the Detector Loop Output and ‘ne Gata Key Input. Be suro 10 use soreo cables lor paper connection, Left detector output isthe tip ight dolce out putt he rng, These are coneced othe equalizer inputs). {lt gate key input stip, ight gato key input is rng. These. are conmecod to the equalizer Inputs) Set ‘Ate the proper connections have been made, set the EO fave fo elimina the unwanteg Hequoncies, By just using the sgneant requoncies to trigger the gate, the gate it ‘oes quicker and be lass auacepbe to ineletence, Roll off high requoncies that may be bleeding in tom other ‘tums and cymbals. Boost frequencies that correspond with the atlack and resonance of he Kick cum, Fol ff he loner and upper harmonic requeacies. Most ‘vocal fall between 300 He and 25 KHz. Ineigioiy of Speech contre around 1B © 25 KHE Use ofan outboar equalizer can be used o reduce sbtance ‘na vocal rack. Tho equalzor is setup te derease tho eve (1's sounds when lage amount of compression is used Hook Un Pate the equalizer ito the Detector Loop. Be sue to use ‘servo abies lor proper connection, Left decor output the tin, right detector ouput fs the ting. These are co cle to the equalizer puts, Le detector inputs ip, fight detector input is ring, These are connected to the ‘equalize input). Setp ‘Ator the proper connections have been made, set the EO {curve 10 boost the frequencies between 2kHz and BKHz ‘Since boosting levels in he detector loop dacreases the ‘voshold of compression, sibance sounds wl be ater ‘pd fo lowor iva tan the remrining progam mateAPPENDIX A DIAGRAMS Rapes Figure 1 shows compressor input evel versus output evel or various treshols, The slope remained constant ata 40:1 ral Figure 2 shows compressor input lvel versus output love for various slopes. The tveshold remained constant at e538 Figure shows the input versus ouput level ofthe compressor and iter stat (0) and (+1008 with & slope of 4:1 Figure 4 shows dierent slope ratios for input level ve ouput level of te expander The threshold is sot at (1068, CIRCUIT BLOCK DIAGRAM, Figure 5 isa bock Bagram showing signal flow and contol positions, Figure 6 shows the font panel controls and LED's Figure 7 shows the jack locations onthe rear pant ‘tack Time ‘The time it thes a compress limiter or expander to react to changes in signal lve. Comeressor ‘A dvi thet dcreases its gan when the input signal level increases therefore reducing the dynamic ange ofthe pro gam material Deesser | dove used to eiminae silance trom heavly compressed program meter. Detector ‘typ of creuit which converis an auc signal into 8 DC onl vote. Exeter ‘A dovice used to bring aut certain trquences in program Expander |Advice used to make louder passages louder and quieter passages quieter therefore incrasing the dynamic tango of the program mato old Time ‘The amount of time the nose gate is held open aftr the ‘signal passsesthoshole Noise Gate ‘A device that tums of an audio signal when is eve fall below a thresho eve Peak Limiter ‘A device ws to prevent instantaneous sign levels rom ‘exceeding a sot lve Release Tine ‘The time i takes a compressa, liter oF expander to recover from changes i signal evel, Stone ‘The rato of attenuation in @ compressor or expander. Treshold ‘The lool whore @ compressor, mtr, expander o nlse ‘ste stata fo act on the sgh ea ‘Ary of audio ampliier wha's gain or atanution is oon tole by an external DC wotage.MDC-2001 COMPRESSOR IN vs. OUT @VARIOUS THRESHOLDS 1 ; — | — 100d} | & | iB a | po 3 | T 2 “40087-8008 5a Ee aS | L et 3 i | 4 | | AZ EE ial ETT AS ag SS ae ET os INPUT (48m) Fiat MDC-2001 COMPRESSOR | VARIOUS SLOPES @SAME THRESHOLD : [ ta : s INPUT (cB) Pique 2LIMITER CURVES | IMDC-2001 COMPRESSORI | ] 16 LIMITER @ +1008 | Icowpnesson @ +14ug-—-——— + = MITER, @ 04 CORNPRESSOR@ 058 Se RET GER RT OU ge ineur (son) Fame MDC-2001 EXPANDER {VARIOUS SLOPES @SAME THRESHOLD » a ‘ z ie o- - t+ a i mee | 2 os os a 1 1 1:2, 3) o o a I | [ ds vee INPUT (dBm) Figurea jroo seme cd TraJ506e 506055008, — week, - Fue ‘205004100 —WARRANTY & SERVICE INFORMATION Warranty service fe this unt wil be provided by Applied Research & Technology, nc. in accordance withthe folomng warrant siatorert. ‘plied Research & Technology, Inc warrans tothe orginal purchaser tha this product and the components thereof, wil be ree tom delects in workmanship and matorils for a petad af one yea rom the dato of purchase. 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