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QUANTUM
Introduction
1.1 What is QUANTUM?.........................................ii
1.2 Service Contact Info........................................iii
1.3 Warranty...........................................................iii
Section 1 - Getting Started
1.1 Rear Panel Connections...................................2
1.2 Front Panel .......................................................2
1.3 Quantum Wizard..............................................4
1.4 Signal Path........................................................4
1.5 Mastering and the Quantum............................5
Section 2 - Navigation
2.1 Multiband Compressor.....................................8
2.2 Broadband Compressor...................................9
2.3 Multiband Gate...............................................10
2.4 Broadband Gate .............................................11
2.5 Multiband Limiter ...........................................12
2.6 Broadband Limiter..........................................13
2.7 EQ/XOVER......................................................14
2.8 EQ/SEQ...........................................................15
2.9 Norm/Output..................................................16
2.10 Other.............................................................17
2.11 Utility.............................................................18
Section 3 - Software Operations
3.1 FX Chains........................................................20
3.2 Programs/Setups.............................................23
3.3 Saving a Setup................................................24
3.4 Saving a Program ...........................................25
3.5 The Bypass Function......................................26
3.6 Meters..............................................................26
3.7 Monitor Outputs.............................................28
Section 4 - Detailed Parameters
4.1 Multiband Compression.................................30
4.2 Broadband Compression ...............................32
4.3 Multiband Gate...............................................33
4.4 Broadband Gate .............................................34
4.5 Multiband Limiting .........................................35
4.6 Broadband Limiting........................................36
4.7 EQ ...................................................................38
4.8 XOver..............................................................38
4.9 SEQ..................................................................39
4.10 Type IV™......................................................40
4.11 Stereo Adjust.................................................40
4.12 Ambience......................................................41
4.13 TCM™............................................................41
4.14 De-Esser........................................................41
4.15 Normalization ...............................................42
4.16 Output...........................................................42
Section 5 - Utilities
5.1 Input................................................................46
5.2 Output.............................................................46
5.3 Digital Input Controls ....................................47
5.4 MIDI CC Map..................................................47
5.5 MIDI Channels................................................48
5.6 MIDI Program Changes..................................48
5.7 SYSEX Dump..................................................48
5.8 Setup SYSEX Data..........................................48
5.9 A/D Calibrate..................................................49
5.10 Misc. ..............................................................49
Section 6 - Application Guide
6.1 Analog Mastering............................................52
6.2 Digital Mastering.............................................53
6.3 DAW to DAT...................................................54
6.4 Analog Tracking .............................................55
6.5 Digital Tracking ..............................................56
6.6 Analog Mixing ................................................57
6.7 Digital Mixing .................................................58
6.8 Analog to Digital Converter...........................59
6.9 Sample Rate Converter...................................60
Appendix
A.1 Hard & Soft Resets.........................................62
A.2 Change Default Startup Program ..................62
A.3 Front Panel Lockout ......................................62
A.4 Flash Downloads ...........................................62
TypeIV™ White Paper..........................................63
C.1 Clock Modes...................................................68
C.2 QUANTUM Sync Input..................................69
SYSEX Definitions.................................................71
E.1 MIDI CC - MultiBand Chains.........................74
E.2 MIDI CC - Stereo Non-MultiBand.................75
E.3 MIDI CC - Dual Mono Chains.......................76
F.1 Factory Programs............................................78
F-2 Factory Setups................................................79
Specifications ........................................................80
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