Manley CORE - Front Panel Controls; Input Section Operation Details

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The ELOP® Compressor ulizes our famous circuit topology as found
in the VOXBOX®, and is also similar to the ELOP® and SLAM limiters.
The COMPRESSION (Threshold) control determines at what level the
compressor begins to act. Clockwise rotaon makes the compressor
reduce the signal.
With the meter in the “GR” posion, the amount of gain reducon can
be displayed.
The ATTACK control determines how long the compressor takes to
respond to signals above the threshold.
The RELEASE control determines how long the compressor takes to
recover aer the signal falls below the threshold level.
The BYPASS switch can be used to bypass the compressor secon. It
may be used during recording as the switching process is silent.
The output aer this stage is available on DIRECT OUTPUT (1) and
also at the INSERT SEND. This audio level can be monitored on the
VU Meter.
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COMPRESSOR
While compression is one of the most powerful tools in
recording, it is possible to overdo it. And, unlike EQ, it’s not
reversible. Although there are really no rules when it comes
to creavity and the recording process, a few guidelines can
be helpful. When it comes to vocals, you might not need
more than a couple dB of gain-reducon. It’s beer to adjust
the singing style or distance from the mic than to rely on
compression to get a totally even performance. That said,
there is no harm in really burying the GR needle if that’s the
sound you’re going for.
Try starng with the aack and release knobs in the
12 o’clock posion and go for a dB or three of gain
reducon. If there are sll peaks that are sounding too
loud, move the aack more clockwise to the faster
sengs. For percussive sounds, starng with a faster
aack can also be good. Pung the aack and release
fully clockwise and really geng a lot of gain reducon
can also produce an interesng sound. Consider
combining a track processed this way with one done at
minimal compression.
The LOW and HI Shelf controls are Baxandall curves centered
around 90 Hz and 12kHz respecvely. At 12 O’clock no
equalizaon is occurring. Fully CCW will reduce levels below the
center frequency to a maximum of 12dB. Fully CW will increase
levels above the center frequency to a maximum of 12dB.
The Mid Frequency EQ is a bell shaped curve, with a range control
in the low posion of 100Hz to 1kHz, and in the high posion,
between 1kHz and 10kHz. The desired range is selected using
the toggle switch. One can then boost or cut at the selected
frequency by approximately 10dB.
The FREQUENCY control allows connuous sweepable frequency
of the selected range so that you can TUNE IN the desired
frequency.
The controls that run vercally through the middle of the EQ
secon are: MID FREQUENCY EQ, TOGGLE RANGE SWITCH,
and FREQUENCY SWEEP. These all operate together. There
is substanal overlap available between the shelf and peaking
controls, allowing a large amount of EQ control.
EQUALIZER