DX0.5 USERGUIDE
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MuteisavailableonallinputandoutputchannelsviatheMutebuttonjusttotherightofthefaderandbelowtheVUmeter.In
normal,un‐mutedmodethebuttonisgrey,whenactivatedthechannelismutedandthebuttonturnsred.Herearebothun‐
mutedand
mutedversions;‐
Metering
Bothinputandoutputchannelsfeaturemulti‐segmentbargraph‐styleVUMeterswhichhaveascalefrom‐20dButo+18dBu
withaclipsegmentrightatthetop.Theoutputmetersalsofeaturealimitlightabovethebargraph toindicatelimiteroperation.
Inadditionthereisanoptioninthe
LimitersectionchangetheoutputVUMeterfunctiontoindicatelimiteractivity.Thischanges
thescaletoreadfrom‐30to‐2dB. Hereareinput andoutputVUmetersplus andoutputmeterconfigu red toshowlimiter
activity;‐
Limiters
Limitersareavailabletoprotectthespeakersystemconnectedto
eachoutput;‐
ThesehavefullyadjustablecontrolsfortheThreshold;thelevelindBuatwhichthelimiterwillactivate.Thiscanbeadjusted
from‐10to20dBu.20dBuisthe defaultwhichisessentiallyoutofcircuit.Valuescanbeadjustedupanddownusingthetwo
arrowedbuttons
orspecificvaluestypeddirectlyintothewindow.
Attacktimeisthetimeinmillisecondsbeforewhichthelimiterwilloperate;ashortertimeactslikeacliplimiterstoppingvirtually
allsignalsfromexceedingthethresholdlevel,aslowertimewillallowshort‐termpeakstopassthroughwhilst
stillrestrictingthe
longtermpowerkeepingittowithinlevelsatwhichthedriverswillavoiddamage.Aswiththresholdthevaluescanbe cycledup