Orban 5950 Technical Manual Operation 3-59
The look-ahead limiter prevents speech from being audibly clipped and prevents similar audible problems on
instruments with rapidly declining overtone structures like grand piano, classical guitar, and harp.
x 2B (Two Band) DRIVE – Sets the level applied to the 2 Band compressor and, thus, the average amount of
gain reduction.
x 2B (Two Band) MASTER ATTACK – Sets the attack time in the master band.
x 2B (Two Band) BASS ATTACK – Sets the attack time in the bass band.
x 2B (Two Band) RELEASE – Sets the release rate of the 2 band compressor.
x 2B (Two Band) SPEECH DETECT – Allows the 5950 to be set to music, speech or auto mode for the speech
processor. Auto will switch modes based on audio content.
x 2B (Two Band) MASTER COMPRESSOR THRESHOLD – Sets the level where gain reduction starts to occur
in the master band.
x 2B (Two Band) BASS COMPRESSOR THRESHOLD – Sets the level where gain reduction starts to occur in
the bass band.