Tascam TA-1VP Owner's Manual

30 TASCAM TA-1VPCompressor Knee PageªPressing the KNEE button brings up this page:Compressor Knee: 40(0 is hard)The Knee control adjusts the sharpness of the transitionsbetween uncompressed and compressed signals. Asa signal increases in level through the threshold, thecompressor will begin to apply gain reduction. With asoft knee (100), that change in gain will be gradual andtherefore less noticeable.The range of the control is from 0 (hard knee) to 100 (softknee). (The default setting is 48.)Gate PageªPressing the GATE button brings up this page:Th:-36dB_____|Gate Ratio: 1:20This page allows you to set the main Gate parameters.Use the cursor buttons to move from field to field and theData Knob to set each parameter. For ease in setting thethreshold, this page includes a display of the incomingsignal level and a graphic indication of the currentlyselected threshold. The threshold should be set just abovethe level of the signal that you wish to gate.Pressing the GATE button again while the Gate Page isdisplayed will display the Gain Reduction Meter Page(see below). Continually pressing the GATE button willalternate between the two pages.The ranges of the parameters are as follows:Threshold: –90 dB (default setting) - 0 dBRatio: 1:1.0 (default setting) - 1:99Gain Reduction Meter PageªC/G:-20 -12 -6 -3 0¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Pressing either the COMP or GATE buttons while theirrespective pages are displayed will display this highresolution gain reduction meter. The meter displays theamount of gain reduction applied to the signal. When theinput signal is above the compression threshold or belowthe gate threshold, the gain reduction meter will displaythe amount of compression or gating being applied.Pressing the COMP or GATE button again will return tothe appropriate page.Gain Reduction MeterªThe front panel GAIN REDUCTION meter is intendedto provide a quick indication of compressor and gateactivity. For precise gain reduction indication, refer to theGain Reduction Meter Page described above. The range ofthe meter is 15 dB.COMPRESSOR/GATE ON ButtonªWhen this button is lit, the COMPRESSOR/GATE moduleis active. When it is not lit, the module is bypassed.Pressing the button toggles its state. The Comp/ Gate On/Off function can also be controlled by MIDI and/or by afootswitch.DE-ESSER MODULEDe-esser PageªPressing the DE-ESS button brings up this page:This page allows you to set the main de-esser parameters.Use the cursor buttons to move from field to field and theData Knob to set each parameter. For ease in setting thethreshold, this page includes a display of the incominghigh-pass signal level and a graphic indication of thecurrently selected threshold. The threshold must be setbelow the signal peaks for any de-essing to occur.Pressing the DE-ESS button again while the De-esserPage is displayed will display the De-esser Gain ReductionMeter Page (see below). Continually pressing the DE-ESSbutton will alternate between the two pages.The ranges of the parameters are as follows:Threshold: –60 dB - 0 dB (default setting)Ratio: 1.0:1 - 99:1NOTEIf you are using the Double Track function (see below), thede-esser works on both the main and the double track.De-esser Attack PageªPressing the ATK button brings up this page:De-esser Attack15 msThe Attack Time control adjusts the speed with which thede-esser’s compressor element responds to peaks in thesignal coming from the highpass filter. The range of thecontrol is from 0 milliseconds to 200 milliseconds. (Thedefault setting is 15 milliseconds.)De-esser Release PageªPressing the REL button brings up this page:5 – Operation