Mackie De-Esser manual

USER’S GUIDE DSR-1 DE-ESSER “ ™ ® Plug-in for Mackie Digital Mixers ™[...]

2 Acuma DSR -1 De-Esser Iconogr aphy “Mackie” and the “Running Man” figure are trademarks or registered trademarks of Mackie Designs Inc. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders, and are hereby acknowledged. Part No. 0000651 Rev . A 12/2001 © 2001 Mackie Designs Inc. All Rights Re[...]

User’ s Guide 3 C ont ents Iconogr aphy ----------------------------------------------------- 2 Intr oduction --------------------------------------- 4 About Acuma Labs ---------------------------------------------- 4 About the D8B UFX Car d -------------------------------------- 5 About the DSR -1 (De-esser ) ----------------------------------- [...]

4 Acuma DSR -1 De-Esser Intr oduction Thank you for purchasing the DSR-1 (De-esser) from Acuma Labs. One of the exciting members of the new family of 24-bit plug-ins for the D8B, the DSR-1 has been specifically designed for the Mackie Universal Effects (UFX) card. The DSR-1 plug-in for the Mackie D8B is a highly accurate, frequency controlled, thre[...]

User’ s Guide 5 About the D8B UFX Car d The Mackie UFX card provides robust processing power for computation-heavy plug-ins. The UFX card is a 4-in/4-out architecture, which means that it supports four mono plug-ins or two mono and one stereo, or two stereo plug-ins simultaneously . Up to four UFX cards can be installed in the D8B, allowing up to[...]

6 Acuma DSR -1 De-Esser Requir ements • One or more Mackie UFX cards • Mackie Real T ime OS 3.0 Software • Plug-in Software We will assume you have successfully installed a Mackie UFX card and Mackie Real T ime OS 3.0 software upgrade. If you have encountered problems with the installation of hardware or software, please see their associated [...]

User’ s Guide 7 Using the DSR -1 Fr ont Panel Ov ervie w Y ou can think of the DSR-1 as being broken into five basic areas: the status block, global block, I/O block, controls, and meters. DSR-1 Block br eak down overview Status Block (See page 8) The status block includes the PRESET up/down toggle buttons, Preset T itle window , and SOURCE (inpu[...]

8 Acuma DSR -1 De-Esser Meters (See page 14) There are separate meters to indicate the ess-band level and the ess-band gain reduction amount. The Status Block DSR-1 Status Block Preset T oggle Buttons The PRESET up/down arrows, located just to the left of the preset window , enable you to scroll up or down through either the factory or user presets[...]

User’ s Guide 9 PRESET T itle Window The PRESET T itle window is located at the top of the control bar . It displays the currently selected preset corresponding to the existing DSR-1 settings. Click on the window to access the pull-down menu where you choose between factory or user presets. Note: It is possible to sa ve pr esets to the User Pr es[...]

10 Acuma DSR -1 De-Esser MENU Pressing the MENU button opens a pull-down menu. This menu performs familiar functions such as load, save as, cut, copy , and paste. It also displays the plug-in’ s build number and version. WRITE WRITE enables the D8B’ s automation so all the changes you make in the DSR-1 plug-in are recorded as part of the D8B se[...]

User’ s Guide 11 I/ O Levels DSR-1 I/O Levels IN/OUT The input and output meters are located at the far -left side. These meters represent the incoming signal and the output (post effect) signal. OL OL (overload) is represented by the two small boxes above the in/out meters. The left-most overload indicator is for input level, and the other one i[...]

12 Acuma DSR -1 De-Esser C ontr ols Block DSR-1 Contr ols Block Note: Only the signal in the band selected b y the FREQ and WID TH con- trols ar e affected b y the DSR -1. Signal outside of this range, both abo ve and below in fr equency , is unaffected. FILTER The FIL TER knob controls a high-pass filter ranging from 20Hz to 200Hz. It offers you a[...]

User’ s Guide 13 FREQ and WIDTH pots so you hear as much of the problematic sibilance as possible. At the same time, minimize the amount coming through of the signal you wish to leave unaffected. T ypically , you will find a center frequency in the range of 3k to 6k, with a width ranging from 20 to 40 is useful. W atch the key level change as you[...]

14 Acuma DSR -1 De-Esser RA TIO The RA TIO select is set to usual compressor increments that range from 1:1 to 100:1. Simply turn the pot to set a desired ratio. For example, 3:1 means that if a signal is 3 dB over the threshold, it will be reduced in amplitude to 1 dB over the set threshold. See “A Closer Look” on page 12 for further informati[...]

User’ s Guide 15 DSR-1 Plugin Configuration DSR-1 Plugin Load Specifica tions In/Out Level meters -40 to 0 dB Input Control Off to +12.0 dB High-P ass Filter Off to 20Hz-200Hz (4 th Order) Frequenc y 1kHz to 20kHz specifies the middle point of the ess band Width Narrow to Wide specifies the width of the ess band Threshold –40 dB to 0 dB R atio [...]

16 Acuma DSR -1 De-Esser DSR -1 Factory Pr esets The following table is a simple guideline to help you understand the factory presets, and what settings were applied to the individual presets. Don't be afraid to run anything through the plug-in preset, though. Then customize the parameters to your specific needs, and save it as a user preset. [...]

User’ s Guide 17 Preset Name Frequency W idth Ratio Description Squeeky Acoustic 3.8K 74 13:1 Helps to reduce annoying string squeaks from acoustic guitars Fret Noise 3K 42 NA Used to diminish miscellaneous fret noise when close miking strings Sting Buzz 1 3K 87 27:1 ***Helps to hide buzzing fret and string noise Sting Buzz 2 4.8K 56 100:1 ***Hel[...]

18 Acuma DSR -1 De-Esser[...]

User’ s Guide 19[...]

© 2001 Mackie Designs Inc. and Acuma Labs. All Rights Reserved. Part No. 0000651 Rev . A 12/2001 ™ ®[...]