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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.
User’ s Guide 3 C ont ents Iconogr aphy ----------------------------------------------------- 2 Intr oduction --------------------------------------- 4 About Acuma Labs -----------------------------.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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© 2001 Mackie Designs Inc. and Acuma Labs. All Rights Reserved. Part No. 0000651 Rev . A 12/2001 ™ ®.
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