[BC] Achieving good S/N

[Phil Alexander]

On 27 Dec 2005 at 11:52, SteveOrdinetz wrote:

> At 11:01 PM 12/26/2005, Steve wrote:
> >Could very well have been a Gates Sta-Level.  It would do something like
> >that.  If the jock had several seconds of dead air and then hit the mic key,
> >there would be a loud "whomp" from having the compressor wide open.  No
> >gating at all.
> 
> Didn't those units have a really long release time...like 3 or 4 
> seconds?  Or am I thinking of something else?

They were variable with a pot behind the front panel from IIRC 
about 2 to 10 sec. however, it was a single RC time constant and
easily changed. <g>  The problem was with the attack circuit.
If you made that too fast, it would produce and artifact on every
plosive sound. :-(  It was a compressor, not a limiter, but it 
was capable of quite a bit more than "out of the box" performance.
I tweaked a few of them when that's all there was. It was a very
reliable gadget.


Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
Broadcast Engineering Services and Technology 
(a Div. of Advanced Parts Corporation) 
Ph. (317) 335-2065   FAX (317) 335-9037





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