TC Electronic DB4 MKII - Manual (Page 58)

UpCon HD and UpCon Plus
54 DB4 / DB8 MKII Algorithms
UpCon algorithm – center page
UpCon algorithm – center page
Contour Style
Range: 1 to 4
Contour styles emphasize different properties of
the source material. Experiment with the setting
for an optimum fit to typical material.
Ref Level
Range: -25 dB to 0 dB
Set reference level according to your system set-
tings.
EQ
The EQ for the Center channel features a four-
band parametric EQ with high- and low-pass
filters switchable between Notch, Parametric,
Shelving and Cut filters.
Basic operation
– Select Freq, Gain or Type to access the same
parameter for the four EQ bands.
– Select Lo or Hi to access the three parameters
for the individual EQ band.
– Press Bypass EQ to bypass the entire EQ.
Bypass does not affect the selected Contour
Style.
Type Selector
Press Type and use faders 1 to 4 to select filter
types.
For Lo and Hi filters select between filter types:
Parametric, Notch, Shelve and Cut.
For Mid 1 and Mid 2 filters select between filter
types: Parametric and Notch.
Freq
Press Freq and use Faders 1 to 4 to adjust fre-
quency for each of the four bands.
– Range – Lo band: 20 Hz to 5 kHz
– Range – Mid1 band: 20 Hz to 20 kHz
– Range – Mid2 band: 20 Hz to 20 kHz
– Range – Hi band: 500 Hz to 20 kHz
Gain
Press Gain and use Faders 1 to 4 to adjust gain
for each of the four EQ bands.
Range for the Parametric, Shelve and Cut type:
– Lo Gain: -12 dB to +12 dB
– Mid1 Gain: -12 dB to +12 dB
– Mid2 Gain: -12 dB to +12 dB
– Hi Gain: -12 dB to +12 dB
Range for the Notch filter:
– Lo Gain: -100 dB to 0 dB
– Mid1 Gain: -100 dB to 0 dB
– Mid2 Gain: -100 dB to 0 dB
– Hi Gain: -100 dB to 0 dB
Type
Press and use Faders 1 to 4 to set BW value for
each of the 4 EQ bands.
Range for the Notch filter:
– Lo BW: 0.02 to 1 oct
– Mid1 BW: 0.02 to 1 oct
– Mid2 BW: 0.02 to 1 oct
– Hi BW: 0.02 to 1 oct
Range for the Parametric filter:
– Lo BW: 0.1 to 4 oct
– Mid1 BW: 0.1 to 4 oct
– Mid2 BW: 0.1 to 4 oct
– Hi BW: 0.1 to 4 oct
Range for the Shelve filter:
– Lo BW: 3 to 12 dB/oct
– Hi BW: 3 to 12 dB/oct
Range for the Cut filter: