Crane Song FALCON - Manual (Page 2)

THE CONTROLS
ATTACK SWITCH: A three position switch with fast, medium and slow settings, which
controls the time it takes Falcon to respond to the input signal. Fast is the top position
RELEASE SWITCH: This switch controls the time it takes Falcon to return to no gain
reduction. It is a three position switch with fast, medium and slow settings. Fast is the top
position. The release time is also determined by the program material. This is the optical
time constant effect. Sometimes called auto release or program dependent release.
METER SWITCH: Allows monitoring the output level or gain reduction.
LIMIT-COMPRESS: This switch changes the knee shape from a soft knee to a hard knee
for limiter operation
COLOR SWITCH: In the top or the “100” position the tube circuit is operated with no
negative feedback for an extremely rich sound, In the lower position the tube has negative
feedback. This gives the user color choices
WET-DRY: This is the mix between the original signal and the processed audio. When in
link mode the WET-DRY controls operate independently.
BYPASS SWITCH: This is a three position switch. In the bypass position, (the bottom
position), Falcon is removed from the audio path.
In the IN position (The middle position) Falcon is switched into the audio path.
In the LINK (or top) position, the link signals are connected between the channels. The link
cable is a special cable, (supplied by Crane Song). This allows master slave operation and
does not use the 500 series rack interconnect. The LINK light will be brighter on the
master unit, dimmer on the slave unit and off when there are no linked channels.
All units must be in the bypass mode for the link to be engaged. If any units are switch to
IN or LINK, LINK will be disallowed. This mode of operation allows the LINK switch on the
master unit to put all channels into bypass with one switch
To set the LINK mode, set all channels to BYPASS, set the switch on the desired master
channel to link. The LEDs will show the status of linking