Drawmer M500 Dynamics Processor - Manual (Page 10)

M500 OPERATORS MANUAL Ch 3 - 4
YES ACCEPT
The only function of this key is in response to screen prompts to confirm or store
changes.
ASSIGN
Primary function: Confirm and alter the order of dynamic processes. To set up a patch of one or
more Effects, the desired Effects have to be 'assigned' before they can be used. An assignment
is simply a selection of Effects that may be used together and also, if required, may be stored as
a user patch for later use.
THE ASSIGN DISPLAYS
VIEW ORDER Pressing ASSIGN will display the current assigned order of Effects.
Pressing any key other than YES will not alter this order.
CHANGE ORDER A new combination of Effects can be assembled by pressing ASSIGN and
then hitting YES to confirm over-write of the current assigned order.
Any other key will be taken as a NO. After hitting YES all the yellow
LEDs above the Effects buttons will flash indicating that they are available
for use. The Effects buttons are then hit in the order in which you want to
patch the Effects, the first selected being the first Effect in the chain.
Once selected, the Effect's LED will remain lit rather than flashing. Press
ASSIGN to confirm your selection.
Selecting certain Effects will cause other LEDs to stop blinking indicating
that their inclusion further down the assignment chain is illogical. e.g. It
is illogical to follow a PANNER with anything other than a FADER, so if
PAN is selected first, then all the other LEDs apart from the FADER will go
out.
There are some other important points about the way that Effects can be assigned.
• Certain of the more complex Effects are only available in mono, but still
require that both channels of the unit are assigned (eg. see DE-ESS). This
is because the complex Effects require the circuitry of both audio
channels in order to function.
• Neither the COMPRESSOR and DE-ESSER, nor the EXPANDER and GATE
can be assigned simultaneously.
• If the GATE and COMPRESSOR are to be assigned together, the GATE has
to follow the COMPRESSOR, but to optimise the performance, the GATE
side-chain is fed from the input signal and not from the COMPRESSOR
output. This gives a better defined threshold and makes the unit easier to
set up.