Thermionic Culture THE PHOENIX Mastering Plus - Manual (Page 8)

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3.4 Release Control
The release control varies the rate at which the
compressor ‘lets go’ of the input signal. Release
changes from 40ms (position 1) to 2.2s (position 7),
typically. Faster release times can give rise to low
frequency distortion. A typical setting for normal
operation of the release control is 3.
N.B. Attack and release controls are somewhat
interdependent, therefore no precise times are printed
on the front panel to avoid possible confusion.
3.5 Threshold Control
The threshold control is used to adjust the amount of
compression in conjunction with the input level. With
the control in the fully clockwise position, there will be
no compression. Turning the control anti-clockwise
increases the amount of compression.
3.6 Bypass
This control totally bypasses the compressors, by
linking the inputs to the outputs.
3.7 Link
Links the two compressors for compressing a stereo
track. The link switch preserves the centre image on a
stereo track. All controls are still in operation when ‘in’,
so ensure that levels of incoming track are equal or
trimmed by the gain control so that ‘centre’ is ‘centre’.
All other controls in the Master Phoenix should be set
so that channel 1 equals channel 2.