BSS Audio FCS-960 Owner's Manual - Manual (Page 11)

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Control Descriptions
Front Panel
5.0 Control Descriptions
5.1 Front Panel
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1 Filter boost and cut fader control. Move this fader to vary the amount of boost or cut
required, at the frequency of the fader. It has a centre detent and electrical centre tap
which guarantees you a precise ‘flat’ setting in the central position.
2 Gain adjustment control with +/- 10dB of range. Adjust this if you wish to balance the
equalised sound with the general loudness of the unequalised sound. The control has no
effect on the bypassed signal level.
3 EQ IN selector. Push to select equalisation, release to bypass. The LED indicator
illuminates to confirm the equalisation in status. Bypass is achieved by using relays
which ensures a complete equipment bypass.
4 Peak LED indicator gives you advance warning of possible circuit overload by
illuminating 2dB before actual clip. It is monitoring signals both before and after the
GAIN control [2] and will operate should any one of them exceed the danger level.
Should this occur, then the signal level entering the FCS-930/960 will need to be
reduced in level. If you are using large amounts of extra gain fromthe GAIN control then
this can be backed off, but any previous balance achieved will then be lost.
5 Operate this MODE switch to change the filter bandwidth. This is confirmed by the
appropriate LED illuminating, with higher selectivity, fine mode being active with the
switch depressed. In general you should use the normal mode (switch out), for all
general sweetening work. Select the fine mode for specialised room/speaker notching
and feedback control applications.
6 Frequency control for the high pass filter. This allows you to roll off the low frequency
energy of the program should it not be required. It is fully adjustable from 20Hz to
250Hz.
7 High pass filter switch selects whether the filter is in or out of circuit. Pressing the switch
selects the filter, confirmed by the LED illuminating.