Output - Focusrite Platinum Penta Preset Stereo Compressor Manuel D'utilisation

– Control, but with lots of 'front', taming any wild dynamics on a real snare.
Snare
Add more COMPRESSION to make ghost notes more audible.
Use the ATTACK control to vary the 'crack' of the drum.
Set a slower RELEASE will increase the ringing overtones of the drum.
– Use with live drums or instruments to enhance natural room ambience, or to get
Ambient
the best sound from digital reverb.
– Add punch to sampled drum loops and electronic sounds, making them sit in the mix.
Loop
Bass Guitar – Creates deep, rounded sounds suitable for evening out dynamic
inconsistencies of a bass guitar.
Use a faster ATTACK to get a funky effect when slapping.
Use a slower ATTACK for a punchier bass line.
Vary the TUBE SOUND control to achieve a classic tube bass sound.
– Fat-sounding compression, ideal for synthesiser bass lines. Try using the
Synth Bass
TUBE SOUND control to create a vintage tube sound.
– Suitable for making live or acoustic drums and percussion 'pump', whilst
Percussion
taming any wild hits.
Use the ATTACK control to vary the amount of punch.
Use the RELEASE control to vary the 'pumping' of the drums.
Acoustic Picked – Smooth compression that gives a controlled yet dynamic response
suitable for picked acoustic guitar.
Increase the COMPRESSION (and MAKE UP GAIN) to reduce the dynamic range of the
guitar if it still doesn't 'sit' well in the mix.
Try varying the amount of TUBE SOUND to give more character to the guitar
Acoustic Strum – Clean and crisp, with a touch of warmth suitable for strummed
acoustic guitar.
Try varying the amount of TUBE SOUND to give more character to the guitar.
Using a slower attack time will make the guitar sound crisper.
– Perfect for smoothing out an electric guitar. When compressing a
Electric Guitar
distorted electric guitar, use the compressor before the distortion effect, as distortion will
compress a signal.
Try using the TUBE SOUND function to create a vintage tube sound.
– Warm, smooth compression, suitable for controlling a piano, whilst helping it poke
Piano
through the mix.
– Warm compression, ideal for keyboards and pads. If recording in stereo, try
Keyboards
increasing the stereo width using the IMAGE WIDTH control.
– Smooth, controlled and clean compression, for male or female vocal recording.
Vocals
Try using the TUBE SOUND control to give a vintage tube-style warmth to the vocal.
– An essential setting to make big drum loops really pump.
Crunch
Use the ATTACK control to vary the amount of punch.
Use the RELEASE control to vary the 'pumping' of the drums.
Mix (Pump) – The classic loud, pumping, and full-on mastering compression setting.
Use the RELEASE control to vary the 'pumping' of the mix.
– High threshold and ratio help to prevent overloading the inputs of any device placed
Limit
directly after the Penta ™ . Set the COMPRESSION control so that only the loudest signal
peaks are compressed. Compressing slightly more than just the loudest peaks (and increasing
the MAKE UP GAIN) will make the overall source mix sound louder.

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– allows the apparent width of the stereo image to be increased to make
IMAGE WIDTH
the sound more spacious, or to be reduced to give a tighter image. The WIDTH control
works by analysing the difference between
the left and right signals and then
amplifying ('Huge',) or reducing
('Tiny',)the difference .
Note: Only use this function when you
have a stereo signal applied to BOTH line
inputs on the rear of the unit. When using
mono signals ensure that the IN switch is
released to bypass the IMAGE WIDTH
control.
– switches the image width control in.
IN
– shows the
OUTPUT METER
level of the signal leaving the Penta . The output level should peak at 0dB in order to obtain
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the best performance from the Penta ™ and any equipment that follows. If the O/L LEDs light,
this means that the output is being overloaded. Under these conditions there may be severe
distortion, particularly when feeding external digital equipment or the optional Digital Output.
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