DC1A

Tips and tricks

Bit of an asymmetric release.

I can match the attack with Pro-C 2 in Punch mode and a 3ms attack.

At full-tilt, it’s about 4:1 with a moderately soft knee. Relaxed mode is like 3.5:1. The transfer curve approaches infinity:1 and eventually turns into negative compression. At more moderate input values, it’s more like 2.5:1.

Deep mode enables a side-chain HPF.

Relaxed mode offers longer time constants and less saturation.

Negative mode works like a limiter at ~90% mix. This is less aggressive than DC8C3’s limiter setting.

CPU

Step function

! [[ dc1a step function.png ]]

Sine sweep test at -18, spectrograph readings at -130dB, OS on

Benefits from Reaper’s 2x oversampling. ! [[ dc1a sine sweep reaper 2x os.png ]]

Harmonic analysis

! [[ dc1a3 harmonic.png ]]

Hammerstein test

Pretty different from DC8C3 Punch. ! [[ dc1a3 hammerstein.png ]]