Klark Teknik DN530 User Manual

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The DN530 provides a quality, cost effective and compact gating unit presented in a 
traditional 1U quad channel format.  This makes it suited to applications where space is 
limited and is ideal for small touring public address (PA) rigs where the four channels 
are enough to cover a small drum kit.  The accent feature will largely eliminate the need 
for excessive EQ or compression on these channels, which is ideal if the accompanying 
console has limited processing facilities.

Other applications include ducking channels to make room for other instruments, 
ducking with the sidechain filter active to reduce sibilance, noise gating effects 
processors or other noisy sources like guitar amps.

The accent feature is primarily intended for use with gated percussion, but it can also 
be used on its own with the gate range set to minimum in order to add punch, as an 
effect, to varied sources.

The DN530 has been primarily designed for the following main application areas:

• Touring live sound   In applications where analogue consoles are still required due 

to their ease of use.  Here the DN530 gate would primarily be used for channel 
inserts on drums.  The quality of sound produced by the accent feature may also 
make the unit useful as an insert on digital desks too.

• Theatre live sound   Theatres could make use of the gate in the same way as 

touring and, for example, may also use it as a noise gate on vocals.

• Corporate live event   Used similarly to the touring and theatre live sound 

applications.

• Conference and other fixed install   Particularly for noise gating, with the small 

rack size being an important factor.