Shure DFR22 User Manual

This feature allows you to freeze an image of the current response curve by clicking the [

TAKE

] but-

ton and then display it in the background for comparison by clicking the [

SHOW

] button. The [

SHOW

]

button appears lighted in green when the snapshot is displayed. For a more in-depth description of
the snapshot feature, see the 

Snapshots section on page 35

.

This displays the link status of the processor. Any setting you change in a linked processor will change for all
other processors in the same link group. For a complete explanation of linking and link groups, see the

Linking section on page 24

.

The following examples illustrate the difference between the hard knee and soft knee compression settings. All
other settings in these examples remain identical.

A soft knee setting, pictured in Figure 7-3, is useful when
you are working with high compression ratios. The soft
knee gradually increases the compression ratio from 1:1,
at approximately 12dB below the threshold, up to the
specified ratio, at approximately 20dB above the thresh-
old. This gradual increase in ratio makes the compression
less obtrusive than with the hard knee.

The hard knee setting, pictured in Figure 7-4, immediately 
activates compression at the ratio you have specified, 
once the signal level exceeds the threshold. This setting 
is especially useful in a limiter, because it will keep sud-
den peaks from exceeding the threshold without affecting 
signal below the threshold.

Bypass active

Click to pass signal through without altering it. When bypass 
is active, the button appears lighted in red. The default set-
ting is inactive.

Bypass inactive

When bypass is active in the Peak Stop Limiter, the 1 ms of delay is not bypassed

Processor Linked

Processor Not Linked

If the situation calls for a hard knee setting, you can conserve DSP by using a 
standard processor instead of a soft knee processor.