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Processing modes
From the front panel you can easily select which mode your engines should be in. It’s simple and to the point; choose between Comp|Lim and Gate|Exp mode. Once you’ve made your choice, the knobs are tuned in to react and apply the corresponding alterations that the mode requires.

Presets
The presets are easily accessible from the front panel, and they are all a result of extensive fine-tuning serving a dedicated purpose. Brilliant as these presets are, you have the option to make the presets work in your specific application and tweak them to your taste. Using the knobs on the front panel next to the preset selector will alter the presets. If you’ve selected e.g. the Female Vocal preset, but want the threshold to be different, simply turn the threshold knob until you’ve got the sound you like.

Routing modes

Mono mode – set the knob in Dual|Mono mode
You can use the two engines in the C300 as two separate mono engines. That means that you can use one engine as e.g. a compressor and the other engine as e.g. a gate. This gives you two completely separate end distinct signals on the mixer. Insert a mono signal to the input in one engine and get a processed signal from the output of the same engine, and do the same with another signal via the other engine. This is great if you want to e.g. compress a vocal on one engine and gate a snare drum on the other engine.

Serial mode – set the knob in Stereo|Serial mode
If you need to work in serial mode then you can e.g. feed a signal to the left-1 input and get the processed signal from the left-1 output. That means that you can take advantage of both engines and e.g. first apply compression and then apply gate on your signal. Of course we’ve made it so you can decide exactly what combination of processing you prefer:

COMPRESSOR – COMPRESSOR
COMPRESSOR – GATE
GATE – COMPRESSOR
GATE – GATE

Stereo mode - set the knob in Stereo|Serial mode
This mode gives you the option to process a complete stereo signal through both engines. Feed a stereo signal into the left-1 and right-2 inputs and take the processed signal from the left-1 and right-2 outputs. As with the serial mode we’ve given you all the choices of what kind of processing you can use on the stereo signal:

COMPRESSOR – COMPRESSOR
COMPRESSOR – GATE
GATE – COMPRESSOR
GATE – GATE

Stereo + Serial mode - set the knob in Stereo|Serial mode
What really makes the C300 stand out from the rest is the Stereo Mode routing feature – it virtually gives you an extra device. Now you can master and limit your stereo full-mix with only one device! Run the signal in stereo through engine 1 and make your e.g. master compression. Then you route your signal through engine 2 which you can then use as an e.g. limiter. This used to be a complex operation, taking 4 devices and quite some work. The C300 makes it simple, fast and easy to compress and limit a stereo full-mix, and the really cool thing is that it can be done on one device only. But off course you can choose any combination of processing you want:

COMPRESSOR – COMPRESSOR
COMPRESSOR – GATE
GATE – COMPRESSOR
GATE – GATE

Digital audio detection
The C300 has an auto detection digital input feature. If you feed a signal to the digital input on the rear panel, the auto detection automatically kicks in, and you’ll see the digital light indicator on the front panel light up. For optimal performance and ease of use, we’ve parallelized the analog outputs with the digital outputs. What that means is that if you plug into the digital inputs, you have an output on both the digital and the analog outputs.

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C300 Press Quotes

MusicTech October 2006 – Mark Cousins:
'C300 is an intriguing new take on compression and expansion, yet it’s incredibly immediate and easy to use.'

AudioMedia March 2008 – Scott Myers:
'This unit is versatile and simple; and in this day-and-age, that is good this when time is short. It sounds good, it’s clean, no noise; in fact it can even get rid of noise.'

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