RNC QuickStart V0.50
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I
N T R O D U C T I O N
The Really Nice Compressor (RNC) is a small and inexpensive stereo compressor with both a high-
fi
delity
audio path and compression scheme. The RNC was designed to give the user two different compression
“recipes” in one box:
•
WYSIWYG Operation —
What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get operation is a hallmark
of high-quality (and sometimes,
high-dollar
) dynamic processors. This is one of the
unheralded aspects of vintage equipment that gives the older equipment such a
positive feel. So too with the RNC—there are no surprises in this mode—dial up a
speci
fi
c parameter to a speci
fi
c setting and that’s what you get. It’s predictable
and repeatable. This mode was intended to be used for
signal control
(taming
really dynamic signals) as well as
special effects
.
•
Super-Nice Operation —
This proprietary mode layers three compressors
together to minimize compression artifacts while still providing control over the
signal.
This is not an “auto” mode
...all parameter knobs still work to give YOU con-
trol over the signal. The intended purpose of this mode is gentle compression of
an entire mix (i.e., program compression) and compression of sound sources that
must be very gently compressed, yet controlled.
H
O O K
- U
P
The RNC is designed to interface with unbalanced audio gear (nominal operating level = 0dBu) two dis-
tinct ways:
1)
TRS Inserts —
The RNC can be hooked into Tip-Ring-Sleeve (TRS) insert points
found on many consoles where: TIP = Console insert out, RING = Console insert
in, SLEEVE = Ground reference. This means that each channel of the RNC can be
hooked to a each channel of a TRS console insert with a single TRS cable. For
example, on my Mackie 1604VLZ, the main out has left and right insert points so
that my RNC can be put in the main out insert (Left and right)
with only two TRS
cables!
2)
All Other Equipment —
Hooking up the RNC to gear other than TRS inserts must
be done with
a pair of TS (Tip-Sleeve) jacks for each RNC channel
. Thus, the full ste-
reo hook-up of an RNC must be done with four TS 1/4'' cables.
NOTE —
Hooking up the RNC to balanced lines with TRS 1/4'' plugs will not work! If
the equipment you are connecting the RNC to is balanced, you must
fi
rst unbalance it and
only connect into the RNC with TS 1/4'' plugs.
