Hello,
Longtime intermittent reader, first time poster.
I have a number of VCA multifunction compressors, generally from the 1980s, several of which are Symetrix units with, in my opinion, good downward expander functionality--a great help remediating the noise floor issue when I'm using even nice mics and preamps on very quiet sources.
I also have several dbx units, and if it's not an impossible task for a rube such as me, I'd be interested to modify the gate circuits on the 166a, which shunt off sound below the variable threshold, to instead drop off on a steep curve. (As they are, I find the dbx gates unusable, and just leave them off all the time.)
Would there be a straightforward way to modify the existing circuit to accomplish this, or would it instead mean an entirely new circuit, which would probably make it not worthwhile for me to get into?
I am unskilled in this department, but others around me have some skills.
I'll go dig up the circuit diagram if that's helpful. Thank you for your time.
Longtime intermittent reader, first time poster.
I have a number of VCA multifunction compressors, generally from the 1980s, several of which are Symetrix units with, in my opinion, good downward expander functionality--a great help remediating the noise floor issue when I'm using even nice mics and preamps on very quiet sources.
I also have several dbx units, and if it's not an impossible task for a rube such as me, I'd be interested to modify the gate circuits on the 166a, which shunt off sound below the variable threshold, to instead drop off on a steep curve. (As they are, I find the dbx gates unusable, and just leave them off all the time.)
Would there be a straightforward way to modify the existing circuit to accomplish this, or would it instead mean an entirely new circuit, which would probably make it not worthwhile for me to get into?
I am unskilled in this department, but others around me have some skills.
I'll go dig up the circuit diagram if that's helpful. Thank you for your time.