Galaxy Audio DS-CP25 User Manual
DS-CP25
USER’S MANUAL
DS-C P25
L IN
L OUT
R IN
R OUT
L COMP R COMP
USB
®
Multi-Band Compressor
USB
19"
(482mm)
DIGITAL
DIGITAL
USB
Contents
Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................1
Safety Instructions................................................................................ 2
Overview...............................................................................................3
Getting Started with Front Panel Controls........................................ 4 - 31
Using the PC Interface.................................................................. 32 - 37
Specifications..................................................................................... 38
Introduction
Introduction
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Safety Instructions
Safety Instructions
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Constituting a risk of electric shock is present
within this unit.
READ these instructions.
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KEEP these instructions.
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HEED all warnings.
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FOLLOW all instructions.
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DO NOT use this apparatus near water.
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CLEAN ONLY with dry cloth.
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DO NOT block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manu-
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facturer's instructions.
DO NOT install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves,
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or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
DO NOT defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A
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polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other. A grounding type
plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wider blade or the third
prong are provided for your safety. If the provided plug does not fit into your
outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.
PROTECT the power cord from being walked on or pinched, particularly at plugs,
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convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus.
ONLY USE attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS !
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UNPLUG this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of
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time.
REFER all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the
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apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damAged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus
has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been
dropped.
DO NOT expose the apparatus to dripping and splashing. DO NOT put objects filled
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with liquids, such as vases, on the apparatus.
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Remove the batteries from the receiver if the system will not be used for a long
period of time. This will avoid any damage resulting from a defective, leaking
battery.
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DO NOT throw used batteries into a fire. Be sure to dispose of or recycle used
batteries in accordance with local waste disposal laws.
USE only with a cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table
Specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the
Apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when
moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid
injury from tip-over.
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Overview
Described below are the functions of the front panel control buttons and encoders for the DS-CP25.
DS-C P25
1 2
1 - LCD Display
2 - Navigation/Parameter Key
3 - Parameter 2 Key
4 - Enter Key
5 - Escape Key
6 - Utility Key
7 - Parameter 3 Key
8 - Left Input EQ Edit/Mute Key
L IN
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6 7 8 9 10
L OUT
R IN
R OUT
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L COMP R COMP
15 16
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USB
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9 - Right Input EQ Edit/Mute Key
10 - Left Output LIM/COMP Edit/Bypass Key
11 - Right Output LIM/COMP Edit/Bypass Key
12 - Left Single Band Comp Edit/Bypass Key
13 - Left 2 Band Comp Edit/Bypass Key
14 - Left 3 Band Comp Edit/Bypass Key
15 - Right Single Band Comp Edit/Bypass Key
16 - Right 2 Band Comp Edit/Bypass Key
17 - Right 3 Band Comp Edit/Bypass Key
18 - USB Port
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Getting Started
• Getting Started
As soon as the DS-CP25 is turned ON, the device model name will appear in the LCD screen:
Multi-Band Compressor
DSP Processor
And a status bar will show the progress of the DS-CP25 initialization process:
Multi-Band Compressor
The DS-CP25 has the possibility to store/recall up to 20 presets.
After the initialization, the DS-CP25 will show current preset, if any available. Otherwise, if no presets
available, it will start showing “Preset 01”.
Also, the DS-CP25 can work as a 2 or 3 multi band compressor or as Mono band.
By default, the unit is starting as 3 bands stereo compressor.
The first time activation, will default to the following page and 3 band stereo compress.
Multi-Band Compressor
Preset 01
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• Encoders and ENTER, ESC buttons
The DS-CP25 is equipped with 3 Relative Encoders, “NAV/PM1”, “PM2” and “PM3”. These encoders
allow you to navigate the user interface and edit sections of the processor. They allow the user to
navigate within the screen for the selection of sub-menus, pages and parameters and to select the
values to be assigned during the editing operations.
The “ENTER” and “ESC” buttons allow the user to confirm or NOT confirm the operations performed by the
encoders.
• UTILITY, EQ Edit/Mute [2] and Lim/Comp Edit/Bypass [8] buttons
The UTILITY button allows the User to enter the Sub-menus and set the general characteristics of the
Processor. The EQ Edit/Mute buttons allow the User to enter the Editing Menus of the DS-CP25’s input
Channels EQ Section and Outputs Mute, and buttons Lim/Comp Edit/Bypass allow the User to enter the
Editing Menus of the DS-CP25's RMS Compressors, Output Limiter and Compressors Bypass.
The EQ Edit/Mute buttons as well as the Lim/Comp Edit/Bypass buttons have double functions dependent
on the push and hold time.
When the EQ Edit/Mute buttons are pushed and held for more than two seconds, Input Channels LIN or
RIN are either muted or unmuted. The red LED will illuminate when the Channel is muted.
When the “MUTE” LED is OFF, then the related Input Channel is UN-MUTED.
A momentary push of the EQ Edit/Mute buttons enters the Editing Mode for the DS-CP25’s Input Channels
Eq Section (see later for the Input Channel Editing details). The blue “EDIT” LED will now be ON.
When the Lim/Comp Edit/Bypass buttons are pushed and held for more than two seconds, the related
Compressor’s Output is either muted or unmuted. The red LED will illuminate when the selected
Compressor’s Output is MUTED. When the “MUTE” LED is OFF, then the related Compressor’s Output
Channel is UN-MUTED.
A momentary push of the Lim/Comp Edit/Bypass buttons enters the Editing Menu for the related
Compressor (see later for the Output Channel Editing details). The blue “EDIT” LED will now be ON.
• DS-CP25 Menu and Sub-Menu Structures
As stated above, the start-up default screen is the currently running preset or, if the device is new, the flat
“Preset 01” preset:
Multi-Band Compressor
Preset 01
From this point, sub-menus are accessed using the “UTILITY”, “EQ Edit/Mute”, “Lim/Comp Edit/Bypass”,
“ENTER” and “ESC” buttons and all parameters and values are navigated by the “NAV/PM1”, “PM2” and
“PM3” encoders.
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MENU “LCOMP/RCOMP” RMS Compressors Editing [Access by pushing the “Lim/Comp” “Edit/Bypass” buttons]
This Menu is related to the editing of the RMS compressors parameters and to the selection of the number
of bands for the DS-CP25 compressor to work with. The DS-CP25 can work as Monoband, 2 or 3 bands
stereo compressor.
If the DS-CP25 has been set as Monoband compressor, no choice is allowed for the X-Over frequencies
used for the band division in Multi band mode, and ONLY the FIRST of the 3 available compressor is
editable.
If the DS-CP25 has been set as 2 bands compressor, the user can set the X-Over frequency used for the 2
bands creation and ONLY the FIRST and SECOND of the 3 available compressors are editable.
If the DS-CP25 has been set as 3 bands compressor, the user can set the X-Over frequencies used for the
3 bands creation and ALL the 3 available compressors are independently editable.
The selection of the Compressor type and the eventual X-Over frequencies can be done from any one of
the compressors’ editable pages and it is linked to the other 2 compressors editing pages.
So, if selected the number of bands in the editing environment of the Compressor 1, the choice will be
replicated on the editing environments of the Compressors 2 and 3. So, if the Monoband Compressor is
selected from the editing environment of the Compressor 3, the environment will be no longer accessible in
the all compressor’s parameters and to edit the Monoband compressor will be necessary to access the
editing environment/pages of the Compressor 1.
• Menu “UTILITY” [access by pushing the “UTILITY” button]
From the “Default Screen”, it is possible to access the “UTILITY” menu by pushing the “UTILITY” button
and the Sub-Menus pages can be selected by rotating clockwise and counter-clockwise the “NAV/PM1”
encoder.
Upon selecting the sub-menu page, using the “ENTER” button, the sub menus can be accessed again
“scrollable” using the “NAV/PM1” encoder and accessible for parameter editing by again pushing the enter
button.
Through the “ESC” button, it is possible at any time to go back to the action and page preceding the
“ENTER” button use.
Once inside the Sub-Menus pages, the several options can be scrolled through using the “PM2” or “PM3”
encoders and selected/confirmed pushing the “ENTER” button.
Note: In every Sub-Menu the option currently selected/running will have an Asterisk “*” showing to the
right of the description on the LCD screen.
Options that are not selected/running will be not be displayed with Asterisk.
Pushing the ENTER button on an unselected option will mean an asterisk will then appear and this option
will now take over as the currently selected/running option.
System Utilities Sub-menu - this sub-menu allows to access several operations related to the DS-CP25
Start Up and General Configuration:
UTILITY MENU:
System Utilities
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From the “System Utilities Sub-menu”, pushing “ENTER” and then using the “NAV/PM1” encoder for
scrolling will give access to the following pages:
Power-On Procedure - this gives you the ability to select the option that will apply when the DS-CP25
powers up after being switched on:
SYSTEM UTILITY:
Power On Procedure
By pressing “ENTER” and rotating the “PM2” or “PM3” encoder, it is possible to choose between two
options: “Fade In On” or “Fade In Off”.
The currently running option will be displayed with an Asterisk to the right of the option description.
To change the option, simply ENTER on the option not displaying the Asterisk and that option will become
active and an Asterisk will now appear to the right of the option description.
The following two options are available:
FADE-In = Off - when the DS-CP25 is turned on, all Outputs regardless of their status before the Unit was
switched off, will be MUTED or UNMUTED automatically, meaning the DS-CP25 will have no active
Outputs, or active Outputs during the start-up process, depending on the Outputs’ previous status.
FADE-In = On - when the DS-CP25 is turned on, all Outputs not previously muted before the Unit was
switched OFF will be active. Meaning the DS-CP25 outputs will be controlled by a volume ramp to avoid
any sudden sound. If the option “Fade-In = On” is selected, the screen will show the following:
Power-On Procedure
Fade-In: On
Delay Time/Distance - this page allows you to select the measurement unit to be used for the Delays:
Time (in milliseconds “ms”) or Distance (in meters “m”)
SYSTEM UTILITY:
Delay Units
By pressing ENTER and rotating the “PM2” or “PM3” encoder, it is possible to select the measurement unit
to be used for the delay, which will be confirmed by pushing the “ENTER” button.
The following screen that shows the selected delay measurement is Time (milliseconds):
Delay Units
Unit: Time (ms)
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Input Routing - the DS-CP25 Processor is equipped with 2 Analog Inputs (Balanced Female XLR) and a
stereo S/PDIF Digital Input (RCA connector).
The “Routing Options” page allows you to select the desired Input type:
SYSTEM UTILITY:
Input Routing
By pressing “ENTER” on Input Routing and then rotating the “PM2” or “PM3” encoder, it is possible to
select the Main Inputs for the DS-CP25, allowing the User to choose between Analog or S/PDIF Digital.
The selection can be confirmed by pressing the “ENTER” button.
The following screen shows that the Analog Input has been selected:
Input Routing
Source: Analog
Software Version - this page allows you to confirm the Software Version running on the DS-CP25:
SYSTEM UTILITY:
Software Version
Program Utilities Sub-menu - this sub-menu allows you to access several options related to the DS-CP25
operating mode and to manage the presets stored and recall-able within the Unit:
UTILITY MENU:
Program Utilities
By pressing the “ENTER” button and then using the “NAV/PM1” encoder the following pages can be
accessed:
Recall a Program - this page allows the Loading of a preset program. You can store up to 20 Presets in
the DS-CP25 memory:
PROGRAM UTILITY:
Recall a Program
By pressing “ENTER” and rotating the “PM3” encoder, it is possible to scroll through all current available
user presets. If NO USER PRESETS are stored yet, the screen will show the following:
Recall a Program
No Stored Programs
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If presets have previously been stored by the user, any one of them can be recalled:
[ENTER] to Recall
01: PRESET 1
By using the “PM3” encoder it is possible to scroll through the stored presets. Once the desired preset
appears on the screen, select it by pressing the “ENTER” button and this will force the DS-CP25 to begin to
load this selected preset and the following transitory screen will appear:
Loading New Program. . . . .
01: PRESET 1
Once loaded the DS-CP25 will exit to the “Recall a Program” screen automatically and the above screen
will disappear:
Multi-Band Compressor
PRESET 1
Save a Program - this page allows you to store a new preset in the DS-CP25’s memory:
Note: At any time it is possible to quit the recall action by pressing the “ESC” button.
PROGRAM UTILITY:
Save a Program
By pressing the “ENTER” button and rotating the “PM3” encoder, it is possible to scroll through the
previously saved presets and the available empty locations (identified by “Empty Memory”).
If no user presets are stored, the “Save a Program” screen will show empty memory locations for all 1-20
presets as shown in the example below for location 10:
Save a Program
10: Program
When storing an edited configuration for the DS-CP25, select the location for a preset from the 20
available by using the “PM3” encoder.
Once the desired location appears on the screen press “ENTER” again to reach the “Edit Name Preset”
page.
In this page, the User can enter a Preset Name (up to 16 Characters) by using the “PM3” encoder to
choose a character and the “NAV/PM1” encoder to move between the 16 available locations for the
character’s positioning.
The current position of the cursor is shown by a “blinking underscore”.
The following is an example of a screen while entering the preset name “Light Comp 3b” in location 10:
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Save a Program
10: Light Comp 3b
To store the Preset Name, press the “ENTER” button again.
The above action will take you to the “Enter to Save” page showing the selected location for the preset and
the final edited name:
[Enter] to Save
10: Light Comp 3b
Pressing “ENTER” again, will store the preset in the selected location with the chosen name and the
following transitory screen will appear on the LCD:
Saving to Memory . . . . .
10: Light Comp 3b
Once the preset is stored, the above screen will disappear, returning to the following screen:
Multi-Band Compressor
Preset 01
Where “Preset 01” is the one running before storing the new one.
To make the new one the current preset, you need to load it with the “Recall a Program” procedure.
If during the Preset Storing process you want to overwrite an existing memory location, select this location
in the “Save a Program” page, then “ENTER” and you will be asked if you want to overwrite this preset
with the following “[ENTER] to Overwrite” screen displaying the currently stored preset and location:
[Enter] to Overwrite
10: Light Comp 3b
If you wish to proceed, press “ENTER” again and the DS-CP25 will go ahead with the “Edit Name Preset”
page and the subsequent overwrite on completion of the previously described storing process.
Note: At any time it is possible to quit the storing action by pressing the “ESC” button.
Delete a Program - this page allows you to delete a preset already stored in the DS-CP25 Memory:
PROGRAM UTILITY:
Delete a Program
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By pressing the “ENTER” button and rotating the “PM3” encoder, it is possible to scroll through the
previously saved presets and the available empty locations (identified by “Empty Memory”).
If no user presets are stored, the “Delete a Program” screen will show empty memory locations for all 1-20
presets as shown in the example below for location 10:
Delete a Program
10: Program
If Presets are available, they will be shown in the “Delete a Program” page as follows:
Delete a Program
10: Light Comp 3b
By using the “PM3” encoder, it is possible to select a preset to be deleted.
Pressing the “ENTER” button on a selected preset will bring up the “[Enter] for Delete” page, showing the
selected preset.
For example, if we want to delete the preset 10, “Light Comp 3b”, the screen will be the following:
[ENTER] for Delete
10: Light Comp 3b
Confirming the deletion by pressing “ENTER” again, will force the DS-CP25 to erase the selected preset
and the following transitory screen will appear:
Wait: Deleting . . . . .
10: Light Comp 3b
Once the preset is deleted, the above screen will disappear, returning to the following screen:
Multi-Band Compressor
Preset 01
Where “Preset 01” is the currently running Preset.
Note: At any time it is possible to quit the deleting action by pressing the “ESC” button.
Interface Utilities Sub-menu - this sub-menu allows you to define the remote control interface [USB or
RS485] to be used for controlling the DS-CP25:
UTILITY MENU:
Interface Utilities
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