The Weiss 102 Series split band De-Esser is one of the mastering industy's most highly praised digital products. Now Weiss engineers have taken their De-Esser design and combined it with the best features of the time proven 102 Series Dynamics Processors. The result is the Gambit DS1, a stand alone digital Dynamics Processor with unparalleled performance and sonic tegrity.

In De-Esser mode the compression band is selectable low, mid or high frequency and extends the functionality beyond de-essing. The crossover filters are linear phase for the highest sonic quality. The full band dynamics processor with soft knee compressor and hard limiter is ideal for program loudncontrol

-Presets keys: let you select a bank of factory presets which can't be changed by the user, but which can be copied into ordinary snapshots and edited from there. Two banks of factory presets are given, de-esser type and compressor/ler type.
-Monitor key: Allows to listen to the filtered signal only, i.e. the one being processed by the dynamics section, facilitates the search for offendsignals
-Bandsplitting: When touching "bandwidth" or "frequency", the soft keys will select which type of band (low, mid, high). The LEDs above the frequency knob show the current status. Frequency knob selects the corner (centerequency
-Attack, Release etc.: Attack, release delay and release fast/slow with averaging knobs make up a powerful yet easy to operate timing section for optimum sound treatment. The LEDs between the knobs light depending on the automatically selected release time
-Soft knee knob gives a variable soft knee characteristic (from no soft knee to very gentle). The LED above the knob lights if the input level is in the soft knee region. The LED above the threshold knob lights of the input level is above the reshold
-Gain makeup allows for zero gain makeup in DeEsser mode and for as much gain makeup as possible in the compressor/limiter mode. Touching the gain makeup knob assigns the softkeys to select the vas modes

Some noteable features:
- soft knee feature
- dual mode unit (DeEsser / Compressor)
- oversampling sidechain
- oversampling audio path in Compressor / Limiter mode
- linear-phase band splitter
- overall delay controllable in multiples of video frames
- preview delay for early anticipation of peaks
- graphical LCD with comprehensive metering and settings information
- metering of input level, output level, gain reduction
- 128 snapshots with 2 times 128 snapshots backup
- each parameter MIDI controllable, MIDI dump of snapshots
- AES/EBU input / output
- The DS1 is absolutely bit-transparent as long as no gain reduction occurs - even in Der mode.

DS1 Technical Data:
AES/EBU Input:
Sampling Frequencies: 44.1 kHz or 48.0 kHz
Maximum Input Wordlength: 24 Bits
Channel Status Data: Input accepts professional or consumer format.
Channel Status Bits
forwarded to AES/EBU output: see table below
Connector: XLR female

AES/EBU Output:
Sampling Frequencies: 44.1 kHz or 48.0 kHz
Output Wordlength: 24 Bits
Connector: XLR male

AES/EBU Channel Status Data:
The DS1 allows to convert the incoming Channel Status Data as follows:
- From Consumer to Professional
- From Professional to Consumer
- Transparent mode, i.e. Channel Status Data is fed forward to the output without any conversion (one exception, see below)

Output selected: Consumer format.
Input: Consumer format.
Output:
All bits fed forward (transparent), except for:
Byte 1: Bits 0..6: 0000000 (category code general)
Bit 7: 1 (original)

Input: Professional format.
Output:
Byte 0: Bit 0: 0 (consumer)
Bit 1: 0 (audio)
Bit 2: 1 (copy allowed)
Bits 3,4: Preemphasis according to input
Bit 5: 0 (2 channel mode)
Bits 6,7: 00 (Mode 0)
Byte 1: Bits 0..6: 0000000 (category code general)
Bit 7: 1 (original)
Byte 2: Bits 0,1,2,3: Sampling Frequency according to input
Bits 4,5: 00 (accuaracy grade II)
Bits 6,7: 00
Bytes 3..23: reserved bytes
Output selected: Professional format.
Input: Professional format.
Output: All bits fed forward (transparent), except for:
Byte 2: Bits 0,1,2: 001 (max. sample length= 24bit)
Bits 3,4,5: 101 (24 bit word length)
Bits 6,7: 00
Input: Consumer format.
Output:
Byte 0: Bit 0: 1 (professional)
Bit 1: 0 (audio)
Bits 2,3,4: Preemphasis according to input
Bit 5: 0 (source fs locked)
Bits 6,7: Sampling Frequency according to input
Byte 1: Bits 0,1,2,3: 0001 (two channel mode)
Bits 4,5,6,7: 0000 (no user bit encoding)
Byte 2: Bits 0,1,2: 001 (max. sample length= 24bit)
Bits 3,4,5: 101 (24 bit word length)
Bits 6,7: 00
Bytes 3..12: All bits 0
Byte 23: CRCC byte
Output selected: Transparent.
Input: Any format.
Output:
All bits fed forward (transparent), except if not bypassed:
Byte 2: Bits 0,1,2: 001 (max. sample length= 24bit)
Bits 3,4,5: 101 (24 bit word length)
Bits 6,7: 00
Power
Mains Voltage: 110 / 220 Volts with voltage selector
Fuse rating: 500 mA slow blow
Power Consumption: 40VA max
Overload
Number of consecutive
over-samples to cause
"over" display: 1..16 settable
Peak Meters
Peak meters timing for compressor input and output stage adhere to AES recommendations.
Parameter Table

Overall Gain:
- ¥ , - 90.0, -85.0, -80.0, -76.0, -72.0, -68.0, -64.0, -60.0, -56.0, -53.0, -50.0, -48.0, -46.0, -44.0, -42.0, -40.0, -39.0, -38.0, -37.0, -36.0, -35.0, -34.0, -33.0, -32.0, -31.0, -30.0, -29.5, -29.0, -28.5, -28.0, -27.5, -27.0, -26.5, -26.0, -25.5, -25.0, -24.5, -24.0, -23.5, -23.0, -22.5, -22.0, -21.5, -21.0, -20.5, -20.0, -19.5, -19.0, -18.5, -18.0, -17.5, -17.0, -16.5, -16.0, -15.5, -15.0, -14.5, -14.0, -13.5, -13.0, -12.5, -12.0, -11.5, -11.0, -10.5, -10.5, -9.5, -9.0, -8.5, -8.0, -7.5, -7.0, -6.5, -6.0, -5.8, -5.6, -5.4, -5.2, -5.0, -4.8, -4.6, -4.4, -4.2, -4.0, -3.8, -3.6, -3.4, -3.2, -3.0, -2.8, -2.6, -2.4, -2.2, -2.0, -1.8, -1.6, -1.4, -1.2, -1.0, -0.8, -0.6, -0.5, -0.4, -0.3, -0.2, -0.1, 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, 7.5, 8.0, 8.5, 9.0, 9.5, 10.0

Bandwidth:
1/6, 1/3, ½, 2/3, 5/6, 1, 11/6, 1 1/3, 1 ½, 1 2/3, 1 5/6, 21/6, 2 1/3, 2 ½, 2 2/3, 2 5/6, 31/6, 3 1/3, 3 ½, 3 2/3, 3 5/6, 4 1/6, 4 1/3, 4 ½, 4 2/3, 4 5/6, 51/6, 5 1/3, 5 ½, 5 2/3, 5 5/6, 6

Frequency:
277, 294, 311, 330, 349, 370, 392, 415, 440, 466, 494, 523, 554, 587, 622, 659, 698, 740, 784, 831, 880, 932, 988, 1050, 1110, 1170, 1240, 1320, 1400, 1480, 1570, 1660, 1760, 1860, 1980, 2090, 2220, 2350, 2490, 2640, 2790, 2960, 3140, 3320, 3520, 3730, 3950, 4190, 4430, 4700, 4980, 5270, 5590, 5920, 6270, 6640, 7040, 7460, 7900, 8370, 8870, 9400, 9960, 10500, 11200, 11800, 12500, 13300, 14100, 14900, 15800, 16700, 17700

Attack, Release Delay, Release Fast & Slow, Average, Preview (when applicable):
20m , 40m , 60m , 80m , 100m , 125m , 160m , 200m , 250m , 315m , 400m , 500m , 630m , 800m , 1m, 1.25m, 1.60m, 2.00m, 2.50m, 3.15m, 4.00m, 5.00m, 6.30m, 8.00m, 10.0m, 12.5m, 16.0m, 20.0m, 25.0m, 31.5m, 40.0m, 50.0m, 63.0m, 80.0m, 100m, 125m, 160m, 200m, 250m, 315m, 400m, 500m, 630m, 800m, 1, 1.25, 1.60, 2.00, 2.50, 3.15, 4.00, 5.00, 6.30, 8.00
m = 10-6
m = 10-3

Soft-knee:
0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0

Threshold:
0, -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -7, -8, -9, -10, -11, -12, -13, -14, -15, -16, -17, -18, -19, -20, -21, -22, -23, -24, -25, -26, -27, -28, -29, -30, -31, -32, -33, -34, -35, -36, -37, -38, -39, -40, -41, -42, -43, -44, -45, -46, -47, -48, -49, -50, -51, -52, -53, -54, -55, -56, -57, -58, -59, -60

Ratio:
1.00:1, 1.05:1, 1.11:1, 1.17:1, 1.25:1, 1.33:1, 1.43:1, 1.54:1, 1.67:1, 1.81:1, 2.00:1, 2.22:1, 2.50:1, 2.86:1, 3.33:1, 4.00:1, 5.00:1, 6.66:1, 10:1, 20:1, 1000:1

Gain Makeup:
-10, -9, -8, -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 off, max.