The Weiss DS1 Mk3 is a full-band compressor, limiter, and de-esser with M/S mode and parallel compression facilities.
Basic EQ1 Functions
The basic features of the Weiss DS1 Mk3 are common to all four models, namely the seven identical parametric bands, i.e. all seven bands cover the entire audio frequency range. Each band has Boost/Cut, Frequency and Q/Slope knobs and operates in any of the following modes: High shelving, low shelving, peaking, high cut, low cut, bypass.
Snapshots, MIDI, Metering
Other basic features of the Weiss DS1 Mk3 are an A/B compare memory, a 128-position snapshot bank with two additional banks for back-up (can also be dumped/recovered via MIDI), a peak meter with over indicators, MIDI control for each parameter, an overall bypass switch, and an overall gain control, a channel ganging switch.
M/S Mode
The EQ1 can be switched to M/S mode which is especially useful for the dynamic model of the EQ1. Other specialties are variable slope shelving filters and very high-Q (up to 650) peaking filters for notching out offending frequencies.
Controls, Display
There are seven times three knobs in order to have “one knob per parameter” operation. The knobs are touch sensitive to switch the LCD to display the parameters of the touched band. The LCD shows the overall frequency response, the detailed parameter values and various status information.
Signal processing, connectivity
The internal processing of the Weiss DS1 Mk3 is done at 88.2 or 96 kHz in a 40 Bit floating-point format. A very low noise filter architecture optimised for audio is used. The digital input/output are in AES/EBU format on XLR connectors. The AES/EBU output can be POW-R dithered to 16, 20 or 24 Bits.
