[BC] DBX286A "Unofficial Service Bulletin"

[Gary Blau]

There's no OverEasy button on a 286A.
But I agree on disablng it on our 166/266's that we use for mic 
compressors.

g

James Potter wrote:
> Yep.  I especially like the squelch feature.  I use it to kill the
> fan noise from my computers in my recording studio when I cut
> voice-overs.  If you carefully adjust the depth and threshold, it
> doesn't seem to affect the audio output. The only dbx feature I don't
> like is Overeasy. The manual says it makes a soft knee curve, but in
> all of mine it makes for mushy sound with hard inputs. I got a job at
> one of my AMs by complaining about the audio. I was invited into the
> studio, and immediately released the Overeasy button, and -- voila!
> -- much better, thank you!  Let it work as a hard limiter.  It ain't
> an Optimod, but it's a whole lot better than nothing, especially for
> $100 bucks.