MARKETFOCUS:AudioProcessing
Klark Teknik’s new DN530 Creative Quad Gate &
DN540 Creative Quad Compressor
AUDIO
TPiSPOTLIGHTSSOMEOFTHEPROCESSING
MARKET’SHOTTESTPRODUCTS...
KLARK TEKNIK which packs four channels of creative XTA
Newly launched by Klark Teknik are compression into a 1U chassis. Since 1992, XTA has been
two products in the brand’s new Midas & Klark Teknik brand manufacturing digital signal processing
Creative series of processors. development manager Richard Ferriday and throughout that time it has
The DN530 Creative Quad Gate explained: “Throughout the history of become one of the most acceptable
provides great sounding, easy to use dynamics processing, many different brands in DSP to the worldwide
gates in a compact 1U format, and compressors have been produced using touring fraternity.
boasts ‘Transient Accenting’ — a new different types of gain technology. “Other brands have come along,
creative feature providing an easy “Each type has a distinctive sound, some very good ones, but we have been
way to enhance the attack envelope and users have found benefits in these consistently providing DSP solutions to
beyond merely opening the gate. often unintentional compression audio touring companies all around the world
This feature can provide up to 12dB of artefacts, taking the use of compressors and we plan to be doing the same for
additional transient energy and its primary far beyond simple dynamic range many years to come,” commented sales &
application is to provide additional impact reduction. marketing director, Bill Woods.
on drums and percussion instruments, “With these creative applications in This year looks like being another
although it can be used to enhance the mind, the DN540 has been designed great one for this specialist British
impact of acoustic string instruments such with a unique ‘Harmonic Enhancement’ manufacturer. Last December, XTA
as guitar and piano. presence control to preserve the introduced the latest incarnation of its
Uniquely, Transient Accenting harmonic content of the material in DP4 Series controller, the 2-in, 6-out
allows the operator to control precisely a more natural, dynamic state. This DP426.
the amount of enhancement added allows more compression to be applied, “The 2-in, 6-out digital crossover we
to each channel, and can be applied providing greater control of programme historically sold was the DP226. This
independently of the gating function. dynamics, without the source material finished production in 2008 and now we
This unit is complemented by the lacking in detail.” have introduced its natural successor to
DN540 Creative Quad Compressor www.klarkteknik.com great interest from all customers and at a
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