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| II THANK YOU Thank you for choosing products from the exciting and innovative line of Dangerous Music recording equipment. Many years of reliable service can be expected from our gear. This is made possible through careful design, construction, and component choices by recording industry veterans. The Dangerous Music Bax EQ is designed to sweeten life by opening your sonic vistas like nothing previously heard.
iii | DANGEROUS MUSIC TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview 1 BAX EQ Rear Panel Features & Benefits 1 BAX EQ Front Panel Features, Benefits & Connection 2 BAX EQ Application Notes 10 Specifications 13 Warranty 14
BAX EQ | 1 OVERVIEW The Dangerous BAX EQ was inspired by Peter Baxandall’s legendary 1950’s design that has graced hundreds of millions of home hi fi systems. The BAX EQ’s unique design carves broad, open curves and gentle sloping cuts that are essential for recording, mixing and mastering. Seeking the elusive Top 10 vocal sound? Add that perfect sheen of air. Chasing the chunk in grinding guitars? Dial in the meat. Lush midrange, bottomless bass, and space are achieved effortlessly.
2 | DANGEROUS MUSIC [rear panel power section pictured above] 2. A/C CABLE & SWITCHING Feature: Three pin IEC cable. Benefit: Simple to replace if lost.! Feature: Selectable voltage. Benefit: Travel with your favorite gear anywhere in the world while spreading the equalized truth. (“Equalised” in the UK!) Operation: Please review the mains voltage in the red window before plugging in the unit or electrifying events may transpire.
BAX EQ | 3 Elephants.) Eliminating it dramatically increases low end clarity and punch while allowing higher maximum levels on any playback device. [low frequency filter graph pictured above] Feature: 12 dB per octave roll off. Benefit: These filters are smooth, accurate and musical sounding without artifacts. Tip: , While listening to a familiar mix, turn the knob and listen to the pleasurable changes. Feature: Individual relay bypasses. Feature: The first position is beyond the audio band.
4 | DANGEROUS MUSIC [example of filters and shelfs combined in the graph pictured above] 2. LOW FREQUENCY SHELF [low frequency shelf knob pictured above] Feature: Broad bandwidth shelving EQ that affects several octaves. Benefit: Instead of a surgical or chainsaw EQ that targets problems like 50 or 60 cycle hum, but often comes with an audio sacrifice, the BAX EQ is shapely, sweet with minimized phase delay for sexy sonic sculpting.
BAX EQ | 5 controls and cut with the filter. [low frequency shelf graph pictured above] 3. LEFT & RIGHT LOW FREQUENCY LEVEL CONTROLS [left and right low frequency level controls pictured above] Feature: Individual Left and Right Controls. Benefit: Discrete left and right controls allow for the correction of any stereo low frequency imbalance in .5 dB steps. Left channel need a hair less whomp? Pull it down a half dB or so as needed.
6 | DANGEROUS MUSIC 4. LEFT & RIGHT HIGH FREQUENCY LEVEL CONTROLS [left and right high frequency level controls pictured above] Feature: Individual Left and Right Controls. Benefit: Identical to the low frequency level controls, discrete left and right controls allow for the correction of any stereo high frequency imbalance in .5 dB steps. Left channel need a hint more than the right? Bring it up a half dB or so as needed. Feature: Stepped attenuators.
BAX EQ | 7 [high frequency shelf graph pictured above] 6. HIGH FREQUENCY CUT [low frequency cut knob pictured above] Feature: Ultrasonic Noise Reduction Benefit: or out of band noise is an A/D converter’s audio nemesis. Derived from a myriad of man made and natural sources it propagates slew rate overload, ultimately manifesting itself as harsh, brittle sound.
8 | DANGEROUS MUSIC [high frequency filter graph pictured above] Tip: , While tracking, utilize the hi cut filter. Especially when boosting bodacious amounts of top end, this practice will reveal a bright & airy treble that is never harsh or blaring. Perfect for adding “air” to a ribbon mic and conversely, for “gentling up” an overly bright and sassy condenser mic. See the graph on the next page for a visual example.
BAX EQ | [example of filters and shelves combined in the graph pictured above to craft a warm shimmering vocal] 7. ENGAGE IN & OUT Feature: Hard wire bypass engage switch. Benefit: Allows true A/B comparisons by completely removing the hardware from the circuit while in bypass.
10 | DANGEROUS MUSIC Bax EQ: Application Notes 1. COMBINING CUT AND LEVEL CONTROLS , To achieve more bottom from a mix, cut first and then add. The result will be tighter, punchier low end. Tip: , Leverage the BAX for tracking. Even in “cut only mode”, utilize it on every track to control the source’s frequency range, thus dramatically focusing the energy and making the mix process a snap. Tip: , Increase the tonal power by engaging the filters in conjunction with the boost/cut.
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BAX EQ SPECIFICATIONS Frequency Response +- 0.1dB from 10Hz to 20kHz +- 0.2dB from 1Hz to 80kHz Maximum level > +28dBu Noise floor < -92dBu band limited from 22Hz-22kHz THD+N < 0.002% IMD < 0.
14 | DANGEROUS MUSIC WARRANTY Free 2 year extended warranty with online registration. Standard warranty: 90 days parts and labor, subject to inspection. Does not include damage incurred through shipping damage, abusive operation or modifications/attempted repair by unauthorized technicians. USA Dangerous Music Inc. 231 Stevens Road Edmeston, NY 13335 EUROPE Dangerous Music Europe Stieleichenweg 55 50999 Cologne, Germany Fon: +49 2236 393731 Email: info@dangerousmusic.
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