User Manual

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your safety. Unplug the module during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time.
Don’t operate your Portico II module in or around water! Electronic equipment and liquids are not
good friends. If any liquid is spilled, such as soda, coffee, alcoholic or other drink, the sugars and
acids will have a very detrimental effect. Sugar crystals act like little rectiers and can produce
noise (crackles, etc.). SWITCH OFF IMMEDIATELY because once current starts to ow the
mixture hardens, can get very hot (burnt toffee!) and cause permanent and costly damage. If it gets
wet and you suspect that good clean water may have gotten in, immediately unplug the unit, and
remove it from the source of water. Please contact support as soon as possible at
[e-mail] for resolution. Clean only with dry cloth.
Don’t be tempted to operate a Portico II unit with the cover removed. The cover provides magnetic
screening from hum and R.F. stray elds.
Portico II Master Buss Processor: Block Diagram
De pth
Wid th
EQ
EQ
C o ntrol
C o ntrol
De pth In
Wid th In
De pth EQ In
Wid th EQ In
SFE To Com p
C o m p re sso r A In
C o m p re sso r B In
FF/ FB
C o m p S/ C
Lim ite r S/ C
Thresh
Atta c k
Re lea se
Ra tio
Ble nd
C om p Lim
Sing le Amplie r
Silk
Silk +
Te xture
Silk
Silk +
Te xture
HPF
S/ C Se nd /Re turn
FF/ FB
C o m p S/ C
Lim ite r S/ C
Thresh
Atta c k
Re lea se
Ra tio
Ble nd
C om p Lim
Sing le Amplie r
HPF
S/ C Se nd /Re turn
Input
Transforme r
Input
Transforme r
O utput
Transforme r
O utput
Transforme r
M eter
O utput
M eter
O utput
Red uc tion
M eter
Red uc tion
M eter
Link
Pe ak
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