Manual 7- L ° L ° L ° ° ° ° ° ° 065165 4* ( 0 / ( " & 3 9 3 0 7 0/ &2 & *7 1" 4 4 Vox Ranger RackPack Module, Model 2718 Graphic Equalizer For The Vocal Range
Manual Vox Ranger Model 2718 Version 1.0 – 6/2008 Designer: Wolfgang Neumann This user‘s guide contains a description of the product. It in no way represents a guarantee of particular characteristics or results of use. The information in this document has been carefully compiled and verified and, unless otherwise stated or agreed upon, correctly describes the product at the time of packaging with this document.
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Important Security Information Please note and retain this information. Carefully read and follow all of the safety and operating instructions before you use the machine. Be doubly careful to follow all warnings and special safety instructions noted in this manual and on the unit. The following information refers to modules built into the RackPack frame. Connections: Only use the connections as described. Other connections can lead to health risks and equipment damage.
Important Security Information Lightning: Before thunderstorms or other severe weather, disconnect the machine from wall power (but to avoid life threatening lightning strikes, not during a storm). Similarly, before any severe weather, disconnect ALL the power connections of other machines and antenna and phone/internet cables which may be interconnected so that no lightning damage or overload results from such secondary connections.
Hook Up Fitting A Module The fitting and/or exchange of modules should only be carried out by qualified persons. Please read the manual of the RackPack frame. It contains all information needed to fit a module as well as all safety and notes and warnings. If you don‘t have the manual at hand, you can download it like all SPL product manuals from our website.
Introduction The Vox Ranger EQ Module is a graphic equalizer for the vocal range with passive coil filters in eight bands. It employs bell filters, each with individually optimized bandwidths, boost and cut values. The concept of the Ranger EQs for the RackPack modular system is characterized by two decisive features that separate them from traditional designs. First there is the basic idea of specialized modules for typical instrument or vocal ranges.
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XLR Sockets, Transformers, Channel Split Rear Panel/Connections The Vox Ranger is fitted with one XLR input and two XLR outputs for balanced operation. Pin-wiring of all XLR sockets: Pin 1 = GND, Pin 2 = hot (+), Pin 3 = cold (-) Discrete balancing stages for both in- and output provide high common mode rejection and are capable of driving long cables (depending on the capacity of the cables and the following input balancing stages).
Control Elements ON, LED Display ON 0 7- L ° L ° L ° ° ° ° ° ° 065165 Relay hard bypass circuits ensure signals to be directly switched from input to output in the case power failures – this “Power Fail Safety“ feature guarantees signal flow in any situation. 4* ( With the ON button you can turn the device on or off. The ON button is illuminated when the device is active.
OUTPUT, Fader Control Elements OUTPUT Stage / ( " & 3 9 3 0 7 L ° L ° L ° ° ° ° For example, if you have by and large applied cut values to the signal, the overall output level can be lifted again to meet the input level’s value. 7- 4* ( 0 With the OUTPUT control you can readjust levels that were changed by previous EQ settings.
Control Elements The Eight EQ Bands 0 7- L ° L ° L ° ° ° ° ° ° 065165 4* ( Each filter is designed as bell filter with individually optimized bandwidths and boost/cut values. Each filter is regulated by a fader control. The frequency range around the center frequency can be boosted (fader to the right into direction “+”) or can be cut (fader to the left into direction “-”) directly.
The diagram shows the different filter characteristics. The lower bands have relatively narrow bandwidths for fundamental tones. The upper bands have broader bandwidths to process groups of overtones in common.
EQ Table Instrument All All All All All All All All All Bass Bass Bass Bass Bass Bass Bass Kick Drum Kick Drum Kick Drum Kick Drum Kick Drum Kick Drum Kick Drum Kick Drum Snare Snare Snare Snare Snare Snare Snare Toms Toms Toms Toms Toms Toms Toms/Perk Cymbals Cymbals Cymbals Cymbals 14 Frequency 0 50 50 100 150 500 1700 8000 12000 50 60 75 350 500 600 2000 35 60 80 90 250 300 350 2K 140 200 300 200 3K 5K 8K 80 80 240 400 300 3K 7K 200 800 6K 10K up to +/- Effect 35 cut sub harmonics + fuller sound deep
EQ Table xVocals Vocals Vocals Vocals Vocals Vocals Vocals Vocals Vocals Vocals Vocals Vocals Vocals Vocals Vocals Vocals Vocals Guitar GTR/Keyb. Guitar Guitar GTR/Keyb. GTR/Keyb. Guitar GTR/Keyb. GTR/Keyb. Guitar Guitar Guitar Guitar Guitar Piano Piano Piano Piano Piano Piano/Bläs.
Operation EQ Principles First cut, then boost: The hearing system is more used to energy reductions in a frequency range, thus boosts attract more attention. That is, a 6 dB boost is perceived to be similar in amount to a 9 dB cut. Therefore when wishing to emphasize one frequency, it is typically better first to consider a reduction in others. The result will bring more transparency and clarity as well as reduce possible unwanted coloration of the signal.
Bell Filters, Passive Filters, Advantages of Passive Filters Technology Bell Filters A bell filter boosts or cuts a chosen frequency‘s energy with a maximum amplitude and a definable frequency range around this frequency with a fall off of up to 3 dB to both sides. The chosen frequency with the maximum amplitude is called center frequency—it takes place in the middle at the peak of the response curve.
Specifications Audio Frequency Range: 10 Hz-30.000 Hz CMR@ 1kHz: -85 dBu @ 100 Hz, -80 dBu @1 kHz THD @ 1kHz: 0,03% @ 0 dBu/0,01% @ +10 dBu Noise, A-weighted: -83 dBu Dynamic Range: › 107 dB Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT): › -85 dBu (@ 1 kHz) Input XLR connection, electronically balanced (optionally transformer-balanced) Impedance: balanced ›20kOhm/unbal. ›10kOhm Max.
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Option Lundahl Transformers As an option, the DynaMaxx RackPack module can be fitted with input and output transformers from Lundahl. The transformer options can only be ordered by purchase, a later upgrade is not possible. Information On Lundahl I/O Transformers Transformers have a pleasant sound characteristic, especially the low end sounds rounder and more full-bodied. The top end benefits from a softer and silky atmosphere without being emphasized.
