Carvin Audio BX1 User manual
BX1BASS PREAMP
CARVIN ENGINEERING DATA
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WARRANTY
This CARVIN product is guaranteed in normal use to be free from electrical and mechanical defects for a period of 1 year
expressed or implied. There shall be no recovery for any consequential or incidental damages.
INTRODUCTION
out your signature sound. Harmonic content increases as
your tone for years to come.
BX1 FEATURES:
»Preamp GAIN and master VOLUME controls
»BLEND control adjusts the EQ/dry mix
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»COMPRESSOR: Threshold and Strength controls
»Effects Loop
»True Bypass
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»THRU/TUNER output jack independent of
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bushings mounted to top panel
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BX1 SPECIFICATIONS:
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Negative Plug
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BX1 CONTROLS:
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designed for connecting a tuner or sending the bass
signal to another device. This output is unaffected
MUTE.
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instrument input designed to handle both active
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indicates your signal is nearing clipping. Solid Red
heard at the outputs.
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is too strong and is causing distortion to be heard
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Sends the signal around the EQ Tone preamp. The
VOLUME and GND LIFT still affect the signal.
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instrument input designed to handle both active
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The SEND jack is the output of the preamp and is
designed to deliver the proper level for the input of an
external effects processor. The SEND signal source is
receive signals from the output of an external effects
COMPRESSOR and VOLUME control to the outputs. The
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ideal for changing basses and silent
are never muted.
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NOT TURN ON until there is a
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Turns the COMPRESSOR on and off.
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Connect this output to your amplifier.
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The DIRECT OUT XLR jack provides a balanced output for
going direct to the main PA or to a recording input. The
output level is adjusted from
XLR
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This control directs some or all of the signal into the EQ
EQ tone section.
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This is the master VOLUME.
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The BASS and TREBLE controls are custom shaped tone
cuts the signal. The affected frequencies for the BASS
careful not to distort the output. The affected frequency
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BASS PREAMP
MID FREQ TREBLE
IN/BYPASS
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PREAMPCOMPRESSOR MUTE
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BYPASS
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PWR
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FLAT EQ
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The FREQ control does not function if the GAIN
bass and turn the FREQ control from left to right and
the GAIN to the full left and turn the FREQ control again
and notice the mids disappear at different frequencies.
fine tune your overall sound.
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instrument input designed to handle both active
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This feature is designed to limit the peaks so the volume
STRENGTH. The THRESHOLD control knob sets the point
compressor turns on. The STRENGTH knob is used to set
the amount of compression once the threshold has been
increases.
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The INPUT GAIN control increases the sensitivity of
instruments with low outputs. For low volume situations
adjust the INPUT GAIN control to a low setting.
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