Sound Sation DFX 2448 User manual

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CONTENT TABLE
1 Operating Elements and Connections
2 General Warnings
3 Applications
4 Setting Up and Connecting the Effect Unit
5 Operation
6 Description of Effects
6.1 Reverb Hall, Reverb Room, Reverb Plate
6.2 Reverb Vocal, Gate Reverb
6.3 Vocal Echo, Tap Delay
6.4 Chorus, Flange, Phaser, Tremolo, Rotary
6.5 Effect combinations Chr/Flg/Reverb, Delay/Reverb,
Chr/Flg/Delay
6.6 Pitch Shifter
7 Adjustable Effect Parameters
7.1 Storing and loading parameter settings
7.1.1 Storing settings
7.1.2 Loading settings
7.2 Resetting all parameters to the factory settings
8 External Control Possibilities
8.1 Control via the software provided
8.1.1 Preparation
8.1.2 Operation
8.2 Control via MIDI software
9 Specifications
10 APPENDIX - Effects Table
11- WARRANTY & SERVICE – LEGAL INFO

1 - Operating Elements and Connections
FRONT PANEL
1 Overload LED CLIP; if the LED lights up, turn back the control INPUT LEVEL (2) accordingly
2 Control INPUT LE EL for matching the input level
3 Control DIRECT for the level of the original signal at the outputs (19)
4 Control EFFECT for the effect intensity (level of the effect signal at the outputs)
5 Control OUTPUT LE EL to adjust the output level
6 Alphanumeric display
7 Control PAR ALUE
1. to set the effect parameters ( ☞ APPENDIX and chapter 7)
2. to select the external control mode ( ☞ chapter 8)
8 Button FX LOAD/PAR/TAP
1. to activate the effect selected with the knob FX SELECT (9)
2. to select the adjustable effect parameters ( ☞ APPENDIX and chapter 7)
3. for the effect TAP DELAY, press the button repeatedly to define the delay time ( ☞ chapter 6.3)
4. to select the storing and loading functions of your own parameter settings ( ☞ chapter 7.1)
5. to activate and deactivate the setting mode for external control (☞ chapter 8)
9 Rotary knob FX SELECT to select an effect After selection, activate the effect with the button FX
LOAD/PAR/TAP (8).
10 Button BYPASS/ENTER
1. to deactivate and activate the effect signal; when the effect signal has been deactivated, only
the original signal adjusted with the control DIRECT (3) will be sent to the outputs (19)
2. to activate the storing and loading process of your own parameter settings
3. for the effect ROTARY, to stop and restart the simulation of a rotating speaker
11 POWER switch

BACK PANEL
12 Mains jack for connection to a socket (230 V / 50 Hz) via the mains cable provided
13 Support for the mains fuse Always replace a blown fuse by one of the same type!
14 USB port for a PC to control the effect unit via the software provided
15 MIDI output to connect another MIDI-con- trolled audio unit
16 MIDI input for MIDI control
17 6.3 mm jack BYPASS/ENTER for a footswitch, for remote control of the function of the button
BYPASS/ENTER (10)
18 6.3 mm jack FX/LOAD/PAR/TAP for a footswitch, for remote control of the function of the
button FX/LOAD/PAR/TAP (8)
19 Signal outputs (balanced, 6.3 mm jack and XLR) to connect the inputs of the subsequent audio
unit
When connecting the 6.3 mm jacks, the XLR outputs will be deactivated.
20 Level selector switch for the inputs (21) when connecting an audio unit with line out- put (e. g.
preamplifier, mixer), set the switch to the position LINE when connecting a microphone, set the
switch to the position MIC
21 Signal inputs (balanced, 6.3 mm jack and XLR) to connect the signal source (micro- phone or
audio unit)
When connecting the 6.3 mm jacks, the XLR inputs will be deactivated.
22 Mono/stereo selector switch
In the position MONO, only the signal of the left input channel (LEFT IN) will be processed and
routed to the left and right output channels.