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Page 1: twin q manual - images6.static-thomann.de file3 JOEMEEK reborn – the legend grows The Next Generation of Joemeek studio processors represents a quantum leap in the history of the

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BY

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DIO

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23775 Madison S

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alifornia 90505 US

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TWIN Q

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3

JOEM

EEK

rebo

rn –

the

leg

end

grow

s

The

Nex

t G

ener

atio

n of

Joe

mee

k st

udio

pro

cess

ors

repr

esen

ts a

qua

ntum

le

ap in

the

his

tory

of

the

Joem

eek

lege

nd.

Long

reg

arde

d fo

r its

“B

ig S

ound

”,

the

orig

inal

Joe

mee

k ge

ar w

as b

oth

reve

red

and

revi

led

for

its s

omew

hat

“qui

rky”

nat

ure.

Now

we

have

tak

en t

he b

est

of w

hat

mad

e th

e Jo

emee

k pr

oduc

ts s

ound

gre

at,

refin

ed it

, di

still

ed it

, ad

ded

to it

and

rep

acka

ged

it.

Pro

perly

and

rob

ustly

eng

inee

red

for

pred

icta

ble,

con

trol

labl

e pe

rfor

man

ce,

the

new

ran

ge r

etai

ns th

e fa

mou

s Jo

emee

k so

und,

with

its

wid

e, fl

at fr

eque

ncy

resp

onse

ext

endi

ng f

rom

sub

soni

c to

ultr

ason

ic.

It al

so u

ses

genu

inel

y lo

w

nois

e ci

rcui

try,

with

lot

s of

hea

droo

m (

imm

unity

to

over

load

). A

ccur

ate

cali-

brat

ion

and

met

erin

g, t

oget

her

with

cle

ar p

anel

lab

ellin

g, g

ive

you

com

plet

e co

nfid

ence

in

wha

t’s g

oing

on.

Whi

le s

ome

equi

pmen

t pa

ys l

ip-s

ervi

ce t

o qu

ality

and

“pr

ofes

sion

al r

ules

” bu

t fa

ils t

o de

liver

, th

e N

ext

Gen

erat

ion

of

Joem

eek

prod

ucts

are

foun

ded

on g

ood

solid

ele

ctro

nic

and

audi

o en

gine

erin

g,

and

with

stan

d di

rect

com

paris

on w

ith t

he v

ery

best

nam

es i

n m

ixer

s an

d ou

tboa

rd g

ear.

The

Joe

mee

k ra

nge

prov

ides

eve

ryth

ing

you

need

to

get

your

per

form

ance

on

to t

ape/

disc

.

Abou

t th

e De

sign

er

The

Nex

t G

ener

atio

n of

Joe

mee

k ha

s be

en c

ompl

etel

y re

-eng

inee

red

by

reno

wne

d au

dio

elec

tron

ics

cons

ulta

nt A

llan

Bra

dfor

d. W

ith h

is b

ackg

roun

d in

phy

sics

and

30

year

s ex

perie

nce

with

the

des

ign

of i

nstr

umen

ts,

mix

ers,

pr

oces

sors

and

am

plifi

ers,

Alla

n’s

uniq

ue r

ange

of

expe

rtis

e en

sure

s th

at

Joem

eek

rem

ains

at

the

fore

fron

t of

mus

ic t

echn

olog

y.

Joem

eek

is m

anuf

actu

red

and

mar

kete

d un

der

the

dire

ctio

n of

:

PM

I A

UD

IO G

RO

UP

US

A:

2377

5 M

adis

on S

tree

tTo

rran

ce, C

alifo

rnia

905

05

toll

free

: 87

7-56

3-63

35

fax:

310

-373

-471

4 em

ail:

info

@jo

emee

k.co

m

UK

: P.

O. B

ox 3

58To

rqua

y, D

evon

TQ

2 5X

S

tel:

+44

(0)

180

321

5111

em

ail:

eus

ales

@jo

emee

k.co

m

Writ

ten

by A

llan

Bra

dfor

d, M

Sc

Joem

eek®

is a

reg

iste

red

trad

emar

k of

PM

I Aud

io G

roup

. ©

2004

PM

I Aud

io G

roup

. All

right

s re

serv

ed.

3

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ents

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Q C

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ls a

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54

48V

PH

AN

TO

M P

OW

ER

sw

itch

– fe

eds

48V

pow

er to

the

mic

roph

one

XLR

co

nnec

tor.

Mos

t co

nden

ser

mic

roph

ones

req

uire

pha

ntom

pow

er t

o op

erat

e.

IRO

N s

wit

ch –

sel

ects

tra

nsfo

rmer

cou

plin

g of

the

Mic

(X

LR)

inpu

t. T

he L

ED

ligh

ts w

hen

activ

e.

PA

D s

wit

ch –

sel

ects

20d

B a

ttenu

atio

n of

the

Mic

(X

LR)

inpu

t. T

he L

ED

ligh

ts w

hen

activ

e.

LIN

E s

wit

ch –

sel

ects

the

Lin

e an

d IN

ST

Rum

ent

(1/4

” ja

ck)

inpu

ts in

stea

d of

the

Mic

(X

LR)

inpu

t. T

he L

ED

ligh

ts w

hen

activ

e.

Ø s

wit

ch –

rev

erse

s th

e ph

ase

of a

ll in

puts

.

INS

TR

um

ent

inp

ut

– hi

gh i

mpe

danc

e in

put.

Plu

ggin

g in

her

e ov

errid

es

anyt

hing

plu

gged

into

the

Line

inpu

t.

PR

EA

MP

GA

IN –

set

s th

e am

ount

of

audi

o am

plifi

catio

n. T

oo li

ttle

gain

and

th

e so

und

will

be

too

quie

t; to

o m

uch

and

the

sign

al c

ould

bec

ome

dist

orte

d.

PE

AK

LE

D –

ligh

ts 6

dB b

elow

clip

ping

.

HP

F -

“h

igh

-pas

s fi

lter

” –

Mai

nly

for

use

with

mic

roph

ones

, thi

s he

lps

rem

ove

stag

e ru

mbl

e, h

andl

ing

nois

e an

d “p

ops”

. The

LE

D li

ghts

whe

n ac

tive.

CO

MP

RE

SS

– s

ets

the

leve

l of

sig

nal

(or

“Thr

esho

ld”)

abo

ve w

hich

the

si

gnal

sta

rts

to b

e co

mpr

esse

d.

SL

OP

E –

set

s th

e co

mpr

essi

on r

atio

app

lied

to s

igna

ls a

bove

thre

shol

d.

AT

TAC

K –

set

s ho

w q

uick

ly t

he c

ompr

esso

r re

spon

ds t

o pe

aks

abov

e th

resh

old.

RE

LE

AS

E –

set

s th

e tim

e ta

ken

for

the

sign

al t

o re

turn

to

its n

orm

al s

ize

afte

r co

mpr

essi

on.

In g

ener

al,

the

long

er t

he t

ime,

the

les

s ob

viou

s th

e co

mpr

essi

on.

MA

KE

UP

GA

IN –

res

tore

s th

e le

vel o

f the

sig

nal a

fter

com

pres

sion

.

CO

MP

sw

itch

– tu

rns

the

com

pres

sor

on. T

he L

ED

ligh

ts w

hen

activ

e.

LF

– c

ontr

ols

the

volu

me

of L

ow F

requ

enci

es o

r “B

ass”

in th

e au

dio

spec

trum

. 15d

B o

f boo

st o

r cu

t is

avai

labl

e at

the

sele

cted

freq

uenc

y.

LF

FR

EQ

– s

ets

the

freq

uenc

y at

whi

ch th

e LF

con

trol

ope

rate

s,

anyw

here

from

40H

z to

650

Hz.

MID

– c

ontr

ols

the

mid

dle

freq

uenc

ies

in th

e au

dio

spec

trum

. 15

dB o

f boo

st o

r cu

t is

avai

labl

e at

the

sele

cted

freq

uenc

y.

MID

FR

EQ

– s

ets

the

freq

uenc

y at

whi

ch th

e M

ID c

ontr

ol o

pera

tes,

an

ywhe

re fr

om 3

00H

z to

5kH

z.

HF

– c

ontr

ols

the

volu

me

of t

he H

igh

Fre

quen

cies

or

“Tre

ble”

in t

he a

udio

sp

ectr

um. 1

5dB

of b

oost

or

cut i

s av

aila

ble

at th

e se

lect

ed fr

eque

ncy.

6kH

z sw

itch

– s

ets

the

freq

uenc

y at

whi

ch th

e H

F c

ontr

ol o

pera

tes,

in

for

6kH

z, o

ut fo

r 12

KH

z. T

he L

ED

ligh

ts w

hen

in.

EQ

sw

itch

– tu

rns

the

equa

lizer

on.

The

LE

D li

ghts

whe

n ac

tive.

OU

TP

UT

GA

IN –

the

volu

me

cont

rol o

r “F

ader

” fo

r th

e ou

tput

of t

he tw

inQ

.

PE

AK

FS

D L

ED

– l

ight

s 6d

B b

elow

clip

ping

. “F

SD

” m

eans

“F

ull

Sca

le

Dig

ital”

and

this

LE

D a

lso

war

ns y

ou if

the

Dig

ital I

nter

face

is a

bout

to b

e ov

erlo

aded

.

ME

TE

R –

ana

logu

e m

ovem

ent

show

s ou

tput

sig

nal

leve

l (V

U),

pre

amp

sign

al le

vel o

r th

e am

ount

of g

ain

redu

ctio

n (G

R)

in d

B, d

epen

ding

on

the

setti

ngs

of t

he M

eter

sw

itche

s. T

he m

omen

tary

“P

RE

” sw

itch

over

rides

bo

th “

VU

” an

d “G

R”

met

erin

g.

CO

MP

LIN

K –

for

ste

reo

wor

k, C

hann

el 1

’s “

Com

pres

s”,

“Atta

ck”

and

“Rel

ease

” co

ntro

l bo

th c

hann

els

(the

cor

resp

ondi

ng C

hann

el 2

con

trol

s ar

e re

dund

ant)

. T

his

avoi

ds s

tere

o im

age

shift

s. A

ll ot

her

cont

rols

stil

l op

erat

e in

depe

nden

tly o

n bo

th c

hann

els

and

mus

t be

set

the

sam

e fo

r co

rrec

t ste

reo

bala

nce.

‘EX

T C

LK

’ LE

D –

illu

min

ates

whe

n th

e tw

inQ

’s d

igita

l out

put i

s su

cces

sful

ly lo

cked

to a

n ex

tern

al w

ord

cloc

k.

+4d

Bu

/-10

dB

v sw

itch

– s

elec

ts th

e op

erat

ing

leve

l of t

he 1

/4”

jack

out

put,

eith

er to

the

prof

essi

onal

+4d

Bu

leve

l, or

to th

e -1

0dB

v se

mi-p

ro le

vel.

twin

Q Co

ntro

ls a

t a

Glan

ce

twin q manual.indd 7/15/04, 9:22 AM6-7

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76Ov

ervi

ew

The

Joe

mee

k tw

inQ

is

like

havi

ng t

wo

chan

nels

of

a pr

ofes

sion

al r

ecor

ding

st

udio

in

one

box.

It

take

s m

icro

phon

es o

r in

stru

men

ts,

ampl

ifies

the

m,

com

pres

ses

and

equa

lizes

the

m r

eady

to

be r

ecor

ded.

Sim

ple

to u

se y

et

extr

emel

y po

wer

ful,

the

twin

Q w

ill b

ring

out

the

best

in

any

mic

roph

one

or

inst

rum

ent

and

give

the

glo

ss o

f a

prof

essi

onal

stu

dio

prod

uctio

n to

all

your

pe

rfor

man

ces.

As

wel

l as

reco

rdin

g it

will

als

o be

fou

nd u

sefu

l for

live

wor

k.

Th

ink

of

the

twin

Q a

s fo

ur

sep

arat

e it

ems

of

equ

ipm

ent:

• T

he

Pre

amp

lifie

r•

Th

e Jo

emee

k O

pti

cal

Co

mp

ress

or

• T

he

Mee

qu

aliz

er•

Th

e F

ader

Prea

mpl

ifie

r

Thi

s is

the

all-

impo

rtan

t fr

ont

end

to t

he t

win

Q.

Its j

ob i

s to

acc

ept

any

type

of

mic

roph

one,

ins

trum

ent

or o

ther

sou

rce

of a

udio

sig

nal,

and

mak

e it

loud

eno

ugh.

Mic

roph

ones

ofte

n ne

ed r

athe

r a

lot

of a

mpl

ifica

tion,

whi

le

guita

rs,

keyb

oard

s an

d C

D p

laye

rs n

eed

less

. M

ics

need

to

be c

onne

cted

to

low

im

peda

nce

inpu

ts,

whi

le i

nstr

umen

ts p

refe

r hi

gh i

mpe

danc

e in

puts

. To

ens

ure

corr

ect

impe

danc

e m

atch

ing,

the

inp

uts

are

split

int

o an

XLR

co

nnec

tor

for

Mic

s, a

nd 1

/4”

jack

“Li

ne”

and

“IN

ST

Rum

ent”

con

nect

ors

for

ever

ythi

ng e

lse.

A s

witc

h on

the

fron

t pan

el d

ecid

es w

hich

inpu

t con

nect

or is

ac

tive,

the

XLR

or

the

1/4”

jack

s. T

he L

ED

nex

t to

the

sw

itch

light

s to

sho

w

that

the

Lin

e in

puts

(ja

cks)

are

sel

ecte

d. I

n ot

her

wor

ds:

Sw

itch

out

(LE

D o

ff) =

“M

ic”

Sw

itch

in (

LED

on)

= “

Line

” or

“In

str”

Bot

h M

ic a

nd L

ine

inpu

ts a

re e

lect

roni

cally

bal

ance

d. N

ote:

alth

ough

the

Line

inpu

t is

not

nor

mal

ly u

sed

for

mic

roph

ones

, it

can

also

be

suita

ble

for

som

e h

igh

ou

tpu

t u

nb

ala

nce

d m

icro

ph

on

es,

su

ch a

s b

att

ery

p

ow

ere

d E

lect

ret

type

s.

The

Mic

inpu

t (X

LR)

is b

alan

ced

and

wire

d as

fol

low

s:P

in 2

: +

(ho

t)P

in 3

: -

(col

d)P

in 1

: gr

ound

The

Lin

e in

put

(jack

) is

bal

ance

d an

d w

ired

as f

ollo

ws:

Tip

: +

(ho

t)R

ing:

- (

cold

)S

leev

e: g

roun

d

The

fron

t pan

el In

stru

men

t inp

ut (

jack

) is

bal

ance

d an

d w

ired

as fo

llow

s:T

ip:

+ (

hot)

Sle

eve:

gro

und

(N

B:

use

a m

ono

jack

plu

g).

Not

e th

at i

f so

met

hing

is

plug

ged

into

the

Ins

trum

ent

inpu

t, an

ythi

ng

plug

ged

into

the

rea

r pa

nel L

ine

inpu

t w

ill b

e cu

t of

f.

PH

AN

TO

M P

OW

ER

Mos

t hi

gh-q

ualit

y st

udio

mic

s ar

e “P

hant

om p

ower

ed”,

whi

ch i

s to

sa

y th

ey h

ave

elec

tron

ics

insi

de t

hem

, w

hich

get

the

ir po

wer

fro

m t

he

prea

mp.

Mos

t m

ics

requ

ire a

sup

ply

of 4

8 V

olts

, so

Pha

ntom

Pow

er is

of

ten

labe

lled

“48V

”. T

he “

48V

” sw

itch

turn

s th

is p

ower

on

or o

ff an

d a

red

LED

lig

hts

whe

n ac

tive.

Whe

n sw

itchi

ng t

he P

hant

om P

ower

on

, qu

ite a

lou

d th

ump

may

be

prod

uced

, so

it

is a

goo

d id

ea t

o tu

rn

dow

n th

e O

utpu

t G

ain

(or

to m

omen

taril

y se

lect

the

Lin

e in

put)

, w

hen

pres

sing

the

sw

itch.

Whe

n us

ing

dyna

mic

or

ribbo

n m

ics,

do

not

turn

P

hant

om P

ower

on.

It p

roba

bly

won

’t do

any

har

m b

ut it

cer

tain

ly w

on’t

do a

ny g

ood,

so

leav

e it

off!

Con

sult

the

mic

roph

one

hand

book

if

you

are

unsu

re w

hat

kind

of

mic

you

hav

e.

The

mai

n co

ntro

l, la

belle

d “I

nput

Gai

n”,

cove

rs a

ran

ge o

f am

plifi

catio

n fr

om 1

0dB

to

60dB

. In

man

y ot

her

prea

mps

the

act

ion

of t

he G

ain

cont

rol

is r

athe

r un

even

, w

ith t

he 4

0dB

to

60dB

ran

ge b

eing

cra

mm

ed in

to t

he la

st

1/6t

h of

a t

urn.

All

Joem

eek

prea

mps

use

a s

peci

ally

des

igne

d co

ntro

l tha

t en

sure

s sm

ooth

ope

ratio

n ov

er t

he w

hole

ran

ge o

f ro

tatio

n. T

he (

0) s

ymbo

l ne

xt t

o th

e 25

dB m

ark,

mea

ns u

nity

gai

n, o

r 0d

B,

for

a si

gnal

in

the

Line

in

put.

Hen

ce f

or L

ine

inpu

ts t

he r

ange

of

gain

adj

ustm

ent

eith

er s

ide

of t

his

mar

k, is

+35

dB,

-15d

B.

The

PE

AK

LE

D l

ight

s 6d

B b

elow

clip

ping

, so

occ

asio

nal

brie

f fla

shes

are

O

K b

ut if

it’s

on

all t

he t

ime

you

need

to

back

the

Inp

ut G

ain

off!

HP

F m

eans

“hi

gh-p

ass

filte

r”.

Mai

nly

for

use

with

mic

roph

ones

, th

is h

elps

re

mov

e st

age

rum

ble,

han

dlin

g no

ise

and

“pop

s”. T

he L

ED

ligh

ts w

hen

activ

e.

TE

CH

NIC

AL

ST

UF

FV

ery

low

noi

se -

doe

s it

mat

ter?

Yes

and

no,

it

all

depe

nds

wha

t yo

u ar

e do

ing

- w

hat

real

ly m

atte

rs is

“si

gnal

-to-

nois

e ra

tio”.

All

elec

tron

ics

prod

uce

a ce

rtai

n am

ount

of b

ackg

roun

d no

ise

- it’

s in

the

natu

re o

f thi

ngs.

Pro

vidi

ng

ther

e is

onl

y a

rela

tivel

y sm

all a

mou

nt o

f noi

se, t

he s

igna

l will

cov

er it

up,

or

“mas

k” it

. S

o pr

ovid

ing

the

sign

al is

muc

h bi

gger

tha

n th

e no

ise,

you

won

’t be

aw

are

of th

e no

ise.

In o

ther

wor

ds th

e “s

igna

l-to-

nois

e ra

tio”

need

s to

be

a bi

g nu

mbe

r, id

eally

suc

h as

80d

B o

r 90

dB.

So

how

do

you

achi

eve

that

in p

ract

ice?

The

tric

k is

to k

eep

the

mic

roph

one

as c

lose

to th

e so

und

sour

ce a

s po

ssib

le w

ithou

t ove

rload

ing

it, s

o as

to g

et

as m

uch

sign

al o

ut o

f it

as p

ossi

ble.

The

n yo

u se

t th

e G

ain

cont

rol t

o gi

ve

only

as

muc

h ga

in a

s is

nee

ded

to g

et a

dec

ent

leve

l int

o th

e re

cord

er.

Of

cour

se w

hen

ther

e is

no

sign

al g

oing

on,

you

may

hea

r th

e ba

ckgr

ound

no

ise

of t

he e

lect

roni

cs.

In t

hat

case

, gi

ven

the

amou

nt o

f ga

in in

a t

ypic

al

stud

io m

onito

ring

syst

em, t

his

nois

e “f

loor

” sh

ould

idea

lly b

e in

the

regi

on o

f -8

0dB

u or

low

er,

in o

rder

for

it n

ot t

o be

not

iced

.

The

twin

Q m

icro

phon

e pr

eam

plifi

er u

ses

stat

e-of

-the

-art

ele

ctro

nics

and

ha

s an

equ

ival

ent

inpu

t no

ise

of a

roun

d -1

28dB

u (w

ith 1

50oh

m i

nput

lo

ad).

Des

pite

all

the

hype

rbol

ae a

nd o

bfus

catio

n, t

he t

heor

etic

al b

est

poss

ible

per

form

ance

for

sili

con-

base

d el

ectr

onic

s is

abo

ut -

132d

Bu.

S

o th

e pr

eam

plifi

er d

esig

n us

ed i

n th

e tw

inQ

and

all

othe

r N

extG

en

Joem

eek

prod

ucts

app

roac

hes

this

lim

it. T

o im

prov

e si

gnifi

cant

ly o

n th

is

wou

ld r

equi

re h

ighl

y sp

ecia

lised

ele

ctro

nics

and

pro

babl

y a

vat

of li

quid

N

itrog

en t

o co

ol it

!

The

max

imum

gai

n av

aila

ble

from

the

pre

amp

is 6

0dB

, in

whi

ch c

ase

the

nois

e flo

or w

ill b

e -6

8dB

u. T

his

is a

ctua

lly q

uite

noi

sy -

if y

ou r

ecor

d th

at n

oise

ont

o a

digi

tal

reco

rder

and

pla

y it

back

you

can

def

inite

ly

hear

it. I

n pr

actic

e of

cou

rse,

you

do

not r

ecor

d an

d pl

ay b

ack

“sile

nce”

an

d th

e re

st o

f th

e m

ix w

ill p

roba

bly

be m

ore

than

70d

B l

oude

r th

an

this

noi

se a

nd w

ill m

ask

it co

mpl

etel

y. E

ven

so i

t is

gen

eral

ly a

goo

d id

ea n

ot t

o us

e ga

ins

grea

ter

than

40d

B o

r 50

dB a

nd in

deed

, it

shou

ld

rare

ly b

e ne

cess

ary

to d

o so

.

Inse

rt P

oint

Thi

s is

sim

ply

an u

nbal

ance

d “S

end

and

Ret

urn”

jack

on

the

rear

pan

el.

It al

low

s yo

u to

pat

ch a

ny o

ther

pie

ces

of e

quip

men

t in

to t

he s

igna

l pa

th, s

uch

as a

n ef

fect

s pr

oces

sor

or n

oise

gat

e. T

o us

e it

you

will

nee

d a

“Y”

lead

wire

d as

fol

low

s:

Tip

: se

ndR

ing:

ret

urn

Sle

eve:

gro

und

Whe

n no

jack

is in

sert

ed, t

he s

ocke

t is

inte

rnal

ly li

nked

, or

“nor

mal

led”

, so

that

the

sign

al fl

ows

unin

terr

upte

d. N

ote

that

the

Inse

rt P

oint

is a

fter

the

Pre

amp

but

befo

re t

he C

ompr

esso

r an

d E

Q.

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Co

mp

ress

ion

Rat

ioW

hat?

? O

K, i

t’s s

impl

er th

an it

sou

nds.

If th

e in

put g

ets

10dB

loud

er b

ut th

e ou

tput

onl

y in

crea

ses

by 5

dB t

hen

the

com

pres

sion

rat

io i

s “2

to

1”.

If th

e in

put

goes

up

10dB

but

the

out

put

only

goe

s up

1dB

, th

en t

he c

ompr

essi

on

ratio

is

“10

to 1

”. I

n a

theo

retic

ally

ide

al c

ompr

esso

r, th

is r

atio

is

the

sam

e fo

r an

y si

ze o

f si

gnal

abo

ve t

he t

hres

hold

but

for

tha

t to

be

true

, th

e ga

in

cell

and

its c

ontr

ol c

ircui

try

mus

t be

per

fect

ly li

near

ove

r a

very

wid

e ra

nge.

In

pra

ctic

e on

ly c

ompr

esso

rs b

ased

on

VC

As

and

digi

tal p

oten

tiom

eter

s ar

e lik

ely

to b

ehav

e in

thi

s w

ay.

Som

e co

mpr

esso

rs h

ave

a co

ntro

l to

set

the

rat

io a

nyw

here

bet

wee

n 1:

1 (ie

: no

com

pres

sion

), a

nd 2

0:1

(whi

ch w

ould

be

rega

rded

as

a “b

rick

wal

l lim

iter”

). I

n th

e tw

inQ

the

“S

lope

” or

“C

ompr

essi

on R

atio

” is

var

iabl

e fr

om

1:1

(ie:

no c

ompr

essi

on)

to 1

0:1.

Slo

pes

arou

nd 3

:1 a

re g

entle

for

voc

als

whi

le h

ighe

r sl

opes

are

har

d fo

r dr

ums

and

guita

rs.

How

ever

tha

t’s n

ot a

ll th

ere

is t

o it.

Var

iab

le R

atio

In t

he J

oem

eek

optic

al c

ompr

esso

r th

e co

mpr

essi

on ‘t

hres

hold

’ is

not

clea

rly

defin

ed a

nd t

he c

ompr

essi

on r

atio

var

ies

with

the

am

ount

of

com

pres

sion

ap

plie

d. S

uppo

se t

he ‘

Slo

pe’

cont

rol

is s

et t

o 5:

1. F

or s

igna

ls o

nly

just

ex

ceed

ing

thre

shol

d, t

he r

atio

is

little

mor

e th

an 1

:1.

As

the

com

pres

sor

is

driv

en h

arde

r, th

e ra

tio r

ises

to

5:1,

at

leas

t up

to

a po

int.

It is

a f

eatu

re o

f th

e Jo

emee

k co

mpr

esso

r th

at th

e co

mpr

essi

on r

atio

act

ually

red

uces

aga

in

durin

g la

rge

tran

sien

ts a

nd,

adju

sted

cor

rect

ly,

this

hel

ps t

o re

tain

brig

ht-

ness

tha

t is

ofte

n lo

st w

ith o

ther

typ

es o

f co

mpr

esso

r. T

his

is w

hy v

inta

ge

com

pres

sors

ofte

n so

und

mor

e liv

ely

than

the

ir m

oder

n co

unte

rpar

ts.

Co

ntr

ols

‘CO

MP

RE

SS

’ se

ts t

he l

evel

of

sign

al (

the

“Thr

esho

ld”)

abo

ve w

hich

the

si

gnal

sta

rts

to b

e co

mpr

esse

d. T

urni

ng t

he C

OM

PR

ES

S c

ontr

ol c

lock

wis

e lo

wer

s th

e co

mpr

essi

on t

hres

hold

, an

d dr

ives

the

com

pres

sor

hard

er.

‘SLO

PE

’ se

ts

the

aver

age

com

pres

sion

ra

tio

appl

ied

to

sign

als

abov

e th

resh

old.

Low

er s

ettin

gs (

anti-

cloc

kwis

e) h

ave

less

effe

ct.

Tur

ning

the

co

ntro

l clo

ckw

ise

incr

ease

s th

e ra

tio a

nd m

akes

the

effe

cts

of c

ompr

essi

on

mor

e dr

amat

ic.

At

max

imum

(10

:1)

the

Joem

eek

com

pres

sor

effe

c-tiv

ely

beco

mes

a li

mite

r.

‘AT

TAC

K’

sets

how

qui

ckly

the

com

pres

sor

reac

ts t

o pe

aks

abov

e th

resh

old.

Tur

n th

is c

ontr

ol a

ntic

lock

wis

e fo

r a

quic

k re

spon

se.

Slo

wer

(c

lock

wis

e) a

llow

s th

e fa

st le

adin

g ed

ge o

f pe

rcus

sive

sou

nds

to p

ass

unco

mpr

esse

d fo

r a

mom

ent,

befo

re t

he c

ompr

esso

r re

acts

to

cont

rol

the

gain

. T

his

exam

ple

of “

chan

ging

the

env

elop

e” o

f a

soun

d ex

ag-

gera

tes

the

perc

ussi

ve n

atur

e of

dru

ms

and

othe

r in

stru

men

ts. S

ettin

gs

arou

nd m

id-p

ositi

on a

re u

sed

whe

re th

e co

mpr

essi

on n

eeds

to b

e le

ss

obvi

ous.

Voc

als

for

exam

ple,

req

uire

Atta

ck t

imes

aro

und

10m

sec

for

na

tura

l so

un

din

g

resu

lts.

Fa

ste

r a

tta

ck

time

s (a

nti-

clo

ckw

ise

) in

co

nju

nct

ion

with

la

rge

am

ou

nts

of

com

pre

ssio

n,

resu

lt in

ext

rem

e

“pu

mp

ing

” e

ffe

cts.

‘RE

LEA

SE

’ se

ts h

ow l

ong

the

com

pres

sor

goes

on

squa

shin

g th

e so

und

for,

once

the

sig

nal

has

drop

ped

belo

w t

hres

hold

. If

it st

oppe

d in

stan

tly th

ere

wou

ld b

e ve

ry n

otic

eabl

e m

odul

atio

n or

“pu

mpi

ng”

of th

e so

und.

So

we

may

wan

t it t

o st

op c

ompr

essi

ng le

ss a

brup

tly a

nd th

at is

w

hat t

he R

elea

se c

ontr

ol is

for.

Gen

eral

ly, t

he lo

nger

the

Rel

ease

tim

e,

the

less

obv

ious

is t

he c

ompr

essi

on.

Of

cour

se s

ome

“pum

ping

” m

ight

ac

tual

ly b

e de

sira

ble

as a

spe

cial

effe

ct a

nd t

hat

is a

noth

er w

ay i

n w

hich

the

env

elop

e of

a s

ound

can

be

mod

ified

. The

tw

inQ

Rel

ease

is

varia

ble

from

100

mS

up

to 3

sec

onds

giv

ing

a w

ide

varie

ty o

f ef

fect

s.

How

th

e co

mpr

esso

r be

have

s ac

tual

ly

chan

ges

with

pr

ogra

mm

e co

nten

t an

d vo

lum

e. S

o ex

perim

ent

with

the

con

trol

s w

ith d

iffer

ent

kind

s of

mat

eria

l to

dis

cove

r th

e ra

nge

and

dept

h of

effe

cts

that

can

be

ach

ieve

d. T

he ‘

CO

MP

’ in

/out

sw

itch

allo

ws

com

paris

on b

etw

een

com

pres

sed

and

unco

mpr

esse

d so

und

(blu

e LE

D li

ghts

whe

n ac

tive)

. R

emem

ber

that

the

‘MA

KE

UP

GA

IN’ i

s th

ere

to r

esto

re th

e le

vel o

f the

si

gnal

afte

r co

mpr

essi

on.

Cor

rect

ly a

djus

ted,

the

re w

ill b

e no

cha

nge

in v

olum

e as

the

Com

p in

/out

sw

itch

is o

pera

ted.

The

Com

pres

sor

is a

fter

the

Pre

ampl

ifier

and

the

Ins

ert

Poi

nt,

and

befo

re t

he M

eequ

aliz

er.

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mpr

esso

r

The

ha

rdes

t de

vice

to

un

ders

tand

, ye

t on

e of

th

e m

ost

usef

ul,

the

Pho

toO

ptic

al C

ompr

esso

r is

wha

t gi

ves

Joem

eek

prod

ucts

the

ir un

ique

ch

arac

ter.

Its j

ob i

s to

mak

e qu

iet

soun

ds l

oude

r an

d lo

ud s

ound

s qu

iete

r, or

in o

ther

wor

ds t

o re

duce

the

dyn

amic

ran

ge o

f th

e pr

ogra

mm

e m

ater

ial.

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a bi

t lik

e m

anua

lly r

idin

g th

e vo

lum

e co

ntro

l, ex

cept

the

com

pres

sor

does

it a

utom

atic

ally

, re

spon

ding

far

qui

cker

and

mor

e ac

cura

tely

tha

n yo

u ev

er c

ould

by

hand

. T

he c

ompr

esso

r is

app

lied

in s

ever

al w

ays:

1. M

ake

So

un

ds

Sta

nd

Ou

tB

ecau

se c

ompr

esso

rs m

ake

loud

sou

nds

quie

ter,

you

can

boos

t the

vol

ume

of t

he q

uiet

bits

with

out

the

loud

bits

get

ting

even

lou

der.

Tha

t m

eans

you

ca

n ra

ise

the

aver

age

leve

l of

an in

stru

men

t or

voc

al in

the

mix

, w

hich

has

th

e ef

fect

of

liftin

g it

and

brin

ging

it

forw

ards

. T

his

can

actu

ally

im

prov

e vo

cals

for

exa

mpl

e, b

ringi

ng t

hem

out

in f

ront

of

a m

ix,

mak

ing

them

sou

nd

dens

er,

mor

e ev

en,

and

mor

e co

nfid

ent!

2. C

ran

k U

p T

he

Vo

lum

eR

aisi

ng t

he a

vera

ge v

olum

e of

who

le m

ixes

mea

ns t

hey

can

be h

eard

in

nois

y en

viro

nmen

ts,

such

as

vehi

cles

and

fac

torie

s. B

oost

ing

the

aver

age

leve

l is

wha

t m

akes

rad

io s

tatio

ns s

ound

LO

UD

and

the

sam

e te

chni

que

is

used

on

TV

com

mer

cial

s to

o, w

hich

is

why

the

y al

way

s se

em a

nnoy

ingl

y lo

uder

tha

n th

e m

ovie

you

wer

e tr

ying

to

wat

ch!

3. P

rote

ctio

nF

ast

resp

onse

tim

es a

re g

ener

ally

use

d to

con

trol

brie

f tr

ansi

ents

. In

oth

er

wor

ds i

f an

occ

asio

nal

peak

stic

ks i

ts h

ead

abov

e a

max

imum

per

mitt

ed

leve

l, th

e co

mpr

esso

r cl

obbe

rs it

; thi

s is

kno

wn

as li

miti

ng a

nd a

com

pres

sor

desi

gned

sol

ely

for

this

pur

pose

is k

now

n as

a L

imite

r. Li

mite

rs a

re p

rimar

ily

used

to

prot

ect

reco

rder

s an

d m

onito

r sy

stem

s fr

om o

verlo

ad,

radi

o tr

ans-

mitt

ers

from

ove

rmod

ulat

ion,

etc

. The

Joe

mee

k co

mpr

esso

r is

not

prim

arily

in

tend

ed f

or t

his

purp

ose

as t

he A

ttack

is

not

real

ly f

ast

enou

gh t

o sa

tisfy

radi

o st

atio

n re

quire

men

ts, a

lthou

gh it

is g

ener

ally

goo

d en

ough

to p

rote

ct

reco

rder

s an

d m

onito

rs,

whe

re t

he e

ffect

of

tran

sien

ts i

s le

ss c

ritic

al.

Nor

mal

ly y

ou s

houl

d no

t he

ar a

lim

iter

oper

atin

g bu

t if

it is

driv

en h

ard

cons

tant

ly,

it ca

n re

nder

a m

ix s

omew

hat

flat

and

lifel

ess.

4. A

cco

mm

od

atio

nT

he d

ynam

ic r

ange

of

the

hum

an e

ar i

s ph

enom

enal

, ex

tend

ing

from

th

e th

resh

old

of h

earin

g (e

g: a

pin

dro

ppin

g on

to s

oft c

arpe

t) to

thre

shol

d of

pai

n (e

g: s

tand

ing

next

to

a je

t ai

rcra

ft) -

som

e 12

0dB

A i

n al

l. B

y co

ntra

st,

viny

l, ca

sset

te t

ape

and

radi

o br

oadc

asts

all

have

a d

ynam

ic

rang

e of

abo

ut h

alf t

hat.

Sin

ce th

e ad

vent

of t

he C

D, t

he d

ynam

ic r

ange

of

the

med

ium

is f

ar le

ss o

f an

issu

e an

d co

mpr

esso

rs a

re u

sed

mor

e to

giv

e a

cert

ain

“fee

l” to

a p

rodu

ctio

n. A

M a

nd F

M r

adio

how

ever

, is

still

ve

ry m

uch

com

pres

sed

to f

it its

res

tric

ted

dyna

mic

ran

ge.

5. M

od

ific

atio

nA

com

pres

sor

can

chan

ge th

e dy

nam

ics,

or

“env

elop

e” o

f the

trac

k an

d it

is h

ere

that

the

Joe

mee

k C

ompr

esso

r ex

cels

!

Typ

es o

f C

om

pre

sso

rM

ost c

ompr

esso

rs w

ork

in e

ssen

tially

the

sam

e w

ay: a

vol

ume-

cont

rolli

ng

elem

ent

or “

gain

cel

l” is

ins

erte

d in

to t

he a

udio

sig

nal

path

. T

he l

evel

of

the

sig

nal a

t an

y gi

ven

mom

ent

is m

easu

red

and

that

info

rmat

ion

is

used

to

cont

rol t

he g

ain

cell.

So

if th

e si

gnal

get

s bi

gger

, th

e vo

lum

e is

tu

rned

dow

n. V

ario

us t

ypes

of

gain

cel

l in

com

mon

use

inc

lude

FE

Ts,

valv

es (

tube

s), l

ight

-dep

ende

nt-r

esis

tors

(ph

otoe

lect

ric),

dig

ital p

oten

ti-om

eter

s an

d vo

ltage

-con

trol

led-

ampl

ifier

s, b

ette

r kn

own

as V

CA

s.

The

tw

inQ

Com

pres

sor

is a

uni

que

recr

eatio

n of

the

sor

t of

pho

to-

elec

tric

com

pres

sor

used

by

reco

rd p

rodu

cer

Joe

Mee

k in

the

196

0’s.

U

sin

g m

od

ern

co

mp

on

en

ts f

or

con

sist

en

cy a

nd

re

liab

ility

, it

no

ne

-th

ele

ss r

ep

rod

uce

s fa

ithfu

lly t

he

sa

me

pu

nch

y so

un

d t

ha

t w

as

so

cha

ract

eri

stic

of

the

pop

reco

rds

of t

hat

time.

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plug

in a

mon

o ja

ck p

lug.

Eith

er w

ay, t

his

incr

ease

s th

e ga

in o

f the

“+

” si

gnal

by

6dB

, so

the

re is

no

drop

in le

vel c

ompa

red

with

bal

ance

d ge

ar.

All

outp

uts

on a

ll N

extG

en J

oem

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prod

ucts

are

pro

perly

bal

ance

d, w

hich

is

to

sa

y th

ere

is a

sig

na

l on

bo

th p

ins!

In

th

is w

ay

the

ma

xim

um

po

ssib

le

com

mon

-mod

e re

ject

ion

of in

terfe

renc

e, c

an b

e ac

hiev

ed a

t the

rec

eivi

ng e

nd.

‘CO

MP

LIN

K’

Thi

s is

im

port

ant

whe

n bo

th c

hann

els

of t

he t

win

Q a

re u

sed

toge

ther

for

st

ereo

wor

k. W

hen

two

mon

o co

mpr

esso

rs a

re u

sed

for

ster

eo,

diffe

ring

amou

nts

of g

ain

redu

ctio

n oc

cur

in e

ach

chan

nel,

whi

ch c

ause

s th

e st

ereo

im

age

to w

ande

r. T

he “

Com

p Li

nk”

switc

h av

oids

thi

s pr

oble

m b

y su

mm

ing

the

com

pres

sor

cont

rol

path

s an

d sl

avin

g co

ntro

l of

Cha

nnel

2’s

gai

n ce

ll to

Cha

nnel

1.

The

“C

ompr

ess”

, “A

ttack

” an

d “R

elea

se”

on C

hann

el 1

the

n op

erat

e bo

th

chan

nels

an

d th

e co

rres

pond

ing

Cha

nnel

2

cont

rols

ar

e re

dund

ant.

Not

e ho

wev

er t

hat

all

othe

r co

ntro

ls s

till o

pera

te i

ndep

ende

ntly

on

bot

h ch

anne

ls a

nd m

ust b

e se

t the

sam

e fo

r co

rrec

t ste

reo

bala

nce.

The

LE

D li

ghts

whe

n ac

tive.

ME

TE

RT

he a

nalo

gue

met

er d

ispl

ays

one

of t

hree

thi

ngs,

dep

endi

ng o

n th

e se

tting

of

the

“M

ET

ER

” sw

itche

s.

In V

U m

ode

(GR

sw

itch

out)

, th

e M

eter

sho

ws

sign

al l

evel

at

the

outp

uts,

af

ter

the

Out

put

Gai

n fa

der.

Not

e th

at t

his

is r

elat

ive

to t

he s

elec

ted

oper

atin

g le

vel

of “

+4d

Bu”

or

“-10

dBv”

. In

oth

er w

ords

if

you

have

sel

ecte

d “+

4dB

u”

and

the

met

er r

eads

“0”

, th

en y

ou h

ave

+4d

Bu

com

ing

out

of t

he 1

/4”

jack

ou

tput

soc

ket.

If yo

u ha

ve s

elec

ted

“-10

dBv”

and

the

met

er r

eads

“0”

, th

en

you

have

-10

dBv

com

ing

out

of t

he o

utpu

t ja

ck.

In G

ain

Red

uctio

n m

ode

(GR

sw

itch

in),

the

Met

er c

hang

es t

o re

ad “

0”dB

, w

hen

no s

igna

l is

pre

sent

. W

hene

ver

the

com

pres

sor

redu

ces

the

gain

of

a si

gnal

, th

e m

eter

the

n m

oves

“ba

ckw

ards

” to

sho

w t

he a

mou

nt o

f ga

in

redu

ctio

n ta

king

pla

ce a

t any

mom

ent.

Not

e th

at u

nlik

e m

any

othe

r pr

oduc

ts,

in t

he t

win

Q t

his

read

ing

is a

tru

e m

easu

rem

ent

of g

ain

redu

ctio

n, d

eriv

ed

by c

ompa

ring

the

inpu

t an

d ou

tput

of

the

Pho

toO

ptic

al g

ain

cell.

The

thi

rd m

ode

“PR

E”

allo

ws

the

outp

ut o

f th

e pr

eam

p to

be

met

ered

di

rect

ly,

rath

er li

ke t

he “

PF

L” b

utto

n on

a m

ixin

g co

nsol

e. T

his

is u

sefu

l fo

r ad

just

ing

the

gain

of

the

Pre

amp.

The

mom

enta

ry ‘

PR

E’

switc

h ov

errid

es b

oth

‘VU

’ and

‘GR

’ met

erin

g.

DIG

ITA

L I

NT

ER

FAC

ET

he J

oem

eek

Dig

ital A

udio

Int

erfa

ce p

rovi

des

high

qua

lity

digi

tal a

udio

ou

tput

s pl

us t

he a

bilit

y to

syn

chro

nize

to

an e

xter

nal

wor

d cl

ock.

The

di

gita

l aud

io o

utpu

ts a

re c

ompa

tible

with

mos

t dig

ital r

ecor

ders

, as

wel

l as

Dig

ital A

udio

Wor

ksta

tions

and

mix

ers.

S/P

DIF

for

mat

is

avai

labl

e fr

om t

he o

ptic

al a

nd R

CA

pho

no c

onne

ctor

s, w

hile

the

tra

nsfo

rmer

co

uple

d X

LR c

onne

ctor

pro

vide

s an

AE

S3

com

patib

le o

utpu

t.

The

Joe

mee

k D

igita

l Int

erfa

ce h

as h

ighl

y st

able

onb

oard

mas

ter

cloc

ks

for

low

-jitte

r, hi

-fi

resu

lts.

Inte

rnal

sam

ple

rate

s of

44.

1kH

z, 4

8kH

z,

88.2

kHz

or 9

6kH

z ar

e se

lect

ed b

y m

eans

of

rear

pan

el s

witc

hes.

44

.1kH

z is

the

sta

ndar

d us

ed f

or a

udio

CD

’s,

whi

le 4

8kH

z an

d 96

kHz

are

wid

ely

used

in r

ecor

ding

stu

dios

. In

gene

ral,

the

high

er th

e sa

mpl

e ra

te,

the

bette

r th

e au

dio

fidel

ity,

but

the

mor

e di

sk s

pace

is

requ

ired

for

the

reco

rdin

g. F

or e

xam

ple,

rec

ordi

ng a

t 96

kHz

requ

ires

twic

e as

m

uch

stor

age

as 4

8kH

z. C

onsu

lt th

e m

anua

l of

your

rec

orde

r or

DA

W

as t

o w

hat

sam

ple

rate

s it

will

acc

omm

odat

e.

Alte

rnat

ivel

y th

e tw

inQ

may

be

set

to t

he f

requ

ency

of

an e

xter

nal

mas

ter

wor

d cl

ock,

gen

erat

ed,

for

exam

ple,

by

the

stud

io’s

rec

orde

r or

D

AW

. Whe

n co

nnec

ted

to th

e B

NC

soc

ket p

rovi

ded,

a s

uita

ble

exte

rnal

w

ord

cloc

k w

ill b

e de

tect

ed a

utom

atic

ally

and

will

ove

rrid

e th

e tw

inQ

’s

inte

rnal

wor

d cl

ock.

The

fron

t pan

el L

ED

labe

lled

‘EX

T C

LK’ i

llum

inat

es

whe

n th

e tw

inQ

is s

ucce

ssfu

lly lo

cked

to

an e

xter

nal w

ord

cloc

k.

To a

void

dis

tort

ion,

car

e sh

ould

be

take

n no

t to

ove

rdriv

e th

e in

put

to

the

Dig

ital

Inte

rfac

e. T

he r

ed L

ED

nex

t to

the

Out

put

Gai

n co

ntro

l is

la

bele

d “P

EA

K F

SD

” w

hich

sta

nds

for

“Ful

l S

cale

Dig

ital”.

Occ

asio

nal

flash

es a

re O

K b

ut if

it is

on

all t

he t

ime,

tur

n so

met

hing

dow

n!

10

Mee

qual

izer

The

tw

inQ

“M

eequ

aliz

er”

is

a hi

ghly

ef

fect

ive,

ve

rsat

ile

and

mus

ical

ly

rew

ardi

ng t

hree

-ban

d eq

ualiz

er,

or t

one

cont

rol s

yste

m.

Eac

h st

age

allo

ws

boos

t or

cut

of

up t

o 15

dB a

roun

d th

e fr

eque

ncy

in q

uest

ion.

The

“E

Q”

switc

h tu

rns

the

equa

lizer

on,

and

the

gre

en L

ED

ligh

ts w

hen

activ

e.

The

LF

ban

d ca

n be

tun

ed o

r “s

wep

t” a

nyw

here

bet

wee

n 40

Hz

and

650H

z.

Thi

s ef

fect

ivel

y co

vers

the

who

le r

ange

of

low

fre

quen

cies

. It

may

hel

p to

th

ink

of it

as

like

a gr

aphi

c eq

ualiz

er, o

nly

inst

ead

of lo

ts o

f fre

quen

cy b

ands

, yo

u ha

ve ju

st o

ne,

but

it ca

n be

mov

ed t

o co

ver

any

give

n fr

eque

ncy

band

. C

uttin

g ca

n be

use

d to

red

uce

unw

ante

d LF

noi

se,

such

as

hum

or

rum

ble.

B

oost

ing

can

brin

g ou

t th

e w

arm

th a

nd b

ody

of b

ass

lines

and

(es

peci

ally

ar

ound

80H

z) k

ick

drum

s.

The

Mid

ban

d ca

n be

tun

ed o

r “s

wep

t” a

nyw

here

bet

wee

n 30

0Hz

and

5kH

z. T

his

effe

ctiv

ely

cove

rs t

he w

hole

ran

ge o

f m

id f

requ

enci

es.

Cut

ting

the

Mid

can

red

uce

sibi

lanc

e, b

oom

ines

s or

oth

er a

nnoy

ing

reso

nanc

es.

Boo

stin

g ca

n br

ing

out t

he b

ody

of a

voc

al, o

r th

e ha

rmon

ics

of in

stru

men

ts.

Incr

easi

ng o

r re

duci

ng t

he “

pres

ence

” of

an

inst

rum

ent

or v

ocal

in t

his

way

, ca

n ap

pear

to

mov

e th

e so

und

forw

ards

or

back

war

ds in

a m

ix.

The

HF

or

treb

le s

ectio

n is

cen

tred

at

eith

er 6

kH

z or

12k

Hz.

Boo

stin

g th

e 12

kHz

band

giv

es a

sen

se o

f “a

ir” o

r “s

park

le”

to v

ocal

s, i

nstr

umen

ts a

nd

mix

es,

with

out

boos

ting

hars

h up

per-

mid

fre

quen

cies

. A

ltern

ativ

ely

with

ba

ss i

nstr

umen

ts,

cutti

ng t

his

band

will

red

uce

HF

noi

se s

uch

as h

iss

and

cra

ckle

. T

he

6kH

z se

ttin

g i

s ve

ry e

ffect

ive

at

con

tro

llin

g s

ibila

nce

an

d

red

uci

ng

har

shne

ss,

or i

ndee

d cr

eatin

g it,

for

exa

mpl

e by

boo

stin

g th

e ha

rmon

ics

of e

lect

ric g

uita

rs.

The

M

eequ

aliz

er

is

afte

r th

e P

ream

plifi

er,

the

Inse

rt

Poi

nt

and

the

Com

pres

sor.

Tech

nic

al s

tuff

Ea

ch s

ect

ion

of

the

Me

eq

ua

lize

r h

as

a p

ea

kin

g o

r “b

ell”

sh

ap

ed

fr

eq

ue

ncy

re

spo

nse

, w

hic

h

will

b

e

fou

nd

to

b

e

mu

sica

lly

mo

re

satis

fyin

g t

ha

n c

on

ven

tion

al

“sh

elv

ing

” e

qu

aliz

ers

. T

he

use

of

be

ll cu

rve

s a

t L

F a

nd

HF

als

o a

void

s b

oo

stin

g s

ub

son

ics

an

d u

ltra

son

ics

wh

ich

ca

n h

ave

ad

vers

e e

ffe

cts

on

oth

er

stu

dio

eq

uip

me

nt,

su

ch a

s re

cord

ers

, m

on

itor

am

plif

iers

an

d s

pe

ake

rs.

Th

e “

Q”

valu

e o

f th

e

pe

aki

ng

filt

ers

is

1.9

(o

r 1

an

d 2

/3 o

cta

ves)

. Z

ero

ph

ase

dis

tort

ion

e

nsu

res

the

be

st p

oss

ible

au

dio

co

he

ren

ce.

Outp

ut S

tage

OU

TP

UT

GA

INT

his

ou

tpu

t vo

lum

e c

on

tro

l p

rovi

de

s u

p t

o 1

0d

B o

f g

ain

an

d a

lso

g

oe

s ri

gh

t d

ow

n t

o n

oth

ing

, so

act

ing

as

a f

ad

er

to f

ad

e a

so

un

d

ou

t co

mp

lete

ly.

CO

NN

EC

TO

RS

Two

outp

uts

are

prov

ided

, ja

ck a

nd X

LR,

so y

ou c

an s

imul

tane

ousl

y fe

ed (

say)

a r

ecor

der

and

a m

onito

r am

plifi

er.

The

sw

itch

adja

cent

to

the

1/4”

jac

k se

lect

s th

e ou

tput

ope

ratin

g le

vel

to e

ither

+4d

Bu

(sui

ts

mos

t pr

ofes

sion

al s

tudi

o eq

uipm

ent)

or

-10d

Bv

(sui

ts s

emi-p

ro o

r hi

-fi

equi

pmen

t).

The

XLR

out

put

is a

lway

s +

4dB

u. C

heck

with

the

han

d-bo

ok f

or w

hate

ver

you

are

feed

ing,

to

find

out

whi

ch le

vel i

s re

quire

d.

The

XLR

out

put

is b

alan

ced

The

jack

out

put

is b

alan

ced

an

d w

ired

as f

ollo

ws:

and

wire

d as

fol

low

s:P

in 2

: +

(ho

t)

Tip

: +

(ho

t)P

in 3

: -

(col

d)

Rin

g: -

(co

ld)

Pin

1:

grou

nd

Sle

eve:

gro

und

Bal

ance

d o

r U

nb

alan

ced

To r

un t

he X

LR o

utpu

t un

bala

nced

, it

will

be

nece

ssar

y to

gro

und

pin

3 of

the

cab

le c

onne

ctor

. To

run

the

1/4

” ja

ck o

utpu

t un

bala

nced

, ju

st

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Usin

g th

e Co

mpr

esso

r

Sta

rt w

ith t

he C

ompr

esso

r an

d M

eequ

aliz

er o

ff an

d ad

just

the

inp

ut a

nd

outp

ut g

ain

so t

hat

the

VU

Met

er r

eads

aro

und

0dB

. N

ow s

witc

h th

e m

eter

to

rea

d ga

in r

educ

tion

usin

g th

e ‘G

R’ p

ushb

utto

n.

Set

‘CO

MP

RE

SS

ION

’ and

‘AT

TAC

K’ f

ully

ant

i-clo

ckw

ise,

with

‘SLO

PE

’ and

‘R

ELE

AS

E’ a

t m

id-p

ositi

on.

Pre

ss t

he ‘C

OM

P’ p

ush-

butto

n an

d tu

rn u

p th

e ‘C

OM

PR

ES

SIO

N’ c

ontr

ol u

ntil

the

com

pres

sor

GR

met

er s

tart

s to

rea

d 3d

B

or 5

dB o

n au

dio

peak

s. Y

ou s

houl

d no

w b

e ab

le t

o he

ar t

he c

ompr

esso

r w

ork

ing

as

the

vo

lum

e d

imin

ish

es.

Use

th

e ‘

MA

KE

UP

GA

IN’

con

tro

l to

re

sto

re t

he

sig

na

l to

its

pre

vio

us

(un

com

pre

sse

d)

leve

l. A

lter

the

SL

OP

E

an

d l

iste

n t

o ho

w t

he s

ever

ity o

f th

e ga

in r

educ

tion

chan

ges.

Try

cha

ngin

g th

e A

ttack

and

list

en fo

r pe

rcus

sive

sou

nds

getti

ng lo

uder

. Red

ucin

g th

e A

ttack

an

d R

elea

se t

imes

sho

uld

emph

asis

e th

is e

ven

mor

e an

d th

e co

mpr

esso

r sh

ould

sta

rt to

“pu

mp”

aud

ibly

.

The

ove

rall

resu

lt of

com

pres

sion

dep

ends

on

the

com

bine

d se

tting

s of

the

C

ompr

ess,

Slo

pe,

Atta

ck a

nd R

elea

se c

ontr

ols.

Exp

erim

ent

with

diff

eren

t co

mbi

natio

ns to

dis

cove

r w

hat b

est s

uits

the

mat

eria

l you

wis

h to

com

pres

s.

Wat

ch th

e G

R m

eter

and

don

’t ov

erdo

thin

gs -

it’s

pos

sibl

e to

app

ly 2

0dB

of

gain

red

uctio

n be

fore

you

rea

lise

it!

Use

the

‘C

OM

P’

switc

h to

mak

e co

mpa

rison

s be

twee

n co

mpr

esse

d an

d un

com

pres

sed

sign

als.

Usin

g th

e M

eequ

aliz

er

Alw

ays

star

t w

ith t

he M

eequ

aliz

er b

oost

/cut

con

trol

s (L

F, M

ID a

nd H

F)

set

to “

0” (

the

cont

rol k

nobs

set

ver

tical

ly,

in t

heir

cent

re n

otch

es).

Thi

s se

tting

is

als

o kn

own

as “

flat”

.

You

nee

d to

be

care

ful

abou

t to

o m

uch

boos

t or

“lif

t”,

sinc

e bo

ostin

g ta

kes

the

twin

Q c

lose

r to

ove

rload

. T

he t

win

Q h

as g

ener

ous

over

load

m

arg

ins

bu

t w

he

n a

lo

t o

f b

oo

st i

s u

sed

, it

ma

y b

e n

ece

ssa

ry t

o

com

pe

nsa

te b

y re

duci

ng t

he O

utpu

t G

ain

or t

he I

nput

Gai

n (t

he la

tter

will

affe

ct th

e C

ompr

esso

r se

tting

thou

gh).

Kee

p an

eye

on

the

VU

Met

er w

hen

adju

stin

g th

e E

Q.

Whe

n th

e re

d LE

D (

labe

led

“PE

AK

FS

D”)

lig

hts,

the

tw

inQ

is

with

in 6

dB o

f cl

ippi

ng.

Occ

asio

nal f

lash

es a

re O

K b

ut if

it is

on

all t

he ti

me,

turn

som

ethi

ng d

own!

The

way

to u

se th

e LF

FR

EQ

and

MID

FR

EQ

con

trol

s, is

to a

pply

qui

te

a lo

t of b

oost

, the

n sw

eep

the

freq

uenc

y un

til y

ou “

tune

in”

to th

e so

und

you

are

inte

rest

ed in

. Onc

e yo

u fin

d it,

adj

ust t

he a

mou

nt o

f boo

st o

r cu

t to

giv

e th

e de

sire

d ef

fect

.

Exp

erim

ent

with

com

bina

tions

of

setti

ngs

of E

Q a

nd t

ry t

o pi

ctur

e ho

w

the

audi

o si

gnal

is b

eing

affe

cted

. Use

the

‘EQ

’ sw

itch

to m

ake

com

pari-

sons

bet

wee

n E

Q’d

and

non

-EQ

’d s

igna

ls.

Usin

g th

e Ou

tput

Sta

ge

Fin

al a

djus

tmen

ts t

o th

e ou

tput

lev

el c

an b

e m

ade

with

the

OU

TP

UT

G

ain

cont

rol,

agai

n ke

epin

g an

eye

on

the

VU

met

er a

nd P

EA

K F

SD

LE

D.

Not

e ho

w t

his

cont

rol

can

also

be

used

to

fade

out

the

sig

nal

com

plet

ely.

12

Usin

g th

e tw

inQ

GE

TT

ING

CO

NN

EC

TE

D

The

fig

ure

show

s th

e tw

inQ

bei

ng u

sed

inst

ead

of a

mix

ing

desk

in a

re

cord

ing

setu

p:

• A

mic

roph

one

is c

onne

cted

to

the

Mic

Inp

ut

• A

gui

tar

is c

onne

cted

to

the

Inst

rum

ent

Inpu

t

• T

he in

sert

poi

nt is

bei

ng u

sed

to d

iver

t the

pre

ampl

ified

sig

nal t

hrou

gh

a

n ex

tern

al e

ffect

s pr

oces

sor

• T

he r

ecor

der

outp

ut i

s co

nnec

ted

to t

he L

ine

Inpu

t fo

r pl

ayba

ck.

P

revi

ousl

y re

cord

ed t

rack

s m

ay a

lso

be r

epla

yed

via

the

Line

Inp

ut,

t

o pe

rmit

com

pres

sion

and

equ

aliz

atio

n

PO

WE

R S

UP

PLY

Con

nect

the

tw

inQ

pow

er c

ord

to t

he A

C c

onne

ctor

on

the

rear

pan

el

and

switc

h on

the

mai

ns s

uppl

y. N

B: e

nsur

e th

at th

e tw

inQ

is s

et to

the

corr

ect

mai

ns v

olta

ge f

or y

our

regi

on –

eith

er 1

15V

or

230V

. O

rient

ate

the

fuse

hol

der /

mai

ns v

olta

ge s

elec

tor d

raw

so

that

the

requ

ired

volta

ge

appe

ars

at th

e to

p. If

in d

oubt

con

sult

a co

mpe

tent

eng

inee

r.

Usin

g th

e Pr

eam

p

Tur

n th

e ‘IN

PU

T G

AIN

’ co

ntro

l to

min

imum

and

con

nect

the

inp

ut

sour

ce.

If yo

u ar

e us

ing

a co

nden

ser

mic

roph

one,

rem

embe

r to

sw

itch

on th

e 48

V P

hant

om P

ower

. Set

the

‘OU

TP

UT

GA

IN’ t

o “0

dB”.

Tur

n up

th

e ‘IN

PU

T G

AIN

’ unt

il th

e m

icro

phon

e so

und

regi

ster

s on

the

VU

Met

er,

adju

stin

g it

so t

hat

the

met

er r

eads

bet

wee

n “0

” an

d “+

3” o

n so

und

peak

s. W

hen

the

red

LED

(la

bele

d “P

eak”

) lig

hts,

the

tw

inQ

is

with

in

6dB

of

clip

ping

. O

ccas

iona

l fla

shes

are

OK

but

if

it is

on

all

the

time,

tu

rn th

e In

put G

ain

dow

n!

Rem

embe

r yo

u ca

n ch

eck

the

prea

mp

gain

at a

ny ti

me

by p

ress

ing

the

“Met

er P

re”

butto

n.

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Tech

nica

l Sp

ecif

icat

ion

Inp

ut

imp

edan

ces

Mic

: 1.

2koh

m;

Line

: 20

kohm

Pre

-am

p o

vera

ll g

ain

0dB

to

60dB

Co

mm

on

mo

de

reje

ctio

n

70

dB

Eq

uiv

alen

t in

pu

t n

ois

e

-128

.5dB

u (u

nwei

ghte

d)

Dis

tort

ion

0.

001%

(b

elow

Com

pres

sor

thre

shol

d)

Fre

qu

ency

res

po

nse

15H

z to

70k

Hz

(-3d

B)

Max

imu

m i

np

ut

bef

ore

clip

pin

g

Mic

: +

21dB

u; L

ine:

+45

dBu

Hea

dro

om

bef

ore

clip

pin

g

+

21dB

u

Hig

h P

ass

Filt

er

12dB

per

oct

ave

cut

belo

w 8

0Hz

Co

mp

ress

or

thre

sho

ld

-6

dBu

to +

22dB

u (v

aria

ble)

Co

mp

ress

or

rati

o

1:1

to 1

0:1

(var

iabl

e)

Co

mp

ress

or

atta

ck t

ime

1

mse

c to

100

mse

c (a

dapt

ive)

Co

mp

ress

or

rele

ase

tim

e

0.1

sec

to 3

sec

(ad

aptiv

e)

EQ

Bo

ost

an

d C

ut

+/-

15dB

(ze

ro p

hase

-shi

ft be

ll re

spon

se)

LF

Fre

qu

ency

40H

z to

650

Hz

varia

ble

MID

Fre

qu

ency

300H

z to

5kH

z va

riabl

e

HF

Fre

qu

ency

6kH

z or

12k

Hz

sele

ctab

le

No

min

al o

utp

ut

leve

ls

+4d

Bu/

-10d

Bv

Ou

tpu

t im

ped

ance

75

ohm

Ou

tpu

t L

evel

sw

itch

12

dB a

ttenu

atio

n

No

ise

Flo

or

-8

5dB

u (t

ypic

al,

with

~40

dB m

ic g

ain)

VU

Met

er

A

nalo

gue

mov

emen

t

Po

wer

su

pp

ly

11

5V /

230

V a

c m

ains

, 50

/60H

z

Po

wer

co

nsu

mp

tio

n

30W

Mec

han

ical

482W

x 8

8H x

220

D (

over

all)

Wei

gh

t

3

kilo

s

14

Trou

bles

hoot

ing

1) N

o P

ow

er (

no

lig

hts

wo

rk)

• Is

the

pow

er s

uppl

y pl

ugge

d in

(bo

th e

nds)

?•

Is t

he m

ains

pow

er o

n?•

Is t

he m

ains

vol

tage

set

cor

rect

ly f

or y

our

regi

on?

• H

as t

he m

ains

fus

e bl

own?

2) T

he

mic

rop

ho

ne

do

esn

’t w

ork

• Is

it c

onne

cted

to

the

corr

ect

(XLR

) in

put

on t

he r

ear

pane

l?•

If it

is a

con

dens

er m

icro

phon

e, is

the

pha

ntom

pow

er s

witc

hed

on?

• Is

the

‘Lin

e’ s

witc

h ou

t (L

ED

off)

?•

Is t

he ‘I

nput

Gai

n’ c

ontr

ol t

urne

d up

?•

Is t

he ‘O

utpu

t G

ain’

con

trol

tur

ned

up?

3) T

he

line

inp

ut

do

esn

’t w

ork

• Is

the

sour

ce c

onne

cted

to th

e co

rrec

t (ja

ck)

inpu

t on

the

back

of t

he u

nit?

• Is

the

‘Lin

e’ s

witc

h in

(LE

D o

n)?

• Is

the

‘Inpu

t Gai

n’ c

ontr

ol tu

rned

up?

• Is

the

‘Out

put G

ain’

con

trol

turn

ed u

p?

4) T

he

com

pre

sso

r d

oes

n’t

wo

rk•

Is th

e ‘C

omp’

sw

itch

in (

LED

on)

?•

Is th

e ‘C

ompr

ess’

con

trol

turn

ed u

p en

ough

?•

Is th

ere

enou

gh s

igna

l, as

set

by

the

‘Inpu

t Gai

n’ c

ontr

ol, t

o dr

ive

the

com

pres

sor?

5) T

oo

litt

le o

r to

o m

uch

co

mp

ress

ion

• T

urn

the

‘Inpu

t Gai

n’ c

ontr

ol u

p or

dow

n re

spec

tivel

y, to

adj

ust t

he

sig

nal l

evel

to th

e co

mpr

esso

r

6) T

he

Mee

qu

aliz

er d

oes

n’t

‘t w

ork

.•

Is th

e ‘E

Q’ s

witc

h in

(LE

D o

n)?

• Is

‘Inp

ut G

ain’

con

trol

turn

ed u

p?•

Is ‘O

utpu

t Gai

n’ c

ontr

ol tu

rned

up?

7) T

oo

mu

ch n

ois

e•

Is th

e ‘In

put G

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con

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too

high

? T

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g th

e m

ic c

lose

r to

the

sou

rce

• Is

the

‘Out

put G

ain’

con

trol

too

high

(eg

: whe

n lo

ts o

f com

pres

sion

is

bein

g us

ed)?

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ere

too

muc

h E

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oost

?•

Is th

e no

ise

alre

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ent i

n th

e in

put s

igna

l? (

Try

rem

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g th

e in

put)

8) S

ou

nd

s d

isto

rted

• Is

the

‘Inpu

t Gai

n’ c

ontr

ol to

o hi

gh?

• Is

the

‘Out

put G

ain’

con

trol

too

high

?•

Is th

ere

too

muc

h E

Q b

oost

?•

Whe

n us

ing

the

com

pres

sor,

is th

e R

elea

se c

ontr

ol s

et to

o lo

w?

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repl

acem

ent

by P

urch

aser

of

any

Pro

duct

or

part

the

reof

sha

ll ex

tend

th

e w

arra

nty

perio

d as

to

the

entir

e P

rodu

ct.

The

spe

cific

war

rant

y on

th

e re

paire

d pa

rt o

nly

shal

l be

in e

ffect

for

a pe

riod

of n

inet

y (9

0) d

ays

fol-

low

ing

the

repa

ir or

rep

lace

men

t of

tha

t pa

rt o

r th

e re

mai

ning

per

iod

of

the

Pro

duct

war

rant

y, w

hich

ever

is g

reat

er.

2. E

xclu

sive

Rem

edy:

Acc

epta

nce:

Pur

chas

er’s

exc

lusi

ve r

emed

y an

d P

MI’s

sol

e ob

ligat

ion

is t

o su

pp

ly (

or

pa

y fo

r) a

ll la

bo

r n

ece

ssa

ry t

o

rep

air

an

y p

rod

uct

fo

un

d t

o b

e d

efe

ctiv

e w

ithin

th

e w

arr

an

ty p

erio

d an

d to

sup

ply,

at

no e

xtra

cha

rge,

new

or

rebu

ilt r

epla

cem

ents

for

de

fect

ive

part

s. If

rep

air

or r

epla

cem

ent f

ails

to r

emed

y th

e de

fect

, the

n an

d on

ly in

suc

h an

eve

nt,

shal

l PM

I ex

chan

ge t

o P

urch

aser

a n

ew o

r re

cond

ition

ed u

nit.

Pur

chas

er’s

fai

lure

to

mak

e a

clai

m a

s pr

ovid

ed i

n pa

ragr

aph

1 ab

ove

or c

ontin

ued

use

of t

he p

rodu

ct s

hall

cons

titut

e an

un

qual

ified

acc

epta

nce

of s

uch

Pro

duct

and

a w

aive

r by

Pur

chas

er o

f al

l cla

ims

ther

eto.

3. E

xcep

tions

to L

imite

d w

arra

nty:

PM

I sha

ll ha

ve n

o lia

bilit

y or

obl

igat

ion

to P

urch

aser

with

res

pect

to

any

Pro

duct

sub

ject

ed t

o ab

use,

impr

oper

us

e, n

eglig

ence

, acc

iden

t, m

odifi

catio

n, fa

ilure

of t

he e

nd-u

ser

to fo

llow

th

e op

erat

ing

and

mai

nten

ance

pro

cedu

res

outli

ned

in th

e us

ers

man

ual,

att

em

pte

d r

ep

air

by

no

n-q

ua

lifie

d p

ers

on

ne

l, o

pe

ratio

n o

f th

e u

nit

ou

tsid

e o

f th

e p

ub

lish

ed

env

ironm

enta

l an

d el

ectr

ical

par

amet

ers,

or

if su

ch p

rodu

cts

orig

inal

iden

tific

atio

n (t

rade

mar

k, s

eria

l num

ber)

mar

king

s ha

ve b

een

defa

ced,

alte

red,

or

rem

oved

. P

MI

excl

udes

fro

m w

arra

nty

cove

rage

, Pro

duct

s so

ld A

S IS

and

/or

WIT

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AU

LTS

and

exc

lude

s us

ed p

rodu

cts

whi

ch h

ave

not

been

sol

d by

PM

I to

the

Pur

chas

er.

PM

I al

so e

xclu

des

from

war

rant

y co

vera

ge c

onsu

mab

les

such

as

fuse

s an

d ba

tterie

s, t

ubes

, et

c.

4. P

roof

of p

urch

ase:

The

dea

ler’

s da

ted

bill

of s

ale

mus

t be

reta

ined

as

evid

ence

or

the

date

of

purc

hase

and

to

esta

blis

h w

arra

nty

elig

ibili

ty

Joem

eek

Lim

ited

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rant

y

TH

IS P

RO

DU

CT

IS

FO

R P

RO

FE

SS

ION

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US

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PM

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war

rant

s th

at a

ll pr

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ts w

ill b

e fr

ee fr

om d

efec

ts in

mat

e-ria

l or

wor

kman

ship

:

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For

a p

erio

d of

(3)

thr

ee y

ears

fro

m t

he d

ate

of p

urch

ase

(her

eina

fter

the

labo

r w

arra

nty

perio

d),

PM

I Aud

io G

roup

will

rep

air

or r

epla

ce t

his

Pro

duct

if

dete

rmin

ed t

o be

def

ectiv

e. A

fter

the

expi

ratio

n of

the

lab

or w

arra

nty

perio

d,

the

Pur

chas

er m

ust

pay

labo

r ch

arge

s.

B:

In a

dditi

on,

PM

I A

udio

Gro

up w

ill s

uppl

y, a

t no

cha

rge,

rep

lace

men

ts f

or

defe

ctiv

e pa

rts

for

a pe

riod

of (

thre

e ye

ars)

from

the

date

of p

urch

ase.

Dur

ing

the

labo

r w

arra

nty

perio

d, t

o re

pair

the

Pro

duct

, P

urch

aser

mus

t re

turn

the

de

fect

ive

Pro

duct

, fr

eigh

t pr

epai

d, o

r de

liver

it

to P

MI

Aud

io G

roup

Ser

vice

C

ente

r. T

he p

rodu

ct t

o be

rep

aire

d is

to

be r

etur

ned

in e

ither

its

orig

inal

car

-to

n or

a s

imila

r pa

ckag

e af

ford

ing

an e

qual

deg

ree

of p

rote

ctio

n. P

MI A

udio

G

roup

will

ret

urn

the

repa

ired

Pro

duct

fre

ight

pre

paid

to

the

Pur

chas

er.

PM

I A

udio

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up is

not

obl

igat

ed t

o pr

ovid

e P

urch

aser

with

a s

ubst

itute

uni

t du

r-in

g th

e w

arra

nty

perio

d or

at

any

time.

Cond

itio

ns1.

Not

ifica

tion

of c

laim

s: W

arra

nty

Ser

vice

: If

Pur

chas

er d

isco

vers

tha

t th

e P

rodu

ct h

as p

rove

n de

fect

ive

in m

ater

ial o

r w

orkm

ansh

ip, t

hen

writ

ten

notic

e w

ith a

n ex

plan

atio

n of

the

clai

m s

hall

be g

iven

pro

mpt

ly b

y P

urch

aser

to P

MI

but a

ll cl

aim

s fo

r w

arra

nty

serv

ice

mus

t be

mad

e w

ithin

the

war

rant

y pe

riod.

If

afte

r in

vest

igat

ion

PM

I de

term

ines

tha

t th

e re

port

ed p

robl

em w

as n

ot c

over

ed

by t

he w

arra

nty,

Pur

chas

er s

hall

pay

PM

I fo

r th

e co

st o

f in

vest

igat

ing

the

prob

lem

at

its t

hen

prev

ailin

g tim

e-an

d-m

ater

ials

rat

e. N

o re

pair

or

Not

es

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