Barcus-Berry Breeze IV Operation Manual
VOLUME
Adjuststheoveralloutputlevelofthepreamp.
BASSEQ
Addsorsubtractsthelowfrequencypoweroftheguitar
signalbyupto12dB.
MIDEQ
Controlstheamountofarangeoffrequenciesinthemiddleof
thesoundspectrumoftheguitarbyupto12dB
TREBLEEQ
Addsorsubtractsthehighfrequencypoweroftheguitar
signalbyupto12dB.
MIDFREQ
Setsthefrequencyofthemidcontrolbetween250Hzto4.5kHz.
BLEND
AdjuststheleveloftheAUX-INsignalthatismixedwiththe
saddlepickup(seenextpageforconnections).
TUNER
Thisswitchturnsonthebuilt-intunerandmutesthepreamp
outputwhentuning.Afterabouttwominutes,anauto-off
featureturnsoffthetunertoconservebatterypower.Please
notethatthetunerwillworkwithoutplugginginacable.
Whilethetunerison,pressingthebuttonasecondtimewhile
playingareferencenotewilloffsetthecalibrationtothat
pitch.(Handywhentuningtoanout-of-tuneinstrument).
Ifyoufinishtuningpriortothetwominuteauto-offtimer,you
simplypressandholdthetunerbuttonuntiltheflashingLEDs
inthewindowareextinguished.Theoutputwillalsoun-mute.
TUNERWINDOW
TheseLEDsindicatethenotebeingplayedandwhetheritis
sharporflat.Ifthearrowpointsupward,raisethepitchor
tunedownifthearrowpointsdownwardsuntilbotharrows
illuminatetoformadiamond.
BATTERYLED
Whenrepeatedlyflashingred,indicatesthatthebatteryis
lowandshouldbechangedsoon.Itwillalsointermittently
flashwhenacableisinsertedtoconfirmnormaloperation.
PHANTOMLED
Illuminatesgreenwhenthepreampisprovidedwithphantom
powerfromthemixeroramplifier.
RELEASETABS
Pinchingthesewillreleasethemodulefromitsreceptacle.
Usetoaccesstothebatterycompartment.Seetheillustration
onthelastpageforguidanceonreplacingthebattery.
MODULEHOUSING
Thepreampishousedwithinthisenclosure.Thepreampis
unlatched,raised,androtatedtogainaccesstothebattery
compartment.Seetheillustrationonthelastpageforgui-
danceonreplacingthebattery.
RELEASETAB
RELEASETAB
EQ
PREAMPHOUSING
PREAMP
TUNERWINDOW
TheBarcusBerry
®
BreezeIV
acousticpreamp
is a professional quality acoustic guitar preamp that features a
threebandEQanddualinputcapability.Besidesthepopularpiezo
under-saddlepickup,youcanaddacondensermic(LikeourBBGM),
amagneticsoundholepickup,oranadditionalsoundboardpickup
(LikeourBBPCP)andeasilycontroltheblendofthesignals.In
addition,youcanadjustthecenterfrequencyofthemidrangeEQ
controltogetyoursoundjustright.
Withaneasy-to-accessbatterycompartmentinsidethepreamp,and
alow-batteryLEDon
thefrontpanel,your
preampwillalwaysbe
ready when you are.
Moreover, the Breeze
IVprovidesbothabal-
ancedXLRoutputand
a1/4”phoneoutputto
adapt to any playing
situation.
Plugging
in a guitar cable or
agrounded-shellMic
cable will turn on
the preamp for use.
UsingtheXLRoutput,
The Breeze IV can be
poweredbyyouramp’s
or mixer’s phantom
powersourcetohelp
make your batteries
lastandlast.
Check out the rest
of this guide to get
the best performance
fromyourpreamp.