Summary of EVO4
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User manual.
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3 list of contents 1. Important remark 04 2. Introduction 05 3. Installation 05 4. Quick start 08 5. Operation and usage 10 6. Drivers installation 12 7. Effects processors 13 8. Midi controllers 19 9. Settings menu 21 10. Further considerations 23 11. Technical characteristics 24 12. Configuration ...
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4 1. Important remark safety instructions in order to get the optimum operation and efficiency from your mixing unit, it is very important - before you plug anything - to read this manual very carefully and take seriously into account all considerations specified within it. We strongly recommend tha...
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5 2. Introduction congratulations for acquiring a genuine, professional ecler device! The evo4 is the latest design from ecler, a legendary company from barcelona with over 42 years of experience in designing and manufacturing professional audio equipment. With its top-of-the-line 96 khz 24 bit digi...
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6 in order to protect the unit from an eventual electrical overload it carries a t 0.5 a fuse. Should it ever blow up, unplug the unit from mains and replace it with an identical one. If the new fuse blows again contact immediately with our authorized technical service. Attention: never short-circui...
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7 3.2. Audio outputs connections out 1 main power amplifier out 2 booth/room 2 power amplifier rec recording device fx send/return external effect device (input and output) rec posterior recording device 2 headphones headphones out 1 these stereo output connectors feeds to the pa system through bala...
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8 4. Quick start for the following procedure you will need a cd player and headphones. 1. Set the controllers to their initial position set the rotary controllers gain, hi, mid and low from channel 1 (17, 18, 19, 20) to the central snap-in position. Put the channel fader (23) down and move the a/off...
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9 12. Select an effect "effects 1" the evo4 includes two fully independent effect processors, effects 1 and effects 2. Both work the same way and contain the same number of effects. The processors may be assigned to the same or different channels. Start out by playing an effect using the effects 1 p...
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10 5. Operation and usage 5.1. Start-up to start up the mixer, press the switch (52) on the back panel. The two bpm leds will light up. “evo4 ecler” will appear on the effects 2 screen and “loading” on the effects 1 screen. All of the major output on the evo4 are equipped with automatic mute circuit...
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11 5.2.4. Monitoring system the evo4 is equipped with an easy and flexible monitoring system that allows the artist to adjust with great precision the effects and mix levels for each input channel using the vu-meters and headphones. Each channel as well as the effect processing can be monitorized vi...
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12 6. Drivers installation 6.1. Drivers installation the mixer comes with an installation cd and a usb cable. The drivers must be installed on your computer for you to carry out firmware updates and to use midi to control any sort of dj software. The evo4 is compatible with the windows® xp sp2 and m...
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13 7. Effects processors 7.1. Using the effects processors the evo4 comes with two powerful, bpm-synchronized effects processors, effects 1 and effects 2. Both processors work at 96 khz and 24 bit, and each comes with the 18 different effects, the same number of controls, a bpm counter and an lcd, w...
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14 effect encoder the effect encoder (7) allows you to select an effect from the processor. When turning the effect encoder, a menu with the different effects available appears on the screen. To choose one of the effects, turn the effect encoder to highlight the option and select it by pushing on th...
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15 7.3. Effect descriptions high pass filter this is a high pass filter (hpf) that attenuates the parts of a signal that are lower in frequency . Param 1 regulates the filter’s resonance (reso), and param 2 controls its frequency (freq). This effect is static and does not use time controllers. Low p...
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16 delay/echo this is a sound effect that consists of the repetition and modulated delay of a sound signal. Once the signal has been processed, it is mixed with the original, resulting in the classic sound echo effect. Param 1 regulates the filter, which allows you to attenuate the high or low-frequ...
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17 reverb this is an effect that imitates the deterioration of sound waves in a space due to reverberations against walls, ceilings, objects, etc. Param 1 regulates the time, and param 2 controls the damping. Vocoder this is an effect that modulates a carrier signal using the signal from the channel...
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18 external fx this is a loop that outputs a signal to external effects devices through the fx send and return connectors on the back panel of the mixer (42, 43). The external fx option can only be selected on one of the mixer’s banks. The signal sent is pre-fader. Dry-wet control works the same as ...
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19 8. Midi controllers 8.1. Description the evo4 allows you to control external devices with the midi protocol. The functions of each midi controller are set, and you must adapt your software or favourite external device to them. Midi (musical instruments digital interface) is a standard communicati...
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20 8.3. Midi notes from the controllers the evo4’s midi controllers send the following notes: control channel 1 channel 2 channel 3 channel 4 ch cc value ch cc value ch cc value ch cc value gain 01 02 0-127 02 02 0-127 03 02 0-127 04 02 0-127 eq high 01 03 0-127 02 03 0-127 03 03 0-127 04 03 0-127 e...
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21 8.5. Midi clock the evo4 transmits a continuous synchronization code, known as midi clock, which allows you to synchronize one or more external midi devices. The midi clock signal sent by the evo4 is relative to the beats per minute (bpm) calculated by the selected internal bpm processor (effects...
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22 fx pfl mode lcd1 contrast lcd2 contrast change password all settings will be maintained, even after the mixer has been switched off. What to do if you forget a password you can change the password with “change password” function. If you forget the password, press the effects 2 select encoder on t...
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23 9.5 fx pfl mode you can select if the effects pre-listening will be affected by the dry/wet control or not. If you select the pre dry/wet option, the fx pfl signal will be the same that you would have when the dry/wet control is in the wet position..
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24 10. Further considerations 10.1. Ground loops ensure at all times that no signal sources reaching the mixing desk and no devices connected to its output have their earths interconnected; that is, earth should never reach them via two or more different paths, as this could lead to humming which co...
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25 11. Technical characteristics ad/da 24 bits converter 96khz 32/64bits dsp engine. frequency response -1db (-3db): line:10hz – (47,5khz) micro: 10hz – (47,5khz) phono: riaa 0.5db (20hz – 20khz) input sensitivity/impedance: line: 0dbv/20k phono:-40dbv/50k micro: -50 to -30dbv / >1k output...
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26 12. Configuration diagram.
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27 13. Function list 1. Display 2. Bpm indicator led, bpm 3. Control encoders, midi 4. Multifunction button 5. Multifunction button 6. Control encoder, input 7. Control encoder, effect 8. Control encoder, param 1 9. Control encoder, param 2 10. Fx pfl monitoring switch, fx pfl 11. Effect mix crossfa...
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28 14. Function diagram.
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29 15. Block diagram ecler laboratorio de electro-acústica s.A. Motors 166-168, 08038 barcelona, spain internet http://www.Ecler.Com e-mail: info@ecler.Es 50.0159.01.00