Radial Engineering STAGEDIRECT User Manual

Manual is about: Active Direct Box with Mute

Summary of STAGEDIRECT

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    True to the music www.Radialeng.Com true to the music ® ® user guide stagedirect active direct box with mute ™ radial engineering ltd. 1588 kebet way, port coquitlam bc v3c 5m5 tel: 604-942-1001 • fax: 604-942-1010 info@radialeng.Com • www.Radialeng.Com.

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    Radial stagedirect active direct box with mute ™ ® table of contents page what is a direct box anyway ............................................1 features ...........................................................................2 getting started with power and connections ....................3 u...

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    Radial engineering ltd. Stagedirect™ active direct box true to the music ® 1 what is a direct box anyway? A direct box (aka a di box) is a device that lets you interface hi-impedance instruments (hi-z) like electric guitar, bass or keyboard with professional low impedance (low-z) pa and recording sy...

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    Radial engineering ltd. Stagedirect™ active direct box true to the music ® feature set 1. Power supply (15vdc-400ma): use to connect the included power adapter. 2. Lift: disconnects pin-1 on the xlr output to help eliminate hum and buzz caused by ground loops. 3. Bal out: lo-z balanced output used t...

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    Radial engineering ltd. Stagedirect™ active direct box true to the music ® 3 getting started before making any connections, always ensure your audio system is either turned down or turned off in order to protect more sensitive components from damage due to turn-on or plug-in transients. Phantom or a...

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    Radial engineering ltd. Stagedirect™ active direct box true to the music ® using and testing bring up the level on the pa system. It is good practice to always test at a low volume to ensure proper connections have been made and all devices in the signal chain are working. This way, should a device ...

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    Radial engineering ltd. Stagedirect™ active direct box true to the music ® 5 using the mute footswitch the top mounted mute footswitch adds another dimension by enabling you to turn off the signal going to your stage amp and the pa system by simply depressing the footswitch. Once muted, the tuner ou...

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    Radial engineering ltd. Stagedirect™ active direct box true to the music ® various remote mute setups the remote footswitch can be used in a few different ways depending on your setup. For instance, you could locate the stagedirect off-stage with your amplifi er and use the remote footswitch on your...

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    Radial engineering ltd. Stagedirect™ active direct box true to the music ® 7 remote switching with the radial sw2 footswitch for even more control over your system you can employ the radial sw2 footswitch. This programmable controller features two footswitches that can operate the mute function on t...

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    Radial engineering ltd. Stagedirect™ active direct box true to the music ® managing feedback the stagedirect has two built-in features that are designed to help reduce resonant feedback when using an acoustic instrument on stage. These include a high-pass (low cut) fi lter and 180° polarity reverse ...

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    Radial engineering ltd. Stagedirect™ active direct box true to the music ® 9 using the phase and 180° polarity reverse resonant feedback generally occurs when a powerful low-frequency wave on stage causes the top of the instrument to vibrate. This low frequency wave may be produced by the stage moni...

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    Radial engineering ltd. Stagedirect™ active direct box true to the music ® 10 eliminating hum and buzz solving noise problems on stage is a never ending battle! The stagedirect has been designed to minimize noise by incorporating a dual purpose ground lift switch that isolates the audio signal groun...

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    Radial engineering ltd. Stagedirect™ active direct box true to the music ® audio circuit type: .................Active buffer with class-a fet front end frequency response: ................................................... 20hz ~ 20khz total harmonic distortion: ......................................

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    ® www.Radialeng.Com three year transferable limited warranty radial engineering ltd. (“radial”) warrants this product to be free from defects in material and workmanship and will remedy any such defects free of charge according to the terms of this warranty. Radial will repair or replace (at its opt...