Contents Table of Contents Contents English iRig Acoustic Stage Register your iRig Acoustic Stage Installation and setup Cancel feedback button Tone button Instrument calibration Calibration process Phase switch AUX IN Low battery indications Specifications Warranty Support and more info 中文...
The main functionality of iRig Acoustic Stage is to make your guitar sound exactly as if it was captured with a classic recording studio setup with a very simple clip-on microphone that can be applied in seconds to any instrument.
English Installation and setup 1. Insert the provided batteries in the battery compartment. You can use both Alkaline or Ni-MH rechargeable batteries. High energy Ni-MH will last at least 18 hours. Tip: If you play frequently, a good suggestion is to have 2 sets of rechargeable AAs, one in use and the other on charge and swap them every 2-3 gigs.
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English 4. Connect the iRig Acoustic Stage output to the PA mixer or to an acoustic guitar amplifier, as you would do with a normal acoustic-electric guitar. 5. Turn ON the unit. Tip: Always turn down the channel volume on the mixer or the volume of the amp before...
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English 6. While you can immediately start using your iRig Acoustic Stage with great results, if your instrument already features an onboard undersaddle piezo pickup system you can also connect its output to iRig Acoustic Stage. This will give more flexibility to your tone, allowing you to mix the iRig Acoustic microphone and the...
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7. When recording the guitar in the studio or performing live on acoustic sets, best results will be obtained by using the iRig Acoustic Stage microphone only. This is obtained by just leaving the AUX input disconnected, or by rotating the MIX control completely clockwise. When performing live with loud sets and, depending on the type of sound you’re after, it might be useful mixing-in a portion of the guitar’s built-in piezo pickup.
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AUX input by setting this switch to the 180° position. When no AUX input is connected this switch reverses the phase of the iRig Acoustic Stage output, and it can be useful when playing in front of loud stage monitors to experiment with both positions to find the one that gives less feedback and a more solid tone.
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Micro USB to USB type A cable (not included). When connecting iRig Acoustic Stage to a computer using the USB port, iRig Acoustic Stage will be powered by the USB port. For this reason you don’t need batteries installed when using iRig Acoustic Stage this way.
A good practice to be “feedback safe” while performing is to follow these steps: - while setting the sound for the gig just raise the iRig Acoustic Stage channel volume (slowly) up to when the system starts to feedback. Then, while the feedback is starting to sound as a steady note, press the CANCEL FEEDBACK button.
English Tone button Press TONE multiple times to select the tone you prefer. • “NATURAL” provides a balanced tone typical of a large diaphragm microphone placed at the golden spot when making studio recordings. • “WARM” provides a smoother tone, useful when NATURAL tends to sound a bit too harsh or edgy • “BRIGHT”...
Acoustic Stage performs. If you are playing Steel stringed guitars and would like to make the iRig Acoustic Stage processing specifically tailored for your instrument, you should perform the Instrument Calibration process.
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English 3. Proceed playing 6 strings clusters in semitones steps on your guitar. Try playing these clusters using the same dynamics you will be averagely using when playing. If you play too soft during calibration, the system will probably deliver a too bright response. If you play very hard the system will produce a too soft response. We suggest checking the online tutorial videos to see how calibration clusters should be played.
English 5. To abort the calibration press the FEEDBACK CANCEL button. iRig Acoustic Stage will return to the previous state. 6. To return to the factory default calibration: start the calibration as per point (1) above then, while the calibration process is going on, press the Tone button for at least 2 sec.
With iRig Acoustic Stage AUX IN you can connect the output of your guitar to this input and mix the stock guitar pickup output with the iRig Acoustic microphone tone.
English Specifications COMMON Microphone type: high performance MEMS element, soft rubber elastic enclosure Conversion: 32-bit A/D, 32-bit D/A Sampling Rate: 48 kHz Power: Battery powered (2xAA) Battery Life: approximately 12 hours of continuous usage with alkaline batteries and 15 hours with rechargeable high quality Ni-MH AA cells (2000 mAh and up) Frequency response: 30 Hz to 20 kHz Signal to noise ratio: 101 dB(A)
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