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- Page 1 CONVERT-AD + ® USER GUIDE...
- Page 2 Dangerous Music Incorporated reserves the right to change the specifications or modify the designs of its equipment. Sending in the registration card is our way of keeping in touch with users of our equipment should this become necessary. Registration information is always kept confidential and never disclosed to third parties for any reason.
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Page 3: Thank You
THANK YOU Thank you for choosing products from the exciting and innovative line of Dangerous Music recording equipment. Many years of reliable service can be expected from our gear. This is made possible through careful design, construction, and component choices by recording industry veterans. -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
| DANGEROUS MUSIC TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview Front Panel, Features & Benefits USB Auto Detect Calibration Analog Input Clip Guard Custom Metering Peak Hold / Reset Meter Scaling Word Clock X-Former Insert Emphasis Rear Panel Connections Analog Inputs AES Outputs... -
Page 5: Overview
OVERVIEW D/A Conversion has been an integral part of the Dangerous Music legacy since 2002, when the MONITOR® set the standard for mastering engineers worldwide. Since then our D/As have been utilized in products like the D-BOX, DAC-ST, SOURCE and culminating in the CONVERT-2 and CONVERT-8 next generation converters. -
Page 6: Usb Auto Detect
| DANGEROUS MUSIC 2. USB AUTO DETECT [AUTOMATIC USB SAMPLE RATE DETECTION PICTURED ABOVE ON THE LEFT (192 LED WOULD BE BLINKING IF THIS WERE A VIDEO). OFF MODE PICTURED ON THE RIGHT.] Feature: Automatic USB Sample Rate Detection Open a session and the sample rate will be selected automatically. This is especially useful when the CONVERT-AD + is... -
Page 7: Analog Input
CONVERT-AD + | Apogee is generally -16dBFS and much of the mastering community prefer -14dBFS. If AD and DA converters are not calibrated to the same level there is no baseline for comparative A/B listening. Louder always wins. (Search “equal- loudness contours”... -
Page 8: Custom Metering
| DANGEROUS MUSIC Tip: When engaged, the CLIP GUARD button will light bright red and the 0dBFS meter segment will turn solid green. When CLIP GUARD is actively eliminating the clipping at your destination (for example, turning off the red LED in Pro Tools), the 0dBFS segment will turn red. -
Page 9: Meter Scaling
CONVERT-AD + | Benefit: Option 1. The peaks will be continually and automatically refreshed. Option 2. The highest peak is permanently visible until the RESET button is pressed. Operation: Press once to engage PEAK HOLD mode. Press again to clear the stored peak. Press and hold to exit PEAK HOLD mode and enter NORMAL mode. -
Page 10: X-Former Insert
| DANGEROUS MUSIC Clock and other digital sources will slave to it. Try utilizing the CONVERT-AD + as the master clock. Our high profile beta testers found it “remarkably revealing & Tip: detailed” and “...this is the best sounding clock auditioned to date- and we’ve tried everything. ”... -
Page 11: Emphasis
CONVERT-AD + | 11. EMPHASIS KNOB [EMPHASIS KNOB PICTURED ABOVE] Feature: Add the perfect amount of EMPHASIS on a wet/dry knob. Benefit: EMPHASIS is a shelving EQ/Compressor with a low turnover frequency that induces 2nd order harmonic distortion. The EQ starts boosting at 300Hz. (Imagine a BAX-EQ with a top shelf that goes down to 300Hz instead of 1.8kHz and boosts 1dB when the emphasis knob is at 12:00 and 2dB full on.) Blend in a bit of mid warmth and sparkle. -
Page 12: Rear Panel Connections
| DANGEROUS MUSIC Convert-AD + : Rear Panel Connections 12. ANALOG INPUTS [REAR PANEL ANALOG INPUTS PICTURED ABOVE] Feature: Toggle between two selectable stereo inputs. Benefit: Two switchable stereo input paths. (See Diagrams at the end of this manual). Examples: Use INPUT 1 for tracking- connect two mono or one stereo mic preamp and INPUT 2 for mixing- connect your final mix buss here post outboard processing and then send it back in to your DAW for capture. -
Page 13: Adat, Spdif Optical, Spdif Coaxial
CONVERT-AD + | 14. ADAT OPTICAL OUTPUT [REAR PANEL ADAT OPTICAL OUTPUT CONNECTOR PICTURED ABOVE] Feature: ADAT Optical Output. Benefit: Leverage that unused ADAT input on your interface. Utilizes channels 1 & 2 only. 15. SPDIF OPTICAL OUTPUT [REAR PANEL SPDIF OPTICAL OUTPUT CONNECTOR PICTURED ABOVE] Feature: SPDIF Optical Output. -
Page 14: Usb Auto Detect
10 | DANGEROUS MUSIC Benefit: Normal: With the button de-selected (dim light) the AD + will send out sync via all digital outputs including Word Clock. External: Selecting this button (bright LED) will make the AD + slave to an external word clock source. For example, if utilizing a master studio clock, this would distribute WC to the AD + . -
Page 15: Power And Switching
CONVERT-AD + | 11 Tip: In Internal Wordclock Mode (WORD CLOCK button dimly lit), the CONVERT-AD+ will generate and output word clock signal. This means it can be used as the word clock master while in the USB Auto Mode. Thus all devices connected to the word clock port or clocked from the digital output(s) can follow software prompted sample rate changes. - Page 16 12 | DANGEROUS MUSIC...
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Page 21: Specifications
CONVERT-AD + | 17 SPECIFICATIONS Signal to Noise Ratio A-weighted, 20Hz to 20KHz: < 121dB Signal to Noise Ratio Unweighted, 20Hz to 20KHz: < 118dB Dynamic Range A-weighted, 20Hz to 20KHz: < 121dB Dynamic Range Unweighted, 20Hz to 20KHz: < 118dB THD+N THD+N, 1kHz, unweighted, 20Hz to 20kHz, +4dBu in: <... -
Page 22: Warranty
Email: info@dangerousmusic.com E-mail: info@dangerousmusic.de Dangerous Music, Inc. reserves the right to alter the software and design of their equipment. If after reading the manual more information for an application is needed, please contact us via email for the quickest response. - Page 23 Dangerous Music Inc. 231 Stevens Road, Edmeston, NY 13335 info@dangerousmusic.com www.dangerousmusic.com...
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