Portico 5045: Primary Source Enhancer Thank you for your purchase of the 5045 Primary Source Enhancer. Everyone at Rupert Neve Designs hope you enjoy using this tool as much as we have enjoyed designing and building it. Please take note of the following list of safety concerns and power requirements before the use of this or any Portico Series product.
15) L’appareil doit être raccordé à une prise secteur avec une prise de terre. Power Requirements The Portico 5045 dissipates about 15 watts, which means that it will get warm in use. Each Portico 5045 module has an internal high quality DC to DC converter that provides carefully stabilized and filtered +/–...
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Portico 5045: Front Panel Process Engage Process Active Engages the PSE Indicates when the Circuitry primary source is being enhanced CHANNEL A THRESHOLD DEPTH 5045 -3dB -10dB Primary Source Enhancer PROCESS PROCESS TIME CONSTANT ENGAGE ACTIVE PEAK RMS / Peak Depth Selects between RMS Controls the maximum and Peak Detection amount of the effect Portico 5045: Back Panel Line Out Transformer coupled Ground Lift...
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Threshold Sets the level at which the PSE activates CHANNEL B THRESHOLD DEPTH -10dB -3dB RUPERT NEVE DESIGNS POWER PROCESS PROCESS TIME CONSTANT ENGAGE ACTIVE PEAK Time Constant Selects the attack and release time constant Line Input Transformer Balanced, 10K Ohm 1=GND 2=Hot 3=Cold INPUT OUTPUT INPUT...
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A NOTE ON DISTORTION The human hearing system is a remarkably complex mechanism and we seem to be learning more details about its workings all the time. For example, Oohashi demonstrated that arbitrarily filtering out ultrasonic information that is generally considered above our hearing range had a measurable effect on listener’s electroencephalo-grams.
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“playing it safe” when introducing effects that cannot be removed. 1. Tsutomu Oohashi, Emi Nishina, Norie Kawai, Yoshitaka Fuwamoto, and Hishi Imai. National Institute of Multimedia Education, Tokyo. “High Frequency Sound Above the Audible Range,Affects Brain Electric Activity and Sound Perception” Paper read at 91st. Convention of the A.E.S.October 1991. Section 7. (1), Conclusion. 2.
of annoying feedback. 5045 FEATURES THE LINE OUTPUTS The main output signal comes from the output transformer secondary which is balanced and ground free. A ground free connection guarantees freedom from hum and radio frequency interference when connected to a balanced destination such as the input to a mixer. However, the transformer may be used with one leg grounded without any change in performance.
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Depth: Continuously variable from 0 to 20dBu. Time Constants: RMS Mode: A: 50mS B: 100mS C: 200mS D: 750mS E: 1.5S F: 3S * RMS Mode Time Constant data collected using 10dB bursts. Peak Mode: Attack: fixed 20mS Release: A: 20mS B: 200mS C: 1S D: 2S...
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PRODUCT WARRANTY Rupert Neve Designs and Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems warrants this product to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from date of purchase, and agrees to remedy any defect identified within such one year period by, at our option, repairing or replacing the product.
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