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True to the Music ® PowerTube ™ 500 Series Tube Preamp User Guide True to the Music ® www.radialeng.com Radial Engineering Ltd. 1588 Kebet Way, Port Coquitlam British Columbia, Canada, V3C 5M5 tel: 604-942-1001 • fax: 604-942-1010 email: info@radialeng.com...
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WARNING NOTICE TO USER: The PowerTube is a high voltage tube device designed for professional use only. Although preventative safety measures have been designed into Radial 500 series products we strictly advise against hot-swapping modules or plugging and unplugging them when the Workhorse or other 500 series rack is powered on. Hot swapping can cause connection sparks at the card-edge connector that could send damaging transients to other equipment.
If you do not fi nd the answers you need, we invite you to send an email to info@radialeng.com and we will do our very best to reply promptly. Now get ready to tear up the airwaves with the sound of high voltage tube magic. Radial Engineering Ltd. PowerTube™ Preamp...
Together these features truly deliver more than the sum of their parts. And we are confi dent that once you start experimenting, you fi nd the PowerTube will sound absolutely amazing in just about any situation. POWERTUBE KOMIT MICPRE COMPRESSOR TYPICAL SETUP Radial Engineering Ltd. PowerTube™ Preamp...
12. POWER ASSIGN SWITCH: Lets you toggle the input supply from the positive or negative rail. This enables multiple PowerTubes to be used together without power sag. Radial Engineering Ltd. PowerTube™ Preamp...
PowerTube without running it through other audio signal processors until you have had a chance to familiarize yourself with the sound and functions. Using your own voice to test is always best as it really gives you a familiar starting place. Radial Engineering Ltd. PowerTube™ Preamp...
TRIM so that you get a sense of the dynamic range and a feel for how the PowerTube controls work. You will fi nd that the range is quite extensive and that even when you drive the PowerTube into the red, it will still sound relatively clean. Radial Engineering Ltd. PowerTube™ Preamp...
Test the high-pass fi lter so that you get a feel to how it works. You may fi nd it works really well on certain voices, acoustic guitar and bass. High Pass Filter Response Radial Engineering Ltd. PowerTube™ Preamp...
These changes are often subtle as tube performance varies greatly. Try different tubes and see how they sound. Whatever you do – do not tell anyone how you got your secret sauce! This is part of the fun with owning a PowerTube. Radial Engineering Ltd. PowerTube™ Preamp...
Weight: 0.7 lb (316 g) Warranty: 3 years, transferable * Refers to use with Radial Workhorse rack and mixer. All specifi cations average depending on tube or termination. Please see web page for further details. Radial Engineering Ltd. PowerTube™ Preamp...
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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 de- fects free of charge according to the terms of this warranty. Radial will repair or replace (at its option) any defective component(s) of this product (excluding fi...
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