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True to the Music™ ® Reamp Station DIRECT BOX & STUDIO REAMPER User Guide Radial Engineering Ltd. 1165-1845 Kingsway Ave, Port Coquitlam British Columbia, Canada, V3C 1S9 Tel: 604-942-1001 • www.radialeng.com Email: info@radialeng.com...
Thank you for purchasing the Radial Reamp Station, a combination high-performance active direct box and studio Reamper in one. With the Reamp Station, you can not only record pristine direct tracks, you can also Reamp them through your guitar pedals and amplifiers to have a powerful effect on your mixes.
Capturing great recordings of your instruments and using those tracks for later Reamping go hand in hand, and finally there is one professional studio device that can handle both tasks equally well. The Reamp Station combines two products that Radial is well-known for: a direct box to feed...
PAD: -15dB pad reduces the input sensitivity of the direct box for connection to high-output instruments like an active bass guitar. 48V INDICATOR: Illuminates when the Reamp Station is receiving phantom power in order to operate the direct box features. Note that power is not required for any of the Reamper features.
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16. 180°: Reverses the polarity at the Direct Output to reduce phase cancellation when the D.I. is combined with a mic’d up amplifier. 17. DIRECT OUTPUT: Balanced XLR output for connection to the mic- level input on a recording interface or mixer. Radial Engineering Ltd. Reamp Station™...
Performing musicians take note that the D.I. in the Reamp Station is equally well suited for use on a live stage: instead of connecting to an audio interface as described below, the D.I.
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The Reamp Station uses an active D.I. circuit, which means it needs power in order to operate. Once you have made the XLR connection on the D.I., engage 48V phantom power on that channel of the audio interface - it will often be labeled as simply ‘48V’.
In this step the JCR Reamper side of the Reamp Station is employed, which gets its name from the fact that it uses the original Reamp circuit designed by recording industry legend John Cuniberti.
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REAMP IN. You can use either the XLR or the 1/4" TRS input and get the exact same results, as both of these connector types are provided in order to make it easy to connect any audio interface to the Reamp Station without the need for adaptor cables.
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The Level control of your amplifier. The Reamp Station itself is capable of handling very hot input levels, so for best results you will want to provide as much output level as you can from your audio interface. Start by turning up the fader on the...
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The 3.5mm INPUT allows you to easily connect a mobile playback device like a smartphone or a tablet to the Reamp Station. This makes it easy to audition new ideas on the fly, or even take the output of your favorite music making app and feed it through your amp for to create a unique effect.
® The 3.5mm input (continued) The 3.5mm input is on the front panel of the Reamp Station so you can connect quickly when inspiration strikes, instead of having to dig around behind your equipment rack should you have the Reamp Station rackmounted.
Rack mounting the Reamp Station Using the optional SA Series Rack Adaptor kit, you can easily mount the Reamp Station in standard 19" equipment racks for permanent installation. The SA Series kit allows you to mount either one or two devices in a single 1RU rackspace.
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 option) any defective component(s) of this product (excluding finish and wear and tear on components under normal use) for a period of three (3) years from the original date of purchase.
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