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- Page 1 2-BUS-XT 2-BUS-XT USER GUIDE USER GUIDE...
- Page 2 While we feel your pain, (been there) subsequent damage is not covered by the warranty. Dangerous Music Group, LLC reserves the right to change the specifications or modify the designs of its equipment. Registering online is our way of keeping in touch with users of our equipment should this become necessary.
- Page 3 THANK YOU Thank you for joining the Dangerous Music family! You will receive years of reliable pleasue from our gear due to careful design, construction, and component choices by recording industry veterans. 2-BUS-XT is designed to inspire your musical genes. No matter if you’re on the road or in...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Connect The 2-BUS-XT To Your Studio ......2 Zero Out The 2-BUS-XT ....... . 2 Stem Out A Mix And Make Some Sound . -
Page 5: Overview
COHERENCE can be applied across the stereo mix together or separately or assigned to a pair of stems. CONTENTS: Inside the box you’ll discover the 2-BUS-XT, this manual, a standard 3 Pin IEC power cable and a myriad of sonic sculpting opportunities. -
Page 6: 2-Bus-Xt: Quickstart Guide
Assign track outputs or groups of track outputs (called “stems”) from your DAW to the channels you want them to occupy on the 2-BUS-XT. You might send all the drums out in stereo on channels 3-4, guitars on 5-6, etc… or individually (kick out 1, snare out 2...) Assign mono tracks from the DAW that you’d like to have in the middle of your mix (perhaps... -
Page 7: Start Mixes In The Analog Mixing Environment
Now see judiciously select where and when you’d like to change any of the original sounds with your plug-in processing. Many users find they use far fewer when mixing with the active summing amps in the 2-BUS-XT. TRY OUT SOME REAL ANALOG COLOR Once you’ve got a decent balance together, go ahead and dial in some color with the unique... -
Page 8: 2-Bus-Xt: Front Panel Features & Benefits
D/A converter set to standard calibrations can output. Meaning you will clip in your DAW before you ever get close to clipping the 2-BUS-XT. The 2-BUS-XT provides 6dB of headroom above full-scale output of a converter calibrated to the industry standard of -18dBu per input. -
Page 9: Effects Control: Parallel & Series Processing
2-BUS-XT | [OUT D/A CHANNEL 10) [INTO YOUR FAVORITE EQ- BAX OF COURSE!) (INTO INPUT 10 ON THE 2-BUS-XT®) 03. EFFECTS CONTROL: PARALLEL & SERIES PROCESSING [PARALLEL & SERIES PROCESSING KNOBS PICTURED ABOVE] Feature: X-FORMER III is in series and is either 100% on or completely bypassed. -
Page 10: Effects Control: X-Former Iii
| DANGEROUS MUSIC mix buss. Tip 1: Both color options employ True Hard Wired Bypass technology. When the effect is disengaged, the circuitry is completely out of the signal path, providing true A/B comparisons. This also allows you to use the... -
Page 11: Output Level Trim
If sending the Mix Output into outboard gear, it may be desirable to “drive” it by pushing the output of the 2-BUS-XT. For example, some vintage compressor / limiters (like a Gates Sta-Level) utilize a fixed ratio, so by cranking more level (i.e. -
Page 12: 2-Bus-Xt: Rear Panel Connections
2-BUS-XT, a 2-BUS + or a D-BOX + Feature: Expand your 2-BUS-XT here. Benefit: There are plenty of mix engineers out there with three or more Dangerous Music summing mixers linked together for even more channels of potent active analog summing. Note: If combining the 2-BUS-XT with other models, determine where it should sit in order to apply colors. -
Page 13: Main & Monitor Output
2-BUS-XT | 10. MAIN & MONITOR OUTPUT [MAIN & MONITOR CONNECTIONS PICTURED ABOVE] Feature: Use the MAIN OUTPUT to capture your mix. Feed it to a high end A to D converter like the CONVERT-AD+, a pair of inputs on your interface and back into your DAW, an external digital recorder or analog tape machine (all say grace over the Studer A820). -
Page 14: 2-Bus-Xt: Routing Scenario
For this example, we assume you’ve: 01. Wired 16 analog outputs from your interface or D/A converter (like 2 CONVERT-8s) into the 16 inputs of the 2-BUS-XT. 02. Connected the stereo MONITOR OUTS to a balanced input on your monitor controller (like a... - Page 15 2-BUS-XT | 11 MONITOR-ST) not directly to your speakers. 03. Plugged the stereo MAIN OUTS back into your A to D (like the CONVERT-AD+) or DAW interface 04. Sent the digital output to your monitor controller for the final mix. (Refer to the wiring diagram ahead).
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Page 16: Wiring Diagrams
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Page 20: Warranty
Email: support@dangerousmusic.com E-mail: info@dangerousmusic.de Dangerous Music Group, LLC 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 21: Specifications
2-BUS-XT | 17 SPECIFICATIONS Note: Dangerous Music, Inc. publishes actual measured specifications, not theoretical numbers derived from data sheets published by chip manufacturers. THD @ nominal mix setting 1KHz, unweighted, 22Hz to 22kHz < 0.0018% (+10dBu in, -6dB gain) IMD @ nominal mix setting <... - Page 22 18 | DANGEROUS MUSIC 2-BUS-XT 1K FFT Data -100 -110 -120 -130 -140 -150 Frequency (Hz) 2-BUS-XT 100HZ XFORMER FFT Data -100 -110 -120 -130 -140 Frequency (Hz) 2-BUS-XT COHE IMD FFT Data -100 -110 -120 -130 -140 Frequency (Hz)
- Page 23 2-BUS-XT FREQ-RESPONSE SWEEP Relative Level (1.00000 kHz) Data -0.5 -1.0 -1.5 -2.0 -2.5 -3.0 -3.5 -4.0 Frequency (Hz) 2-BUS-XT IMD FFT Data -100 -110 -120 -130 -140 -150 Frequency (Hz) 2-BUS-XT XFRM IMD FFT Data -100 -110 -120 -130 -140 Frequency (Hz)
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