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AMS RMX 16 User Manual

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RMX 16 : Digital Reverberation System
User Manual
Issue 2
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  • Page 1 HEAD OFFICE AMS Neve Ltd | AMS Technology Park | Billington Road | Burnley | Lancashire | BB11 5UB | ENGLAND TELEPHONE +44 (0) 1282 457 011 FAX +44 (0) 1282 417 282 WEB www.ams-neve.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Using The Nudge Keys.......................10 Pot Control Entry........................10 Decay Filter Controls........................10 Dry/Wet ............................. 11 Keypad Entry..........................11 Using The Nudge Keys.......................11 Pot Control Entry........................11 Using the RMX 16 .........................11 Pre-Delay..........................12 Decay Time..........................12 Decay Filtering..........................12 Keyboard text Entry........................12 Specifications..........................13 Electrical..........................13 Appendix B.............................14...
  • Page 3 Program 15 PLATE B1........................18 Program 16 DELAY........................18 Program 17 IMAGE P1........................18 Program 18 NONLIN 1.......................19 Appendix C.............................19 High and Low Frequency Decay Characteristics..................19 Nominal High Frequency Decay Control Characteristics..............19 Low Frequency Decay Control Characteristics................19 RMX-16 Digital Reverberation System - 3 - Issue 1...

  • Page 4: Intro

    Now available in a plug-in, the sound once available only to premier studios is now on tap for a much wider user base. In addition to the 9 programs that the AMS RMX16 has as standard there are a rare series of aftermarket programs that were made...

  • Page 5: Rmx 16 Screenshot

    RMX 16 Screenshot RMX-16 Digital Reverberation System - 5 - Issue 1...

  • Page 6: The Basic Principles Of Reverberation

    'sitting rooms' to 'great halls'. Only modern digital systems with carefully designed programs and large memory capacity, such as the RMX 16, are capable of producing such a wide variety.

  • Page 7: Stereo From A Mono Source

    These early reflections can extend from 5ms in a small room to some 200ms in a large hall. Even at 200ms, if the sound is not impulsive, we are unable to pick out individual reflections during this period, but we are able to extract important psycho-acoustic information about the type of hall and the type of boundaries involved.

  • Page 8: Operating Instructions

    0.03% distortion in delay mode; independent control of each program's fundamental reverberant parameters; alphanumeric program descriptions for ease of use and 'at a glance' understanding of how the RMX 16 is currently programmed as all data, including the variables (pre-delay, decay time, high frequency decay profile and low frequency decay profile), are continuously displayed on the reverb front panel.

  • Page 9: Operation

    (stereo) can be adjusted to give a good match on the output. The output from the RMX 16 is true stereo and while these outputs may be used singly, a more solid spatial sound will be obtained by using the stereo pair.

  • Page 10: Keypad Entry

    The LED on this key will now illuminate. Again, actual pre-delay setting can be accomplished in three distinct ways: Keypad Entry Using the keypad, enter the amount of pre-delay required followed by the the enter key (#). The amount (ms) of pre-delay will be displayed above the 'pre-delay' key and as information is entered from the keypad the LED on the 'pre-delay' key will flash.

  • Page 11: Dry/Wet

    The Dry/Wet controls are typically used when RMX 16 is inserted on individual channels. When RMX 16 is used on a group/bus in a typical reverb send/return configuration, set to 100% WET or activate Wet Solo mode.

  • Page 12: Pre-Delay

    Pre-Delay Pre-delay offsets the output of the RMX 16 relative to the input. When mixing the original with the output of the reverberation system a variety of material can be enhanced by adding pre-delay; knowing when to use pre-delay and how much to use comes with experience.

  • Page 13: Specifications

    Specifications Electrical Distortion: Less than 0.03% at 1KHz, full output. Dynamic Range: 90dB. Frequency Response: 20Hz to 18KHz : - 3dB, + 0dB. S/N Ratio: Dependent upon reverberation program selected but typically 86dB. Nudge: Program: Will nudge through programs allowing quick selection of program required.

  • Page 14: Program Index

    Title Number Ambience Room Hall Plate Hall Chorus Echo Nonlin Reverse Additional Programs in the AMS RMX16 Expanded Plugin Reverse Freeze Room Room Hall Plate Delay Image Nonlin Program 1 AMBIENCE This program is a very useful and flexible general purpose program with an effect somewhere between a hall and a plate.

  • Page 15: Program 2 Room A1

    Program 2 ROOM A1 This program is designed to replicate a 'live' room with all the attendant colourations. Decay time should be kept short for most realism (to 1 or 2 seconds), and a high degree of high frequency damping sounds best (say -7,-8). Low frequency equalisation is not provided for this program.

  • Page 16: Program 7 Echo

    short delay nature of this program. The maximum value selectable is 50ms which, over the five voices, gives a total spread of 250ms. At settings below about 6ms useful phasing/flanging/tunneling effects are available. These effects are especially evident if the outputs are summed to mono. The 'depth' of the randomising and pitch changing effect is controlled by the DECAY control.

  • Page 17: Program 10 Reverse 2

    Program 12 ROOM A0 This is the original version of ROOM A1 - shipped with very early RMX 16 units. The program was later modified to restrain the very top end of the response, which could be a little difficult with certain program material.

  • Page 18: Program 13 Room B1

    Program 13 ROOM B1 This room has constant diffusion density with time, and utilises a completely different algorithm to ROOM A1. Maximum decay time is of the order of 700ms, and because of the constant diffusion rate the impression of size of room is altered by the DECAY control.
  • Page 19 obviously have no equivalent in natural environments. Control of the brightness of this program is achieved via the HI FILTER control. If the stereo outputs of this program are summed to mono, an effect similar to NONLIN will be obtained. Program 18 NONLIN 1 This program is for special effects or loudness enhancement, in which the sound does not decay for the first period of time set by the decay control, then very...

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