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- Page 1 ShakEQ User’s Guide...
- Page 2 ➢ CAUTION: Swallowing and choking hazard. Keep packaging and all parts out of reach of children and pets to prevent accidents. ➢ CAUTION: The remote control supplied with ShakEQ contains a button cell battery. Only replace it with the same type (CR2025) and in the correct orientation! Check the battery type, opening instructions, and correct replacement orientation from the markings on the backside of the remote.
- Page 3 ’ UIDE Table of Contents 1.Overview........................4 What's included in the box..................... 4 Basic Information........................4 Front Panel..........................4 Rear Panel..........................4 Connections..........................5 2.Operation Modes......................6 Home Screen.......................... 6 Remote Control Summary...................... 6 3.Processing Flow......................7 4.Quick Adjustments.......................7 Low Cut Adjustment....................... 7 Gain Adjustment........................
- Page 4 And thirdly, ShakEQ can measure and correct distortion present in your shaker system by Calibration (p. 16). The user can control and fine-tune the characteristics and operation of the tactile transducer by adjusting ShakEQ settings based on preference and input material.
- Page 5 (mono source) or both (stereo source) of ShakEQ’s A / B inputs. In an existing bass shaker system it is natural to start by inserting ShakEQ at the shaker amplifier’s input. Your system may be one of these: Stereo system (2 channels): connect the A and B inputs of ShakEQ to the left and right line-level •...
- Page 6 UIDE 2.Operation Modes ShakEQ has three main operation modes, each optimized for a different content type and usage. The currently active mode affects the signal enhancement and how the Wet/Dry setting alters the operation. 1. Cinema – Less intensive effect for long-duration listening, e.g. movies that have a mixture of low frequency sound effects, music, and spoken dialogue.
- Page 7 ’ UIDE 3.Processing Flow The processing flow is shown above. Before making very detailed and fine-tuned adjustments, remember to perform the Calibration (see page 16). 4.Quick Adjustments There are three settings that are directly adjusted from remote buttons: Low Cut, Gain, and Wet/Dry. The first press of one of these buttons shows the current value, next presses adjust it.
- Page 8 ’ UIDE Gain Adjustment You can adjust the output gain between -9 and +3 (-27 dB to +9 dB) using the remote buttons to adjust the total shaker effect. Avoid using positive values, because that may introduce clipping at the output without any visible indication. See Input Gain / Monitor on page 15 for how to set the input gain.
- Page 9 You can mute output by pressing MUTE and any button to restore output. If you have subwoofer output enabled, it is not affected by MUTE. After 2 minutes in mute, or if you press BYPASS during mute, ShakEQ enters standby mode. When in standby, press CANCEL/MUTE to power on.
- Page 10 ’ UIDE Menu More settings are available through a menu. Keep MENU/MUTE/CANCEL pressed until the menu activates. WET/DRY UP and DOWN scrolls menu items, press OK to edit or activate. If you have changed a setting, OK saves the value and returns to menu or CANCEL discards the change and returns to menu.
- Page 11 ’ UIDE Input Gain / Monitor GAIN + / - adjusts input gain. A horizontal bar displays the signal level going into → Show level processing. CLIP indicates signal clipping either after the gain or at the inputs. See Input Gain / Monitor on page 15. OK →...
- Page 12 ’ UIDE Sine Generator The built-in sine generator can be used to observe the frequency response and equalization settings of the shaker. The sine generator can be found in Menu GEN. The → generator outputs a sinusoidal frequency between 10Hz and 199Hz. Wet/Dry UP/DOWN buttons adjust the frequency in 1Hz steps.
- Page 13 Some people are more familiar with Q values. The Q-value of a filter is the center frequency divided by bandwidth: Q=F /BW. ShakEQ uses bandwidth, because for many people it is easier and more intuitive. The following measurement shows an example of manual EQs. In the response, the LowCut (high-pass) filter has been set to off, Lowpass is at 200Hz and all 3 parametric EQs have been applied.
- Page 14 ’ UIDE Bass Extender The Bass Extender widens the spectrum of the input to offer output from the shaker even when the incoming sound is effectively outside of the frequency range of the shaker. This typically adds presence and impact feedback with transients that are at midbass region just above the reproduction band of the shaker.
- Page 15 The available adjustment range is from +0 to +9 (0dB to +27dB). If you do not use the level setup video found from https://www.dspeaker.com/shakeq-setup-guide, then use a movie scene with powerful sound and set the volume and gain so that you get the indicatory near the maximum without getting clip warnings.
- Page 16 Running Calibration Make sure the ShakEQ unit is powered. Take out the measurement discs (one with a sensor and one dummy disc). Connect the 3.5mm sensor jack into the sensor connector on the front panel. This automatically starts the calibration process.
- Page 17 16 and 199Hz. See Bypass on p.9 and Sine Generator on p.12. Before proceeding to other adjustments, remember to adjust the signal level that goes in to ShakEQ by adjusting the gain of your audio source and/or using the input gain setting, see Input Gain / Monitor on page 15.
- Page 18 Added standby mode. Press MUTE/CANCEL and then BYPASS to enter standby. Also, after 2 • minutes in mute ShakEQ enters standby mode automatically. Pressing Mute/Cancel during standby restarts normal operation. Latency through ShakEQ was reduced from 25ms to approximately 12ms.
- Page 19 In addition, if a USB memory is connected when the unit is turned on (and has a FAT/FAT32 filesystem), ShakEQ creates files containing the response of calibration in text format and as SVG graphics format. Possibly existing response files are overwritten. A progress bar is shown during the write. This takes only a second.
- Page 20 Phone: +358504623200 Contact Website: www.dspeaker.com Technical Support: support@dspeaker.com Safety / Sales Support: info@dspeaker. com 9.Technical Specifications Interfaces • Analog 2-channel RCA input • Analog 2-channel RCA output • Sensor input • IR receiver for remote control • Service USB port for firmware update and measurement export...
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