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- Page 1 ADDITIONAL SWITCHING SYSTEM ® For use with Monitor ST and S R DAC-ST DAC-SR UNISWITCH...
- Page 2 Dangerous Music Incorporated reserves the right to change the specifications or modify the designs of its equipment. Sending in the registration card is our way of keeping in touch with users of our equipment should this become necessary. Registration information is always kept confidential and never disclosed to third parties for any reason.
- Page 3 The Dangerous Music DAC-ST, DAC-SR and UNISWITCH are designed to integrate seamlessly into the Dangerous Music Monitor ST system. There are many features per square inch (FPSI) packed into these half rack goodies.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
| DANGEROUS MUSIC TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview Monitor ST & DAC-ST Front Panel Features & Benefits Monitor ST & DAC-ST Rear Panel Features & Benefits Monitor ST & DAC-ST Connection and Hookup Module Installation Remote Control Specifications Warranty Appendix User Notes... -
Page 5: Overview
It always comes with at least one factory installed module (you wouldn’t want an empty rack, would you?) [The Dangerous Music Additional Switching System® Rack with one rack spacer and Power Supply pictured above] Then the selection of one or two modules per rack. -
Page 6: Monitor St & Dac-St Front Panel Features & Benefits
[The Additional Switching System® loaded with one DAC-ST and blank panel pictured above. Any combo possible.] Up to two Additional Switching System® racks may be utilized simultaneously, providing a maximum of 4 modules. Obviously you’ll need to have either a Dangerous Music Monitor ST (stereo) or Monitor ST/SR (surround) to take advantage of the Additional Switching System®. - Page 7 ADDITIONAL SWITCHING SYSTEM standards that Dangerous Music is renowned for. The DAC-ST is a stereo D/A converter that allows the engineer to monitor from and switch between any one of the five digital sources without interruption. The source is selected from the Dangerous ST Remote and simultaneously routed to the Selected Digital and balanced analog outputs.
- Page 8 | DANGEROUS MUSIC instantaneous lock range of 32 kHz-192 kHz. Benefit: Get an hour of your life back by confirming that the audible “snat” is not a digital sync issue from the DAC-ST. “Sheesh, is the source bad? A/D out of sync? The cable shorted? The input connector bunk? How do I get this duct tape out of my hair?”...
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Page 9: Monitor St & Dac-St Rear Panel Features & Benefits
® ADDITIONAL SWITCHING SYSTEM [Half of the Monitor ST Remote pictured above] MONITOR ST & DAC-ST Rear Panel Features & Benefits Next we’ll review how to hook these bad boys and girls up to play nice together 1 2 3... - Page 10 Tip: Dangerous Music is so concerned about the inviolability of your audio, that the DAC-ST will actually clean up jitter from squalid incoming sources and pass it through with defined edges. The instantaneous lock range is 32 kHz to 192 kHz.
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Page 11: Monitor St & Dac-St Connection And Hookup
® ADDITIONAL SWITCHING SYSTEM Feature: Connect to an input on the Monitor ST. Level adjustments are made with the “Level Trims Controls. ” The DAC-ST comes aligned from the factory with an output level of +22dBfs. Benefit: Expansion and level matching for your Monitor ST rig. Don’t worry about outgrowing it! MONITOR ST &... - Page 12 10 | DANGEROUS MUSIC (Cables purchased separately) 1. D-Sub to Digital in/out snake: What: Connects 4 stereo channels of digital i/o. Example: 1 10 Ohm, 25-pin D-Sub on one end, eight XLRs on the other (4 female connectors for stereo input and 4 male connectors for stereo out/thru).
- Page 13 ® ADDITIONAL SWITCHING SYSTEM | 11 [The rear of the Monitor ST/SR Remote pictured above] 4 & 5. Shielded Ethernet Cable: What: Ethernet CAT 5e shielded cable connects 4 and 5, bridging the Monitor ST remote and Additional Switching Rack ®...
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Page 14: Module Installation
12 | DANGEROUS MUSIC MODULE INSTALLATION Tip: This is only necessary if you purchase additional modules for a rack you already own. 4 5 6... - Page 15 ® ADDITIONAL SWITCHING SYSTEM | 13...
- Page 16 8. The A.S.S. Rack 9. Blank panel in front and back 10. Power supply (preexisting from your original Additional Switching System®) Tip: Now is not the time to start drinking. Wait until you have this bad boy assembled to celebrate.
- Page 17 ® ADDITIONAL SWITCHING SYSTEM | 15 STEP 2. Preparation Ensure that the unit is powered down and NOT plugged into the wall. Go grab a #2 and #1 phillips screwdriver from your tool box. Discharge any static electricity you may have picked up by touching a metal chair or table STEP 3.
- Page 18 16 | DANGEROUS MUSIC •Attach the euroblock connector from the DAC-ST face (2) to the main module PCB (15). STEP 6. Clean up •Screw the lid back on with those 8 black screws you put in the Salsa container. •You’re done! Do a little victory dance and crack that beer now.
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Page 19: Remote Control
This is how the Additional Switching remote buttons can control up to 4 devices. See the following photo op for visual alacrity. Tip: If you only have one Additional Switching System®, only banks 1-2 will be selectable. Tip: Ensure that the input for the DAC-ST is set to stereo and not 5.1. -
Page 20: Specifications
18 | DANGEROUS MUSIC SPECIFICATIONS Frequency response....................1Hz – 100 kHz within 0.2dB Clock Range......................... 32kHz-192kHz THD+Noise........................0.002% IMD60 4:1........................0.003% Low Pass Filter......................57Hz, 3 pole Bessel/Chebyshev hybrid Interchannel crosstalk....................-95dB Dynamic range......................110dB Maximum level......................+25dBu Nominal operating level.................... -
Page 21: Warranty
Email: info@dangerousmusic.com E-mail: info@dangerousmusic.de Dangerous Music, Inc. 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 22: Appendix
20 | DANGEROUS MUSIC APPENDIX AES/EBU DB25 8 CHANNEL BIDIRECTIONAL IN & OUT Note: the four AES inputs and four pass-throughs are on a single 25 pin D-subminiature connector. For reference, and for those intrepid solder jockeys who wish to build their own cables, the pin out diagram of the Digital in/thru connector is shown above. -
Page 23: User Notes
® ADDITIONAL SWITCHING SYSTEM | 21 USER NOTES... - Page 24 Dangerous Music Inc. 231 Stevens Road, Edmeston, NY 13335 Phone: 607 965-8011 Fax: 607-965-8012 info@dangerousmusic.com www.dangerousmusic.com...