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User's Manual 3 WAY STEREO ¡V MAXIDRIVE3.4 DIGITAL CROSSOVER www.altoproaudio.com Version 2.0 September 2003...
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the recommendedfusetypeas indicatedinthismanual. SAFETY RELATED SYMBOLS Donotshort-circuitthefuseholder.Beforereplacingthe fuse,makesure thattheproductis OFFanddisconnected CAUTION fromthe ACoutlet. RISKOFELECTRICSHOCK DONOTOPEN £» ProtectiveGround Before turning theproductON, make sure that it is This symbol, whereverused, alertsyoutothe pre- sence ofun-insulatedanddangerous voltageswith- connectedto Ground.Thisis topreventtheriskof intheproductenclosure.Thesearevoltagesthat electric shock. maybesufficient toconstitute the risk of electric Never cut internal orexternal Ground wires.Likewise, shock ordeath.
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PREFACE DearCustomer: ThanksforchoosingM AXIDRIVE3.43 - WayStereoDigitalCrossoverandthanksforchoosingone oftheresultsof ¡¶ LTOAUDIO TEAM jobandresearches. Forour ¡¶ LTO AUDIO TEAM, musicandsoundaremorethanajob...arefirstofallpassionand letussayourobsession! Wehavebeendesigningprofessionalaudio products fora long time incooperationwith someof themajorbrands in theworldintheaudiofield. ¡¶ LTOlinepresents unparalleled analogueanddigitalproductsmade by MusiciansforMusicians inourR&D centersinItaly,Netherlands, UnitedKingdomandTaiwan.Thecoreof our digitalaudioproductsisasophisticated DSP(DigitalSoundProcessor)andalargerangeof stateoftheartalgorithmswhich have eendeveloped byour Software Team for the last7 years.
7.Memory Card Slot TheSlotallowsyoutoinserttheMemoryCardwhichisvery usefulforsafestorageofPRESETS andfor their transferfrom one MAXIDRIVE3.4to another. 8.ENTERkey Thekeyallowsyoutoaccesstotheselectedediting page ressingthis key,y oucaneditandconfirm therequired value ofparameter. 9.ESCkey The key allowsyouto exittheselectedediting page.It also used torejectthe valueto enter and returnto the stored value. 10.InputLevelLEDs TheLEDsareusedtoindicatethelevelofinputA/B.Inordertogetanup-front distortion-freesignal, y o u k e e p thesignalquitehigh,butdoassurethatthe redCLIP LED doesn'tlightup continually.
DRIVE3.4andPCorotherMAXIDRIVE3.4units.TheRS485interfaceisvery suitablefor remote controlover longdistances (difficultwithRS232 standardports)and daisy-chaining severalMAXIDRIVE3.4. 17.RS485IN The function oftheRS485INport isoppositetoRS485OUT.Itallows incoming communication b e t w e e n a MAXIDRIVE3.4 andPCorotherMAXIDRIVE3.4 units. The R S485 interfaceisverysuitableforremotecontrol overlong distances(Difficult with RS232standard ports) andfordaisy-chainingseveralMAXIDRIVE3.4. 18.RS 232 Thisistheserialcommunicationinterfaceport.ItallowsincomingandoutgoingcommunicationbetweenaMAXI- DRIVE3.4and a PCorother MAXIDRIVE3.4units.
Proceedasfollows: £»Keep theMAXIDRIVE3.4outputsin MUTE status(LEDslighton). £» Feed a signal inonthe MAXIDRIVE3.4's inputand watchthe INPUT LEVELA-B LEDladders. To obtainagoodsignal/noise ratio,i.e. anup-frontdistortion-freesignal,keepthesignalquite high,but make certain the red CLIP LEDdoesn'tlightup continually. £» Find out the output levelsettingfor yourmixer(or otherunit)and connect it tothe inputoftheMAXIDRIVE3.4.
G A I N G A I N I N A I N A & B . 0 d B . 0 d B Usethe DIAL tochangethegainvalueandwatchthelevel ofthesignalontheLEDladdersuntiltheidealvalues arereached. I N A G A I N I N A & B G A I N .
4.8PRESETModifications A 1 3 B 2 4 S 5 6 2 x 2 W + 2 M A X Thisindicatesthatthevalueofoneormoreparametershasbeentemporarilymodifiedwithrespecttothe stored inthePRESETshown. Practicallyspeaking,thisindicationmeansthatthechangesmadetothePRESET havenotbeenstored. Note: onceithasbeenenabled,theindicationremainsevenifthe"original"valuesareresetmanually. TheindicationdisappearsassoonasthePRESETissavedorassoonasanewPRESETisloaded(includ- ingthissamePRESET). Inotherwords,theindicationdisappearsassoonasstoredvaluesareaccessed. IfthePRESETisn'tsaved,temporarychangesarelostassoonasanewPRESETis loaded(includingthis same PRESET). Note: temporary changesarekeptontheotherhandinthe"buffermemory":whentheunitisswitchedon,the system maintainsexactlythesamesettingsaswhentheunitwasswitchedoff,includingtemporarychanges. 4.9.System Protection A 1 3 B 2 4 S 5 6...
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Thereare3distinctcategoriesofPRESETS: Factory PRESETS Factory-programmedstorage. FactoryPRESETScanbeusednormally,temporarilymodified,butcan't becancelled, overwrittenorpermanently modified.FactoryPRESETScontainsomespecific s ettings forcertain typesofenclosuresandallthe system'susableconfigurations.Forthis reasonthey'retheideal starting point forcreatingcustom PRESETS. User PRESETS Storeddatathat canbe programmed byusers. UserPRESETSareinternalmemoryareas inwhichyourownpersonal settings can be saved. Card PRESETS StoreddatawhichcanbeprogrammedbyusersonaMultimedia MemoryCard. CardPRESETSareexternalmemoryareasinwhichyourownpersonal settingscan be saved. 5.1.1 LoadPRESET Thismenupageallows therequired PRESETtobeloadedandmadeoperatively.
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Note: In theexample, FactoryPRESET#3 ,named"2x3W"hasbeenloaded:ItssystemconfigurationisInputA signalassigned tooutputs1,3and5;InputBsignalassignedtooutputs2,4 and6. LoadingaPRESET,aPRESETChangecommandisalsoautomaticallysenttotheserial portsandcanbeused toautomaticallyloadaPRESETwiththesamenumbertoanyotherMAXIDRIVE3.4unitsconnectedandenabled (Refer to UTILITY menu -Comm. Setup submenu -PRESET ChangeRX option). 5.1.2 Store&NamingPRESET Use this menu tocreatenewPRESETS, i.e. to saveallthe currentsystem settings. S t o r e P r e s e t + 2 M A X 2 x 2 W TosaveaPRESET:...
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Note: Inorderforthe transfer tohaveeffect,thereceivingunitsmustbeabletoidentify and acceptIncoming Dumpoperations. Whentwo o r m o r e MAXIDRIVE3.4 areconnected,the PRESETsentbythe transmitting MAXIDRIVE3.4 (TX) overwrites(andthereforecancels)theexistingPRESETin the s ame memory position ofthereceivingMAXI- DRIVE3.4 (RX). MAXIDRIVE3.4 # 1 MAXIDRIVE3.4 # 2 MAXIDRIVE3.4 # 3 IncomingDump IncomingDump IncomingDump DUMP ACCEPT DUMP...
Ignorethe datareceived via the serial ports. Accept the datareceived via the serialports. I n c o m i n g D u m p I n c o m i n g D u m p n o r e c e p t 5.2.DelayMenu Usethismenuto workon thesystems delaylines.
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OutputDelay onlydelaysthesignalofaspecificoutput. Also called ChannelDelay,outputdelay ismainlyused tocompensateforthe distance between differentblocksofthesamesoundsystem(forexample clusters)ortocorrect internalalignmentofaspeakerenclosurecomponents. 5.2.1InputDelay Usethismenu page toadjustthedelaylinesofInputA,Input B and SUM. I n p u t D e l a y I N A Thevaluescanbesetinthefollowingranges: INPUTDELAY I N A D E L A Y 7 7 m S step unit...
Thevaluescanbesetinthefollowingranges: OUTPUTDELAY 0 P 1 D E L A Y 2 9 2 u S u n i t range step 0 . 0 ~ 1 0 0 . 0 0 ~ 100000 0 ~ 2 9 1 0 ~ 2 9 1 2 7 1 Thevaluescanbesetinthefollowingranges: OUTPUTDELAY OUTPUT DELAY...
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I n p u t G a i n Allowstoadjusttheamplificationof the signalfedinthroughInputsAandB. Editingvalues areintherange +6dB~-30dB, with0.5dBsteps. I N A G A I N - 2 . 5 d B Note: Setting the inputsignalofadigitalunitisparticularlyimportant,much morethanonananalogunit,as any saturationoftheA/D converterduetoanexcessivelyhigh inputsignalcausesatypicalparticularlydistinct noise.To achieveagoodsignal/noiseratio,i.e.anup-front distortionfreesignal,feed a signalinonthe MAXI- DRIVE3.4'sinput andwatchthe INPUT LEVELA-B LEDladders.Keepthe signal quiteh...
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b. Centre Frequency / C utoff Frequency Allows tochoosethecentrefrequency ofthePeaking curveandNotchfilter,orthe cutofffrequencyofShelv- ing curves. I N A E Q 1 1 . 0 - 5 . 0 Notch Peaking LowShelving HighShelving c. Bandwidth AllowstochoosethewidthinoctavesofthePeakingorNotchtypecurve.ItsnotusedwithShelving curves. I N A E Q 1 1 .
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The valuescanbesetinthefollowingranges: 5.3.3Xover Low-passandhigh-passfilters. Madeupofacombinationofalow-passfilterandhigh-passfilter,thecrossoverallowstodivide the audiosignal into segments thatcanbeused bytheindividualsectionofasoundsystem(forexample High, Mid&Low). X o v e r EachXoverhas2slightlydifferentpages(oneforeachfilter),wherethename oftheoutput itaffects and the typeoffilterareshown. L P F h r u H P F h r u O P 1 1 k 0 0 H z 1 k 0 0 H z O u t p u t 1 - L o w P a s s F i l t e r O u t p u t 1 - H i g h P a s s F i l t e r...
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Each filterhasthefollowing editableparameters: Typeoffilter Allowstochoosethreedifferenttypes o f filter anddifferentattenuationslopes: Butterworth (But)at6,12, 18 or24dBper octave, Bessel (Bes)at12, 18or24dBper octave, Linkwitz-Riley (LR)a12,24or48dBperoctave. Bysettingthe Thru value,thefilterisdisabledandthesignal passeswithoutitsfrequency being al tered. L P F O P 1 B e s 2 k 0 0 Crossover frequency Allowstochoosethefiltercutoff frequency.
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5.3.4OutputEQ Output equalizer with 5 parametric filters. AlsocalledChannelEQ,allowstoalterthe tone o f eachindividualoutput. Thecharacteristics ofqualityandprogrammabilityareidenticaltothoseoftheInputEqualizerand enablethis unit to b e usedextremelyeffectivelyand flexibly. O u t p u t Eachequalizer has5pages(one perfilter),indicatingthenameoftheoutputiteffectsandthenumber ofthefilter. E Q 1 e a k O P 1 1 .
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Reverse:shiftsthephasethrough180 , invertingit. Normal:leavesthephaseunchanged ¢X O P 1 P O L A R I T Y O P 1 P O L A R I T Y N o r m e v e r Theeffectofthiscontrolissummedwiththatofthe £X parameterofthe filter( Xover-EDIT menu),which operateswith5 steps inarangeofbetween0 and180.
IMPORTANT! Enabling theLIMITER ona specificoutput alsochangestheway inwhichthelevel isdisplayed onthecorresponding LED ladder: In fact,thelevelshown onthisladderisnolongerthe"absolute"outputlevel, but thelevelof thesignalat-24dB,-12dB,-6dB comparedtothe LIMITER's threshold (orange LIMIT LED),no matterwhat thethreshold valueis. 5.4UTILITY Menu Thismenucomprisesaseriesofsubmenusthatallowtosetaseriesofsystemoptionsandaccesscertainutilities, such asthe control ofthe MultimediaMemory CARD orprotection againstaccidentalorunauthorizedchanges: menu Ganging InputGanging UTILITY OutputGanging Units...
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G a n g i n g ThepracticaluseoftheGangingfunctionconsistsin thepossibility ofeditingwithidenticalvaluestheparameters ofsimilarelements, carryingoutsingle(instead ofdouble)operations. For example,it's possible to setthesameDelayvalueor equalization onboth inputswithjustone operation; orsetidenticalXover parametersforthevariousoutputsfedtoa stereosoundsystem;oryetagain,enable the LIMITERsimultaneouslyon thetwooutputsdedicated to two mono stagemonitors. Thesystemautomatically recognizesincompatibleelementscontainedinthevariousconfigurationsandonly enables theGanging function whereit can effectivelybeused.Therefore,the Gangingfunctiondoesn'thave any effectontheMONOsetups.TheGangingfunctioncanbeenabled separatelyfor bothgroupsof inputand groups ofoutputs.
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b.OutputGanging Usedtoenable/disableGangingfunction ontheoutputs. Thesettingsare: Disabled Enabled O u t p u t G a n g i n g O u t p u t G a n g i n g O f f 5.4.2 UNITS SUBMENU Units DelayUnit L i m .
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5.4.3 Misc. Setupsubmenu Misc.Setup InputSelect OutputMeters Temperature WakeUp LCDContrast Usethissubmenutosetaseriesofsystemoptions. M i s c . S e t u p a.InputSelect Used tochoose inputs whichMAXIDRIVE3.4 shoulduse. Theoptions include: DigitalInputs AnalogInputs I n p u t S e l e c t I n p u t S e l e c t i g i t a l...
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c.Temperature Usedtokeyin thevalueoftheenvironmentaltemperatureof place ofinstallation. The systemuses thisvalue toautomaticallycompensate for thedifferentialsdueto the difference speedof soundTransmission accordingtothe airtemperature. This allowstosetthedelaysduringthe sound-checkandonlyhavetoresetthemautomaticallywhennecessary (Forexampleduring a concert, i n t h e event ofbig jumpsintemperature, etc.). The editingvaluesareinthefollowing ranges: +60 C ~ -30 C ¢...
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L o c k Thisfunctionisveryusefulwhenevereventemporarychangesortampering withthesettingsstoredinthesystem must beprevented.For example:fixedinstallationsusedbyseveraloperators(discotheques, clubs,conference halls,etc.),soundsystemrental,etc. Howtoenable protection £»Firstof all, choosetheprotectionmode: Twomodesareavailable: Total: Partial: all editingfunctions areblockedand only theparameters relativetotheInputs accesstothePRESETmenuis disabled canbeedited(Delay, Gain,EQ), allothereditingfunctionsareblocked andaccesstothePRESET menu disabled L O C K T o t a l L O C K P a s s w o r d P a s s w o r d...
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A 1 3 B 2 4 S 5 6 2 ¡Ñ 2 W + 2 M A X Note: alongside thesymbol ofTotal orPartialprotection,theletter mayalsoappear.Thismeansthatthesystem isprotected, but the PRESET in question has undergoneone ormorechanges that havenotyetbeen stored.Youcanhowever switchthesystemonandoffwithoutanyproblems,as thecurrentsettingsare keptin thebuffermemory.Nevertheless,ifthisisyourwork setup, it'sadvisableto store itinaPRESET. To unlockthe protection: £»...
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ATTENTION! Formatting cancelsany datacontainedintheCard. IntheMemoryCardsubmenu, press ENTER. F o r TheFormatCardpageappears PressENTER. £» The system formatsthe Carduntilitcommunicates that it h ascompleted. Thisoperationonlyrequiresafewseconds. TheCardisreadytobeused. F o r F o r F o r t i n g . . . F o r D o n e Note: intheevent of an error or a Card fault, ifthereisnoCardintheslotoriftheCardisremovedduring formatting,thedisplayshowsthefollowing message:...
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N E W T I D E TIDE TIDE A 1 0 2 DIGITALIN R S 4 8 5 O U T RS485IN R S 2 3 2 I N P U T B I N P U T A MAXIDRIVE3.4 3-WAYSTEREO DIGITALCROSSOVER SIGNAL POWER AUDIOMIXER...
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