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Dave Hill Designs EUROPA I Quick Start Manual

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EUROPA I
PREAMPLIFIER
QUICK START GUIDE
© 2011 Dave Hill Designs
version 20110201

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  • Page 1 EUROPA I PREAMPLIFIER QUICK START GUIDE © 2011 Dave Hill Designs version 20110201...
  • Page 2 This is a start of a manual; it is to provide some information on what to do with the color controls. At 0db gain the maximum input and output levels are+24dbu, this allows the Europa 1 to be used for signal processing in a mix.
  • Page 3 The level dependence is that same thing that happens with all vintage analog gear. This is not about making a color by adding a little LF boost or a little HF cut; it is changes in amplifier linearity. The microphone input has 3 input impedance choices which are 2.2K ohms for normal microphone operation, 300 ohm and a Hi-z choice for different microphone sounds.
  • Page 4 MIC IMPEDANCE HI-Z 2.2K OHMS HARMONICS 300 OHMS GAIN PHANTOM MIC GAIN 0 TO 66 DB POWER HI-Z GAIN 0 TO 30 DB SPEED HI-Z INSTRUMENT PHASE INPUT LOW CUT POWER 18 DB/OCTAVE MIC - INSTRUMENT EVEN SELECT HARMONICS...
  • Page 5 The top wave shape is a vocal recoding The bottom is the same slowed down by the Speed control; this is an extreme case to show the effect on the wave shape...
  • Page 6 FREQUENCY RESPONCE OF WITH THE SPEED CONTROL SET TO 1 NOTE: LOW LEVEL SIGNALS HAVE A NEAR FLAT RESPONCE HIGH LEVEL SIGNALS ARE CHANGED...
  • Page 7 EVEN HARMONIC DISTORTION WITH LEVEL...
  • Page 8 ODD HARMONIC DISTORTION WITH LEVEL...
  • Page 9: Low Cut Filter

    LOW CUT FILTER...