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- Page 1 BETTERMAKER EQ 542 Operations Manual Addicted To Music Wał Miedzeszyński 384 Warszawa 03-994Phone: +48 604649220 info@bettermaker.eu, www.bettermaker.eu...
- Page 2 The Bettermaker crew would like to thank all the people that were deeply involved in the development of our first product, the EQ 230P. This product started our concept that leeded us to EQ 542. Thank you for the insight and inspiration you gave us to make it even better.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Important Safety Information I. Introduction II. Standards, Use and Alignment III. Hardware IV. Front Panel V. Software VI. DAW Integration VII. EQ Filter Sections in Depth XI. Contact info / RMA warranty... -
Page 4: Important Safety Information
Practical Safety Precautions Do not operate the Bettermaker EQ542 underwater, uncovered in the rain, in a sauna, or anyplace near water. (We know your shower is the greatest reverb chamber ever created). In such cases we advise the use of long cable runs (preferably balanced) from the control room to minimize potential harm to both body and equipment. -
Page 5: Introduction
We developed the Bettermaker EQ542 to give us the speed of plugins, but the fidelity of analog. In the traditional analog world the time spent in the act of having to set and reset knobs and buttons to audition between settings often skewed our choices. -
Page 6: Standards, Use And Alignment
EQ, we believe you will find new uses and applications for it in your professional workflow. You may never want to be without it. The Bettermaker 542 is a stand alone module to be installed into an API 500 series compatible rack frame (sold seperatly). -
Page 7: Front Panel
IV. Front Panel The Bettermaker EQ542 front panel is divided into 2 main sections and a clip indicator. To keep a clean and modern design aesthetic. All knobs are machined out of solid aluminum and are securely mounted to the detented digital encoders. -
Page 8: Clip Indicators
Clip Indicators Two red LEDs illuminate if the headroom has been exceeded. This can occur by driving a signal too hard into the EQ, or by applying too much boost in any of the bands. Clip detectors are located at the output of the filter stage. - Page 9 Presets On the lower right corner is the section (pictured above), which saves and recalls the entire state of the PRESET unit. The multi-purpose knob can rotate as a digital encoder and be pressed as a menu selector button in tandem with the 3-digit LED Read-out.
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Page 10: Software
V. Software The sound of an equalizer is of course based on the quality of its hardware design. This unique equalizer is also a hybrid; all control and user interaction are performed in the digital software realm. This allows us to incorporate options and possibilities not found in any standard analog equalizer—including: •... - Page 11 Display Codes The LED display in the preset section gives feedback to all the user actions: Yes/No overwrite dialogs, save- state memory, the current value of a rotating knob, which state is loaded or if a change has been made to the current active state.
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Page 12: Daw Integration
EQ. The current preset of the EQ will save every time you save the project in your D.A.W. So, you will never have to remember about saving it again. Just open your plugin, set the Bettermaker as you like and your done. -
Page 13: Unit Address
1. You can use multiple Bettermaker units with one host and use them in one project where every unit will have its own selected plugin. This way you can, for example, have a 10 slot 500 rack filled with 5 Bettermaker EQs and have 10 channels of analog correction controlled with plugins! 2. -
Page 14: Eq Filter Sections In Depth
We’ve put a large amount of time, effort, money, and listening tests into the research and development of the analog stages of the Bettermaker EQ542. We feel that it represents one of the best values, highest fidelity, and newest methods of working available in audio today. We set out to make a product that broke new ground, an equalizer with the highest sonic quality, ease of use, and a full pallet of sound shaping tools to allow engineers to make the best-sounding record. - Page 15 EQ1 slopes at 500 Hz: 0.2, 0.4, 0.7, 1, 1.3, 1.6, 2, 2.5 and 3 Octaves EQ1 boost and cut are perfectly symmetrical EQ1/2 Band Overlap and Interaction The EQ1 and EQ2 bands overlap within a small range of 650 Hz to 1 kHz. Within this range it is possible for the two bands to directly interact.
- Page 16 IX. Product Specifications Bettermaker EQ542 Performance (actual unit measured balanced with Audio Precision Portable One) Model EQ542P Frequency response -0.5 dB @ 10 Hz, -3 dB @ 100 kHz THD 1 kHz @ +12 dBu 0.008% Unity gain balanced: 0 dB; unbalanced -6 dB...
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Page 17: Contact Info / Rma Warranty
Web: www.bettermaker.eu Warranty: Addicted to Music warrants to the purchaser of a new Bettermaker EQ542 that the unit is free from manufacturing defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the original date of purchase. Addicted to Music’s sole obligation under this warranty shall be to provide, without charge, parts and labor necessary to remedy defects, if any, which appear within one (1) year from the original date of purchase.
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