User's Manual
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Tip: , Run your final mixdown into the aes/spdif or usb input and toggle between sum and the final.
Feature: Both usb & aes/spdif buttons are digital inputs that feed separate (but equal) D/A converters.
Benefit: Monitoring from the same D/A allows mix decisions to be made, unbiased by different converters. Switch effortlessly from
the reference track playing on Tidal, iTunes, Spotify or YouTube through the USB to the your final mixdown connected via
aes/spdif.
Feature: Audition music from a bluetooth device.
Benefit: Fit of inspiration, client needs to share an idea, just some casual listening? Pair your device with the d-box
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. (Refer to
bluetooth audio & remote control setup for iphone for instructions.)
Feature: The analog switch selects the analog input source from the rear panel.
Benefit: Connect all sorts of devices here! Samplers, synths, drum machines, an iPod, virtual instruments, a Sound Effects Library or
two track editor fed from an alternative computer output, a mixer or another summing mixer like a 2-bus-lt or the 2-bus
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.
Tip: , The input may be set to receive either +4dBu or -10dBV analog devices (see: the analog input section).
Note: This functionality is also available from your device (i.e. Phone, Tablet, Laptop...). See Remote Section.
16. HEADPHONES SELECTOR (INDIVIDUAL OR ADDITIVE MODE)
Feature: individual mode allows you to choose between five (yes, 5!) different input sources. analog (“analogue” if you’re British),
sum, bluetooth, usb and aes/spdif.
Benefit: Toggle between 5 input sources, one at a time. For example, switch from iTunes/Tidal via usb and your final mix via aes/
spdif and your client’s rough mix via bluetooth. (This is the default setup.)
Feature: additive mode allows you to select multiple input sources simultaneously.
Benefit: Select or deselect any combination of the headphone sources to audition more than one input together (analog, sum,
bluetooth, usb and aes/spdif). For example: trying to track your guitar riff and emulate the vibe from the demo? Play the
demo track on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, SoundCloud... via usb while monitoring your guitar riffing being recorded by your
interface and back out through the sum section. Match up a feel from a loop your client’s dropped on you via bluetooth
while massaging the track around it real time in your favorite DAW through the usb input.
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is everything Dangerous: peerless
sound quality, indispensable feature set, intuitive
ergonomics and impressive looks.”
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Producer, Mixer
14 POWER & SWITCHING
Feature: Three pin IEC cable.
Benefit: Simple to replace if lost or stolen by a jealous bandmate.
Feature: Switching power supply auto detects voltage.
Benefit: Travel with your favorite gear anywhere in the world while spreading the audio truth.
Operation: Unit ships with voltage appropriate fuse value. To change it, use a screwdriver to gently pry the mains inlet module’s cover
open and insert the correct voltage. Fuses for the alternate voltage are included in the shipping box.
Tip:
, The power switch is on the inlet module. Seat the AC cable completely and use properly grounded power mains for safe
and quiet operation.
Tip: , If the d-box
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will not power on and the power is known to be good, check the fuses under the inlet module’s cover.
Use 2 amp slo-blow for 120V (America) and 1 amp slo-blow for 240V (Europe).
Front Panel
15. INPUT SELECT BUTTONS (ANALOG, SUM, BLUETOOTH AUDIO, USB, AES/SPDIF)
Overview: Think about it. You have the ability to monitor five different inputs. Digital and analog. In headphones and the control room.
Separate options for each. You can also send those out a dedicated line out.
Backdrop: Analog summing provides increased headroom and the sonic space required to achieve top flight mixes. Your digital
subgroups (or “stems”) are sent out of your session via your interface (D/A converters) to the eight analog summing inputs,
providing increased headroom, dimensionality and clarity. No more collapsing mixes from routing everything into a single
digital fader. You’ll benefit from precision panning, clear reverbs and delay tails, punchier bass, detailed mids and open top
end. Do you require even more channels of analog summing? Simply expand with the Dangerous Music 2-bus-lt or the
2-bus
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Feature: The
sum switch selects monitoring from the stereo summing mix output. (i.e. the summed combination of the 8 inputs).
Benefit: Hear your mix BEFORE it hits external processing or A/D conversion.