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MULTIGATE PRO XR4400 User Manual

Table of Contents

Important Safety Instructions ...................................... 3
Legal Disclaimer ............................................................. 3
Limited Warranty ........................................................... 3
1.  Introduction ............................................................... 5

1.1  Technical background ....................................................... 5

2.  The Design Concept .................................................. 7

2.1  High quality components and design......................... 7
2.2  Inputs and outputs ............................................................ 7

3.  Installation ................................................................. 7

3.1  Rack mounting ..................................................................... 7
3.2  Mains voltage ....................................................................... 7
3.3  Audio connections ............................................................. 7

4.  Controls ...................................................................... 8

4.1  The front panel control elements ................................. 8
4.2  The rear panel elements .................................................. 9

5.  Technical Background ............................................... 9

5.1  EXPANDER mode ................................................................ 9
5.2  Interactive control functions .......................................... 9
5.3  FLEXLINK function ............................................................ 11
5.4  The SIDECHAIN filter ........................................................ 11

6.  Applications ............................................................. 11

6.1  Basic setting ........................................................................ 11
6.2  Proper positioning of microphones .......................... 12
6.3  Applications  ...................................................................... 13

7.  Specifications ........................................................... 13

Summary of Contents for MULTIGATE PRO XR4400

Page 1: ...User Manual MULTIGATE PRO XR4400 Reference Class 4 Channel Expander Gate...

Page 2: ...nputs and outputs 7 3 Installation 7 3 1 Rack mounting 7 3 2 Mains voltage 7 3 3 Audio connections 7 4 Controls 8 4 1 The front panel control elements 8 4 2 The rear panel elements 9 5 Technical Backg...

Page 3: ...all remainreadilyoperable TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND APPEARANCES ARE SUBJECTTO CHANGEWITHOUT NOTICE AND ACCURACY IS NOT GUARANTEED BEHRINGER IS PART OFTHE MUSIC GROUP MUSIC GROUP COM ALLTRADEMARKS A...

Page 4: ...erationoftheunitinanyway thatdoesnotcomplywiththetechnicalorsafety regulationsapplicableinthecountrywherethe productisused damage defectscausedbyactsofGod Nature accident fire flood etc oranyothercond...

Page 5: ...es can lead to unwanted triggering of the gate The built in parametric sidechain filter of the MULTIGATE PRO allows the user to accurately select the frequencies causing the trouble so that the device...

Page 6: ...program material continuously and has a certain threshold level With compression in contrast to the action of a limiter signals are not reduced in level abruptly once the threshold has been exceeded...

Page 7: ...please do not return it to us but notify your dealer and the shipping company immediately otherwise claims for damage or replacement may not be granted Shipping claims must be made by the consignee Pl...

Page 8: ...ch makes it easier to tune the filter by ear PleasenotethattheMONITORswitchdisablesthechannel saudiosignal 5 Use the THRESHOLD control to set the threshold point of the expander gate function within a...

Page 9: ...OUTPUTS FULLY BALANCED TIP PIN 2 RING PIN 3 SLEEVE PIN 1 ALL INPUTS OUTPUTS FULLY BALANCED TIP PIN 2 RING PIN 3 SLEEVE PIN 1 ALL INPUTS OUTPUTS FULLY BALANCED TIP PIN 2 RING PIN 3 SLEEVE PIN 1 ALL IN...

Page 10: ...s an additional hold time parameter is indispensable to prevent the gate from switching off and back on during signal pauses 5 2 3 IAC circuit Interactive Attack Control The MULTIGATE PRO features an...

Page 11: ...press the COUPLE switches of channel 2 and 3 5 4 The SIDECHAIN filter Each channel has a parametric filter whose frequency and quality bandwidth can be set precisely This tunable filter allows you to...

Page 12: ...2 The expander function In contrast to the gate function the expander triggers a continuous attenuation of the signal as soon as it has dropped below the threshold RATIO control With the MODE switch...

Page 13: ...drum to piano tracks or clean your recordings from other acoustic pollution If you do not have enough microphones or MULTIGATE PRO to record each instrument separately try forming so called subgroups...

Page 14: ...unction switch Power Supply Mains Voltages USA Canada 120 V 60 Hz U K Australia 240 V 50 Hz Europe 230 V 50 Hz General Export Model 100 120 V 200 240 V 50 60 Hz Power Consumption max 20 Watts Fuse 100...

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