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Summary of Contents for INSIGNA 500 SERIES

Page 1: ...ING SHAPING EQ WITH 3 BANDS HI CUT AND LOW CUT FILTERS LTD VER 1 0 2117 East 5th Street Superior WI 54880 USA tel 715 398 3627 fax 715 398 3279 www cranesong com 2015 Crane Song LTD Subject to change without notice Printed in the U S A ...

Page 2: ...ots are high quality Grayhill series 56 Rotary Switches and Bourn pots for the gain The Frequencies Let s have a closer look at the frequency ranges you ll get to work with The high pass filter ranges from 25 Hz to 150 Hz 25 40 50 60 90 120 150 and the low pass filter from 6kHz to 20 kHz 6 7 5 9 10 5 12 15 20 The filters will give you enough power to clean up low rumble tidy up the low end on LF c...

Page 3: ...LOW PASS FILTER HF GAIN MF GAIN LF GAIN BYPASS HF FRQUENCY MF FRQUENCY LF FRQUENCY HIGH PASS FILTER ...

Page 4: ...d won t generate too much heat However make sure that your 500 series rack is always well ventilated When it comes to the rack s power supply it really pays to invest in a decent and stable one This way you won t run into trouble if some of your 500 series modules draw more power potentially leaving other slots underpowered The insignia s shielded output transformer will help reduce crosstalk and ...

Page 5: ...ments This will also allow you to dial in some extra thump anywhere between 40 and 100 Hz Combine this with a healthy cut in the 250 Hz area to get rid of the mud and cardboard sound add a touch of bite somewhere near 5kHz for some beater click if so desired and you re well underway to a killer kick sound If you ve miked the kick from a slight distance then you can use some of that Low Pass roll o...

Page 6: ...in the track versus the kick drum That relationship will define what you do with the low frequencies You can kick the MID band in to either get some of that extra harmonic content to make the bass sing in the case of P bass near the 800 Hz mark or you may need it to get more slap out of a funky bass part Once again the high roll off can be employed to discard some of those pesky string squeaks and...

Page 7: ...ve you the power to creatively alter these sounds and make them sound more unique than just some template DAW sounds Even the real deal instruments can be turned into exciting song components when you push the Insigna to its limits Try boosting more than you normally would on bland key or synth sounds and let the tube create some second harmonic distortion for you Maybe that Hammond isn t growling...

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Page 10: ...LOW CUT FILTER TUBE AMP HI LOW SHELF EQ TUBE AMP MID EQ HI CUT FILTER BALANCED INPUT TRANSFORMER OUTPUT SIGNAL FLOW ...

Page 11: ... Impedance 32K ohms Output Impedance 160 ohms Current Consumption 120mA Weight 1 7 lbs Number of Channels 1 Number of EQ Sections 37 SWITCHED RANGES High Pass 7 Flat Low Pass 7 Flat Low Shelf 8 10 Hz 200 Hz Mid Bell 8 150 Hz 7 2 kHz High Shelf 8 3 2 kHz AIR Bypass Switch True Bypass Hard Bypass Thanks to Wes Maebe for writing this manual ...

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