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THANK YOU

Thank you for joining the Dangerous Music family! You will receive years of reliable pleasue from our 

gear due to careful design, construction, and component choices by recording industry veterans.

The 

2-BUS-XT

 is designed to inspire your musical genes.  No matter if you’re on the road or in 

studio, 

2-BUS-XT

 allows you to create with unparalleled accuracy, headroom, stereo separation 

and soundstage- propelling composition, performance, mixing and mastering to new heights like 

Mallory up Everest. (At the time of writing this manual, the search for his camera was ongoing.)

Though the box is overwhelmingly simple in appearance, there are comprehensive tips and 

application notes in this user’s guide, so don’t skip the read. Crack a beer and get listening-

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President and Audio Outlaw 

ABOUT DANGEROUS MUSIC

Dangerous Music is composed exclusively of musicians, studio owners, producers and engineers 

– the very same group of people for whom Dangerous products are designed. That’s the magic: 

living the recording experience on both sides of the control room glass and constantly working to 

improve it. Without shareholders pimping profit at the expense of the artists (us!) using the gear.

From the inception, building to a “price point” was ignored in favor of: Audio Quality First. Our brain 

trust at Dangerous determines the product’s function, feature set and how to make it sound as 

transparent, musical and versatile as humanly possible. We build the gear we want to use.

Sacrifice Nothing®. This is our founding credo. The results are products that resurrect dynamic 

range, punch, intelligibility and emotion. These high-fidelity, uncompromising signal paths are 

achieved by harnessing over 30 years of Chris Muth’s design wizardry; creator of infamous custom 

black boxes for world class facilities like Hit Factory, Masterdisk, Absolute Audio and Sterling 

Sound Mastering.  He leads our design team into the future and once in beta, the critical listening 

skills of golden-eared luminaries are applied, with the result being musical tools that fulfill the 

actual needs of today’s flexible computer based studio. 

TRACK • MIX • MASTER

Summary of Contents for 2-BUS-XT

Page 1: ...2 BUS XT 2 BUS XT USER GUIDE USER GUIDE...

Page 2: ...pre empt trouble caused by heat and EMI 4 Care should be taken to avoid liquid spills around equipment If a spill occurs please shut off the gear and disconnect the mains A qualified technician should...

Page 3: ...products are designed That s the magic living the recording experience on both sides of the control room glass and constantly working to improve it Without shareholders pimping profit at the expense...

Page 4: ...BUS XT Front Panel Features Benefits 4 LED Metering 4 Mono Buttons 4 Effects Control Parallel Series Processing 5 Effects Control Assignment Engagement 5 Effects Control X FORMER III 6 Effects Contro...

Page 5: ...ected to a juggernaut of intensive listening trials then locked and loaded to deliver a tasteful hit of 2nd order harmonics for lower midrange warmth while preserving top end articulation Add complexi...

Page 6: ...ike Mogami to assure the best connections for all the gear in your studio ZERO OUT THE 2 BUS XT Power up the 2 BUS XT Set the SUM LEVEL TRIM to roughly 1 o clock Disengage the X FORMER III and COHEREN...

Page 7: ...by pressing the button so it lights up Try COHERENCE by engaging the button and turning the knob clockwise to increase the effect It s in parallel so the effected signal is turned up with the knob wh...

Page 8: ...industry standard of 18dBu per input 02 MONO BUTTONS MONO BUTTONS PICTURED ABOVE Feature Switch inputs 1 2 and or 9 10 from stereo to mono Benefit Center specific instruments straight up the middle o...

Page 9: ...MENT ENGAGEMENT EFFECTS ASSIGNMENT ENGAGEMENT CONTROLS PICTURED ABOVE Feature Both color options may be assigned to the mix buss or to mix stems 15 16 individually or together Benefit With the simple...

Page 10: ...ies generator 1 is in 2 BUS and 2 is in CONVERT AD Benefit The X FORMER III insert may be just the thing to fatten up a horn section guitars or vocals in a unique way compared to traditional EQs and c...

Page 11: ...it in the hooks to add excitement and lay back on the verses to alternate the song s tension and keep your listeners attention rapt 07 SUM LEVEL TRIM OUTPUT LEVEL TRIM STEPPED ATTENUATOR PICTURED ABO...

Page 12: ...bles when connecting your beloved audio gear i e Mogami 09 EXPANSION INPUTS EXPANSION INPUTS PICTURED ABOVE Feature Expand your 2 BUS XT by patching in another 2 BUS XT a 2 BUS or a D BOX here Benefit...

Page 13: ...onsole functionality executed here to the highest standards so that true A B comparisons before and after the print pass are effortless What you hear is what you ll commit Operation Patch accordingly...

Page 14: ...s cover Use 2 amp Slo Blo for 90 120V Americas and 1 amp Slo Blo for 200 240V Europe Switching fuses will not void your warranty Switching to inferior summing mixers will 2 BUS XT Routing Scenario 12...

Page 15: ...nce you know what you will be sending to them i e Drum Buss Background Vocals Effects etc Assign tracks from your session to these busses according to how you would like to split up your stems i e all...

Page 16: ...Dangerous 2 BUS XT ANALOG CABLE DIGITAL CABLE USB CABLE i n t e r f a c e i n t e g r a t i o n TO MONITOR CONTROLLER w w w d a n g e r o u s m u s i c c o m 8 4 5 2 0 2 5 1 0 0 i n f o d a n g e r o...

Page 17: ...r a t i o n w w w d a n g e r o u s m u s i c c o m 8 4 5 2 0 2 5 1 0 0 i n f o d a n g e r o u s m u s i c c o m ANALOG CABLE DIGITAL CABLE USB CABLE 2 BUS LT AD MONITOR ST CONVERT 8 x 2 FROM CONVER...

Page 18: ...ATION ANALOG CABLE DIGITAL CABLE USB CABLE w w w d a n g e r o u s m u s i c c o m 8 4 5 2 0 2 5 1 0 0 i n f o d a n g e r o u s m u s i c c o m CONVERT 8 CONVERT 8 CONVERT 8 2 BUS to ad converter to...

Page 19: ...D CONVERT 8 CONVERT 8 CONVERT 8 D BOX 2 BUS XT w w w d a n g e r o u s m u s i c c o m 8 4 5 2 0 2 5 1 0 0 i n f o d a n g e r o u s m u s i c c o m ANALOG CABLE DIGITAL CABLE USB CABLE FROM MIC PREAM...

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Page 21: ...ts published by chip manufacturers THD nominal mix setting 1KHz unweighted 22Hz to 22kHz 0 0018 10dBu in 6dB gain IMD nominal mix setting 0 0018 Crosstalk rejection 109dBu 1KHz Noise at Unity Gain 22H...

Page 22: ...h1 Ch2 Frequency Hz 20 30 50 100 200 300 500 1k 2k 3k 5k 10k 20k 30k 50k Level dBu 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 FFT Data Ch1 Ch2 Frequency Hz 20 30 50 100 200 300 500 1k 2k 3k 5...

Page 23: ...00000 kHz Data Ch1 Ch2 Frequency Hz 20 30 50 100 200 300 500 1k 2k 3k 5k 10k 20k 30k 50k Level dBu 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 FFT Data Ch1 Ch2 Frequency Hz 20 30 50 100 20...

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