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QUICK CHANNEL REFERENCE

FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

12

5

The LED intensity dynamically indicates the
amount of compression during play.

– This switch actives the

filter section described under point 6. This
function can be controlled remotely. Please refer
to the rear panel description of the remote jacks.

- The filter section contains three en-

hanced performance filters:

is a 'shelving' type 12dB/oct slope phase

compensated bass filter with a wide gain range.

has an frequency range of 100-4k

Hz. This filter facilitates total control over the
mids, with a wide bandwidth giving a natural
and non-peaking result. The

switch selects

higher gain and a narrow band for precise
control of the mids.

is a shelving type filter controlling

the higher mids and treble registers, giving
presence and ambience to the sound.

FILTER ACTIVE

FILTERS

BASS

HI MIDDLE

Hi-Q

TREBLE

5

6

7

Bass

Hi Mid

Hi Mid
HiQ

Treble

TUBE MODE

- This switch actives a pure tube

buffer providing a touch of the distinguished
warmth and depth of tubes. While reaching the
headroom limit, this buffer will provide a true
tube soft clip limiting function, useful for adding
those extra true tube harmonics.

C

LEAN

C

HANNEL

F

ILTERS

A

CTIVE

:

C

LEAN

C

HANNEL IN

D

RIVE

A

CTIVE

, B

YPASS

:

C

LEAN

C

HANNEL IN

D

RIVE

A

CTIVE

, F

ILTERS

A

CTIVE

:

C

LEAN

C

HANNEL IN

B

YPASS

:

D

RIVE

C

HANNEL

A

CTIVE

:

FAFNER XD MANUAL

Summary of Contents for Fafner II-XD EXTREME EDITION

Page 1: ...3 BROMMA SWEDEN 46 8 735 00 10 FAX 46 8 735 00 05 E MAIL ebs info bass se www ebssweden com WEB August 2010 Users Manual Contents Page Introduction 2 Getting Started 3 Front Panel Controls 4 Block Diagram 8 Page Rear Panel Connections 10 Channel Reference 12 Specifications 14 FAFNER XD MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...lf that all the traces were gone he transformed himself into a gigantic snakelike dragon and settled down to guard histreasure Reidmar Utter Regin Fafner F N K The raw power and cruelty of Fafner the Dragon is what EBS Sweden has incorporatedinournewBasshead The tube armed Fafner Basshead is targeting the sound conscious Bassplayers who know what they want the best possible sound EFFECTS LOOPS REM...

Page 3: ...e set fully counter clockwise besides the EQ controls marked BASS HI MID TREBLE MIDDLE and EDGE which should be set to mid position Make also sure all push switches are set to their outer positions Now the EBS Fafners settings are zeroed and ready to be personalized 3 Turn on the POWER switch Wait for approx 15 seconds before switching on the STANDBY switch to allow the tube to warm up 4 Plug in y...

Page 4: ... Control to adjust the instruments signal strength to the right operating level in the EBS Fafner For optimum basic signal level turn up the GAIN knob until the PEAK led starts flashing fromthestrongestsignalfromtheinstrument A low noise com pressor limiter that works fast and effectively tightening up the sound and preventing the bass head from saturating at peaks when approaching the headroom li...

Page 5: ...ing a natural and non peaking result The switch selects higher gain and a narrow band for precise controlofthemids is a shelving type filter controlling the higher mids and treble registers giving presenceandambiencetothesound FILTER ACTIVE FILTERS BASS HI MIDDLE Hi Q TREBLE 5 6 7 Bass Hi Mid Hi Mid HiQ Treble TUBE MODE This switch actives a pure tube buffer providing a touch of the distinguished ...

Page 6: ... after the gain and preshape filters In inner position the source is taken after the clean channel including all of the clean channel features filters compresssor and tubebuffer drive clean drive drive 8 9 10 11 REMOTES The EBS Fafner is equipped with two remote jacks for controlling with foot switches the functions on the front panel plus a mute function You may use the RM 4 pedal from EBS or any...

Page 7: ...uts mutes the line output and the balanced outputs The mute function can also be remotely controlled PRE EQ POST EQ Gnd Lift Pad Please refer to the rear panel description of the remote jacks Switchestheamponoroff POWER 1 9 7 10 1 5 6 7 2 3 4 11 2 3 4 6 8 5 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION REAR PANEL POST LOOP CLEAN CHANNEL LOOP DRIVE CHANNEL LOOP EFFECTS LOOP This serial loop is situated after the VOLUME c...

Page 8: ...BLOCK DIAGRAM 8 9 FAFNER XD MANUAL ...

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