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Page 1: ... EE World Wide Music OPTIMA PROFESSIONAL 24 BIT DIGITAL AUDIO PHOCESOH I I 1 5 _ I _ _l I fit Ei l r 1 I I It iii II OWNER S MANUAL i ENGLISH ITALIANO ...

Page 2: ...IRE ELECTRIC SHOCK OR INJURY TO PERSONS WARNING To REDUCE THE RISK oi FIRE on ELECTRIC SHOCK oo NOT E PDSE THIS Paooucr To RAIN on MOISTURE EARTHING GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS This product must be earthed grounded lf it should function badly or breakdown earthing grounding provides the lowest resistance path to reduce the risk of electric shock It is supplied with a mains lead power cord containing an...

Page 3: ...e label on the instrument This label contains all electrical data waming messages and identification data PLUG POLARIZATION This product may be equipped with a polarized plug one blade wider than the other This is a safety feature if you are unable to insert the plug into the wall socket contact an electrician to replace your obsolete wall socket Do not defeat the safety purpose of the plug The ma...

Page 4: ... and has been Equipped with various types of screening designed to provide reasonable erfllilliilll E Eliliflfil such interference in a residential installation _ However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in any particular instailation _ _ _ it this equipment does appear to cause interference with radio and W which can be determined btil Ewliching it oft to see lI the interferenc...

Page 5: ... values can be a useful instrument in the creation of special effects especially when used with drums and other percussive instruments LIMITER In the same way as the Compressor the Limiter is a very necessary function used to accurately control the dynamics of the input signals The way in which it works though is radically different as the Limiter immediately sets the dynamic range of the input si...

Page 6: ...o be processed Protessional quality completely programmable effects Senal interface RS 232 and MIDI for connection to computer and keyboards Expansion connector for connection to digital audio equipment 5i F i3iF ADAT PC and Mac software 20 bit Sigma Delta i JD and DIA converters oversampling 641125 times sampling rate 4BkH bandpass 20H 20kH 2i li 32 bit intemai processor XLR and TRS jack connecto...

Page 7: ...f which the OPTIMA makes use or sets the unit in the edit mode COMPRESSOR Pressing this button will give access to the COMPRESSOR algorithm in the OPTIMA and the dsplay will show the available presets that can be selected by means of the DIAL Knob 5 on the right of the panel LIMITER This button activates the LIMITER function in the OPTIMA MULTI When this button is pressed the MULTI algorithm is ac...

Page 8: ... operating mode in which the unit is currently operating EXIT also functions as an LJNDO enabling the last operation carried out to be annulled BYPASS The audio input and output of the OPTIMA are connected together when this button is pressed to enter the BYPASS mode excluding any intervention by the internal DSP ENTER This button is used to carry out various operations and generally to confirm a ...

Page 9: ...directly to a PC or MAC computer The software driver should be included with the OPTIMA if this proves not to be so contact your retailer MIDI These DIN connectors permit the OPTIMA to be connected toa computer musical instrument MIDI pedalboard in order to change the presets or modulate the parameters from a sequencer or a MIDI controller IN Connect this socket to the MIDI OUT of another MIDI uni...

Page 10: ...ets with the DIAL Knob 5 3 1 HOW TO SELECT A PHESET Once an algorithm has been selected by pressing the relative button use the DIAL Knob 5 to scroll through the various presets available the names of which will be shown in the display immediately after the selected algorithm and just before the Preset number CMP for compressor Lllvl for limiter MULTI for the algorithms chained together EHN for En...

Page 11: ...o be modified The list of the parameters that can be edited for each algorithm is in EDITABLE PARAMETERS in the TABLES Section 6 of this manual 4 HOW TO MODIFY VALUE OF A PARAMETER Once the parameter to be modified has been selected press ENTER for access to its value The value of the parameter shows on the display preceeded by VALUE and followed by the name of the parameter The led on the SAVE bu...

Page 12: ... parameters without making any changes The functions and the parameters of UTILITIES are as follows 1 2 3 4 5 B I2 PORT SELECTION The display shows SEL PORT and enables the selection between the Serial RS 232 Port and the MIDI Ports to be made MIDI EDIT Enables you to select the operation in the OMNI ON mode or to select the MIDI channel on which the OPTIMA will receive the program data and contro...

Page 13: ...s the number of the preset selected allowing tables show the type of effect that corresponds to each num I ___LIl IIITEFI C1 ClCl I J A 3 T 1 SOFT 2 MEDI_llI_Ivl 1 ber ME_D_lUIvl 2 _ _s_Taoi is 1 sraoivc 2 ACOUSTIC DRUM VOCAL SPEECH Nl lMBER___ _ ENHAI ICER D1 LOUDNESS 1 D2 D3 LOUDNESS 1 LOUDNESS 1 Louonessi D4 D5 E LOUDNESS 1 oe T ENHANC D1 D AIR VOCALS DB HIGH cut _D9 H Low cur 10 I _DEI lDlSER ...

Page 14: ...a 0 a e Limiter High Th step corr Da D a DaOa 11 iR r i 3 j3 _Inu i _ I L_L mm P Iin Iii I5 DDDJTHJPO l Dt iJ CDCDODOD Ii I5 I51 Iii I ht Limiter Low Th step corr ight Limiter High Th step corr Da O a e volume low band De El H e volume hih band DH U H iht volume low band DB I3 3 iht volume hih band DA U A MIX VALORE ODNTROLLO eft Limiter Th step corr Da D a 24 I ht Limiter Th step corr Da O a 24 e...

Page 15: ...Da 3 a B filtor parametrico di ingresso Da 3 a I tor parametrico di ingresso Da 3 a B filtor parametrico di ingresso Da 3 a DENOISER CDNTRDLLO vetus e Threshold Da D a I htThreshold Da O a 71 e Release Da O a 1 Right Release Da D a 27 eff Attack Da 0 a I htAttack Da O a 12 I tri HP e LP destri e sinistri Da 3 a T A I 1 r I I I G E O II i _ II _ in _ E 1 __ __ _ i _i fie I l AGC CDNTRDLLD vetoes atu...

Page 16: ...rijigeeeigir AIJIIIIOI 24 hit CDBIIIOIBFIIS SEDDII I AG OP A tomatic Gain Contr _ L i l so bit 5 Igl TIEi EIBIIEI oversampling 64 1128 times Sampling Frequency 43 KHZ DISPI RY Type 3 CI IEII EtCI EI LED DISDIHY v REOUIREMENTS 53 9 SUPPL ioo 12o v ec 2oo 24o v ec so so Hz Power Consumption 1 3 Walls Power Connector Standard IEC connector PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS Size H x L x D 44 x 483x EDD mm Weigh...

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