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Welcome 

Thank you for making Fishman a part of your acoustic experience.

It is our goal to provide you with the finest acoustic amplification 

products available: high-quality, professional-grade musicians’ tools

that empower you to sound your very best. We are confident that 

the sound you can achieve with the Onboard Aura will enhance 

and inspire your music making. 

Overview

The Onboard Aura bridges the gap between the beauty of pure 

studio sound and the convenience of plugging in. With the Onboard

Aura, you’ll discover unexpectedly realistic acoustic guitar sound 

from a pickup, with tone quality you thought you could only hear 

from a top-shelf microphone in an ideal studio environment.

The Fishman Onboard Aura system uses powerful Acoustic 

Sound Image algorithms prepared especially for this instrument 

to seamlessly adjust the “view” of the pickup so the pickup sees 

the guitar in the same way a microphone does, with all the subtle

acoustic nuances intact. 

Although the Onboard Aura is technologically advanced, we offer 

it to you with a refreshingly organic approach. When you plug in, 

you’ll feel and hear the true acoustic, unamplified sound of your 

guitar, only louder. 

With the Onboard Aura, we create totally custom Acoustic Sound

Images especially for the guitar you have before you, so you can 

be assured that your plugged-in tone will precisely match your 

Onboard Aura

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Summary of Contents for Onboard aura

Page 1: ...User s Guide User s Guide Fishman Onboard Aura www fishman com www martinguitar com...

Page 2: ...quality you thought you could only hear from a top shelf microphone in an ideal studio environment The Fishman Onboard Aura system uses powerful Acoustic Sound Image algorithms prepared especially fo...

Page 3: ...phone from the equation and replacing it with six sophisticated Acoustic Sound Images created for your guitar in a professional recording studio environment Is it modeling Acoustic Sound Imaging and m...

Page 4: ...ase the volume to a comfortable level and use the Image Select knob to browse through the Acoustic Sound Images Refer to the Acoustic Sound Image Reference Chart online to identify the microphone and...

Page 5: ...to Play When you switch to Play you freeze the tone settings for the last selected Sound Image s When you return to Edit your bass mid and treble settings for the Sound Image s will not change until...

Page 6: ...d on the underside of the preamp just below the battery compartment Use this control in conjunction with the VU meter to set a clean and quiet input level To turn on the VU meter press the Tuner butto...

Page 7: ...the endpin jack indicating that the power is on Some ask Why is there no conventional pilot light that stays on when I plug in We find that a steadily lit LED devours too many precious hours of batter...

Page 8: ...ated with each Sound Image Volume For the cleanest noise free sound set the volume as high as possible without causing your amp or mixer to distort Tuner Plug an instrument cable into the endpin jack...

Page 9: ...oth Tone Controls The Bass Mid and Treble controls can be set independently for both the pickup and the Sound Images Flashes when the note is below pitch Also denotes negative polarity when the pickup...

Page 10: ...Play the three tone controls will affect only the pickup signal Much of your useful equalization will be performed on the pickup in Play mode Note that when you switch to Edit you freeze the tone sett...

Page 11: ...lected Acoustic Sound Image Push the Phase switch in and out several times until you find the position that sounds best and subdues feedback Relative Phase Pickup Phase To change the character of your...

Page 12: ...will remember this offending frequency even when you turn the circuit off on until you push the Measure button again The Anti Feedback feature is a global parameter and will apply to both the pickup a...

Page 13: ...dBV Digital image signal path 77 dBV Dynamic Range 85 8 dB Referenced to onset of clipping A weighted Frequency response 40Hz 20 kHz Tone controls flat 3dB relative to 1kHz 100k load Bass control Freq...

Page 14: ...ondenser Close 2 DPA 4011 Sm Diaphragm Condenser Close 3 Schoeps CMT 156 Sm Diaphragm Condenser Close 4 Soundelux E47 Lg Diaphragm Condenser Far 5 Neumann M147 Lg Diaphragm Condenser Far 6 Earthworks...

Page 15: ...ndenser Close 2 Shure Beta 58A Dynamic Close 3 Soundelux E47 Lg Diaphragm Condenser Close 4 Soundeluxe E47 Lg Diaphragm Condenser Far 5 DPA 4011 Sm Diaphragm Condenser Close 6 Earthworks QTC 30 Omni C...

Page 16: ...QTC 30 Sm Diaphragm Condenser Close 6 Schoeps CMC 64 Pair Sm Diaphragm Condenser X Y Close JC 16ME Aura Image Microphone Type Position 1 Soundeluxe E47 Lg Diaphragm Condenser Far 2 Neumann M147 Lg Dia...

Page 17: ...efaults 1 Unplug the guitar and move all the tone sliders to the center detent position 2 Press and hold the Tuner and Measure buttons simultaneously 3 Plug in the guitar Continue to hold the Tuner Me...

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