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10. Use the belt clip to attach the iRig Acoustic Stage to your belt or your instrument’s shoulder strap.

11. iRig Acoustic Stage can also be used as a digital recording interface for computers. Just plug the USB 

Digital Audio Output to any computer equipped with recording software (for example Apple’s Garage 

Band) and you’ll be ready to record the guitar with a pristine full digital path. This will ensure professional 

quality recording results with a minimal effort and ultra quick setup. You can connect iRig Acoustic Stage 

to: Mac computers, Windows based computers, iOS devices (using a Camera Connection Kit accessory) 

and Android devices (using an OTG cable, not included). To connect iRig Acoustic Stage to a computer for 

recording you need a Micro USB to USB type A cable (not included). When connecting iRig Acoustic Stage 

to a computer using the USB port, iRig Acoustic Stage will be powered by the USB port. For this reason you 

don’t need batteries installed when using iRig Acoustic Stage this way.

Summary of Contents for iRig Acoustic Stage

Page 1: ...The Advanced Digital Microphone System for Acoustic Guitar USER MANUAL...

Page 2: ...ation and setup 4 Cancel feedback button 10 Tone button 11 Instrument calibration 12 Calibration process 12 Phase switch 14 AUX IN 15 Low battery indications 15 Specifications 16 Warranty 16 Support a...

Page 3: ...coustic Stage is to make your guitar sound exactly as if it was captured with a classic recording studio setup with a very simple clip on microphone that can be applied in seconds to any instrument Th...

Page 4: ...o have 2 sets of rechargeable AAs one in use and the other on charge and swap them every 2 3 gigs 2 Connect the iRig Acoustic microphone 3 Fix the microphone to your instrument If the soundboard of yo...

Page 5: ...t to the PA mixer or to an acoustic guitar amplifier as you would do with a normal acoustic electric guitar 5 Turn ON the unit Tip Always turn down the channel volume on the mixer or the volume of the...

Page 6: ...great results if your instrument already features an onboard undersaddle piezo pickup system you can also connect its output to iRig Acoustic Stage This will give more flexibility to your tone allowin...

Page 7: ...pletely clockwise When performing live with loud sets and depending on the type of sound you re after it might be useful mixing in a portion of the guitar s built in piezo pickup This will make the sy...

Page 8: ...ge output and it can be useful when playing in front of loud stage monitors to experiment with both positions to find the one that gives less feedback and a more solid tone 9 Use the volume knob to ad...

Page 9: ...will ensure professional quality recording results with a minimal effort and ultra quick setup You can connect iRig Acoustic Stage to Mac computers Windows based computers iOS devices using a Camera C...

Page 10: ...be feedback safe while performing is to follow these steps while setting the sound for the gig just raise the iRig Acoustic Stage channel volume slowly up to when the system starts to feedback Then w...

Page 11: ...nd a bit too harsh or edgy BRIGHT gives a brighter tone useful to have it cutting thought the mix in complex live setups All the three settings apply to both steel and nylon strung instruments Nylon w...

Page 12: ...d the typical situations when it is useful to perform the instrument calibration Instrument TYPE CALIBRATION Steel strings Dreadnought Optional will improve every instrument even if Factory Calibratio...

Page 13: ...how calibration clusters should be played Tip The fact that the calibration end results depends on how you play the calibration clusters is actually something very useful once you get used to it becau...

Page 14: ...e Tone button for at least 2 sec NOTE 1 the calibration process has a time out of 60 seconds After this time the process automatically ends NOTE 2 the calibration can start only if the microphone is c...

Page 15: ...zo pickup onstage in feedback critical situations with just a touch of the iRig Acoustic microphone mixed in to make it sounding way more acoustic and rich Use the MIX control to balance the tone betw...

Page 16: ...Signal to noise ratio 101 dB A MICROPHONE INPUT Connector female 2 5mm TS Jack AUX INPUT Connector unbalanced TS 1 4 Jack Tip signal Shield ground AUX Input Impedance 11kOhms active instruments only...

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Page 18: ...18 1 18 Tip 2 AA 2 iRig Acoustic 3 iRig Acoustic iRig Acoustic...

Page 19: ...19 4 iRig Acoustic Stage PA 5 iRig Acoustic Stage Tip ON OFF iRig Acoustic Stage...

Page 20: ...20 6 iRig Acoustic Stage iRig Acoustic Stage iRig Acoustic 7 iRig Acoustic Stage AUX MIX MIX 50...

Page 21: ...21 8 MIX iRig Acoustic 0 180 AUX AUX iRig Acoustic Stage 9 Tip...

Page 22: ...Rig Acoustic Stage 11 iRig Acoustic Stage USB GarageBand iRig Acoustic Stage Mac Windows iOS OTG iRig Acoustic Stage Micro USB to USB type A USB iRig Acoustic Stage USB iRig Acoustic Stage iRig Acoust...

Page 23: ...23 CANCEL FEEDBACK 10 1 10 2 3 2 Tip 1 iRig Acoustic Stage CANCEL FEEDBACK Tip 2 PA iRig Acoustic Stage CANCEL FEEDBACK...

Page 24: ...24 TONE NATURAL WARM BRIGHT Nylon NYLON TONE NATURAL WARM BRIGHT NYLON on NATURAL WARM BRIGHT NYLON off NATURAL LED iRig Acoustic Stage iRig Acoustic Stage...

Page 25: ...25 Jumbo Parlor 001 Dreadnought iRig Acoustic 1 TONE 2 2 2 LED TONE LED...

Page 26: ...26 3 6 Tip 4 TONE TONE LED...

Page 27: ...27 5 FEEDBACK CANCEL iRig Acoustic Stage 6 1 TONE 2 NOTE 1 60 NOTE 2 0 180 MEMS Piezo MEMS MEMS MEMS Piezo Piezo...

Page 28: ...28 AUX iRig Acoustic Stage AUX iRig Acoustic iRig Acoustic MIX CCW iRig Acoustic CW AUX iRig Acoustic PHASE iRig Acoustic Stage LED 2 LED...

Page 29: ...48 kHz 2xAA 12 AA 15 2000 mAh 30 Hz 20 kHz 101 dB A 2 5mm TS AUX TS 1 4 Tip AUX 11kOhms TS 1 4 Tip 50Ohms USB 1x Micro USB B type USB 48kHz 24bit www ikmultimedia com warranty www ikmultimedia com sup...

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