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JOEMEEK – the legend grows

About the Designer

The latest generation of Joemeek audio processors represents a 
quantum leap in the history of the Joemeek legend. Long regarded for 
its "Big Sound", the original Joemeek gear was both revered and 
reviled for its somewhat "quirky" nature. Now we have taken the best 
of what made the Joemeek products sound great, refined it, distilled it, 
added to it and repackaged it.

Properly and robustly engineered for predictable, controllable 
performance, the new range retains the famous Joemeek sound, with 
its wide, flat frequency response extending from subsonic to 
ultrasonic. It also uses genuinely low noise circuitry, with lots of 
headroom (immunity to overload). Accurate calibration and clear 
panel labeling, give you complete confidence in what's going on. 
While some equipment pays lip-service to quality and "professional 
rules" but fails to deliver, the new generation of Joemeek products is 
founded on good solid electronic and audio engineering, and easily 
withstands direct comparison with the very best names in pro audio.

The Joemeek range provides everything you need to get your 
performance across, whether playing live or recording.

The latest generation of Joemeek products has been designed by 
renowned audio electronics consultant Allan Bradford. With his 
background in physics and 30 years experience with the design of 
instruments, mixers, processors and amplifiers, Allan's unique range 
of expertise ensures that Joemeek remains at the forefront of music 
technology.

Controls at a Glance 

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Overview 

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Preamplifier ........................................................................10
Compressor ........................................................................10

Example Settings

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Troubleshooting 

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Technical Specification 

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Contents

Statement of WEEE Policy

PMI Audio Group manufactures many complete electronic 
products which are covered by the European Union’s “Waste 
Electric and Electronic Equipment” directive 2002/96/EC 
(WEEE). This directive seeks to ensure that waste electric and 
electronic equipment is disposed of in an environmentally 
responsible manner, at the end of its life cycle. PMI Audio 
Group takes seriously its obligations under this directive to 
take back WEEE-affected products and, from 13th August 
2005, will mark all such products with the crossed-out wheeled 
bin symbol.

Business to Business products: PMI Audio Group will cost-
neutrally take back WEEE-affected electric and electronic 
equipment in this category, from 1st January 2006. PMI Audio 
Group will work with disposal and recycling partners working 
within the EU. The waste electric and electronic equipment can 
then be turned over to a disposal and recycling companies in 
the countries concerned.
Business to Customer products: emerging electric and 
electronic equipment will be disposed of by local authorities' 
collection systems.
Dual Use products: this equipment will be disposed of by local 
authorities' collection systems.

PMI Audio Group manufactures complete electronic products 
which are covered by the European Union’s “Removal of 
Hazardous Substances” directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS). This 
directive seeks to eliminate toxic substances from the 
manufacturing process, such that when equipment is disposed 
of at the end of its life cycle, the materials it contains do not 
contaminate the environment and pose health risks. Banned 
substances are lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent 
chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and poly-
brominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE). Lead is used together 
with tin in solder connections to reduce the melting point of 
solder. Lead-free solder requires higher soldering 
temperatures which in turn places greater thermal stress on 
components.

PMI Audio Group takes seriously its obligations under the 
RoHS directive and insists that its factories use only 
components that are certified RoHS compliant, as well as lead-
free solder. In a very few cases the necessary components 
may not yet be available to the world market but we work 
continuously to eliminate any such exceptions at the earliest 
opportunity. Our printed Circuit Boards (PCB’s) and all 
soldered joints have been lead-free since 2005.

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RoHS

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Statement of RoHS Compliance

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Summary of Contents for FloorQ

Page 1: ...TM TM JOEMEEK DISTRIBUTED BY PMI AUDIO GROUP 1845 W 169th Street Gardena CA 90247 USA Place Stamp Here Q Joemeek User Guide visit us on the web at joemeek com ...

Page 2: ...77 563 6335 fax 310 323 0900 email info joemeek com UK Unit 4 Minerva Court Woodland Industrial Estate Torquay TQ2 7BD tel 44 0 1803 612700 fax 44 0 1803 612009 email info joemeek com Joemeek is manufactured and marketed under the direction of Written by Allan Bradford MSc ...

Page 3: ...TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICINGTO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to person...

Page 4: ...posed of in an environmentally responsible manner at the end of its life cycle PMI Audio Group takes seriously its obligations under this directive to take back WEEE affected products and from 13th August 2005 will mark all such products with the crossed out wheeled bin symbol Business to Business products PMI Audio Group will cost neutrally take back WEEE affected electric and electronic equipmen...

Page 5: ...mpression COMPRESS sets the level of signal or threshold above which the signal starts to be compressed ATTACK sets how quickly the compressor responds to peaks above threshold RELEASE sets the time taken for the signal to return to its normal size after compression In general the longer the time the less obvious the compression FOOTSWITCH turns the compressor on and off The blue LED lights when a...

Page 6: ...s a static amount of amplification to restore the level of the signal after compression Correctly adjusted there will be no change in perceived volume as the footswitch is operated How the compressor behaves depends on the style and volume of playing So experiment with the controls with different kinds of material to discover the range and depth of effects that can be achieved Use the footswitch t...

Page 7: ...h eg the input signal is too small Is the noise already present in the input signal Try unplugging the guitar Is the OUTPUT control too high eg when lots of compression is being used 6 Sounds distorted Is the INPUT control too high When using the compressor is the RELEASE control set too low Input impedance 6 8Mohm Pre amp gain 0dB to 20dB variable Compression ratio slope 1 1 to 10 1 Compressor at...

Page 8: ...vided in paragraph 1 above or continued use of the product shall constitute an unqualified acceptance of such Product and a waiver by Purchaser of all claims thereto 3 Exceptions to Limited Warranty PMI shall have no liability or obligation to Purchaser with respect to any Product subjected to abuse negligence accident modification failure of the end user to follow the operating and maintenance pr...

Page 9: ...ER REASON WHATSOEVER Information in this User Guide is subject to change without notice No part of this User Guide may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical or by any other means for any purpose without the express written permission of PMIAudio Group PMIAudio Group may have trademarks copyrights or other intellectual property rights covering the subject ma...

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