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JOEMEEK reborn – the legend grows

About the Designer

The Next Generation of Joemeek studio 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 metering, 
together with clear panel labelling, 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 Next Generation Joemeek 
products are founded on good solid electronic and audio engineering, 
and withstand direct comparison with the very best names in mixers 
and outboard gear.

The Joemeek range provides everything you need to get your 
performance onto tape/disc.

The Next Generation of Joemeek has been completely re-engineered 
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.

mc2 Controls at a Glance

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Overview

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Preamplifier........................................................................10
Insert Point .........................................................................10
VU Meter.............................................................................10
Compressor........................................................................11
GR Meter............................................................................13
GR Hold..............................................................................13
Stereo Width.......................................................................13
Outputs...............................................................................13

Using the mc2

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Getting Connected...............................................................14
Using the Preamp................................................................14
Using the Compressor.........................................................14
Using the GR Hold...............................................................15
Using the Stereo Width.........................................................15
Using the insert Point...........................................................15

Troubleshooting

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Technical Specification

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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.

Pb

RoHS

COMPLIANT

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Statement of RoHS Compliance

Summary of Contents for mc2

Page 1: ...mp Here ON ON 12 VU GR 8 4 0 4 9 15 24 ON STEREO WIDTH GR HOLD dB 2 S 15 W 6 M 8 4 0 2 4 8 16 6 14 2 10 4 12 RELEASE COMP STEREO OPTICAL COMPRESSOR COMPRESS COMPRESS SLOPE ATTACK MAKE UP GAIN INPUT GAIN 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 sec 10 5 50 100 1 ms 3 1 10 1 1 1 5 1 2 1 4 20 9 15 10 0 4 oo dBu 30 50 10 20 40 25 dBu 8 20 0 3 16 12 5 dB PEAK 2 2 m mc 8 8 6 6 4 4 2 2 ...

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: ...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 Busi...

Page 5: ...idth ON switch turns the Stereo Width function on The LED lights when active VU METER 8 Led bargraph shows the output signal level in dB at any given moment GR METER 8 Led bargraph indicates the amount of gain reduction in dB which is taking place at any given moment INPUTS Balanced line level inputs on S C INSERT unbalanced Send and Return jack allows you to patch other pieces of equipment into t...

Page 6: ...inging it forwards This can actually improve vocals for example bringing them out in front of a mix making them sound denser more even and more confident 2 Crank Up The Volume Raising the average volume of whole mixes means they can be heard in noisy environments such as vehicles and factories Boosting the average level is what makes radio stations sound LOUD and the same technique is used on TV c...

Page 7: ...desirable as a special effect and that is another way in which the envelope of a sound can be modified The mc2 Release is variable from 100mS up to 3 seconds giving a wide variety of effects MAKE UP GAIN sets 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 COMP in out switch is operated How ...

Page 8: ... recordings where a lot of unwanted background noise is present With a signal present set the compressor to give a moderate amount of gain reduction and wait for gaps between the music or program material You should then hear the noise increase as the compressor s gain returns to the level set by the MAKE UP GAIN control Next switch on the GR Hold and repeat that section of the program Adjust the ...

Page 9: ...ce connected to the jack inputs on the back of the unit Is the Input Gain control turned up 3 The compressor doesn t work Is the Comp switch in LED on Is the Compress control turned up enough Is there enough signal as set by the Input Gain control to drive the compressor Is the Slope control turned up enough 4 Too little or too much compression Turn the Input Gain control up or down respectively t...

Page 10: ...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 11: ...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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