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True to the Music

www.radialeng.com

®

True to the Music

®

User Guide

JDX

™ 

500 Reactor

Amplifier Direct Box & Cabinet Emulator

500 Series Module

www.radialeng.com

Radial Engineering Ltd.
1588 Kebet Way,  Port Coquitlam
British Columbia, Canada, V3C 5M5      
tel: 604-942-1001 • fax: 604-942-1010  
email: [email protected]

Summary of Contents for JDX 500 Reactor

Page 1: ...usic User Guide JDX 500 Reactor Amplifier Direct Box Cabinet Emulator 500 Series Module www radialeng com Radial Engineering Ltd 1588 Kebet Way Port Coquitlam British Columbia Canada V3C 5M5 tel 604 9...

Page 2: ...wapping is not covered under warranty There are no user serviceable parts inside Radial JDX 500 ReactorUser Guide Table of Contents Page Feature Set 1 Overview 2 Function Details 4 Getting Started 5 A...

Page 3: ...the user warning notice before using this feature 6 300W Reduces the input sensitivity to allow high power guitar and bass amps to be used with the JDX 7 1 4 HEAD JACK Used to connect amps or instrum...

Page 4: ...he sound of the ampli er and the reactive load of the cabinet Alternately the JDX can be used in guitar mode whereby the ampli er and cabinet are not used Instead the guitar is connected directly to t...

Page 5: ...y response of the speaker emulation circuit downward to emulate the sound of a 15 speaker for added bass When the LF EXT switch is depressed the low frequency cutoff shifts from 200Hz down to 100Hz Gu...

Page 6: ...ut jack is used to feed a signal from your DAW through the JDX speaker emulation circuit This turns the JDX into a unique lter where the TONE SHIFT LPF and LF EXT controls can be used to shape the sou...

Page 7: ...ly route the card slot input and output jacks to the module With the Radial Workhorse the I O is augmented with TRS connectors D Subs and the Mix Buss signal to feed the Workhorse mixer Start by setti...

Page 8: ...at basically widens the frequency response and reaches down further to emulate a 15 loudspeaker This adds an octave or more to the bottom end to create bigger bass tones On keyboards it can be used to...

Page 9: ...I are often used to record the dry track but the JDX can be used for this too To record a dry track with the JDX ensure the polarity and low pass lter are switched out to get the cleanest possible rec...

Page 10: ...create huge guitar tones by combining the direct sound of the JDX with a room mic When you combine the two you will invariably nd that some frequencies will amplify each other be in phase while some...

Page 11: ...net emulation Power requirement 80mA 16VDC Low pass lter Variable Tone Shift from 800Hz to 5kHz Low freq extension Shifts low frequency cutoff from 200Hz down to 100Hz Front Panel Jacks Amp mode HEAD...

Page 12: ...the product has been damaged due to abuse misuse misapplication accident or as a result of service or modi cation by any other than an authorized Radial repair centre THERE ARE NO EXPRESSED WARRANTIE...

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