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1   FILTER SELECT switch

 – Each of the 30 filters can be 

activated and set up by pressing the Filter Select switch.

2   DYNAMIC LED

 – When the Red LED is lit, the filter is set 

to Dynamic Mode.

3   RESONANCE LED

 – Green LED indicating the filter is set 

to Resonance Mode.

4   ACTIVE LED

 – When the Amber LED is lit, the filter is set 

to Actice Mode.

5   FREQUENCY 

– Control knob, with LED light-ring posi-

tion indicator, used to set the center frequency of the 

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selected filter from 20 Hz to 20 kHz.

6   BANDWIDTH 

– This control knob, with LED light-ring 

position indicator, is used to adjust filter width and can 

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be set from 1/60th of an octave to 1 octave.

7   GAIN

 – Control knob, with LED light-ring position 

indicator, used to adjust the gain from +16 dB boost to 

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–48dB cut.

8   LEVEL METER

 -  Twelve segment LED meter display the 

input level and overload.

9   LCD DISPLAY

 – Backlit display that shows the various 

parameters under control by the operating system.

10   DATA WHEEL

 – Rotary encoder for entering parameter 

values.

11   BYPASS switch 

– When the red LED is on, the digital 

equalizer, as well as all the on-board digital processing 
effects, are defeated.

12   A / B switch

 – Used to switch between your modified 

program, and the last program that has been loaded or 
stored into memory.

Controls and Functions

Front Panel Layout

13   LEFT switch 

– Assigns the Left (CH1) digital equal-

izer to the physical controls.

14    LINK switch 

– Used to control the left and right 

(CH1 and CH2) equalizer simultaneously  with the 
one set of physical controls.

15   RIGHT switch 

- Assigns the Right (CH1) equalizer to 

the physical controls.

16   RESET SWITCH

– Used to reset the selected filters 

to 0 Gain.

17   FBM (Feedback Managment) switch

 – Used to 

set Sensitivity, Hold and Release  for the automatic 
feedback filter.

18   EQ switch

 -- When engaged, the amber LED will illu-

minate indicating that the EQ parameters are under 
control and displayed in the LCD window.

19   GATE switch 

- Used to access the automatic GATE 

control parameters. When selected, the amber LED 
will illuminate and the associate values for the digi-
tal noise gate will be displayed in the LCD window.

20   DELAY switch

 - When engaged, the amber LED will 

illuminate indicating that the DELAY parameters are 
under control and displayed in the LCD window.

21   ENHANCE switch

 - When engaged, the amber LED 

will illuminate indicating that the ENHANCE param-
eters are under control and displayed in the LCD 
window.

22   HP / LP switch 

– LED switch used to access the 

HI PASS and LOW PASS control parameters. When 
selected, the amber LED will illuminate and the 
associated values for the high and low pass filters 
will be displayed in the LCD window.

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Summary of Contents for D3500

Page 1: ...DIGITALDUAL 15BAND PARAMETRICEQ FEEDBACKMANAGEMENTSYSTEM D3500_ownman_v1_2 indd 1 9 4 05 5 19 53 PM...

Page 2: ...into the unit the unit has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate normally or has been dropped PRECAUCION Para reducir el riesgo de incendios o descargas no permita que este aparato quede e...

Page 3: ...Using the Processing Switches 12 Using the Feed Back Mode 12 Using the EQ section 13 Using the Internal Noise GATE 13 Using the DELAY 14 Using the ENHANCER 14 Using the LIMITER for Basic Speaker Prot...

Page 4: ...tions keeping your system super clean With the D3500 s LIMITER you can control the level being sent to your power amplifiers to help you insure good protec Introduction tion for your loudspeakers The...

Page 5: ...form a sin gle button push automatic feedback reduction system that will automatically ring out your speaker system to remove feedback An onboard programmable Delay is included for time aligning speak...

Page 6: ...d to switch between your modified program and the last program that has been loaded or stored into memory Controls and Functions Front Panel Layout 13 LEFT switch Assigns the Left CH1 digital equal iz...

Page 7: ...output Electronically balanced XLR jack output K CH2 Balanced XLR jack output K CH2 Balanced XLR jack output K Electronically balanced XLR jack output 23 LIMITER switch This switch is used to page thr...

Page 8: ...re the actual modified program to the last program loaded or stored Then you will find a group of switches including LEFT LINK and RIGHT which are used to assign the D3500 s hardware RIGHT which are u...

Page 9: ...500 as a dual mono equalizer and control the Left and Right sides individually keep the LINK switch OFF so that the green LED is not lit Controlling the Right Channel signal If you want to control the...

Page 10: ...r reducing feedback in a typi cal PA system used by a band in a small to medium size club using the D3500 First you ll set ten of the filters to RESONANCE mode to remove problem frequencies that occur...

Page 11: ...el LEDs lighting as it responds to the feedback using the RESONANCE filters You will know when a filter is active when the filter s ACTIVE light goes on Now during your performance you ll see the D350...

Page 12: ...cating the D3500 is ready to load a preset Use the Data Wheel to select Preset 00 Note Preset 00 is a factory default set up that CANNOT be overwritten Operating the D3500 Press the LINK switch so tha...

Page 13: ...e filters are ready to be set up and engaged To set these filters to RESONANCE mode press the EQ switch until MODE is displayed in the main LCD Use the Data Wheel to select Mode 3 RESONANCE Next adjus...

Page 14: ...the D3500 provides a host of useful digi tal effects which have been designed to make an audio engineer s job easier and project sound better The MODE switch lets you set the operating parameter for t...

Page 15: ...tave filter with 48 dB of cut at 250 Hz Press the LINK switch so that the green LED lights indi cating the left and right channels are linked together Operating the D3500 Select the active filters by...

Page 16: ...the associated EQ filters automatically Operating the D3500 Once the highs return the Enhance releases automatically Of course the D3500 lets you dial up just the right amount of Enhancer for your pr...

Page 17: ...Note If you want to use the High Pass filter but not the LowPass filter set the High Pass filter slope to 0 dB Using the LIMITER for Basic Speaker Protection In order to help you protect your speaker...

Page 18: ...l as all the parameters for the routing and the onboard effects that may be active Saving the preset is a simple procedure which is accomplished with the follow ing easy steps Press the STORE button a...

Page 19: ...can use the STORE function to save the new preset either under the current memory location or a new one MIDI and D Net For expanded system control the D3500 uses standard MIDI as well as Samson s D N...

Page 20: ...SysEx OFF to access the MIDI System Exclusive menu Now select one of the transmit and receive modes If you want the D3500 to transmit system exclusive mes sages use the Data Wheel to select Sys Ex TR...

Page 21: ...to the inputs of each active self powered loudspeaker Using the D3500 with Passive Speakers In this example the mixer s stereo output is connected to the D3500 s inputs Then the D3500 s outputs are co...

Page 22: ...r both the main PA speakers running a mono mix and for the monitor mix also in mono For the main PA the mixer s MONO output is connected to the D3500 s Channel 1 input Then the D3500 s output is conne...

Page 23: ...ts are connected to the inputs of the power amplifier connected to passive loudspeakers For the monitor mix the mixer s AUX1 output is connected to the second D3500 s channel 1 input and AUX2 output i...

Page 24: ...cable diagrams below for connecting your monitor system XLR Insert Cable Balanced 1 4 to FEMALE XLR Cable Unbalanced XLR to 1 4 Cable Balanced MALE XLR to 1 4 Cable Unbalanced MALE XLR to RCA Cable U...

Page 25: ...f the connector See Figure 3 5 Carefully push down on the connector and it will engage the locking tabs on either side 6 Attach the end of the small ribbon cable connector to the jack labeled CN5 and...

Page 26: ...dBFS 86 dBU Noise floor A weighted 112 dBFS 92 dBU THD 0 007 typ 4 dBu 1 kHz unity gain Digital processing Converter 24 bit Delta Sigma 64 128 oversampling Sample rate 44 1 48 88 2 96 kHz Display Cus...

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Page 28: ...Samson Technologies Corp 575 Underhill Blvd P O Box 9031 Syosset NY 11791 9031 Phone 1 800 3 SAMSON 1 800 372 6766 Fax 516 364 3888 www samsontech com D3500_ownman_v1_2 indd 26 9 4 05 5 21 38 PM...

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