SPL Cabulator 2930, Manual

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Cabulator
Advantages
You can operate the Cabulator intuitively right from the start and need no further know-how.
The sound tuning is well balanced so that there are no bad or wrong settings at all, but instead
a broad range of great sounds.
• With the Cabulator a guitar amp can always be played loud without necessarily being loud.
• Fully analog construction for authentic sonic quality and direct, latency-free playability.
• Variable power soak without dynamic loss or damped highs.
• Passive power soak: the power soak functionality and regulation is passive and can also be
used without power connection.
• The transformer-based design maintains the harmonic content of a tube amp.
• Sound processing is independent from absolute volume levels, which means that no
recording room is necessary and ear-saving work is possible everywhere and at any time.
• Sonically much more flexible than a fixed cabinet/mike set in that different sound charac-
teristics can be simulated.
• Multiple guitar tracks can be “stacked” – the doubled layers become “phatter”. In the
process, there will not be any thinning effect from phase shifts as with digital simulation.
• 100 Watts power soak: the power amp‘s distortion may, as with cabinets, be integrated into
an authentically distorted sonic design.
• Resulting recorded sounds are independent from room characteristics.
• Signals for live mixes are at recording quality level and free from crosstalk from other sound
sources.
• The guitarist can play in the control room to listen and react to the playback directly.
• Significantly less time spent and much more efficiency and convenience in equipment
setup, preparation, and working with sound variations.
• Working procedures and connections follow customary standards of amp and cabinet sets.
• The D. I. OUTPUT is transformer-balanced and provides for galvanic insulation.
• Connections from the D. I. OUTPUT can be both balanced or unbalanced.
On Stage
The amplifier signal can directly be routed to a cabinet, so it can still be integrated without
any loss in sound quality. The stage sound comes as usual from the back line but it can now be
reduced independently from the amps volume, maintaining the desired power amp sound. At
the same time the sound technician receives a top signal quality without miking – and without
crosstalk from any other sound source. If on the other hand no back line shall be used on
stage, the Cabulator supplants the cabinet (in-ear monitoring).
Sound Setups
After cabling is complete, the sound setup functions primarily as one might expect: First,
guitar amp sound adjustments are made as if a cabinet is connected. However, instead of
choosing a cabinet and experimenting with microphones and their positioning, adjustments
need only be made with the Cabulator controls.
The Cabulator interfaces with the amp just as an actual cabinet, so operation is based upon
standard procedures.
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