to your application (microphone, pickup, lines source) and turn the
gain control clockwise until the clip
indicator flashes momentarily
while playing with a strong attack. Go for a little overload, indica-
ted by the red clip-LED, to verify that your signal source can satu-
rate the preamps. Temporary clipping in operation is of no danger
to the device however not recommended. Clipping is detected
and indicated at several points in the signal path as e.g. the active
tone control has an effect on the gain structure.
Note:
There are sources that might not be able to saturate the input sta-
ges of the device. That is a characteristic of the sources and may
result in signal-to-noise ratio limitation or lower power output.
Thereafter reduce the gain slightly to operate the device with win
of additional dynamic headroom and best signal to noise ratio.
Finally set the desired overall volume level with the master level
control. You should be almost perfect with gain and master in a
9:00 o’clock position.
Note:
With a closer look you will find that there is a difference in sound
when playing around with gain and master in the range of best
operation. More gain makes the tone more direct, punchy while
less gain softens the tone a bit.
5. Functions
and Features
5.1 tone control
- tone switch - hpf filter
The
DaCapo 7
5
is equipped with active, high quality three-
tone
bass
treble
middle
eq channel 1
hpf
bass
treble
middle
eq channel 2
band tone controls in each channel. Bass and treble are laid out as
shelving filters. The design reflects the ranges of instrument and
voice whilst offering practical, easy to use access to accentuation
of your tone.
With the controls in mid position, i.e. no function, you will already
enjoy a very pleasant, warm and realistic sound. The filters are set
with care and allow intuitive, musical operation with left-turn di-
minishing and right-turn augmenting the frequency ranges around
the filters center frequency. Check technical data below for more
detail. However „Wohlklang“ is basically a question of the overall
concept rather than the task of a single assembly.
Channel 1
offers an additional
tone
switch
that brightens up the sound
taking out mids and emphasizing the hig-
her ranges. Some instruments, especially
in the lower registers benefit from less
focus on mids and a more open, lighter
tone. Some playing styles benefit from
this setting too. In conjunction with the
EQ the tone filter allows more detailed
midrange accentuation.
Channel 2
is equipped with a
high-pass-
filter (hpf)
also called bass-cut filter. It
allows signals with frequencies higher
than a threshold to pass and attenuates
the others. The hpf-control adjusts the
threshold between 50 and 350 Hz.
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