Owner’s Manual
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Tone Enhancement
It you are reading this, congratulations! Learning more about the
Aphex Aural Exciter and Big Bottom processors will ensure you
get the most enjoyment out of your Xciter.
The History
In 1975, Aphex created the first Aural Exciter® as a rental pro-
cessor that received U.S and foreign patents. This processor was
used by recording and touring artists all over the world. A few
years later, Aphex introduced a version of the Aural Exciter that
anyone could buy. Over the years, Aphex has continually refined
and improved the Aural Exciter technology.
In 1990, Aphex introduced the Big Bottom® processor to bal-
ance out the benefits of the Aural Exciter.
The Aural Exciter - What Is It?
When sound is processed, transported through wires & connec-
tors and reproduced through speakers, something vital gets lost.
Part of what gets lost is harmonics.
When small sonic details are lost, we can still interpret the sound,
but it gets harder as more harmonic details are lost or masked by
other sounds.
The Aural Exciter recreates minute harmonic details of sound
using the patented “Transient Discriminate Harmonics Genera-
tor”, which adapts interactively to the very sound it’s processing.