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TUBE COMPOSER T1952

7.  WARRANTY

The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced or

transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording of any kind, for any

purpose, without the express written permission of BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH.

BEHRINGER, COMPOSER, MULTICOM, VINTAGER and UTRA-TUBE are registered trademarks. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

© 2001 BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH.

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7. WARRANTY

§ 1 WARRANTY CARD/ONLINE REGISTRATION

To be protected by the extended warranty, the buyer must com-

plete  and  return  the  enclosed  warranty  card  within  14  days  of

the  date  of  purchase  to  BEHRINGER  Spezielle  Studiotechnik

GmbH, in accordance with the conditions stipulated in § 3. Fail-

ure to return the card in due time (date as per postmark) will void

any  extended  warranty  claims.
Based on the conditions herein, the buyer may also choose to

use  the  online  registration  option  via  the  Internet

(www.behringer.com  or  www.behringer.de).

§ 2 WARRANTY

1. BEHRINGER (BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH in-

cluding all BEHRINGER subsidiaries listed on the enclosed page,

except BEHRINGER Japan) warrants the mechanical and elec-

tronic components of this product to be free of defects in mate-

rial  and  workmanship  for  a  period  of  one  (1)  year  from  the

original date of purchase, in accordance with the warranty regu-

lations described below. If the product shows any defects within

the  specified  warranty  period  that  are  not  due  to  normal  wear

and tear and/or improper handling by the user, BEHRINGER shall,

at its sole discretion, either repair or replace the product.
2. If the warranty claim proves to be justified, the product will be

returned to the user freight prepaid.
3.  Warranty  claims  other  than  those  indicated  above  are  ex-

pressly  excluded.

§ 3 RETURN AUTHORIZATION NUMBER

1. To obtain warranty service, the buyer (or his authorized dealer)

must call BEHRINGER (see enclosed list) during normal business

hours 

BEFORE

 returning the product. All inquiries must be ac-

companied by a description of the problem. BEHRINGER will then

issue a return authorization number.
2.  Subsequently,  the  product  must  be  returned  in  its  original

shipping carton, together with the return authorization number to

the address indicated by BEHRINGER.
3. Shipments without freight prepaid will not be accepted.

§ 4 WARRANTY REGULATIONS

1.  Warranty  services  will  be  furnished  only  if  the  product  is

accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  original  retail  dealer’s  invoice.

Any  product  deemed  eligible  for  repair  or  replacement  by

BEHRINGER under the terms of this warranty will be repaired or

replaced within 30 days of receipt of the product at BEHRINGER.
2.  If  the  product  needs  to  be  modified  or  adapted  in  order  to

comply  with  applicable  technical  or  safety  standards  on  a  na-

tional or local level, in any country which is not the country for

which the product was originally developed and manufactured,

this modification/adaptation shall not be considered a defect in

materials  or  workmanship.  The  warranty  does  not  cover  any

such  modification/adaptation,  irrespective  of  whether  it  was

carried  out  properly  or  not.  Under  the  terms  of  this  warranty,

BEHRINGER shall not be held responsible for any cost resulting

from such a modification/adaptation.

3. Free inspections and maintenance/repair work are expressly

excluded from this warranty, in particular, if caused by improper

handling of the product by the user.
This also applies to defects caused by normal wear and tear, in

particular,  of  faders,  potentiometers,  keys/buttons  and  similar

parts.
4. Damages/defects caused by the following conditions are not

covered  by  this  warranty:

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misuse, neglect or failure to operate the unit in compliance

with the instructions given in BEHRINGER user or service

manuals.

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connection or operation of the unit in any way that does not

comply with the technical or safety regulations applicable in

the  country  where  the  product  is  used.

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damages/defects  caused  by  force  majeure  or  any  other

condition that is beyond the control of BEHRINGER.

5. Any repair or opening of the unit carried out by unauthorized

personnel  (user  included)  will  void  the  warranty.
6. If an inspection of the product by BEHRINGER shows that the

defect in question is not covered by the warranty, the inspection

costs are payable by the customer.
7. Products which do not meet the terms of this warranty will be

repaired  exclusively  at  the  buyer’s  expense.  BEHRINGER  will

inform the buyer of any such circumstance. If the buyer fails to

submit  a  written  repair  order  within  6  weeks  after  notification,

BEHRINGER will return the unit C.O.D. with a separate invoice

for freight and packing. Such costs will also be invoiced sepa-

rately when the buyer has sent in a written repair order.

§ 5 WARRANTY TRANSFERABILITY

This warranty is extended exclusively to the original buyer (cus-

tomer  of  retail  dealer)  and  is  not  transferable  to  anyone  who

may subsequently purchase this product. No other person (re-

tail dealer, etc.) shall be entitled to give any warranty promise on

behalf of BEHRINGER.

§ 6 CLAIM FOR DAMAGES

Failure of BEHRINGER to provide proper warranty service shall

not  entitle  the  buyer  to  claim  (consequential)  damages.  In  no

event shall the liability of BEHRINGER exceed the invoiced value

of  the  product.

§ 7 OTHER WARRANTY RIGHTS AND NATIONAL LAW

1. This warranty does not exclude or limit the buyer’s statutory

rights  provided  by  national  law,  in  particular,  any  such  rights

against  the  seller  that  arise  from  a  legally  effective  purchase

contract.
2.  The  warranty  regulations  mentioned  herein  are  applicable

unless they constitute an infringement of national warranty law.

Содержание Tube Composer T1952

Страница 1: ...TUBE COMPOSER T1952 www behringer com Version 1 1 October 2001 User s Manual ENGLISH ...

Страница 2: ... appliances including amplifiers that produce heat Power Source The appliance should be connected to a power supply only of the type described in the operating instructions or as marked on the appliance Grounding or Polarization Precautions should be taken so that the grounding or polarization means of an appliance is not defeated Power Cord Protection Power supply cords should be routed so that t...

Страница 3: ...n the eyes of the many interested musicians at the Music Fair 1997 when they saw our VINTAGER models for the first time was a lasting incentive driving our development efforts It is our philosophy to share our joy with you because you are the most important member of the BEHRINGER family With your highly competent suggestions for new products you ve greatly contributed to shaping our company and m...

Страница 4: ...Control peak limiter combines the clipper and the program limiter approach to provide a zero attack limiting for setting maximum allowable level with minimal distortion s Switchable side chain input monitor and high pass filter s Highly accurate metering for input level output level and gain reduction s True RMS stereo link selectable s High performance VCA s and ultra low noise 4580 audio operati...

Страница 5: ...COMPOSER as a sound effects unit 20 3 4 The TUBE COMPOSER in mastering 20 3 5 The TUBE COMPOSER in broadcast 20 3 6 Side chain 21 3 6 1 The TUBE COMPOSER as De Esser 21 3 6 2 Frequency selective filtering of unwanted signals 21 3 6 3 Suppressing instruments during recording 22 3 6 4 Emphasizing musical instruments during recording 22 3 6 5 Anticipated compression 22 3 6 6 Voice Over compression du...

Страница 6: ...cations ensure both extreme packing density and greater reliability The TUBE COMPOSER is manufactured under ISO9000 certified management system Please keep the manual after reading in order to use it for future reference 1 1 The concept IKA Interactive Knee Adaptation compressor Our proven IKA Interactive Knee Adaptation circuitry successfully combines the concept of a Hard Knee compressor with th...

Страница 7: ...nals correction 6 dB Transformer balanced outputs optional In contrast to electronic balancing the use of transformer balanced outputs offers the advantage of galvanic separation between units Electrical potential differences and ground loops in audio installations do not there fore impair the performance of the units The transformer balanced outputs commonly used in radio and TV engineering can a...

Страница 8: ... value Adjust this control so that music signal can pass but that noise is faded out The THRESHOLD can be set with the help of the LED above the control When the signal falls below the threshold lights up signalling that the expander is attenuating the signal If the LED lights up the signal level is above the set THRESHOLD value and the signal is not processed by the expander 3 The RATIO control i...

Страница 9: ...ase of the output signal by a maximum of 20 dB Thus a level loss due to the compression or limiting process can be compensated for By comparing the input and output signal after compression you can set the optimum value Set the output level so that the processed and unprocessed signals have equally loud signal peaks The nominal level of the compressed signal will then be louder than the original P...

Страница 10: ... than 20 ms the overall level is reduced for about 1 second to avoid heavy and thus audible signal distortion When you use the peak limiter as a protective device against signal peaks the THRESHOLD control should be set in combination with the OUTPUT control in the compressor section so that the peak limiter responds rarely or not at all Thus only real signal peaks will activate the limiter circui...

Страница 11: ...h the OPERATING LEVEL switch you can adapt the TUBE COMPOSER to various operating levels i e you can select both the 10 dBV home recording level and the professional studio level of 4 dBu The level meters are referenced automatically to the selected level i e an optimum operating range of the meters will always be ensured 30 SC SEND This is the unbalanced side chain output which allows for routing...

Страница 12: ...s is defined as peak limiter Clipping In contrast to the two previously mentioned limiters the clipping mode features infinitely fast control times an infinite compression ratio and creates an unsurpassable barrier brickwall for all signals above a certain level To be able to control the signal peaks the clipping function radically cuts signals above the threshold without affecting the amplitude o...

Страница 13: ...ELEASE switch SLOW REL RATIO control of the expander section 1 2 IN OUT switch IN SC EXT switch OFF SC MON switch OFF THRESHOLD control of the compressor section 20 dB AUTO switch AUTO OUTPUT control 0 dB LIMITER control OFF WARMTH control COLD Tab 2 1 Basic settings of the expander gate section Begin with very low threshold levels so that the signal can pass through the unit unaffected Now turn t...

Страница 14: ...ld point provided that the OUTPUT control is in the 0 dB position Please note that the compression of the entire program material achieved by low threshold settings sounds less natural with higher ratio settings Ratio settings in the range of 4 1 and lower effect the dynamics of the program material less and are often used to compress the sound of a bass guitar a snare drum or vocals Sensitive and...

Страница 15: ...sually in the bass region causing the compressor to react mostly to the bass When the compressor identifies a strong bass signal the gain must be reduced according to the settings of the compressor When high frequencies are present they will also be reduced This is why a highly compressed drum kit sounds muffled the cymbals are drowned out by the bass and toms This also happens to ambient noise li...

Страница 16: ...PUT level in the compressor section If this results in an unwanted reduction of the sound pressure level it is also possible to increase the compression You can do this by either lowering the threshold or increasing the compression ratio After that you can set the desired loudness using the OUTPUT control 2 5 The side chain function The BEHRINGER TUBE COMPOSER offers an exceptionally usable extern...

Страница 17: ...one Most cardioids exhibit a sharply rising off axis response characteristic at higher frequencies If there is only a 2 or 3 dB difference between the on axis and off axis response in the 5 to 10 kHz region cymbals may leak excessively into the tom mics and you may have hi hat spilling all over the snare mic Please make full use of the directional characteristic of the mics to acoustically exclude...

Страница 18: ...cessing vocals When specifically used with a compressor the distance and position of the mic in relation to the singer is very critical the further the distance the more sensitive the mic is to background noise Use the expander gate section in the slow release mode to inaudibly eliminate background noise that occurs in pauses between singing When used in live situations leakage of miked instrument...

Страница 19: ...lifier s like the BEHRINGER MULTICOM PRO MDX4400 3 2 4 Improving the sound of a processor system An electronic crossover divides the total frequency spectrum in separate bands thus correcting the single units frequency responses and time alignments A processor system is a PA system which contains a special active crossover with additionally dynamic functions that monitor the system performance and...

Страница 20: ...B should not be limited otherwise side effects could become audible 2 Therefore in addition you should also use compression It is recommended that the compression is limited to the first 6 dB of the dynamic range only A high threshold level in addition to the auto mode will give good results This effect is particularly noticeable with DAT recorders whose level indicators achieve a response time of...

Страница 21: ... centre frequencies of the equalizer are then adjusted exactly to match the frequencies of the sibilant sounds All other frequencies are filtered out so that with maximum attenuation of these frequency bands along with a correctly adjusted threshold point the unit responds solely to the selected signal being produced by the equalizer The level of the sibilant sounds can therefore be effectively li...

Страница 22: ...layback 3 6 6 Voice Over compression ducking The BEHRINGER TUBE COMPOSER can be used to automatically reduce music to a background level when a presenter is speaking through a microphone For this purpose the BEHRINGER TUBE COMPOSER is used as an automatic fader and is controlled by the presenter s microphone which is connected to the SC RETURN input via a pre amplifier The music output and the ann...

Страница 23: ...rence sound pressure of 0 00002 Pa p2 the sound pressure in Pa produced by the sound source to be calculated log decimal logarithm As can be seen human hearing has a very wide dynamic range of about 130 dB which surpasses the range of a DAT or CD player with an approximate range of 96 dB From a physical point of view a 3 dB boost corresponds to an increase in power by the factor 2 However the huma...

Страница 24: ...oor and thus represents the bottom limit of the transmission range The upper limit is determined by the levels of the internal operating voltages if they are exceeded audible signal distortion is the result Although in theory the usable dynamic range sits between these two limits it is considerably smaller in practice since a certain reserve must be maintained to avoid distortion of the audio sign...

Страница 25: ...maximum output of a limiter will always be equal to the threshold level Generally threshold levels for compressors are set below the normal operating level to allow for the upper dynamics to be musically compressed For limiters the threshold point is set above the normal operating level so that it only intervenes to protect subsequent equipment from signal overload The speed or rather time setting...

Страница 26: ...e goodies produce a higher noise floor than modern transistor based devices As a consequence you can find a variety of tube based microphones equalizers pre amps and compressors in today s recording and mastering environments The combination of semiconductor and tube technologies gives you the additional possibility of using the best of both worlds while being able to make up for their specific dr...

Страница 27: ...node a current flow is not possible because the unheated anode emits more or less no electrons This design was used for example as a rectifier in the power supplies of amplifiers The magnitude and velocity of the flow of electrons depend on the cathode s temperature the material it consists of and the magnitude of the anode voltage When the electrons hit the anode they produce heat that is dissipa...

Страница 28: ...s overdriven new oscillations with frequencies of 2 f 3 f etc integral multiples of the original frequency are produced These new frequencies are referred to as upper harmonics grouped as odd and even harmonics Unlike the transistor saturated tubes mostly produce even harmonics which are perceived by the human ear as more pleasant in sound than odd harmonics Another important aspect lies in the fa...

Страница 29: ...circuits can be largely eliminated and the actual tube effect be added gradually The more you turn the WARMTH control to the right the more tube sound will be added to the original signal 4 8 Studio applications In a recording studio tubes do not perform the same task as they do in an overdriven guitar amp where the considerably higher saturation of the tube s leads to a full and often deliberate ...

Страница 30: ...it otherwise the unit could be severely damaged You will find this combined fuse holder voltage selector at the back adjacent to the IEC receptacle IMPORTANT This does not apply for general export models which are built for one operating voltage only The AC voltage selection is defined by the position of the fuse holder If you intend to change the operating voltage remove the fuse holder and twist...

Страница 31: ...e internal operating level with the OPERATING LEVEL switches on the rear panel of the unit Thus you can choose between the homerecording level 10 dBV and the professional studio level 4 dBu With this adjustment the TUBE COMPOSER is adapted to the optimal operating level Use the input level meter on the front panel to find the appropriate operating level 5 5 Transformer balanced output option In co...

Страница 32: ...ions Bandwidth 18 Hz to 30 kHz 3 dB Signal to noise ratio 100 dB unweighted 22 Hz to 22 kHz THD 0 008 typ 4 dBu 1 kHz Gain 1 0 04 typ 20 dBu 1 kHz Gain 1 IMD 0 01 typ SMPTE Crosstalk 100 dB 22 Hz to 22 kHz Stereo coupling true RMS detection Expander gate section Type IRC Interactive Ratio Control expander Threshold variable OFF to 15 dB Ratio variable 1 1 to 1 8 Attack 1 ms 50 dB program dependent...

Страница 33: ...reo operation Channel 1 becomes master Warmth variable 10 dB to 60 dB Indicators Expander gate threshold 2 LED for under and above Compressor threshold 3 LEDs for under Interactive 0 and above Peak Limiter threshold 1 LED for indication of limiter function Function switch LED indicator for each Warmth analog meter for the UTC circuitry Options Output Transformer BEHRINGER transformer OT 1 retrofit...

Страница 34: ...thin 30 days of receipt of the product at BEHRINGER 2 If the product needs to be modified or adapted in order to comply with applicable technical or safety standards on a na tional or local level in any country which is not the country for which the product was originally developed and manufactured this modification adaptation shall not be considered a defect in materials or workmanship The warran...

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