Samson D2500 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
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To change the Master Fader’s attenuation range follow
these steps:
Press the GLOBAL control switch until you see the M.F..
Use the Data Wheel to select the
operating range of
Master Fader.
To keep the new changes, press the STORE button and
you will exit the GLOBAL mode and both the STORE and
GLOBAL LED’s will turn off.
Selecting the Operating Mode
The D2500 can be used as a stereo device with 31-bands
of filters and the right and left side, or as a dual mono with
31-band equalizer for each of the mono signals.
It is also possible to change the operation of the equal-
izer from Stereo to Dual (two times mono). To change the
Operating Mode, follow these steps:
Press the GLOBAL control switch a few times until you
see the Md.
Use the Data Wheel to select Stereo or Dual
To keep the new changes, press the STORE button and
you will exit the GLOBAL mode and both the STORE and
GLOBAL LED’s will turn off.
Operating the D2500
Selecting the Filter Bandwidth
Thanks to the powerful onboard DSP, the D2500 has the
ability to program the equalizer filter bandwidth for either
1/4, 1/3, 1/2 of an octave, or to AUTO, which will allow
each of the 31 filters to be set to an individual bandwidth
calculated by the onboard DSP. To access the Filter band-
width settings follow these steps:
Press the GLOBAL control switch
a few times
until you
see the F.B.W. .
Use the Data Wheel to select 1/2, 1/3 or 1/4 of an octave,
or to AUTO.
To keep the new changes, press the STORE button and
you will exit the GLOBAL mode and both the STORE and
GLOBAL LED’s will turn off.
Selecting the Fader Range
It is also possible to change the fader range of the equal-
izer filters from 3dB, to 6dB or 12dB. To change the
Frequency Range, follow these steps:
Press the GLOBAL control switch
a few times
until you
see the F.R.
Use the Data Wheel to select +/-3dB, to
+/-
6dB or
+/-
12dB.
To keep the new changes, press the STORE button and
you will exit the GLOBAL mode and both the STORE and
GLOBAL LED’s will turn off.
Setting the Range of the Master Fader
You can set the D2500’s Master Fader can be set to operate
in the following ranges;
+12/-12dB,
or
+12/-120dB
. The
Master Fader attenuation range is always either the same
as the filter faders, or it can be set to -120dB. The Master
Faders boost range will always be equal to the boost range
of the filter faders.