Samson 210C Bedienungsanleitung

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Important Safety Instruc tions 1. Please read all instructions before operating the unit . 2. Keep these instructions for future refer ence. 3. Please heed all safety warnings. 4. Follo w manufacturers instructions. 5. Do not use this unit near water or moisture. 6. Clean only with a damp cloth. 7. Do not block any of the ventilation openings . Ins[...]

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2 Introduction Thank you f or purchasing the Hydrive Bass C ombo Amplifier from Hartke! W e k now you don ’t like r eading owners manuals, but y ou’ ve just purchased one of the finest bass amplifiers around, and w e want to tell y ou about it. So, bef ore you plug in and start popping and slapping, we’ d like to suggest you take just a f ew [...]

3 and at the same time lightweight. The vinyl cov ering, steel grill and corners pr ovide added protection while moving the amplifier from gig t o gig. The road tough, black and chrome biker look says y ou're ready t o rock! And of course , the Hydrive combos feature the w orld famous, and the original, Kickback design allowing you t o project[...]

4 4 Har tke 112C,115C and 210C C ombo Bass Amplifier F eatures The Hartke Hydrive Combos offer all the newest c oncepts in state- of-the-ar t hybrid drive bass amplification in an extremely compact size and affor dable price. Her e are some of their main features: • The 112C delivers 250 W atts of power to its specially designed, 12-inch Hydrive [...]

5 • Specially designed cabinet which can be used either flat on the floor or on its “kick back ” position for increased high end clarity . • A rear panel, line-level direct output, with PRE/POST switch on standard XLR connector is provided f or interfacing with P A systems or recor ding mixing consoles. • Bipolar circuit design ensures th[...]

6 Guided T our - F ron t P anel 1. INPUT (1/4-inch Jack) - Connect your bass guitar to this standar d 1/4" unbalanced jack. T his Hydrive Combo Input has been designed to handle the sig nals from just about any bass with either passive pickups or with hotter pickups if y our bass has active electronics (that is, if it has a battery). 2. LEVEL [...]

7 Guided T our - F ron t P anel 8. BRITE (control knob ) – This knob set the amount of high frequency tone control used to drive the harmonics in the Bass Attack Overdriv e. The control is active when the Bass Attack Overdrive swit ch is ON. 9 . MIX (control knob) – When the Bass Attack Overdrive switch is ON, the con trol knob is used to blend[...]

8 Guided T our - Rear P anel A. AC PO WER (inlet) - Use the supplied grounded A C pow er cord to c onnect your Hydrive Combos amplifier to mains po wer . This cor d comes supplied with the appropriate plug f or your geographic ar ea. CAUTION: Do not use an adapt er to defeat the third grounding pin on this plug or sev ere electric shock may result![...]

9 Setting Up and Using Y our Hartke Hydriv e C ombo Bass Amplifier Setting up your Hartke H ydrive C ombo Bass Amplifier is a simple procedure which takes only a f ew minutes: 1. Remove all packing materials (save them in case of need for future service) and decide where the amplifier is to be physically placed . Y ou may decide to use the “k ick[...]

8. Adjust the Bass, T reble and Graphic Equaliz er controls to tast e. ( When you get a grea t setting that complement's your instrument and pla ying style, it’ s a good idea to write it down f or future use.) 9. Press in the Shape swit ch and turn the Shape knob both clock wise and counterclockwise to hear the effect of the Shape curve and [...]

11 12. If you need to connect the Hydrive Combo to a P A system or a recording mixing c onsole, connect a cable between the rear-panel Direct Out and a Line -level input on the mix er . (See E on page 8 in this manual for more inf ormation on the use of the Hydrive Combo Dir ect Out). T he signal that is sent from the Hydrive ’ s Direct Output ca[...]

12 12 The E ffect of the Shape Con trol The Hydrive's unique Shape contr ol enables the sound of your bass instrument to be enhanced a t the touch of a button. When the front panel Shape switch is pressed in, a special equalization curve is activated that is designed to impro ve the sound of most electric bass instruments. This curve provides [...]

13 Using the Bass A ttack O ver driv e The Hydrive combos f eature Hartke’ s Bass Attack Overdrive circuit allo wing you to add a little tube type overdrive , some edgy dirt or all out fuzz. The Bass A ttack Overdrive operates with thr ee controls; the rst is Harmonics, which is used t o set the amount of over drive. Next is BRITE, which is a [...]

14 Using E qualization The Hartke Systems Hydrive Combos Bass Amplifier gives you enormous con trol over shaping the sound of your bass, using a pr ocess called equalization . T o understand how this works, it’ s important to k now that every naturally occurring sound consists of a broad range of pitches , or frequencies , combined together in a [...]

15 In many instances, the best wa y to deal with equalization is to think in terms of which frequency areas you need to attenua te, as opposed to which ones y ou need to boost. Be aware that boosting a fr equency area also has the effect of boosting the overall signal; specifically , too much Lo w EQ boost can actually cause overload distortion or [...]

16 Hydriv e Combo Sample Settings The Hydrive combos are po werful bass amps with a lot of personality. The ampliers oer bassists a wide range of sounds and after playing just a short time; you’ll nd the tone that's perfectly suited for your pla ying style and your sound. T o get you started, try some of the samples settings below .[...]

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20 Rated Output Po wer (@ 1 kHz, 4 ohm, 1% THD) 250 watts Rated Input Lev el (@ 1 kHz) -20 dBu T otal Harmonic Distortion (@ 1 dB below rated output, 1 kHz typical) 0.2% Signal T o Noise R atio (re: 1 Wrms @ 1 kHz) 68 db Dynamic Range (re: Rated output @ 1 kHz 84 dB Equalizer Bass (100 Hz) ±15 dB T reble (8 kHz) ±15 dB Graphic (80 Hz, 160 Hz, 315[...]

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