Art DMV Pro manual

- i - 7K H $ 57 TA BLE OF CO NTEN TS Introduction .................................................................................................................. .................................................. 1 Installation ..............................................................................................................[...]

- ii - Routing LEDs .................................................................................................................. ......................................... 8 Unloaded Pres et Indica tor ..................................................................................................... ................................... 9 Pre[...]

- iii - Modulated Ef f ec ts ............................................................................................................. ................................ 40 Chorus ....................................................................................................................................................... 40 Flanger .....[...]

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- 1 - INTRODUCTION Thank you for purch asing a DMV-P RO and c ongratu lations! You no w own one of the m ost sophisticat ed pieces of audio si gnal-proc essin g technol ogy ava ilable. T he DMV-PR O uses state- of-the- art DSP t echniqu es com bined with A R T’s proprie tary D ynamic Engine A llocati on (DEA™) soft ware to g ive you contro l ov[...]

- 2 - INSTALLATION The DMV-PRO may be used in a var iety of setups including wit h mixer c hannel inserts , mixers with reverb send an d return f aciliti es, and i n the ef fect s loop of an instr um ent or P.A. am plif ier. Se lf- contained in an a ll-ste el, s ingle- height 19” rack -mount enclosur e, the DMV-PRO is des igned f or conti nuous p[...]

- 3 - QUICK START INSTRUCTIONS You’ve unpack ed your DMV -PRO and you’re i n a hurr y to get it u p an d r un ni ng. You pr o bab l y would r ather pl a y wit h it than read t he m anual. Fair enough. Fir st, ch eck out the basic s, outl ined her e, jus t to get your DMV-PRO on- line. It should tak e only a c ouple of minutes f or you to rea d [...]

- 4 - called Dr y Kill that wil l convenient ly turn off the dry signal p ath inside the u nit. Each pres et’s Mix v alue is st ill retained, ev en though all dry sou nd is elim inated. To enable Dr y Kill, turn on the DM V-PRO and pr ess the MIDI/Util but ton. T urn the Pr eset Enc oder (the k nob on the far right of the unit) until th e top lin[...]

- 5 - TRY IT OUT: Turn on your am p or m ixer and m onitor am plifier . Make s ure that your m ixer’s or am p’s send le vel c ontrol is turne d up a nd that a signal is bein g s ent to the DMV-PRO. W atch the Meters on the front of the un it. Most of the l ights (LEDs ) shou ld be on, except f or the +6 LED, which sho uld only glo w when a real[...]

- 6 - DMV-PRO FRONT PANEL CONTROLS & INDICATORS PROCESSORS (A ) AND (B) The DMV-PRO conta ins two a udio proc essors , labele d Proces sor (A) and Proc essor (B). Eac h can b e operated indepe ndentl y from the other. The c ontrols for each proces sor op erate sim ilarl y and are outlined below.  & POWER The Power switc h turns the D [...]

- 7 - the Encod er’s f unction b etween se lecti ng param eters and c hang ing valu es. For m ore inf ormation on param eters, see pag e 28.  ) PROCESSORS (A) & (B) ENCODER / SWITCH The firs t two Encoders are used separ ately to vie w and modif y their c orrespo nding pr ocess or’s param eters and ef fects . The Enc oders can be turn[...]

- 8 - option is availa ble as a n effec t param eter. See the param eter desc riptions o n page 28 for m ore inform ation on bypass ing in di vidua l effe cts .  . PRESET ENCODER / SWITCH The Pres et Encoder is used to ch ange presets . As you turn it, the n um ber in the Pres et Displ ay changes , as does the inf orm ation in bot h LCDs and [...]

- 9 -  2 UNLOADED PRESET INDICATOR W hen you turn the Preset Encoder to vie w presets, th e DMV-PRO ’s s ound won’ t change unt il you pr ess the Preset Encod er to lo ad the pr eset. The Un loade d Preset I ndicator is a rem inder th at you ar e view ing an un loaded pr eset.  3 PRESET DISPLA Y The Pres et Displa y sho ws 3 alphan [...]

- 10 - Dry Kill and Global Mix Dry Kill a nd Glob al Mix ar e two r elated f unctions t hat al low you to quic kl y alter the rat io of wet (proc essed) and dry (unproces s ed) soun d com ing out of the un it. Nor m ally, the Mix param eter s ets this r at io s e parat el y for each preset , but b y using Dry Kill or Glo bal Mix, you can c hange t [...]

- 11 - Setting Dry Kill and Global Mix : To adjust Dr y Kill or G lobal Mix , pres s the MIDI/U til bu tton. T urn the Pres et Enco der unti l [ ] appears on the top li ne of LCD (A). Turn Enco der (A) t o s witch the bo ttom line of LCD ( A) bet ween ON an d OFF. If Dr y Kill is o n, the eff ect’s dr y path is dis abled. If Dry Kill is off, dr y[...]

- 12 - DMV-PRO REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS Despite th e DMV-PRO ’s sophis ticatio n, it’s eas y to interf ace the unit with other equipm ent. Al l inputs and outputs are located o n the rear panel. Standar d ¼” inp uts an d outputs m ake patching s imple. Note: For bes t aud io qualit y, alwa ys use h igh-qua lity cab les. The DMV-PRO is des igne[...]

- 13 -  & OUTPUTS #1–4 All four Outp uts are single- ended (unbal anced) ¼” jac ks with low im pedanc e. A pres et’s r outin g determ ines the use of each Output jac k . For exam ple, Cas c ade and Mu lt i FX Rout ings do not us e O ut puts # 3 an d # 4. For mor e inform ation on the differ ent configur ations of the D MV-PRO ’s [...]

- 14 - TUTORIAL The best wa y to unders tand the DM V-PRO is just to j ump in a nd edit som e presets. It do esn’t take lo ng and you’ll see how eas y edit ing is d ue to the DM V-PRO ’s intu itive la yout. T his s ection consis ts of f our tut orials: Starting from Sc ratch and Chan ging Effects , Editing Effec t Paramet ers , MI DI , and Ad[...]

- 15 - Cascad e Cascade ro uting a lso has two eff ects with two linked engi nes, but t he outpu t of the f irst gr oup is fed into the second. In this routi ng, you ha ve t wo stack ed, true-stereo ef fec ts. Only Inputs and Outputs # 1 and #2 ar e us ed. The first effec t (Engines #1 a nd #2) is e dited in Proc essor (A), and the seco nd eff ect [...]

- 16 - TUTORIAL 1: ST ARTING FROM SCRATCH AND CHA NGI NG EFFECTS Edit the Routing: By editi ng an y preset ’s rout ing, you are ess entia lly bui lding a new preset fr om s cratc h. W hen routings are cha nged, the D MV-PRO rec onfigures its int ernal arc hitecture and lo ads in default eff ects. T he preset’s f orm er eff ects, class, and p ar[...]

- 17 - Repeatedl y press th e Routin g button u ntil t he Disc rete 4 Rout ing LED is lit. O bserve b oth LCDs. Again, the DMV-PRO has loaded def ault eff ects for Disc rete 4 routing, but notice that t here are no w two effec ts in each LCD. Look at LCD ( A). T he top line now cor responds t o Ef fect #1 (at Inp ut a nd Out put #1) a nd t he bott [...]

- 18 - Follow the instruc tions: Us e the Preset Enc oder to s elect t he pres et num ber that you want to over write (you don’t hav e to tur n t he enc od er if you jus t wa nt to o ver writ e th e c urr ent pr eset) . W hen you are r ea d y, pres s th e Store button to conf irm the opera tion. If you press any button other than S tore, or if St[...]

- 19 - As you can see, the editin g operation is sim ple: T urn the enc oder to select a param eter, pres s and tur n the encoder t o change the param eter’s value, press and turn to s elect an other par ameter , press and turn to change the new param eter’s value, and so on . The num ber of availabl e param eters is depende nt on th e current [...]

- 20 - this orderin g. You could, for exam ple, set a received program change val ue of 1 t o reca ll DMV-PRO prese t #40, a pro gram change valu e of 2 to reca ll DM V-PRO pr eset #5, a nd a progr am change val ue of 3 t o a lso recall DM V-PRO prese t #5. Like MIDI Ch annel, th e DMV-PRO ’s MIDI Map is s et in MID I/Util Mode a nd is automatic [...]

- 21 - Next, turn Encoder ( A) to sel ect an incom ing MIDI pr ogram change num ber that you wis h to map. T his control’s rang e is f r om 1 to 128. T urn Encod er ( B) to s et th e c or res pon di ng D MV- PRO pr eset num ber that wi ll be recalle d when t he progr am c hange num ber in LCD ( A) is receive d. The rang e of DMV-PRO pr eset numbe[...]

- 22 - control ler’s value l inearl y correspon ds to t he ke y, veloc ity, or aftertouc h va lue bein g pla yed. For ex am ple, if MIDI CC Num ber was s et to Not e On and Mode was set to C ontinu ous, t hen the controll er’s value would equal the k e y number pla yed. Key, Velocit y, or A T Value If Mode is set to Toggle, a secon d param eter[...]

- 23 - TUTORIAL 4: ADVANCED APPLICATIONS The Smart Encoder : The Sm art Encoder™ functions allo w you to p erf orm real-tim e task s, such as tappin g in new dela y tim es or spinning up and do wn the r otar y eff ect, b y pressing t he Ed it and Enc oder bu ttons. Us ing the enc oders this way is ca lled “sm art ” becaus e param eters can be[...]

- 24 - Rotary The Rotary Spin High/L ow option allows th e Encoder to toggle t he rotar y speed be tween a hi gh and low spin rate (alter nating with eac h Encod er press ). Smart Encoder Programming: Smar t Encoder oper ation is set with an eff ect’s param eters. To program Process or (A)’s Sm art Encoder, first select a preset with a Pr ocess[...]

- 25 - Smart Encoder Functions while Editing Reverb, Delay , and Rotary Effects: Smar t Encoder functions are aut om aticall y set up to work whil e editing reverb, del ay, and rotar y effec ts. For Reverb effects , a reverb impulse can be trigg ered while adjusti ng any of the rever b’s p aram eters; this he lps you hear the rever b changes as y[...]

- 26 - THE DMV-PRO’s ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION OF ROUTINGS AND ENGINES The DMV-PRO co ntains four engi nes that can be routed in four diff erent wa ys. Our propr ietar y Dynam ic Engine Allocat ion (DE A™) techno log y ensures th at all DSP hor sepower is eff ortlessl y configure d f or your rout ing c hoice. Repeatedl y press th e Rout[...]

- 27 - Discrete 4: This routing configur es the D MV-PR O as four m ono signal process ors. Each Input f eeds its c orrespo nding O utput. However, if any Input (except #1) does not hav e a jack inserted , its input will be taken fr om the c losest prev ious input that h as a p lug inser ted. For ex ample, if the u nit is i n Discrete 4 m ode and ?[...]

- 28 - DESCRIPTION OF CLA SSES Each eff ect has six classes , which ar e effec t variatio ns. The c lass nam e general ly denotes the app licatio n for which the c lass was optim ized. For ex am ple, The Vocal class of rever bs is designed to en hance voice- ty p e inputs. Des cript ions of all eff ects and the ir class es begin o n page 31. The fo[...]

- 29 - Effect Cla ss: Classes ar e eff ect variations and are nam ed after the appl ications th ey are optim ized for . Each eff ect has six classes and their names , sounds, a nd adjus table par ameter s var y based on th e eff ect. (See p age 31 f or a descripti on of all eff ects and the ir class es.) Mix This param eter sets the ratio of unproc[...]

- 30 - T re b le C o n tro l -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 100 1000 10000 10 0000 Fre quency i n H z ( Log Scal e) B o o s t (d B ) MIDI Paramet ers Eff ects can have up to f our contro ller as signm ents (desig nated a, b, c, an d d) that c an m odif y an y of its param eters in r eal-tim e. Eac h of the four assig nm ents has s eparat e settings fo[...]

- 31 - &+$0 %( 5 5(9( 5% The Cham ber Reverb s im ulates a ref lectiv e enclos ure (per haps m ade of wood or co ncrete) with a soun d sour ce at one end and a microphon e near the other. B y varying the Size param eter from sm all to large, you can s imulat e spaces as sm all as a s hower stall a nd as large as an ele vator sh aft. This rev[...]

- 32 - Instrument The Instrum ent Reverb is tail ored for mos t solo instrum ents to mainta in the ir tonal q ualit y. High fr equenc y decays are not l imited a nd lo w frequ encies are c ontrolle d to preve nt m uddines s. An aux iliar y gat e is a vailab le to dynam icall y process the sound. Concert The Concert Re verb has a neutr al high f req[...]

- 33 - (greater th an 3 sec onds) are usual ly used f or “bigger than l ife” s pecial ef fects . Both the Deca y and S ize param eters should be us ed together to set t he over all im press ion of the s imulated s pace. Decay En abled: In the Dyna mic Class, this control sets the input lev el rang e that s witches th e Decay am ount f rom the p[...]

- 34 - Length: Sets the l ength of th e gated r everb, f rom 50 to 500 m illisec onds. Motion: Sets the m ovem ent of the r everbera tion t ail. This contro l is us ed to he lp m ak e long dec ay tim es sound mor e natural. When turned on, th is control’s range is fr om 1 to 9 a nd is norm ally set at 1, produc ing a ver y subtle eff ect. A setti[...]

- 35 -   C a b i n e t S i z e M i c D i s t a n c e M i c S e p e r a t i o n M i c P o s i t i o n T o l e f t o u t p u t T o r i g h t o u t p u t ',*,7 $/'( /$< Thes e algor ithm s dela y a signa l in t im e. T he max im um dela y le ngth , per c h ann el, is 1. 25 s ec o nds . U p to twe lve de la y taps are availab le a[...]

- 36 - Dy nam ic The D ynamic Dela y uses input le vel to switch t he Reg eneratio n am ount between its pres et valu e and 0 . DUCKING CLASSIC CONCERT GA TED MIC PLACEMENT DYNAMIC Dela y ±1ms Delay ± 1ms Dela y ± 1ms Delay ±1ms M ic Distance Dela y ±1ms Delay ± 50ms Delay ± 50ms Delay ± 50ms Delay ± 50ms Cabinet Size Delay ± 50ms Regener[...]

- 37 - starting from the bottom -left speak er. An ‘S’ at the end of the line ind icates t hat both mic s pick up s ound from both speaker s as with norm al Stereo m i k ing. An ‘M’ at the e nd of the line indicates that both m ics are acting in Mo no and are sonic all y isolated f rom the opposite s peak er. In other words, the left m icr [...]

- 38 - 3,7& + 7 5$ 1 63 2 6( 5 The Pitch Trans poser (PT ) algorithm can chan ge the bas e-pitc h of a sou nd. Each PT cl ass contai ns an aux iliary digital d ela y that feeds back into the pitc h-sh ift to cr eate falli ng or ris ing pitch ef fec ts. Som e classes also h ave dynam ics sens ing, whic h can use input l evel to s witch th e e[...]

- 39 - PITCH PARAMETERS: Buffer Si ze : This c ontrol sets the loop lengt h and sp licing ch aracter istics of the PT . T wo of the four settings , Sm ooth- Long and Sm ooth-S hort, ar e optim ized f or the sm oothest soun d, but n eed a fix ed am ount of trans port delay. T he other t wo settin gs, Sm art-Long and Sm art-Shor t, utili ze a loop in[...]

- 40 - 02'8 /$7( ' ())( & 76 Chorus, flanger , phaser, trem olo, and pa nner are m odulat ed ef fects . They use a Low Fr equenc y Osci llator (LFO ) to sweep certa in aspects of the effect’s sound. LFO Spe ed determ ines the m ovement (sweep) rate and the LFO Shape determ ines the s weep patter n. Som e of the c lasses h ave d y[...]

- 41 - Classic, Jaz z Chorus, M XR “Grey,” and MXR “ Phase 90,” These c lasses r ecreate th e sound of the “c lassic” effec ts. T he LFO param eters and som etim es Bandwidth are controlled to produce the char acterist ic soun d and con trol ac tion. For exam ple, as LFO S peed is increase d, W idth is autom aticall y adjusted within a [...]

- 42 - 5-Notch Ducking MXR “Pha se 90” MX R “Phase 1 00” Gated “Boston” Phaser D y namic Dela y ±1ms Dela y ±1ms Dela y ±1ms Dela y ±1ms Dela y ±1ms Del ay ±1ms Delay ± 50ms Delay ± 50ms Delay ± 50ms Delay ± 50ms Delay ± 50ms Delay ± 50ms LFO Rate LFO Rate LFO Rate LFO Rate LFO Rate LFO Rate LFO W idt h LFO W idth LFO W idt [...]

- 43 - Effect En abled : In Ducking and Gated class es, this c ontrol se ts the aud io input leve l that con trols th e g ating action of the eff ect. Signals that f all wit hin its s ettin g (for exam ple, above –10 d B) are heard and on es that are not ar e muted. LFO Offset: Controls the LFO ph ase dif ferenc e (in 30° increm ents) bet ween t[...]

- 44 - 527 $5< The Rotar y eff ect s imulates a 2- wa y rotating-s peak er c abinet with a bu ilt in cros sover net work . Rotat ing speak ers are tradition all y used with electric organs , but contem porary uses inc lude wit h guitars, voca ls, drum s, and just about an y sound that needs s om e added motio n. Since this ef fec t creates a s t[...]

- 45 - Auto Switch Wood Cabinet Concert Gated Stereo Split Dy namic Spin Up Time Spin Up T ime Spin Up Time Spin Up Time Spin Up Time Spin Up T ime Spin Down T ime Spin Down T ime Spin Dow n Time Spin Down Time Spin Dow n Time Spin Down Time Low/High M i x Low/High M i x Low /High M ix Low/High Mix Low /High Mix Low/H igh Mix Speed Adju st Speed Ad[...]

- 46 - MIDI/ UTI L PARAMETERS The MIDI/Ut il Param eters affec t the whole unit are set in MID I/Util Mode. T o access this m ode, press the MIDI/Uti l button, then turn t he Preset Encod er to scr oll both LCDs thr ough their separate list of param eters. T o change th e value of any param eter, tur n its c orrespo nding Pr ocessor Encoder. C hang[...]

- 47 - internal ly change patches wh en th is happe ns; it jus t sets LCD (A)’s program change n um ber to the num ber that it receive s. DRY KILL / GLOBAL MIX Dry Kill Dry Kill is used when runnin g the DM V-PRO with a mix ing board in a sen d/return fashion. (For a c om plete descripti on, see p age 10.) T o enabl e or dis able Dr y Kill, turn [...]

- 48 - REFERENCE: DMV - PRO Factor y Preset List # Name Routing In/Out 1 In/Out 2 In/Out 3 In/Out 4 TOP 19 1 Big Ster eo Re verb Twi n St ereo Concert H all Instrum ent Plate 2 Tight St ereo Reverb Tw in S ter eo Instrum ent Plate Gated Plate 3 Gate d Ster eo Re verb Tw in S ter eo Gated Pl ate Concert H all 4 Sidewa y s Rev erb Discrete 4 Reverb 1[...]

- 49 - Chorus 50 Wide Rhode Multi FX Chorus → T remolo → Stereo Hall 51 MXR "Y ellow" Tw in Ste reo Stereo Ch orus Stereo Ch orus 52 Tri-Chorus Mult i FX Chorus → Chor us → St. C horus 53 Direct Strat Multi FX Chor us → Chorus → Stereo Hal l 54 Warm Sp ace Cascade Chorus → Reverb 55 Chorus Spread Discrete 4 Chorus 1 L Chorus[...]

- 50 - LFO SH A PES ( tw o cycles each) EXPONENTIAL The Expone ntial wavefor m is not available on Trem olo and P anner ef fects. SINE TRIANGLE RECTIFIED SI NE These graphs are of the avail able LFO sh apes for Chorus , Fanger, Phaser, T rem olo, and Pa nner ef fects . The large ch oice of wavef orms will all ow you to selec t the b est poss ible s[...]

- 51 - INVERTED RECTI FIED SINE SQUA RE RA MP INVERTED RAMP MIDI IMPLEMENT A TION IN THE DMV-PRO Channel Voice M essages The DMV-PRO ca n respond to N ote On, Co ntrol Cha nge, Pro gram Change, Ch annel Pr essure, a nd Pi tch Bend mes sages. In order to respond to these m es sages, the MIDI Base C hanne l mus t be set eith er to the same c hannel o[...]

- 52 - By t e Nu mber Value (in hex) Descript ion 1 F0 Start of SysEx m essage. 2 1A A R T m anufactur er’s ID. 3 0x MIDI channe l (00 to 0F). 4 22 DMV-PRO pr oduct ID. 5 ?? Function ID. ... ?? (data, zero or m ore b ytes) (last) F7 End of S ysEx m essage. The Function ID is one of the fol lo win g v al ues an d is f ollo wed b y zer o or m ore b[...]

- 53 - MIDI CONTROLLERS AND NUMBE RS Here’s a list of MIDI C ontro llers and their n um bers, which m a y hel p to a void conflic ts if you c ontrol the DMV-PRO and other MIDI gear in the s am e setup. The D MV-PR O displ ays co ntroller n umber s as decim al number s. The follo wing table lists hex adecim al num bers, their equivalent decim al n[...]

- 54 - W A RR ANTY INFORM ATION Limited Warranty Applied Res earch and Tec hnolog y, Inc. will provide warr anty and Ser v ice f or this unit in ac corda nce with the following war r ants: Applied Res earch and Tec hnolog y, Inc. (A R T) warrants to the or iginal pur chaser that th is produc t and th e components thereof will be f ree f rom def ect[...]

- 55 - 4) Pack the un it in its origi nal car ton or a re asonabl e substi tute. T he pack ing box is no t recom m ended as a shipping carton. Put th e pac k aged un it i n a noth er box f or s hi ppi ng. Pri nt th e R A num ber c learl y on the outsi de of the shi pping box . Print your retur n ship ping addr ess o n the outs ide of the box. 5) In[...]

- 56 - DMV-PRO SPECIFIC A T IONS: A/D convert ers: 20 bit, 64 t im es oversam pled, de lta sigm a, X4 D/A convert ers: 20 bit, 128 tim es oversam pled, d elta sigm a, X4 Sample Rat e: 46.875 k Hz Bandwidth: 10 Hz – 20 k H z +0, -2 dB Dynam ic Range: >93dB Total Harm onic Distortion: < .01% @ 1kH z Audio In/O ut: ¼” unbal anced, +4 / - 10[...]

- 57 - A R T m aintains a polic y of cons tant prod uct im provem ent. A R T r eserves the right to m ake changes in design or mak e additions to or im provem ents upo n this prod uc t witho ut a n y ob lig ati on to ins ta ll t he s am e on pro duc ts prev i ous l y manuf actured. T heref ore, specif ications ar e subj ect to ch ange with out not [...]