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Samson Acoustic Pre-Amp manual

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    ACOUSTIC PRE-AMP/DI[...]

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    ‑‑ Copyright 2004 -2008, Samson T echnologies Corp. Printed June, 2008 v1.1 Har tke 45 Gilpin Av enue Hauppauge, New Y ork 11788‑8816 Phone: 1‑800‑3‑SAMSON (1‑800‑372‑6766) F ax: 631‑784‑2201 ww w .har tke.com[...]

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    T able Of Contents Acoustic A ttack Introduction And Featur es 2 Introduction 2 Acoustic A ttack Featur es 2 Acoustic A ttack Fron t Panel Lay out 3 Acoustic A ttack Side Panel Lay out 4 Operating The Acoustic Attack 5 Setting Up The Acoustic A ttack 5 Po wer The Acoustic Attack 5 Phantom On ‑ O / Ground Connect / Lift Switch 5 Using Phantom P[...]

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    Ac oustic Attack Intr oduction and Featur es Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Acoustic Attack acoustic pre ‑amp/ direct box by Har tke! The Acoustic Attack is a high qualit y preamplifier designed specifically for acoustic instruments. The Acoustic Attack is a per fect solution for applications where you need to amplify or rec[...]

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    Ac oustic Attack F ront Panel La yout 1 OUTPUT - Control knob used to adjust the overall Output volume. 2 BASS - Control k nob used to boost or cut the low frequencies. 3 MID – Used to boost or cut the midrange frequencies. 4 TREBLE - Control knob used to boost or cut the high frequencies. 5 FREQ – Used to adjust the center fre- quency of the M[...]

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    ! " # $ % & ' A Power Inlet – Pow er inlet for connec t- ing the optional AD006 9 V olt p ower adapter . B PHANTOM ON / GROUND LIFT switch - Used to switch between phantom power or batter y operation, and/or Ground Lif t/ Connect. C OUTPUT - 1/4-inch jack carr ying the line-level output signal, either affected or un-affected, depend[...]

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    5 Operating the A coustic A ttack Setting Up the Acoustic A ttack The basic procedure for setting up and using your Acoustic Attack is simple and takes only a few minutes. Remove all pack ing materials (save them in case of need for future ser vice). Po wer the Acoustic A ttack Y ou can power the Acoustic Attack with a standard 9‑volt batter y , [...]

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    Po wer the Acoustic Attack - continued Installing the Battery Install a standard 9‑volt battery by removing the batter y door and attaching the battery to the terminal connector . Fit the battery into the compar tment and reinstall the battery door . Using an A C/DC Pow er Adapter Y ou can power the Acoustic Attack using the optional AC006 power [...]

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    7 Operating the Ac oustic Attack Using the MID control to Reduce Feedback A good use of the MID control is to help reduce feedback. T o do this, tur n the MID control all the way down, (fully counter clock wise), raise the OUTPUT control or the volume on your amp right to right at the feedback level, then use the FREQ control and slowly sweep throu[...]

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    8 Acoustic A ttack T ypical S et-ups There are many different ways to use the Acoustic Attack, however , the basic connection is the same in most installations and applications. T he following sec tions detail the connections for an acoustic guitar plugged into an Acoustic Attack which is feeding an on stage amplifier and the main P A mixer in a li[...]

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    Ac oustic Attack Sy stem D iagrams Using an External Effects Processor f or Recording In a recording application, you can use the Acoustic Attack’ s Direct Input as a second input, with the OUTPUT to create an effects loop. This will allow you to add an additional effect like a digital multi‑effects processor for delay, chorus and reverb and ha[...]

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    Hartke 45 Gilpin Av enue Hauppauge, New Y ork 11788‑8816 Phone: 1‑800‑3‑SAMSON (1‑800‑372‑6766) F ax: 631‑784‑2201 www.hartke.com[...]