Samson S-direct plus manual

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    Stereo Direct Insertion Box[...]

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    -- T able O f Cont ents Fr ont and Rear Panel Lay out 3 Po wering S direc t plus 3 Operating the S direct plus Direct insertion of an instrument into a P A system 4 Converting the output of unbalanced devices 6 High power signals 7 Specifications 8 Copyright 2004, Samson T echnologies Corp. Printed April, 2004 Samson T echnologies Corp. 575 Underhi[...]

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    S direct F ront and Rear Panel Layout 1 LEFT INPUT - 1/4” input connector . 2 LEFT OUTPUT/LINK - 1/4” output for 2 LEFT OUTPUT/LINK - 1/4” output for 2 LEFT OUTPUT/LINK passing the input signal through to a stage amplifier or monitor system. 3 LEVEL SWITCH - When engaged, the level is switched from instrument GTR to amplifier speaker SPK leve[...]

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    Operating the S direct plus A direct insertion, or DI, box provides the facility for connecting an audio signal into a mixer or recorder . The S direct plus offers a variety of stereo DI solutions for live sound and recording applications. Y ou can connect all kinds of audio signals like those from keyboards, drum machines, mixers, guitars, outboar[...]

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    5 Operating the S direct NO TE: T o avoid annoying pops and clicks be sure to mute (or turn down the v olume control) of your mixer’ s output while connecting the S direct plus, or when switching from batter y to phantom p o wer.              [...]

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    6 Operating the S direct plus On Stage Keyboard Monitors Main P A Mixer Left Link Output Typical Stereo DJ M ix er Stage Hook-up DJ Mi xer Stereo Output Left Inpu t Balanced Outputs Right Input Right Link Output CD Player 1 DJ Mixer CD Player 2 SIGNAL FLOW SIGNAL FLOW SIGNAL FLOW SIGNAL FLOW SIGNAL FLOW SIGNAL FLOW SIGNAL FLOW NO TE: In this exampl[...]

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    Operating the S direct plus 7 Connecting to High P ower Signals The S direct plus provides the capability of tapping off the signals from amplifiers, such as the output of a guitar amp with stereo ef fects or any power amplifier . Y ou can even use S direct plus to connect to the speaker output of a consumer stereo system or boom box, for example, [...]

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    Samson T echnologies Corp. 575 Underhill Blvd. P .O. Box 9031 Syosset, NY 1 1791-9031 Phone: 1-800-3-SAMSON (1-800-372-6766) Fax: 516-364-3888 www .samsontech.com Specifications Frequency Response 10Hz - 20 kHz, -1 dB Noise Level (22-22kHz, Input Shorted) -100 dBu THD + N (10 Hz -22 kHz) 0.013% typ. @ 1 VRMS,1 kHz. Input Impedance (GTR) 1 Meg. Ohm [...]