Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Blender Fishman
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TM ONBO ARD BLENDER USER’S GUIDE W ARNING! WE STRONGL Y RECOMMEND THA T Y OU F AMILIARIZE Y OURSELF WITH THE PREAMP CONTROLS BEFORE Y OU A TTEMPT T O PERFORM WITH THE ONBOARD BLENDER. F AILURE T O DO SO COULD RESUL T IN W A VES OF EAR-SPLITTING FEEDBACK A T HIGH LEVELS.
This fine instrument is equipped with a FISHMAN PREFIX™ ONBO ARD BLENDER™. Please read these instructions carefully . If you ha ve any questions or prob lems, please call our CUST OMER SER VICE LINE at (978) 988-9665 .
ACOUSTIC GUIT AR SYSTEM 3 QUICK ST ART T o successfully combine microphone and pickup signals , it is best to star t b y presetting the microphone EQ to control f eedback, then mixing in the pickup . The PREFIX™ ONBOARD BLENDER™ f eatures three wa ys to control feedbac k; a PHASE switch, NO TCH filter and semi-parametric CONT OUR controls.
FISHMAN PREFIX™ ONBOARD BLENDER 4 PREAMP FUNCTIONS BA TTER Y COMP ARTMENT Pull the small tab at the top of the ONBOARD BLENDER™ toward y ou. The body of the preamp will swing out, re v ealing the BA T- TER Y COMP ARTMENT . Inser t a fresh 9V alkaline battery .
ACOUSTIC GUIT AR SYSTEM NO TCH FIL TER is effectively off in the full counter-cloc kwise position. V OLUME CONTROL The V OLUME control affects both microphone and pic kup. Goes from very quiet to very LOUD . BASS CONTR OL This is a boost/cut shelving tone control.
FISHMAN PREFIX™ ONBOARD BLENDER 6 SUGGESTED EQ SETTINGS ANTI-FEEDBA CK Refer to page 3. BRILLIANCE If you are pla ying through an electric guitar amplifier or hav e dead strings on the instrument, you can brighten up your sound b y setting the Contour FRE- QUENCY slider to 10 kHz and raising the CONT OUR Lev el to taste.
ACOUSTIC GUIT AR SYSTEM 7 MID CUT Y ou can scoop out harsh midrange by setting the FREQUENCY slider slightly abov e center with the CONTOUR Le v el cut to taste below the center detent. Often the desired mid-cut will f all into the same frequency range as potential microphone feedbac k.
FISHMAN PREFIX™ ONBOARD BLENDER 8 WHA T IS PHASE? Phase is the relationship between two signals or soundw aves originating from the same instrument. For our purposes, phase relationships are e xpressed as being either "in phase" or "out of phase".
ACOUSTIC GUIT AR SYSTEM 9 WHY DO I NEED A PHASE SWITCH ? The phase switch is useful f or two reasons: 1. Due to the interactiv e and changing nature of phase, acoustic amplification depends on maintaining optimum phase relationships between amplified instruments, sound systems and ven ues.
FISHMAN PREFIX™ ONBOARD BLENDER 10 Contin ued from P age 9 Here's why: A typical guitar has a cavity resonance of about 100 Hz. This is the frequency that generally f eeds back when a mic'ed guitar and speak er are in phase. 100 Hz has a wa velength of about 11 f eet.
ACOUSTIC GUIT AR SYSTEM 11 TM ONBOARD BLENDER PICKUP ONL Y SPECIFICA TIONS Nominal Input Lev el: -20 dBV Input Overload: (20 Hz - 20 kHz)-2 dBV Input Impedance: 20 M Ohms Output Impedance: Less than 3.5 k Ohms Nominal Output Lev el: -12 dBV THD: Less than .
INST ALLA TION BY A QU ALIFIED PROFESSIONAL REP AIRMAN IS STRONGL Y RECOMMENDED . FISHMAN TRANSDUCERS WILL NO T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMA GES THA T MA Y RESUL T FROM IMPROPER INST ALLA TION. The FISHMAN PREFIX™ ONBOARD BLENDER ACOUSTIC GUIT AR SYSTEM is warranted to function for a period of One (1) Y ear from the date of purchase .
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