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ASHL Y AUDIO INC. 847 Holt Road W ebster , NY 14580-9103 Phone: (716) 872-0010 T oll-Free: (800) 828-6308 Fax: (716) 872-0739 www .ashly .com Dig ita l A u dio Pr oduc t s SYSTEM II Operating Manual 4.24G - Four Channel Graphic Equalizer/System Pr ocessor 4.
Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts 2 T abl e Of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.1 Protea Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts 7 MIDI IMPLEMENT A TION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 7.1 MIDI and the Four Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts 4 1. INTRODUCTION Thank you for your purchase of this Ashly Protea SYSTEM II digital audio product. The Protea SYSTEM II series builds on the tradition of quality and value which has earned Ashly its place as a market leader in equalization and signal processing.
5 Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts 1.2 AUDIO FEA TURES The Protea audio components consist of state of the art technologies, beginning with a 24 bit, 48kHz delta- sigma A/D converter with 128x oversampling.
Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts 6 2. AC POWER REQUIREMENTS Note: The AC power switch for model 4.24G is on the back panel. All Protea devices will perform nor- mally from 90 to 125V AC. A standard IEC-320 AC inlet is provided on the rear panel to accept the detachable power cord shipped with the unit.
7 Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts 5. KEYBOARD CONTROL FEA TURES 5.1 Bank The four BANK keys are only used on the MASTER Protea unit when multiple units are chained to- gether in a system.
Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts 8 while any dependent channels will show a flashing LED to indicate linked status. Although the audio paths remain separate, the linked channels now act as one. Any action taken on the Current Channel will also affect the Linked Channel(s).
9 Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts Ratio (RA T) is the degree of attenuation to the signal above the limiter threshold point. As the ratio increases, less signal is allowed to exceed the threshold. For example, with the ratio set at 10:1, a 10dB increase in input level results in just a 1dB increase in output level.
Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts 10 5.3.6 USER PREFERENCES In this menu, the user is able to adjust KEY SPEED, BACKLIGHT AUT O-OFF , LCD CONTRAST , Master/MIDI/RS232 mode, and selection of dBu or VU meters. KeySpeed: KeySpeed determines the response time of individual keys, with a higher number meaning faster response.
11 Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts 5.3.8 SECURITY Protea products have three levels of password-protected security to prevent unwanted tampering or accidental mistakes. Before mak- ing any security level changes, the screen prompts for the current password.
Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts 12 Gain 12K 3.1K 1.2K 16K 1K 1. 6K 2K 2.5K 4K 5K 6.3K 8K 10K +15 +5 0d B +10 -5 -10 -15 GAI N 1 5 500 800 1.2K 2K 3 .1K 5K 8K 1 2K 40 0 6 30 1K 1.6 K 2.5 K 4 K 6.3 K 10K 16K Esc Mut e Rec all In / Out Co py Save Fla t CapsLock PQRS TU V W XY Z D igita l Au dio Pr oduc ts Sc e ne ! - / * +.
13 Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts 5.12 SCENE The SCENE function is a convenient way to save and recall the block of presets used to create the entire system environment. Up to 50 different scenes may be stored, with each scene capable of controlling up to sixteen local channels.
Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts 14 6.2 MIDI Interconnection of several Protea units uses MIDI in a closed loop configuration, where one unit is the Master and all remaining units are Slaves. MIDI channel assignment for model 4.
15 Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts 7. MIDI IMPLEMENT A TION ***NOTE! Read this section before using several Protea units controlled from a Master or Remote. 7.1 MIDI AND THE 4 BANKS There are 16 MIDI channels, and any local channel in a Protea system may be independently set to any one of the 16 MIDI channels.
Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts 16 7.3 CONTINUOUS CONTROLLER REFERENCE T ABLE Protea Protea MIDI Control Control V alue N o.
17 Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts 9. PROTEA SLA VE UNITS Four slave units are of fered in addition to the 4.24G system processor . T wo are Graphic EQ slaves (GS), and two are Parametric EQ slaves (PS). Graphic slaves are controlled by a 4.
Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts 18 1 1 . TROUBLESHOOTING - See Also "Pr otea Quick Refer ence Guide" 1 1.1 - 4.24G Main & 4.24RD Remote Contr ol T r oubleshooting Ti ps Contr ols don't work - check the Security Level.
19 Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts 13. DIMENSIONS 14. SPECIFICA TIONS Input Active Balanced, 18K Ω Max. Input Level +20dBu Output Pseudo-Balanced, 100 Ω Max. Output Level +20dBu Frequency Response 20Hz to 20KHz, ±0.25dB THD <0.
Operating Manual - PROTEA SYSTEM II Digital Audio Pr oducts ASHL Y AUDIO INC. 847 Holt Road W ebster , NY 14580-9103 Phone: (716) 872-0010 Fax: (716) 872-0739 T oll Free (800) 828-6308 Internet: www .ashly .com 1999 by Ashly Audio Corporation. All rights reser ved worldwide.
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