Table of Contents1
Introduction....................................................................3
Welcome!.........................................................................................................3
About the Smashup.......................................................................4
Important features of your Smashup.........................................................4
Smashup Key Features..................................................................................5
How to Use This Manual.............................................................6
Safety Instructions/Notices.....................................7
Important Safety Instructions (English)............................7
CE Declaration Of Conformity................................................9
FCC Compliance Statement......................................................9
Instructions de Sécurité Importantes (French).........................................10
Lesen Sie bitte die folgende Sicherheitshinweise
(German)..................................................................................................12
Quick Start Guide........................................................15
If you can’t wait to get started......................................................................15
Hook it up to a synthesizer...........................................................................15
A quick overview of the controls........................................... 16
Rear Panel........................................................................................................16
Connections....................................................................1 7
Unpacking and Inspection............................................................................17
Installing in a Rack.........................................................................................17
Power................................................................................................................17
Connecting to the Channel Inserts of a mixing console:........................19
Connecting to the Main Outputs of a mixing console:...........................20
Connecting to the inserts on an instrument amplifier:............................20
Connecting to equipment with XLR inputs and outputs:.......................21
About audio cables.........................................................................................21
Using the ModLink........................................................................22
Using the Smashup......................................................23
What is a compressor?.................................................................23
What the controls do.....................................................................................24
How the Smashup goes beyond “just compression”...............................25
Operational advice........................................................................26
Gain structure.................................................................................................26
Description of Controls...............................................................27
Threshold.........................................................................................................27
Attack................................................................................................................28
Look Ahead.....................................................................................................28
Release..............................................................................................................28
Output..............................................................................................................29
Sizzle.................................................................................................................29
Type Select Switch..........................................................................................30
Bypass...............................................................................................................32
Using the Foot Switch...................................................................................32
Sample Settings.............................................................33
Blank Settings Templates..............................................................................36
Troubleshooting............................................................37
Troubleshooting Index................................................................37
Avoiding ground loop noise.........................................................................39