8SONIC EXCITER SX3040 User Manual

3.2.4Studio application

In a studio environment the SONIC EXCITER is ideal for mastering to enhance the sound of recordings. The SX3040 can lend your music the professional polish of high-quality productions in just a few steps. Even if you primarily work with a digital audio workstation, you can perform the final mastering with the SX3040 and an external recorder.

For this application connect the SX3040 before the mastering recorder. Channels 1 and 2 must have the same settings, as this application involves stereo processing. Otherwise, the original stereo image will be distorted.

◊With the MIX controls you define the portion of the processed signal that should be mixed with the original signal separately for the BASS PROCESSOR and SONIC EXCITER sections.

Md Recorder

BASS PROCESSOR

 

SONIC EXCITER

 

 

BASS PROCESSOR

 

SONIC EXCITER

 

 

SONIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXCITER

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

SX3040

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIN MAX

MIN MAX MIN

MAX

MIN MAX

MIN MAX

MIN

MAX

MIN MAX

MIN MAX MIN

MAX

MIN MAX

MIN MAX

MIN

MAX

DRIVE

TUNE

MIX

TUNE

HARMONICS

MIX

IN/OUT

IN/OUT DRIVE

TUNE

MIX

TUNE

HARMONICS

MIX

POWER

SX3040

Computer

FCA202

XM8500

Keyboard

1622USB

Fig. 3.2: The SX3040 in Studio mode

3.2.5 Stage operation with instrument amplifiers

Besides being ideal for use with stereo signals, the SONIC EXCITER is also suitable for use with one or two individual signals, e. g. guitars. With electric guitars it can be used in combination with a combo amp or a separate modelling processor- amplifier combination to give the guitar sound more presence, fullness and punch. A similar combination with a keyboard and an external amplifier

is possible.

Because the two channels of the SX3040 work independently, even two different mono signals can be processed.

Connect the SX3040 to the effects loop connections on your combo amplifier. Determine whether the effects loop connections on your amplifier work in series in Insert mode or in parallel in Aux Send mode. Then set the MIX controls accordingly (see sections 3.2.1 and 3.2.2). If in doubt, refer to the instruction manual for your amplifier.

If you are using a modelling processor, you must connect the processor output to the SX3040 input and route the SX3040 signal to the amplifier.

Electric Guitar

Bass Guitar

Return

V-AMP PRO

Send

GMX212

 

 

 

Inputs 1

 

Outputs 1

 

Inputs 2

BASS PROCESSOR

 

SONIC EXCITER

 

 

BASS PROCESSOR

 

 

SONIC EXCITER

 

 

SONIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXCITER

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SX3040

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIN MAX

MIN MAX MIN

MAX

MIN MAX

MIN MAX

MIN MAX

 

MIN MAX

MIN MAX MIN

MAX

MIN

MAX

MIN MAX

MIN

MAX

DRIVE

TUNE

MIX

TUNE

HARMONICS

MIX

IN/OUT IN/OUT DRIVE

TUNE

MIX

TUNE

HARMONICS

MIX

POWER

SX3040

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outputs 2

BXL3000A

Fig. 3.3: The SX3040 in use with guitar amplifiers