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Machine Head
© SPL electronics GmbH, Stand 10/97
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Dear customer,
Thank you for the confidence you have shown towards SPL
electronics GmbH by purchasing the SPL MACHINE HEAD. You
have decided to use a tool of high performance which sets you
in the position to have faster success and a better sound quality
in your music productions, pre-masterings and masterings.
As a typical SPL unit the MACHINE HEAD combines exemplary
specifications and high manufacturing standard with excellent
sound quality to provide you a precious component for studio
and mastering purposes. Please read this manual carefully to
ensure you have all the information you need to use the
MACHINE HEAD.
We wish you every success with the MACHINEHEAD.
Your SOUND PERFORMANCE LAB-Team
I would like to start with my thanks to all our staff, who
created what is to be described here. Special thanks go to Kai
Lukas from Lukas & Hartmann Soundart, Jörg Houpert and
Klaus-Peter Webersinke from Spectral Design as well as
Harald Obenland from Octum electronics. The importance of
their exceptional qualification and talents cannot be overesti-
mated.
Our products are often tested and compared in many publica-
tions and by our customers themselfs and constantly valued
with best results. I would like to pass on this broad appreciation
to those, who deserve it – my excellent colleagues.
Hermann Gier
ForewordThanks
Foreword 3
Thanks 3
Introduction 4
Operation Safety 5
Connections 6
Installing Updates 6
Quick Start 7
Analogue Tape Recording Signal Flow 7
Control Elements 8
ACTIVE 8
INPUT GAIN 8
DRIVE 8
HF-ADJUST 9
OUTPUT GAIN 10
HIGH TAPESPEED 10
LC-DISPLAY 10
LED CHAINS 10
PRESETS 11
INFO (HARDWAREDIALOGUE)11
Specifications 15
Warranty 16