Manley MASSIVE PASSIVE STEREO TUBE EQ - MSMP 1998 - 2/200 Manuel d'utilisateur

OWNER'S MANUALMANLEYMASSIVE PASSIVESTEREO TUBE EQMANLEY LABORATORIES, INC.13880 MAGNOLIA AVE.CHINO, CA. 91710TEL: (909) 627-4256FAX: (909) 628-2

Another important concept. When you use the shelf curves thefrequencies on the panel may or may nor correspond to other EQ'sfrequency markings. I

And Why Parallel?The Massive Passive is a "parallel design" as opposed to thefar more common "series design". A few pages back, we

Why Tube Gain Stages?The stupid answer is the name on the unit is "Manley Labs" and thatis what we do. Unlike a current trend, we do not use

Normal Shelf Wide Bandwidth(slope =about 4 to 5 dB/oct)Special Shelf Medium Bandwidth(slope = about 8 to 10 dB/oct)"Pultec Shelf" Narrow Ban

LOW SHELF +20 WIDE BWLOW SHELF +20 MED BWLOW SHELF -20 MED BWLOW SHELF -20 WIDE BWLOW SHELF +20 WIDE BWLOW SHELF +20 NARROW BWLOW SHELF -20 NARROW BWL

Narrow BandwidthBandwidth at 12:00Wide BandwidthWide BandwidthBandwidth at 12:00Narrow Bandwidth"dB" set at max (20 dB) and changing the Ban

LOW PASS FILTERSHIGH PASS FILTERS1.5 dB bump on the 6K,7.5K and 9K Filters16

1) To Open: Disconnect the AC Power cable, let sit 15 minutes to allow the power supply capacitors to discharge. Rememberthere are high voltages (300V

This procedure also results in a polarity reverse which means that the 1/4" outputs will reverse phase both in bypass andEQ. This may not be prob

EqualizersEQs range from simple bass and treble controls on a hifi system topretty tricky parametric EQs and 1/3 octave graphic EQs. As anaudio freak,

CONTENTSSECTION PAGEINTRODUCTION 3BACK PANEL & CONNECTING 4FRONT PANEL 5,6,7,8CREDITS 8THE MASSIVE PASSIVEBEGINNINGS, THE SUPER PULTEC 9THE

EQ TECHNIQUEOne of the best things about almost all EQs is that you don’t reallyneed an instruction manual. You plug it in, turn a few knows andwhen n

1) The song and the vocals was what producers wanted and perhapsthat hasn’t changed much. Bands were recorded with live vocalsback then. Even overdubs

Rather than try to do all your compression while recording vocals,save some for the mix. This takes a little pressure off of finding the“ultimate” com

Loops: The trick? Make the bad stuff sound good and the good stuffsound bad. Put it all together and go nuts with the mute switches. Forthat ol’ telep

If you are attempting to master the project or “pre-master” (thisyear’s hot, new audio buzzword) yourself, here are some suggestions.Take a week off a

TranslationsThis is just a few commonly used musical terms translated into technical terms or specific Massive Passive techniques. Note thatthese are

There are a number of possible symptoms of something not quite right, some may be interfacing, others we will touchon as well. If you suspect a proble

IT MAKES NOISES WHEN THE FRONT PANEL IS TAPPED - An easy one. Some tubes become microphonic overtime. That means they start acting like a bad micropho

MAINS CONNECTIONSYour MASSIVE PASSIVE has been factory set to the correct mains voltage for your country.The voltage setting is marked on the serial b

29SPECIFICATIONSMaximum Input : 1.5% THD +20 dBmMaximum Output : 1.5% THDUnbalanced: 20-20K +37 dBmBalanced: 100 to 20K +37 dBmLow Freq Saturation +26

INTRODUCTION3THANK YOU!...for choosing the Manley MASSIVE PASSIVE STEREO TUBE EQUALIZER. This EQ is supposedto be somewhat different from any EQ you m

WARRANTYAll Manley Laboratories equipment is covered by a limited warranty againstdefects in materials and workmanship for a period of 90 days from

WARRANTY REGISTRATIONWe ask that you please fill out this registration form and send the bottom half to:MANLEY LABORATORIESREGISTRATION DEPARTMENT1388

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4) BANDWIDTH. Similar to the "Q" control found in many EQs. A more accurate term here would be "Damping" or"Resonance" b

NOTES1) Do not assume the knob settings "mean" what you expect they should mean. Part of this is due to the interaction of the controls. Par

BeginningsThe very earliest equalizers were very simple and primitive bytodays standards. Yes, simpler than the hi-fi "bass" and "trebl