Manley VOXBOX - MVBXA 4/2003 Manuel d'utilisateur

MANLEY VOXBOXOWNER’S MANUAL TUBES RULE REV. MVBXXAxxxx rev3/15/2011cd

H. LINE INPUT. XLR For balanced or unbalanced +4 line level sources. Transformer coupled. The PIN-OUT is: PIN 1 = CIRCUIT GROUND = SHIELD PIN 2 = H

On a light note, the bit on the back panel “An EveAnna Manley Production”. EveAnna spearheaded this project and invited input from some of our favorit

MIC IN INST IN PHASE INPUT LEVEL OVERVIEW and BLOCK DIAGRAM COMPRESSOR NEW PASSIVE OPTO CIRCUIT GAIN SWITCH MIC PREOUR 60dB TUBE PREAMP BALANCE

THE MIC PREAMP & COMPRESSOR The VOXBOX can be divided into two main sections. The first is the Compressor and Mic Preamplifier. The input signal

The LOW FREQUENCY ROLL-OFF switch works on mic, line and instrument inputs. We use it to reduce room rumble, excessive proximity effect and sometimes

A note regarding how we’ve described LA-2A’s as fast and LA-3A’s as slower. Your experience may disagree with our generalization. They both used the s

The MID DIP section has a number of typical uses. Most condensor mics have a peak in the frequency response. It is the normal resonance of the diaphra

Is there a way to prevent the sibilance problems and still get an airy bright vocal sound without resorting to a de-esser? Usually, yes. “Boosting too

ADDENDUM Originally this page was supposed to show some user settings and we invited everybody to contribute. Nobody did, so this page was blank for 3

L LINE IN E PRE OUT M TUBE & TRIM LOCATIONS INSERT IN E E EQ OUT M EQ IN SELECT & MUTING 6414 6414 Low noise graded 12AX7 / ECC8

CONTENTSSECTION PAGE INTRODUCTION 3QUICK START 4MAINS CONNECTIONS 5 FRONT PANEL MIC PRE 6 COMPRESSOR 7 EQ & DE-ESSER

CALIBRATION PROCEDURE This procedure has been done by the factory and should not be re-adjusted unless absolutely needed and should only be done by

TROUBLESHOOTING There are a number of possible symptoms of something not quite right. Some may be interfacing, others we will touch on as well. If you

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

SPECIFICATIONSMANLEY VOXBOXPREAMPLIFIER EQ SECTION BOTHMaximum Output : 1.5% THDUnbalanced: 20-20K +31 dBv Balanced: 1 KHz +31 dBv`Headroom (

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INTRODUCTION THANK YOU!... for choosing the Manley VOXBOX. This unit is the result of our customers asking us to make a vocal oriented combination fro

MICROPHONE TO VOXBOX, ALL SECTIONS OF VOXBOX AVAILABLERear Panel: Microphone in via XLR to MIC INPUT. Line level out via EQ OUT.Front Panel:- “Phase”

MAINS CONNECTIONS Your VOXBOX has been factory set to the correct mains voltage for your country. The voltage setting is marked on the serial badge,

FRONT PANEL A B C D E H J K N W X Y Z F G I L

COMPRESSOR SECTION J. COMPRESSOR BYPASS: With this switch up the compressor is engaged. This switch is uniquely designed to be used during music. No c

EQ and DE-ESSER SECTION O. EQ BYPASS: Switching this up engages the EQ section. This is a passive PULTEC MEQ style EQ with only one capacitor, one in

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