Sound Performance Lab 9737 - Manual (Page 3)

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Machine Head
© SPL electronics GmbH, Stand 10/97
Contents
Dear customer,
Thank you for the confidence you have shown towards SPL
electronics GmbH by purchasing the SPL M ACHINE H EAD . 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 M ACHINE H EAD 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
M
ACHINE H EAD .
We wish you every success with the M ACHINE H EAD .
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
Foreword
Thanks
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
A CTIVE 8
I NPUT G AIN 8
D RIVE 8
HF-A DJUST 9
O UTPUT G AIN 10
H IGH T APE S PEED 10
LC- DISPLAY 10
LED CHAINS 10
P RESETS 11
I NFO ( HARDWARE DIALOGUE ) 11
Specifications 15
Warranty 16