Gilderfluke&Co Sd-50 Audio & Show Controllers User Manual
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to 48K per second are supported.
• Amazingly powerful 100 Watt Stereo Class-D Amplifier (fifty watts/channel). This amplifier has
the output power of a typical 400 to 500 Watt linear amplifier, but without the high current
draw and waste heat. In most applications, this amplifier means that all you need to add are
appropriate speakers, a Sd/MMC flash card and a power supply to get up and running.
• Up to 255 different SoundFiles can be selected and played.
• Sound capacity is only limited by the size of the Sd/MMC flash card installed. As of this writ-
ing, Sd cards of up to four GBytes have been tested with the Sd-50/xxʼs. Using typical
.mp3 data rates, you can put about two full day’s worth of sound (yes, 48 hours!) on a single
four GByte Sd card. Larger capacity Sd cards are on the way, and should work just as well,
and hold even more sound.
• Audio data is stored in standard
. You move the Sd/MMC flash card to
your computer for high speed ‘drag-n-drop’ downloading. Some computers have Sd/MMC
slots built in. Others will need to use a USB-to-Sd/MMC adapter. In either case, your Macin-
tosh or Windows-based computer will mount the Sd/MMC flash card as a ‘removable Drive’.
You copy your sound and animation files to the Sd/MMC flash card by just drag-n-dropping it,
just as you would copy any file from one folder to another.
• Two line level outputs (RCA Jacks) for attaching external amplifiers.
• All configuration is done through a user friendly Windows-based ‘
’ program.
You can set the volume, EQ, and what each of the trigger inputs does. Eight of the
from the outside world through optoisolators, The other eight
Show Control side of the Sd-50/8 or Sd-50/40, if these options are installed. Any of the
inputs can be used to ramp audio to preset levels, select and play specific SoundFiles or se-
lect SoundFiles from a preset list or randomizer. Shows can be selected directly by an input,
or using a binary pattern to allow access to all 255 different possible audio files.
• Screwdriver-accessible
. These make it easy to make final adjustments in the
output level of the Sd-50s. Additional
controls set up through the ‘Mp3
Config.exe’ program allow you to set ‘limits’, so the volume can not be turned too high using
these pots.
•
stand alone, in 2-3/4” Augat Snap Track, or up to ten in a
(Sd-50/
0 only). Using optional brackets, mounts on most flavors of DIN rails.
• The Sd-50/xx will run from
with output voltages between twelve to twenty-four
volts DC. The Sd-50/xxʼs can even be run from batteries! For maximum output with the
onboard amplifier, use twenty-four volts, and add approximately 100 Watts (for amplifier) plus
your loads when selecting your power supply. Both screw terminal and 2.1 mm power con-
nections are available.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485
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