Behringer FBQ2496 User Manual
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FEEDBACK DESTROYER PRO FBQ2496
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................... 4
1.1 Before you get started ...................................................... 4
1.1.1 Shipment ................................................................ 4
1.1.2 Initial operation ....................................................... 5
1.1.3 Online registration ................................................. 5
2. WHAT CAUSES FEEDBACK? ..................................... 5
3. CONTROL ELEMENTS AND CONNECTIONS ............. 5
3.1 The front ........................................................................... 5
3.2 The rear ............................................................................ 6
4. FBQ2496 FILTERS ..................................................... 7
4.1 Setting up Single-Shot filters ........................................... 7
4.2 Setting up parametric filters ............................................. 8
4.3 Setting up automatic filters .............................................. 8
5. CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS .......................................... 8
5.1 FBQ2496 in the monitor path .......................................... 8
5.2 FBQ2496 in channel insert .............................................. 9
5.3 FBQ2496 in studio applications ....................................... 9
6. INCOMING SIGNAL LEVEL ......................................... 9
7. MIDI CONTROL ........................................................ 10
7.1 MIDI connections ............................................................ 10
7.2 Activating and deactivating MIDI ................................... 10
7.3 Adjusting a MIDI channel ............................................... 10
7.4 MIDI controller ................................................................ 10
8. INSTALLATION ......................................................... 11
8.1 Installation in a rack ........................................................ 11
8.2 Audio connections ........................................................... 11
9. SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................... 11
10. WARRANTY ............................................................ 12
1. INTRODUCTION
Thank you for expressing your confidence in us by purchasing the
FEEDBACK DESTROYER PRO FBQ2496. It is an extremely useful
device for controlling your PA system, and will let you focus on
what
s truly important: your music.
The FBQ2496 is the fastest (>0.2 sec.) and the only 96 kHz Feedback
Suppressor in this market price segment. Using an ultra-fast feedback
detection algorithm, it automatically and intelligently locates up
to 20 feedback frequencies per channel and sets extremely narrow
notch filters to destroy them, leaving the remainder of the signal
virtually untouched.
Easy does it: with the Set-and-Forget default setting plus the
Panic button, your FEEDBACK DESTROYER can be up and running
in no time! The auto mode continuously monitors the mix, resetting
programmed filters automatically, while the manual mode allows
individual setting of up to 40 fully parametric filters with frequency,
bandwidth and gain adjustment. Open MIDI architecture means
that future software updates and flexible communication with digital
equipment are a no-brainer. With its various modes you can master
just about any live sound situation or use it as a creative sound-
shaping tool.
1.1 Before you get started
1.1.1 Shipment
Your FBQ2496 was carefully packed at the assembly plant to assure
secure transport. Should the condition of the cardboard box suggest
that damage may have taken place, please inspect the unit
immediately and look for physical indications of damage.
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Damaged equipment should NEVER be sent directly to us.
Please inform the dealer from whom you acquired the unit
FOREWORD
Dear Customer,
Welcome to the team of
FEEDBACK DESTROYER
PRO users and thank you
very much for expressing your
confidence in BEHRINGER
products by purchasing the
FBQ2496. It is one of my
most pleasant tasks to write
this letter to you, because it
is the culmination of many
months of hard work
delivered
by
our
engineering team to reach
a very ambitious goal: to
develop an outstanding
piece of equipment, whose
flexibility makes it equally
at home both in studios and
PA applications.
The task to design our new FEEDBACK DESTROYER PRO
certainly meant a great deal of responsibility. You, the discerning
user and musician, were the focus of our entire development efforts.
It also meant a lot of work and night shifts to accomplish this goal.
But it was fun, too. Developing a product usually brings a lot of
people together, and what a great feeling it is when everybody
who participated in such a project can be proud of what weve
achieved.
It is our philosophy to share our joy with you, because you are the
most important member of the BEHRINGER family. With your
highly competent suggestions for new products youve greatly
contributed to shaping our company and making it successful. In
return, we guarantee you uncompromising quality (manufactured
under ISO9000 certified management system) as well as excellent
technical and audio properties at an extremely favorable price. All
of this will enable you to fully unfold your creativity without being
hampered by budget constraints.
We are often asked how we can make it to produce such high-
grade devices at such unbelievably low prices. The answer is quite
simple: its you, our customers! Many satisfied customers means
large sales volumes enabling us to get better conditions of purchase
for components, etc. Isnt it only fair to pass this benefit back to
you? Because we know that your success is our success, too!
I would like to thank all people whose help on Project FEEDBACK
DESTROYER PRO has made it all possible. Everybody has made
very personal contributions, starting from the designers of the unit
via the many staff members in our company to you, the user of
BEHRINGER products.
My friends, its been worth the trouble!
Thank you very much,
Uli Behringer
1. INTRODUCTION