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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 we’ve

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 you’ve 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: it’s you, our customers! Many satisfied customers means

large sales volumes enabling us to get better conditions of purchase

for components, etc. Isn’t 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, it‘s been worth the trouble!

Thank you very much,

Uli Behringer

1. INTRODUCTION