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OWNER’S MANUAL
MSE-100A
MULTIBAND SOUND ENHANCEMENT PROCESSOR
PROCESSOR
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MSE-100A MULTIBAND SOUND ENHANCEMENT PROCESSOR Congratulations on your choice of processors — you have Date of Purchase __________________________________________ purchased one of the finest stereo processors on the Dealer’s Name ____________________________________________ market today. This unit was developed using the expertise City ______________________________________________________ of professional sound engineers and working musicians. You will find that your new NADY AUDIO MSE-100A has
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WARNING An equilateral triangle enclosing a lightening flash/arrowhead symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure which may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock. ATTENTION: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR An equilateral triangle enclosing an exclamation point is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and service instructions in the literature enclosed
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INTRODUCTION In the last two decades, sound enhancement systems such as enhancers, exciters, psycho-acoustic processors etc. have become an indispensable aid in the studio and have found widespread application in almost all film, broadcast and record- ing productions as well as in P.A. and sound reinforcement systems. Basically, several principles of sound enhancement prevail in today’s market. The sound improving effect produced by the enhancer is based on program-dependent phase shifting with
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FRONT PANEL CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 3 2 3 4 2 4 5 6 8 9 5 6 7 1 7 1. POWER Switch with LED Indicator quencies for more signal transparency and brilliance. This switches the AC power ON or OFF. The integrated Fading over from one effect to the other can thus adapt the LED will light to indicate power ON. effects perfectly to the respective program material to suit Note: In order to avoid possible undesired noise transients any application or personal sound preference. in a live sound reinforceme
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REAR PANEL CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 13 14 12 11 10 11 10 10. INPUTS The MSE-100A is equipped with both 1/4” (6.3mm) TRS and XLR audio input jacks. These can be used for either bal- anced or unbalanced operation as follows: • Unbalanced use of mono 1/4” plugs: Tip = Signal, Sleeve = Ground / Shield. • Balanced use of TRS stereo 1/4” plugs: Tip = hot (+), Ring = cold (-), Sleeve = Ground / Shield. • Balanced use with XLR connectors: 1 = Ground / Shield, 2 = hot (+), 3 = cold (-). 11. OUTPUTS T
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APPLICATIONS BASIC SETTINGS 3. Check your settings by making an A/B com- We recommend setting the controls as indicated in the fol- parison using the IN/OUT switch. lowing three sections. This will give you a better idea of the switch and control functions: SOUND ENHANCEMENT DURING RECORDING The sound enhancing effect can be increased by using the 1. Set the MSE-100A channel (1 or 2) to bypass MSE-100A, not only during replay, but during actual mode (the mode switch OUT and the red LED lit). re
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APPLICATIONS ENHANCING THE SOUND OF TAPE DUPLICATIONS Note: That low-level signal sources such as microphones, Even under the most favorable of conditions, presence, guitars, etc., should pass through a preamplifier before the liveliness and transparency of the program material will processing stage, since the MSE-100A is a line-level suffer during each copying process. These losses are par- device (120 to +10 dBu). ticularly obvious when copying cassettes while simultane- ously using a noise r
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APPLICATIONS Note: If the P.A. speakers are operated in mono, the second channel of the MSE-100A can be used for another application. ENHANCING THE SOUND OF MONITOR SYSTEMS The MSE-100A can be effectively used to improve the sound of stage monitor systems. Here intelligibility and Using the MSE-100A in a Hi Fi system transparency are of paramount importance during sound reproduction. For this purpose, the MSE-100A is inserted either in the “monitor send” path or between monitor mixer The NAD
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SERVICE FOR YOUR NADY AUDIO PRODUCT (U.S.) Should your NADY AUDIO product require service, please contact the Nady Service Department via tele- phone at (510) 652-2411, or e-mail at service@nady.com. (International) For service, please contact the NADY AUDIO distributor in your country through the dealer from whom you purchased this product. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SERVICE THIS UNIT YOURSELF AS IT CAN BE DANGEROUS AND WILL ALSO VOID THE WARRANTY. NADY SYSTEMS, INC. • 6701 SHELLMOUND STREET, EMERYVILL
