Samson S-direct Direct Box manual

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    GND LIFT BALANCED OUTPUT PIN 1 GND PIN 2 HOT PIN 3 COLD BATTER Y MADE IN CHINA BATTER Y PHANTOM Direct Insertion Box www.samsontech.com LEVEL GTR/SPK DESIGNED AND ENGINEERED IN THE UNITED STA TES BY SAMSON TECHNOLOGIES OUTPUT/LINK INPUT SD100[...]

  • Page 2

    -- T able O f C ontents Fr ont and Rear Panel L a yout 3 Po wering S direct 3 Operating the S direct Direct insertion of an instrument into a P A system 4 High power signals 5 Converting the output of unbalanced devices 6 Specifications 7 K-TEAM A P R O D U C T I O N Copyright 2002, Samson T echnologies Corp. Printed April 2002 Samson T echnologies[...]

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    S direc t F ront and Rear Panel Layout www.samsontech.com LEVEL GTR/SPK DESIGNED AND ENGINEERED IN TH E UNITED STA TES BY SAMSON TECHNOLOGIES OUTPUT/LINK INPUT SD100 1 2 3 GND LIFT BALANCED OUTPUT PIN 1 GND PIN 2 HOT PIN 3 COLD BATTERY MADE IN CHINA BATTER Y PHANTOM 4 5 6 7 1 INPUT - 1/4” input connector . 2 LEVEL - When engaged, the level is swi[...]

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    Operating the S direct A direct box, or DI box, provides the facility for the direct insertion of an audio signal into a mixer or recorder . The S direct offers a variety of DI solutions for live sound and recording applications. Y ou can connect all kinds of audio signals like guitars, keyboards, outboard signal processors and even the high-powere[...]

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    www.samsontech.com LEVEL GTR/SPK DESIGNED AND ENGINEERED IN THE UNITED STATES BY SAMSON TECHNOLOGIES OUTPUT/LINK INPUT SD100 2T IN 2T OUT 2T TO MI X CR MIX MONO OUT C/ROOM +PHONES 5 MIX/2T RIGHT RIGHT AUX 2 OUT LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT MONO OUT AUX 1 OUT LEFT LEFT 5 0 1 0 0 10 L R MIX PHONES CHANNEL 1 CHANNEL 2 CHANNEL 3 CHANNEL 4 CHANNEL 5/6 MIC/LINE[...]

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    Con verting the Output of Unbalanced Devices The S direct can be quite useful on stage or in the studio for connecting unbalanced devices, particularly keyboards. The output levels of many keyboards are low , so their sig- nals can benefit greatly by connecting their unbalanced outputs to the S direct. By doing so the signal can be sent cleanly for[...]

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    Frequency Response 5-35 kHz, -3 dB Noise Level (22-22kHz, Input Shorted) -104 dBu THD + N (10 Hz -22 kHz) 0.013% typ. @ 1 VRMS,1 kHz. Input Impedance (GTR) > 1 Meg. Ohm (SPK) 10 k Ohm Max. Input Level (1% THD) +8.1 dBu ( 9v . Batt.) +1 1.3 dBu (48v . Phantom) GTR/SPK Input 1/4 ʺ Phone Jack, unbalanced OUTPUT/LINK 1/4 ʺ Phone Jack, unbalanced B[...]

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    Samson T echnologies Corp. 575 Underhill Blvd. P .O. Box 9031 Syosset, NY 1 1791-9031 Phone: 1-800-3-SAMSON (1-800-372-6766) Fax: 516-364-3888 www .samsontech.com[...]