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  • Page 1

    Manual A r ea 5. 1 5.1 Surround Microphone Preamplifier & Stereo Downmix Syste m[...]

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    2 Area 5.1 V ersion 1.0 - 5/200 0 T he in fo rmation in this document has been ca r efully v erified an d is assumed to be co rre ct . Howev er So und Per fo r man ce Lab (SPL ) r ese r v es the r ight to modify the produ ct desc r ibed at any tim e. Changes without notic e. T his document is the prope r t y of SP L and may not be co pied or rep r [...]

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    3 Area 5.1 Co n t e n t s Introduction ............................................................................................... 3 F eature List ................................................................................................. 7 Installation ......................................................................................[...]

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    4 Area 5.1 The Area 5.1 unit should not be installed near units which produce strong magnetic fields or extreme heat. D o not install the unit directly above or below pow er amplifiers. Generally choose a place with sufficient air circulation. The mic array has to be placed the wa y that the L CR heads (those closer to the microphone center/90° an[...]

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    5 Area 5.1 Standard Rec ording Setup Sub Bass Output L (1), C (2), R (3), SL (4), SR (5) Output Microphone Input (via multicore lead) Stereo Mix Output DTRS or any other digital or analog multitrack recor- ding system The Standard Recording Setup is the basic configuration f or recordings with the Area 5.1. Generally any digital or analog recording[...]

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    6 Opera tion Preamplifier SPL Mic Arra y The SPL Mic Array was designed to arrange any suitable micro- phones in the setup based on the ASM 5 design of SPL ’ s Atmos 5.1 system. The outstanding quality of its 5.1 sur round reproduction has been proven in man y occasions. With large double membrane microphones in use, excellent t onal results are [...]

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    7 Opera tion Preamplifier Ch. 1-4 Lock To activate the master mic gain control, press the Ch.1-4 lock button in the channel 5 section. No w the mic gain control of channel 5 is the master control for all fiv e channels. The mic gain controls allow amplfications from 24 dB up to 60 dB . Pad The P ad switch (long life gold plated relais) attenuates t[...]

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    8 Area 5.1 Sub/LFE channel T o separate those frequencies that are not localisable , a 24 dB Butterwor th low-pass filter can be ac tivat ed at 130 Hz (Dolby AC 3). If the low-pass filter is not ac tivated , the output can be fed to any other LFE proc essor to generate the Sub/LFE signal for other encodings such as DTS. Stereo downmix stages The Ar[...]

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    9 Area 5.1 Built around a torroidal transformer , the power supply allows f or a minimal electromagnetic field with no hum or mechanic al noise. The pow er supply's output side is filtered by an RC circuit to extrac t noise and hums caused by your pow er ser vice. 30.000 µf capacitors smooth out the positive and negative half wa ves. The phan[...]

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    10 Area 5.1 SPL electronics GmbH (hereaf ter called SPL) products are warranted only in the country where purchased, through the authorized SPL distributor in that country , against defects in material or workmanship. The specific period of this limited warranty shall be that which is described to the original retail purchaser by the authorized SPL[...]

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    11 Area 5.1 Notes .......................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................[...]

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    Sound P er formance Lab Sohlweg 55 D-41372 Niederk rüchten, Ger many Phone: + 49 · 2163 · 98340, F ax: + 49 · 2163 · 983420 W ebsite: www .soundper formancelab .com Mail to: info@soundper formancelab .com „NEVER let it be said that SPL is a dull company .“ Dav e F oister , Studio Sound Area 5.1 Pr eliminar y Manual 5/2000[...]