User manual RANE EMPATH ROTARY DATASHEET

[. . . ] DATA SHEET EMPATH ROTARY MIXER General Description The Empath Rotary mixer is the latest version of the popular Empath mixer family from Rane. The only difference is the rotary channel faders. [. . . ] · Low and High headphone tone controls allow the DJ to match their mixer to their headphones. · Two assignable CD triggers work with any CD player with fader start ability. · Accelerated-SlopeTM, full-cut, 3-band tone controls are the most flexible and highest quality available. · Crossfader assign switches allow any Input Channel to be mixed on the A-side, B-side or Post Crossfader. · Level meters view Stereo Cue, Stereo Master Mix, Split Cue or Main Output signals. CONTOUR 1 CROSSFADER 3 SLOW SLOW O FAST FAS FAST AS SLOW SLOW O FAST FAS FAST AS SLOW SLOW O FAST FAS FAST AS HEADPHONES POWER · Contour controls are provided for the Crossfader, Input-1 and Input-3 controls, allowing any fader response from slow smooth fade to fast cut. · Both " and ¼" headphone jacks are simultaneously usable. More headphones are compatible with the Empath. Data Sheet-1 EMPATH MIXERS Fader Response These graphs show curves representing upper and lower limits for gain response verses fader position. Contour controls allow smooth and continuous adjustment between the two responses. Channel and CrossFader Contour travel 10 5 0 EQ Control Response AUDIO PRECISION AMPL (dBr) vs AMPL (dBr) LOW+ MID+ HIGH+ dB Attenuation 0 Slowest Fastest G -5 A I -10 N -15 -20 -25 -30 -35 -40 20 40 60 80 100 LO W­ MID­ HI GH ­ 20 100 FREQUENCY 1k 10k 20k Interactivity of the Accelerated-SlopeTM EQ controls AGC Response AGC looks at the input signal level (black line) and compares it to the ideal or "Target" level (0 dB). With AGC on, the gain is increased when it's above -16 dB, and decreased when it goes over the 0 dB Target (red line). Once AGC is active and falls below -16 dB, it is held indefinitely (blue line). SLOW FAST 12 9 AUDIO PRECISION AMPL (dBr) vs AMPL (dBr) 23 MAY 102 13:01:49 O6 U3 T P0 U T -3 L -6 E V -9 E L -12 -15 -18 -21 Gain is held below Threshold Gain is increased Target Gain is decreased -16 dB Threshold -21 -18 -15 -12 -9 -6 -3 0 3 6 9 12 SLOW FAST -24 -24 INPUT LEVEL Rear Panel Features · Universal internal power supply. [. . . ] The Empath provides all 3. ©Rane Corporation 10802 47th Ave. W. , Mukilteo WA 98275-5098 TEL 425-355-6000 FAX 425-347-7757 WEB www. rane. com Data Sheet-2 All features & specifications subject to change without notice. [. . . ]