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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

OPTIMIZING PICKUP GAIN CONTROLS

The Gain of each pickup input is adjusted via recessed

INSTRUMENT GAIN trims on the front of the SP 13. Unity

Gain is located at approximately 9:00. To set the Gain use a

screw driver, guitar pick, or other suitable tool to turn the

trims clockwise until a very strong input signal (e.g. strum-

ming a loud chord) causes the overload LED to flicker

occasionally. For extra headroom, turn the trims slightly

counterclockwise.

SETTING UP EACH PICKUP

Start by turning one of the Pickup LEVEL controls to off

or “0”, and the other one to “10”. Now play your instrument

and use the active Pickup’s LOW CUT filter and EQ sliders

to adjust for the desired timbre. Now turn this Pickup’s

LEVEL control off and repeat the procedure for the other

pickup. When through, adjust both LEVEL controls for

optimum loudness balance and use the PAN sliders to create a

panoramic sound field between the A and B Outputs.

If the sound seems thin or lacks bass when both Pickups

are turned up, try using one or the other of the INVERT

pushbuttons. This problem often occurs when pickups are out-

of-phase and their outputs are canceling instead of combin-

ing.

EFFECTS LOOPS

Most often the SEND/RETURN loop is used for a reverb,

while something more specialized like a compressor or multi-

effects processor fills the INSERT loop.

Hookup is simple: connect the SENDs to the inputs of the

reverb and run the outputs back to the RETURN jacks. To

send mono and return stereo, connect only the SEND A

(MONO) jack to the input and return both outputs to the

RETURN jacks; or to send and receive mono use just the A

(MONO) SEND and RETURN jacks. The SP 13 splits and

sums the mono input equally with the A and B Outputs.

Adjust the SEND & RETURN sliders as necessary for correct

levels.

The INSERT loops are the single ¼" send/return type

where tip=send and ring=return. Use standard stereo (2-

conductor) cable with a stereo jack on one end, then split it

out into two mono (1-conductor) cables with mono jacks on

the other. These are common enough, you shouldn’t have to

make them. There are no controls to worry about with this

loop.

SEND/RETURN vs. INSERT

An effect unit will deliver a full “wet” signal when

patched into the INSERT. A standard TRS insert style (tip-

send, ring-return) Y-cord gets input and output from the

INSERT jack to the effects unit. In the SEND and RETURN

loop, the most you can obtain is a 50% effects signal, because

the dry signal is internally mixed with the return.

Another effects tip: If you want to put one effect on just

the A, and a different effect on just the B, but you want a

mono output, just pan everything hard left and right for stereo

and push the MONO switch on the rear of the SP 13.

EXPAND JACKS

Signal entering the SP 13 through these jacks sums (post-

EQ and effects loops) with the internal signal. Mono signal

applied to the A (MONO) EXPAND IN jack sums equally

into Main A and B Outputs.

MAIN OUTPUTS

Two sets of Main Outputs exist. Both are fully balanced,

both may be used at the same time. The ¼" TRS jack operates

at line-level and should be used to drive additional signal

processing, your power amplifier, or any line-level inputs.

The XLR connectors are intended for mic-level inputs on

mixers, tape recorders or a snake. This level is 40 dB less than

the line-level outputs. It is, in effect, a built-in attenuator.

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