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1. Medium Room Small Room Very Small Room Small Wood Room Small damped Empty Room Small Chamber Very Small Chamber Dark Chamber Locker Auditorium Basement Empty Garage In the Bathroom Classroom 48 49 Tiled Room Small Room for Drums Percussion Room Long Gold Plate Medium Gold Plate Short Gold Plate Large Bright Plate Snare Plate Vocal dry Vocal Wet Air Microphone Bleed Small Studio Room Small Box Ambience Tiled Staircase Nextdoor Living Room Phonebooth Inside a Locker Inside a Van Tunnel ZigZag Perc effect Triple slap Reverb Gated Reverb Short Gated Reverb Medium Gated Reverb Long Gated Hall Gated Room Gated Gold Plate Straight Delay Soft Delay Slapback Delay The King Vocal Delay Delay Doubler Effect Old Tape Echo Metallic Delay In a Tin Can Plain Chorus Center Chorus Chorus Extreme Stereo Flange Talking Flange Dark Flanger Phaser 1 Phaser 2 Phaser 3 Vocal Compressor 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 Guitar Compressor Light Compressor Heavy Compressor Gain Maximizer Pumpin Compressor Heavy Limit Limiter Fast Gate Slow Gate Expander Program De Esser Vocal De Essing Hard De Essing Neutral EQ Bass EQ Acoustic Guitar EQ Loudness Turn up the Bass Air EQ Telephone Voice Voice Multipitch 6 Voice Bass Pitch 6 Voice Guitar Pitch Fifths Up and Down Barbershop Mono to Stereo2. THE REAR PANEL DI THRU DO THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES k OPERATION SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS STATED IN THE MANUAL TYPE VIKOO1 SERIAL NO O DO t c electronic et oe BALANCED INPUTS BALANCED OUTPUTS To REDUCE me PARNING seem DIGITAL AUDIO MIDI RS485 PEDAL SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT DI Main Balanced Balanced Serial no AES EBU S PDIF MIDI Pedal Power XLR XLR Digital Digital In Thru Out Input Switch Inputs Outputs in out in out Notes To accomodate International regulations we have also added a back panel power switch You don t need to use the power switch on the rear panel Use the front panel power switch instead Remember to use the left input when you re using only one input Pin 2 is hot on all XLR s AES Regulations If You are connecting the M2000 to unbalanced equipment you must tie pins 1 and 3 together in the cable ends away from the M2000 We have reserved the two unused pins on the MIDI connectors for an optional RS485 interface Therefore if you are connecting M2000 to other equipment that use these pins please make sure the cable is a 3 wire standard MIDI type and not a five wire MIDIPLUS type If you want to use the pedal input be sure it is a momentary make type THE SIGNAL FLOW CON PRO INPUT LEVELS GAIN INPUT OUTPUT CON PRO 2 SELECTOR GAIN LEVELS ANALOG i b INPUTS D A ANALOG OUTPUTS
3. Mix Mix between direct and effect Out Level Adjust output level Use this parameter to match levels between presets Flanger Programs The Presets range from very soft add on effects to the wildest guitar sound you can imagine The Feedback filters are capable of controlling both high frequency and low fre quency feedback FB FILTER as FLANGER LES USER PARAMETERS Speed Controls the rate of sweep in a range from 1 sweep every 10 seconds to 10 sweeps every second Depth Determines how wide a modulation sweep is produced Phase Determines the sine wave modulation phase shift between left and right channels At 0 the left and right modulation will move in sync At 180 the modulation will move the channels against each other FB Level Controls the amount of effect signal routed back to the flanger inputs Select negative feedback to change feedback phase Delay Controls the length of delay time FB HiCut Feedback High Cutoff frequency Signal is damped 6dB oct above this frequency FB LoCut Feedback Low Cutoff frequency Signal is damped 6dB oct below this frequency HiCut Freq see chorus HiCut Level see chorus Mix Mix between direct and effect Out Level Adjust output level Use this parameter to match levels between presets 25 THE PROGRAMS continued 26 Delay Programs The Delay presets are capable of performing up to 1200 ms delay The Feedback filters makes it
4. Presets will now be Stored back into the M2000 Ram Warning This action will destroy ALL existing Ram Presets of the M2000 Mem gt Midi Connect your M2000s Midi Out to a another M2000 a Sequencer or any other Midi Recordable device Press OK and the M2000 will perform a Midi bulk dump of all Ram Presets Midi Mem Connect the Storing device to the M2000s Midi In and press OK The M2000 is now ready to receive a Midi bulk dump containing Ram presets WARNING this action will destroy ALL existing Ram Presets of the M2000 Pedal Pedal The Pedal input can control any one of four different features Engine 1 Bypass Engine 2 Bypass Engine 1 2 Bypass and Tap tempo Select by turning the Adjust Wheel 19 Tapped or dialed BPM Which engine to work on Define subdivision beat Tap Tempo The Tap Tempo key is similar to its cousin Learn on the TC 2290 Digital Delay Only the M2000 Tap Tempo key can control various parameters Delay time Decay time Chorus speed etc When you press the Tap key a Tempo menu pops up If no further actions are made the Tempo menu will disappear after a few sec onds The Tap key is attached to a default parameter in each effect type This means that the function of the Tap key changes along with the presets See default list later in this section The Tempo Menu The Tempo you tap is always measured in BPM Beats Per Minute The Tempo menu 15 able to recalculate the tapped time
5. 10 dBu to 22 dBu 24 bit 1 bit 128 times oversampling 0 57 ms Q 48 kHz 2100 dB unweighted gt 104 dB A 86 dB 0 005 96 1 kHz 6 dBFS FS 16 dBu 10 Hz to 20 kHz 0 0 5 dB 60 dB 10 Hz to 20 kHz typical 90 dB 1 kHz EN 55103 1 and EN 55103 2 FCC part 15 Class B CISPR 22 Class B IEC 65 EN 60065 UL 1419 CSA E65 32 F to 122 F 0 C to 50 C 22 F to 167 F 30 C to 70 C Max 90 non condensing PC Card 68 pin type 1 cards PCMCIA 2 0 JEIDA 4 0 Supports up to 2 MB SRAM In Out Thru 5 Pin DIN 1 4 phone jack 0 ohm to 50 kohm Anodized aluminum front Plated and painted steel chassis 19 x 1 75 x 8 2 483 x 44 x 208 mm 5 2 Ib 2 35 kg 100 to 240 VAC 50 to 60 Hz auto select 20 W gt 10 years 1 year 31 TROUBLESHOOTING You press the POWER switch but there is no light The power switch on the rear panel is switched off The input PPM meters don t peak out You are using analog inputs but the input selector in the I O menu is set to digital in The analog input level is set too low Only left input PPM meter is showing a signal Set input selector in I O menu to Both No sound through the M2000 You are using analog inputs but the input selector in the I O menu is set to digital in You can t turn the power off Hold the power switch pressed for at least 3 seconds All Program sounds phased You are using the M2000 in combina
6. Expanded Mono Casual Panner Straight Slow Panner Fast Narrow Panner Slow Tremolo Fast Tremolo Very Fast Tremolo No Effect PRESET LIST COMBINED PRESETS 48 49 Two 2000 Halls Deep Room Smooth Hall Small warm Hall Giant Hall Thick Drum Room Thick Gated Reverb Big Drum Hall Two Verbs Warm and Slow Short Slow Reverb Big and Warm Hall Nice Big Hall Reverb along Reverb Chorus like Hall Warm Vintage Hall Fat Hall Flanged Hall Chorused Hall Chorused Stonewall Big Lead Guitar Reverb MultiPitch Realistic Room Reverb in Reverb Biig Room Short Room Light Medium Room Double Room Flanged Small Room Flanged Ambience Flanged Room Open up the Vocal All Ambience Far Away Chorused Room Sing in the Shower Nice wide Vocal Wide Room Chorused Ambience Room Multiplied A litle to the Right Wobbly Hall Multiplex Hall Chorus Doubler Ultimative Chorus Unchained Flanger The King Slapdelay along Hall 95 Slapdelay in Circles Slapdelay Gateverb 96 Doubler and Panner Room Long Delay 97 Panned Inverse Very Long Delay Verb 98 Slow Moving Reverb Right and Left 99 n Cirkles Subtle Slap 100 Two Panners Clean Arpegio 101 True Stereo Delay Tap Dance Delay 102 Stereo Garage Fast Flanged Delay 103 Stereo EQ Nice Pitch Delay 104 Stereo Compressor Bright Delay 105 Stereo Limiter Two Delays 106 Stereo Gate Thick Delay 107 Short Stereo Delay Telephone Delay 108 True Stereo
7. Recall and Snapshot facilities will be attached to the Memory card The M2000 will now use the Memory Card as a normal RAM bank When you remove your Memory card the M2000 will switch back to the internal RAM If the format of the Memory card is not correct the M2000 will detect this immediately Card types Type 1 PC CARDS with minimum 64KBytes SRAM THE WIZARD The Wizard is a tool that helps you find the right preset for your program material The Wizard is easy to access and simple to use Try it out and listen what our creative staff suggests for your program material The Wizard Display 1 Select the type of effect you want 2 Which instrument to be used on 3 and the category of intensity Dial here to select between presets that utilize the search criteria WIZARD LI SHIFT How to enter The Wizard Engine 1 or 2 Mimi IE ESTRH Number of pre sets utilizing the search criteria Name of selected preset Press Shift and Wizard to enter the function Use the parameter keys to select the different filters and the Adjust wheel to select filter parameters Set the three different categories as you desire and try out the pro posed presets The Wizard will show the Name and Number of the proposed preset Scroll through the Presets using the Adjust wheel and press OK to Recall You can use the Wizard in many different ways 1 e set it to enter
8. production so if there is a chance that the source material is going to be dithered later in a production do not use Dither LEVEL MENU Press the Level key to access this menu These global level controls should be set to optimize the performance of the 24bit AD converter in the M2000 The Level bars can be controlled individually or in common Mark the level bar you want to control using the cursor keys and turn ADJUST to change value For common control the marker should be set between the two Level bars Note that the Digital In Level is capable of 6 dB gain Input gain and sensitivity Consumer PRO Output gain OUTPUT and level PRO hdEu Consumer PRO Digital input gain DIGITAL In Place cursor between L and R to adjust simultaneously Ranges Auto level Analog Inputs Press SHIFT and AUTO LEVEL to activate function Consumer range 16dB to 10dB Professional range 6dB to 16dB Analog Outputs Consumer range 10dB to 16dB Professional range 16dB to 6dB Digital Input Level Adjust the Digital Input from Off to 6dB AUTO LEVEL Send your expected source into the M2000 and press Auto Level Shift Levels to optimize your Input level automatically The M2000 will perform a measure for about five seconds and then adjust the Input level giving you about 6 dB of headroom 15 ROUTING Pressing the Routing key gives you the ability to choose one of six different Routings Move the marker by p
9. Ar L Bo PITCHER LEVEL R PITCHER LEVEL PAN PITCHER 1 LEVEL 1 LEVEL m i PITCHER E LEVEL m I PITCHER I LEVEL m USER PARAMETERS Mix Mix between direct and effect Out Level Adjust output level Use this parameter to match levels between presets Voice Sets which voice you are editing Pitch sets the pitch of the current Voice 0 1200 Level Sets the level of the current Voice Pan Sets the panning of the current Voice Delay sets the Delay of the current Voice 27 THE PROGRAMS continued 28 EQ Programs The EQ programs are all 3 band parametric types with sepa rate high and low shelving bands L Bo 6 BAND PAR EQ LIR R USER PARAMETERS Frequency Low shelving filter ranges from 20hz to 5Khz High shelving filter ranges from 500hz to 20Khz Three band filters ranges from 20hz to 20Khz Band width Low and high shelving filters have 2 different bandwidths The 3 bandfilters have 3 different bandwidths Level All filters range 12dB EQ level Adjustable 12dB Tremolo Programs The Tremolo programs are effects where the output level is modulated by an LFO Our programs are able of setting the LFO phase between the two outputs USER PARAMETERS Speed Controls the rate of sweep in a range from sweep every 10 seconds to 10 sweeps every second Depth intensity Determines how wide a modulation sweep is produced Phase Determines the
10. Reverb Slpabacking Flanger 109 Insert Compressors Slapback and Doubler 110 Insert EQs Chorus Delay 111 Insert Gates Beautiful SpaceDelay 112 Echo in the Basement Slow Reverb Delay 113 Dynamic Flanger Echo Chorus 114 Vocalroom Choruslike Slowflange and Echos 115 Short Long Reverb Fizzy Echoes 116 Compressor Reverb Compressed Flanger 117 Bright Warm Reverb Comp Gated Verb 118 Warm Bright Reverb Comp Small Drumhall 119 Chorus Chorus Compressed Snarehall 120 Dynmorph Looong Room Compressed Room 121 Hall Ambience Compressed Hall 122 Slapdelay Vocal Wet Vocal Comb Delay 123 Delay SlapDelay De essed Delay 124 Dynmorph SneakingVerb De Essed M2000 Hall 125 Delay Reverb De Essed Bright Hall 126 Reverb Delay De Essed Basement 127 Changing Ambience De Essed Ambience 128 Blues ina Room Heavy Limit Expander De Esser EQ Compressor De esser Limiter EQ Compressor Expand Compressor Limiter Vocal Compressor EQ LeslieLike Rotor Panned Delay Slow Panned Phone Moving Ambience Moving Vintage Hall Autopanned Stonewall 37
11. balanced b 3 balanced ENGINE 1 2 E MIXER AES EBU BYPASS DIGITAL DIGITAL INPUTS Ea E OUTPUTS DIGITAL INPUT GAIN Notes Regarding the signal flow As shown in the block diagram signals are present on all outputs all the time The digital input gain circuit is capable of lifting the signal level This is a very useful feature if you e g are feeding the M2000 with a DAT recording that isn t fully leveled to 0 dB RECALL SNAPSHOTS The Recall Displays The Recall display is the homepage of the M2000 This means that you return to this display whenever you exit any other display of the M2000 The Recall display is split into two halfs showing the presets of both Engines at the same time Engine 1 is always the top half while Engine 2 is the bottom half of the display If you want to have only one effect use one engine and set the other in bypass mode Recall Display Algorithm type Primary parameter Edited flag Preset number Engine 1 Bank indicator RAM ROM Preset name Engine 2 Combined Recall Display Routing mode PARALLEL Flag indicating change to a new routing only visible during preset preview Another way of Recalling is to use the Wizard described later in Recalling a Preset this section see The Wizard The Preset number and the OK When you wish to Recall a preset simply use the key will be blinking while you are previewing indicating that the ADJU
12. glide Routing is selected See Routing In the MIDI section you are able to see the MIDI setup of both Engine 1 Engine 2 and the Combined section at the same time MIDI In Channel Sets the Channel of which the current Engine will respond to When set to Omni the Engine will respond to all channels When set to off no MIDI will be received Filter Sets whether the current section of the M2000 should respond to MIDI Control changes CTRL and MIDI Program changes PROG or not i e when Filter is set to PROG the M2000 will only respond to MIDI Program changes Offset With this parameter you are able to add or subtract to the incom ing Program change i e the incoming Program Change is preset 123 and the Offset is set to 1 the Program Change will now be 124 Sys ex id Sets the Sys Ex ID number of the M2000 MIDI Out Channel Sets the sending MIDI channel of the M2000 Filter Sets wether the current section of the M2000 should send out MIDI Control changes CTRL and MIDI Program changes PROG or not i e when Filter is set to PROG the M2000 will only send out MIDI Program changes Offset With this parameter you are able to add or subtract to the out going Program change 1 the outgoing Program Change is pre set 123 and the Offset is set to 1 the Program Change will now be 124 MIDI Map MIDI Map Sets the current MIDI Map On or Off Prg Bank Determines which Bank the MIDI Map should cont
13. iain 31 TROUBLESHOOTING _ Maybe you will find help 3 2 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART 33 SELF TEST PROGRAM 2 222 s 34 GLOSSARY usin 35 PRESET LIST 36 TC Electronic Sindalsvej 34 DK 8240 Risskov tcadkGtcelectronic com Hev4 SW V 2 06 WELCOME Congratulations on the purchase of your new M2000 We hope that you will have as much pleasure using it as we had making it The M2000 is basically two separate effect Engines housed in the same box They can be used as such but they can also work together in a number of Combined configurations The outputs of the two Engines are mixed down to a common stereo output The general Control of the M2000 is accomplished by moving the cursor with the cursor keys value changes are made by turn ing the Adjust wheel The rest is simple You select the area that you wish to control by pressing the function keys on the front of the M2000 1 if you want to Recall you press the RECALL key CONTROL ADJUST ww CANCEL A CURSOR v PAGE DOWN About this Manual Many people in the music business have an aversion to reading manuals We understand that So if you feel like starting without reading the whole manual simply Plug amp Play You can always use the manual for checking out areas that you have questions about or if you want to dig deeper into the unit Refer to the Table of Contents for further information On the other hand you m
14. menu you always move by pressing the Cursor keys and change values by dialing the Adjust wheel Expert mode When pressing OK on the Expert line the M2000 will enable you to access a detailed Edit mode of the Reverbs Since the two different Edit modes User amp Expert are not com patible it is NOT possible to return to the User Edit mode When Storing a preset Edited in Expert mode the current preset will remain in expert mode forever 22 Algorithm been edited Expert made VER JAYE Combined Edit See illustration on next page The relative Levels of the two Engines can be adjusted in this display The range is off 0 0 dB These levels affect both analog and digital outputs Move the marker by pressing the Cursor keys change values using the Adjust wheel The Engine Out Levels are identical with the Outlev parameter in the Edit page and will at all times be corresponding with these DYNAMIC MORPHING Engine output levels mix Dynamic Morphing section Dynamic Morphing The Dynamic Morphing function is a great new way of interac tion between your source signal and the Effect When activated the M2000 will morph between the two Engines according to your Input level This is a function for quick seam less changes of an Effect Think about the vocal in a ballad being soft and subtle during the verse and then rising to heartbreaking heights in the chorus Now imagine the Reverb chan
15. of the reverb tail Rev Feed Determines how fast the reverberation will build up Rev diff Imposes the characteristics of the early reflections on the later reverberation Distance The relative distance control varies the mix relations between early and later reflections Simulating how far away you are from the sound source Difusor type The natural room mode peak frequencies and the smoothness of the tail are affected by this parameter Mod Rate The MODRATE varies the rate of modulation of the recircu lating delay paths simulating the reverb tail Mod Depth Controls the amount of delay path modulation or wander in the reverb Chorus Programs These presets are capable of producing a smooth natural sounding stereo chorus effect The Hicut filter gives you the ability to make it sound very warm USER PARAMETERS Speed Controls the rate of sweep in a range from 1 sweep every 10 seconds to 10 sweeps every second Depth Determines how wide a modulation sweep is produced Phase Determines the sine wave modulation phase shift between left and right channels At 0 the left and right modulation will move in sync At 180 the modulation will move the channels against each other HiCut Freq Hicut shelving type filter 6dB oct This parameter sets the hinge point of the shelving filter HiCut Level Sets maximum depth of cut above the HiCut shelving fre quency Delay Controls the length of delay time
16. only Drum Reverbs or use it as a creative partner 13 Algorithm types Reverb Delay Chorus including flanging and phasing Pitch Dynamic compressor limiting expanding deessing Misc Instruments Vocals Guitars Bass Keyboards Percussion Classic instruments violins flutes etc Category Gentle Normal Extra I O Press the I O key to setup various I O parameters Move the marker using the Cursor keys and turn the ADJUST wheel to change values Input Selector Input Signal LEFT BE SAMIPLERATE 1 48 0 Di Sample rate 44100Hz 48000Hz or from digital inputs I O Press the I O key to setup various I O parameters Move the marker using the Cursor keys and turn the ADJUST wheel to change values Input Select Input source Analog Digital Select Input type Left Both When you select Left the right input will be muted If you are using two inputs you should select Both Sample rate Select Master clock 44 1 kHz 48 kHz DI When Digital Input is selected the external Clock frequency will be displayed by the three LEDS on the left side of the Display If the M2000 cannot lock all three LED s will be blinking Mix The Mix is a global parameter When Mix 15 set to 100 the Mix parameter of all presets will be 100 and no direct signal will pass through the M2000 Note that when Mix is set to 100 the Bypass keys will act like Mute keys When Mix is set to Mix the pa
17. possible to control both high and low frequency feedback FB FILTER USER PARAMETERS Delay Controls the length of delay time FB Level Controls the amount of effect signal routed back to the input FB HiCut Feedback High Cutoff frequency Signal is damped 6dB oct above this frequency FB LoCut Feedback Low Cutoff frequency Signal is damped 6dB oct below this frequency HiCut Freq Hicut shelving type filter 6dB oct This parameter sets the hinge point of the shelving filter HiCut Level Sets maximum depth of cut above the HiCut shelving fre quency Mix Mix between direct and effect Out Level Adjust output level Use this parameter to match levels between presets Phaser Programs HICUT E L oN menm LFO USER PARAMETERS Intensity Phaser intensity Speed Controls the rate of sweep in a range from 1 sweep every 10 seconds to 10 sweeps every second Depth Determines the depth of modulation HiCut Freq Hicut shelving type filter 6dB oct This parameter sets the hinge point of the shelving filter HiCut Level Sets maximum depth of cut above the HiCut shelving fre quency Mix Mix between direct and effect Out Level Adjust output level Use this parameter to match levels between presets Multi Pitch shift Programs The Multi pitch presets are capable of performing 6 pitched Voices at the same time This makes it possible to produce a true chorus effect
18. OMNI OFF POLY Mode 4 OMNI OFF MONO 33 SELF TEST Midi I O test Select Midi I O test by pressing OK Connect Midi Out to Midi In Prg change 1 128 is send out on Midi Thru Connect this socket to a Midi compatible device and confirm the Prg changes Press Cancel to exit Midi I O test PRESS ONE OF THE 3 BYPASS KEYS WHILE POWER ING UP TO ACCESS THE SELF TEST AND SELECT RUN TEST PROGRAM Turn the Adjust Wheel to scroll through Self tests Key test Select Key test by pressing OK The keys must be pressed in the order they are requested by the M2000 to pass the test Press Cancel to exit Key test Adjust Wheel test Select Adjust Wheel test by pressing OK Turn the Adjust Wheel to 30 and back to 0 to pass test Press Cancel to exit Adjust Wheel test Led test Select Led test by pressing OK Turn Adjust Wheel to test the Leds The test is ok when all Leds are lit Press Cancel to exit Led test Display test Select Display test by pressing OK Press OK to check that all pixels are lit Press any key to leave the pixel test Press Cancel to exit Display test Analog I O test Select Analog I O test by pressing OK Connect an Analog Output to the Analog Input which has to be tested and press OK Use a balanced cable PPM must show 12 dB to pass test Press Cancel to Exit Analog I O test Digital I O test Select Digital I O test by pressing OK Connect a Digital Output to the Digital Input wh
19. ST wheel to scroll through the presets and press shown preset is not Recalled yet OK to Recall Use the Cursor keys or the other Recall key to access the other Engine 10 Combined Recall The M2000 is capable of Recalling Combined presets meaning a preset for each Engine in a combination A Combined preset consists of two normal presets and the Routing of the M2000 i e by Recalling Combined preset 30 a Chorus will be loaded into Engine 1 a Reverb will be loaded into Engine 2 and the Routing will change to Serial see Routing To Recall a Combined preset Press the Combined Recall key and scroll through the presets using the Adjust wheel Press OK when you find the right preset The Preset number and the OK key will be blinking while you are previewing indicating that the shown preset is not Recalled yet Combined preset is made out of two normal presets This means that when you return to the normal Recall display the Homepage the M2000 will display the numbers and names of the two presets that the Combined preset consists of The Edited flag will light if the presets have been modified Factory User Presets NORMAL COMBINED 128 ROM PRESETS 128 ROM PRESETS Factory presets 128 RAM PRESETS 128 RAM Your own presets PRESETS Preset banks The M2000 contains four different preset banks Each bank can hold 128 presets The four banks are as follows Normal ROM bank This bank contain
20. USER S MANUAL ENGINE ENGINE 2 COMBINED 1 2 SNAPSHOTS CONTROL ADJUST 591 WIZARD WIZARD STORE I CANCEL Eu TUNER DELETE PRESET DELETE PRESET CENENB evs o er AUTO LEVEL STORE 3 UTIL MIDI BYPASS ome MIDI MONITOR STORE 4 PAGE DOWN t c electronic mooo TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME About this Manual The help function _ 5 THE FRONT PANEL L X D3 Keys LED s and other functions explained 6 THE REAR PANEL evel Inputs Outputs 8 THE SIGNAL 9 RECALL SNAPSHOTS Recalling a Preset Combined recall Factory User presets Memory card 1 0 STORE ee Du Store new preset The letterbox Combined store 12 THEWIZARD 3 MENU Input selector Sample Rate Mix Primary output 4 LEVELS MENU 22 s Ranges Auto level 15 ROUTING Serial Parallel Dual input Dual mono Stereo Preset glide Studio setup examples _ 16 UTIL MIDI Display Preset glide MIDI in MIDI out MIDI map Security Memory protect Backup Pedal 18 TEMPO _ Jc 2 Tap key BPM Tempo subdivisions 20 MIDI MONITOR aii 21 TUNER 21 Combined Edit Engine output level 22 DINAMIC MORPHING 23 THE PROGRAMS Reverb Chorus Flanger Delay Phaser Pitch EQ Tremolo Stereo Dynamic 74 THE RESET PAGE 2 0 Reset page User data page 30 TECHNICAL REFERENCE
21. e mid frequency reverberation time Reverb Hi Adjust the high frequency reverberation time Expert mode Press OK here to enter expert mode Remember there is no way back to normal user parameters after adjusting any expert parameters HiCut freq Sets the cutoff frequency of the HighCut filter HiCut level Damping ratio in dB of the HighCut filter Mix Mix between direct and effect Out Level Adjust output level Use this parameter to match levels between presets EXPERT PARAMETERS only additional parameters mentioned Diffuse This parameter sets the degree of wall diffusion Increasing the value will result in a more dense reverberation tail Don t set the value too high as it will result in a not natural sound ing reverberation tail Room shape Here you can choose between different room shapes Changing the room shape will change the initial reflections Size mult Size multiplication factor With this parameter you can change the size of the room Only the initial reflections are influenced by this factor Lo Crossover Crossover frequency between low and mid band reverbera tion filter Mid Crossover Crossover frequency between lo mid and hi mid band rever beration filter Hi Crossover Crossover frequency between mid and high band reverbera tion filter Initial lev Sets the Initial reflection level Rev lev Level of the reverberation tail Rev width This parameter adjust the stereo width
22. els Channel pointer TUNER SCREEN Tuning guide Select guitar bass or note set manual Master tune 440 445Hz B50 20 0 Deviation in cents Tuning guide t OLOS ui tar MOTE Detected note nLEMTH ddHz MIDI Monitor Tuner Press Shift Util Midi to access MIDI Monitor Press Shift Routing to access the Tuner of the M2000 In the MIDI Monitor you are able to see all MIDI actions When Tuner is selected the Outputs will be muted received by the M2000 The actions are displayed according to Select Guitar Bass Manual mode by turning the ADJUST wheel the current channels Prog Displays Program changes Note Displays Note On Off Cnt Displays Control changes When Guitar or Bass is selected the Tuner will only respond to notes corresponding to the strings of these instruments When set to Manual you must select the desired Note using the ADJUST wheel In the Master section you can Calibrate the Tuners default 440 Sys x Displays System exclusive commands 445 Hz Eng Displays the midi channels of Eng 1 2 and combined The detected note will be shown in the lower right corner and in Chan Displays the Midi channels Press any key to exit MIDI Monitor the note line When the horizontal marker is 0 you are tuned in The two tuning guides will tell you wether the note 15 too flat or too sharp Press any key to exit Tuner 21 EDIT Subtitles Parameters Edit In the Edit
23. et dial between preset 1 to 128 Move cursor to the new name line and dial in the new preset name find letter with ADJUST and confirm with OK Point on DONE and press OK to finalize store operation Store with the same name If you want to Store the Preset with the existing name simply select the RAM location to Store in by using the ADJUST wheel and press OK the OK key will be blinking while you search for a suitable RAM space The M2000 will now tell you STORED in a pop up win dow and return to the homepage CAPS LOCK Indicator The letterbox When you want to change the name of the preset to Store press the Cursor Down key You are now able to write a new name using the letterbox Simply dial the ADJUST wheel and press OK to select new letters Select CAP by pressing OK to change case When you have changed the name select DONE in the Letterbox and press OK to Store Combined Store The handling of Combined Store is exactly the same as a normal Store Please note that a Combined Preset Stores the Routing of the Engines along with the Preset 12 IS TU DARMOWE cone Cursor arrows Store location New preset name Letterbox Place cursor here and press OK to finalize store operation Using a Memory Card When you wish to use a Memory card simply insert the Card in the M2000 The M2000 will now autodetect your card and the Store
24. ging along with it from a small discreet Room in the verse to a Big Bright Hall in the chorus Simply select the two presets in the current Engines and then activate the Dynamic Morphing function Set the Threshold and the Speed of the Dynamic Morphing and check out the result Effect X Effect2 THRESHOLD Engine output levels Morphing on off and morphing direction MORPHING T M SPEED MEDC FAST THRESHOLD Morphing speed Morphing threshold Morph direction 1 2 If this box is selected Engine 1 will be active while the Input is below Threshold Morph direction 2 1 If this box is selected Engine 2 will be active while the Input is below Threshold Note that the max level of the Engines is set by the Engine Out bars above Dynamic Morphing The Dynamic Morphing is Stored along with Combined Presets The Dynamic Morphing function is only available when Routing is set to Parallel 23 THE PROGRAMS 24 Reverb Programs HALL ROOM PLATE AMBIENCE GATED All Reverb presets both have a User and an expert page The number of parameters depends on which preset you have selected L HICUT INITIAL 79 L F REFLECT REVERB R Ly R USER PARAMETERS Decay Sets the decay time The value indicates the time to where the reverb tail is damped to 60dB Pre delay The time to arrival of the first reflection Reverb Lo Adjust the low frequency reverberation time Reverb Mid Adjust th
25. gital Inputs and Outputs Connectors Formats Output Dither Sample Rates Processing Delay Frequency Response DIO Analog Inputs Connectors Impedance Max Input Level Min Input Level for dBFS Sensitivity A to D Conversion A to D Delay Dynamic Range THD Frequency Response Crosstalk Analog Outputs Connectors Impedance Max Output Level Full Scale Output Range D to A Conversion D to A Delay Dynamic Range THD Frequency Response Crosstalk EMC Complies with Safety Certified to Environment Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Humidity PCMCIA Interface Connector Standards Card Format Control Interface MIDI GPI Pedal Fader General Finish Dimensions Weight Mains Voltage Power Consumption Backup Battery Life Warranty Parts and labor XLR AES EBU RCA Phono S PDIF AES EBU 24 bit S PDIF 20 bit CP 340 IEC 958 HPF TPDF dither 8 to 24 bit 32 kHz 44 1 kHz 48 kHz 0 2 ms Q 48 kHz DC to 23 9 kHz 0 01 dB Q 48 kHz XLR balanced pin 2 hot 20 kohm 22 dBu balanced 10 dBu Q 12 dB headroom 22 dBu to 10 dBu 24 bit 1 bit 128 times oversampling 0 8 ms 48 kHz 2103 dB unweighted gt 106 dB A 95 dB 0 0018 96 1 kHz 6 dBFS FS 16 dBu 10 Hz to 20 kHz 0 0 2 dB 80 dB 10 Hz to 20 kHz typical 100 dB 1 kHz XLR balanced pin 2 hot 100 ohm active transformer 22 dBu balanced
26. ich has to be tested and press OK The AES EBU output can also be connected to the S PDIF input and vice versa PPM must show 0 dB to pass test Press Cancel to exit Digital I O test 34 Pedal test Select Pedal test by pressing OK Connect a momentary pedal to the Pedal socket When pressing the Pedal the Result should be OK When released the Result should be Not OK Press Cancel to Exit Pedal test PCMCIA test Select PCMCIA test by pressing OK Insert PCMCIA card Note that all Data on PCMCIA card will be destroyed Press OK to test Result reads Low battery Time to change battery in your PCMCIA card Not Ok Try the test using another PCMCIA card Press Cancel to Exit PCMCIA test Battery test Select Battery test by pressing OK Confirm that Result is Press Cancel to Exit Battery test System test Select System test by pressing OK Confirm that Result is ok Result reads Eeprom Not ok The unit will most likely work ok the message is for service matters only DSP Not ok Contact your local dealer Press Cancel to Exit System test Power Off On to start standard software GLOSSARY AES EBU Professional digital in out standard using balanced XLR cables S PDIF Consumer digital in out standard normally using coaxial phono type cables DITHERING Dithering is a method to optimize the quality of a digital audio signal at low levels A small amount of filtered noise
27. ight want to know a little more about the M2000 before you start pressing keys The manual will take you step by step through all of the M2000 functions If you want to read about a specific function please refer to the Table of Contents The Help function The Help function is another way to learn your way around the M2000 Simply press Help Shift I O and the Help function will brief you about functions in the current display THE FRONT PANEL t c electronic HE D PROCESSOR POWER MEMORY CARD Electronic power switch Easy touch Keep pressed for more than 1sec to turn device off PC CARD memory card Copy presets to from a stan dard memory card o OVERLOAD 3 a B 48000Hz 6 m B 44100Hz 12 EH B 32000Hz je EN Bl MIDI IN 24 um CARD 40 E TEMPO ROUTING LEVELS AUTO LEVEL dB EY MORPHING UTIL MIDI PPM INDICATORS PPM meters range from 40dB to Overload Lights up if internal over load occurs SampleRate indicator 48000HZz 44100Hz 32000HZz Midi In Midi receive indicator Card Indicates presence of a valid memory card Tempo Beats per Minute indicator Morphing Indicates an on going mor phing MIDI MONITOR SETUP SECTION O Input output Samplerate Digital analog selection Dithering Routing Setup the internal routing of the 2 engines Levels Input output ana
28. into Subdivisions of the BPM Simply set the Tempo menu to the Subdivision you like and Tap the BPM on the Tap Tempo key You also have the possibility of changing the Tempo using the BPM parameter in the Tempo menu When a preset has been Tapped the parameter attached to the Tap function will be dis played in BPM in the Tempo Menu Tempo BPM The BPM will display the Tapped tempo BPM is equal to the 1 4 Subdivision You can also set your Tempo with this parameter using the ADJUST wheel Subdivision Sets the subdivision of the Tempo If the Subdivision is set to 1 8 the actual Tempo will be twice as fast as the tapped time etc The following subdivisions are possible 1 1 2 1 4 1 4T 1 8 1 8T 1 16 1 16T 1 32 1 32T T for triplets 20 un TIITE TAP TII ual hal E EI Eom Tapped time in ms Tapped time in ms corrected with the subdivision factor Tap Subdivision This is read only parameters displaying the tapped time and the Subdivided time in milliseconds Tap Time Subdivision is corre sponding to the parameter in your preset The parameters controlled by the Tap key Reverb Decay parameter Delay Delay time Chorus Speed Flanger Speed Phaser Speed Tremolo Speed Panner Speed Press and hold TAP for 3 seconds to learn MIDI tempo MIDI Clock MIDI MONITOR amp TUNER MIDI MONITOR SCREEN Program changes Note on off Controllers System exclusive Engines MIDI chann
29. is added to the signal giving you a less distorted low level signal If you are using digital outputs the equipment you feed deter mines the number of bits A DAT recorder should always be dithered to 16 bit PROF CONS LEVELS Depending on which equipment you are using along with the M2000 you must set the PRO CON parameters correctly in the I O setup menu M2000 Analog Inputs Consumer range 16dB to 10dB nominal level 10dB Professional range 6dB to 16dB nominal level 4dB M2000 Analog Outputs Consumer range 10dB to 16dB Professional range 16dB to 6dB The levels are either listed in the technical specifications or printed on the rear panel of the connected devices DE ESSING An algorithm that removes unwanted esses from a vocal mate rial SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE MIDI COMMANDS Device dependent MIDI commands normally used for remote controlling machines 35 PRESET LIST SINGLE PRESETS 36 2000 Great Vocal Hall Very Big Hall Warm MidSize Hall Bright MidSize Hall Small Hall Nice Hall Healistic Hall Chorus Reverb Synthesizer Reverb Soundcheck Empty Arena High School gym Empty Theater Airport Gate Big Church Arvo Part Cathedral Taj Mahal Big Snare Hall Vintage Hall Wood Floor Stone Wall Doubling Room SlapBack Room Sidewall Reflections Backwall Reflections True Room Home The Shop The CORE Room At Home New Booth Large
30. log levels Digital input level Util Midi Viewing angle Security lock Preset handling Pedal input MIDI Secondary functions Help online help function Tuner the tuner you always wanted Auto level the fast way to set input levels Midi monitor Monitors all midi ch at the same time ENGINE WIZARD DELETE PRESET ENGINE 2 RECALL WIZARD DELETE PRESET BYPASS ENGINE 1 OR 2 Recall Recall presets to engines Store Store and name presets Edit Edit engine 1 or 2 Bypass Individual bypass key for each engine Second functions Recall Wizard Find a preset that match your application Delete Preset The fast and only way to delete presets RECALL BYPASS COMBINED 1 2 RECALL __ WIZARD STORE DELETE PRESET STORE 2 STORE 3 BYPASS STORE 4 COMBINED 1 2 Recall Recall combined presets Store Store and name combined presets Edit Engine mix level Dynamic Morphing Bypass SNAPSHOTS 2 3 4 Bypasses the entire device Snapshots 1 4 Quick store recall of com bined presets Second functions Recall Wizard Delete Preset CONTROL ADJUST CANCEL A PAGE UP CURSOR v PAGE DOWN CONTROL SECTION OK Confirms operations Shift Enables access to shifted secondary functions Cursors Moves between parameters Adjust wheel Sets parameter values and preset numbers Second functions Cancel Page up down
31. ndependent Inserts Stereo L L When you select the Stereo Routing the two Engines will link together to perform E F true Stereo This means that the preset of Engine 1 will be copied into Engine 2 and the Edit pages will lock together The Stereo Routing is indicated by the two Edit LEDS which will be lit simultaneously Left and Right channel audio path are completely separated in this Routing Preset Glide L L When the Preset Glide Routing is se E B l 2 F lected the M2000 will perform preset changes crossfading the current Effect and the new preset This gives you a very smooth change of effects 1 e allowing a Delay to keep repeating while a Chorus is being faded in The glide time is located in the Utility menu see Util MIDI Please note that only one Engine is available while the M2000 is in the Preset Glide Mode STUDIO SETUP EXAMPLES M2000 2 L R SENDS RETURNS M2000 t R SENDS RETURNS 2 2 Use two sends on your mixing console Dual Input mode Let s say Enginel is running a long Hall type reverb and Engine 2 a short more ambient type of reverb On Your mixing console you ll now have individual sends for the two effects And not to forget you are saving a set of return channels Create your own vocal reverb Serial mode You probably always wanted to have a long bright reverb on your lead vocal without esses hanging for seconds That s now possible You simply c
32. onnect a de esser and your favorite reverb in serial The de esser will cut away all sharp transients in the signal If you want your vocal to have a unique livingness or the reverberated signal to be slightly detuned simply connect the pitch shifter or chorus in series with the reverb There are numerous applications in this mode try them out Two individual inserts on your mixer Dual mono mode In the dual mono mode you are able to use two completely separate mono effects at the same time It can be equalizers or compressors or whatever you can imagine Post Production Stereo mode When running in stereo mode both engines are linked in stereo and both channels audio path are totally separated This means that you can process Dolby Surround materials without destroying the hidden information Use this mode when adding reverb to your recording 17 DISPLAY PRESET GLIDE MIG PUT Channel 1 Z 16 Frese sets PraBank MIDI OUTPUT Channel 1 2 3 Prout sets MMIC PROGRAM MAPPING SECURITY ited bo MEMORY PROTECT UP UTIL MIDI How to move around In the Util MIDI menu you always move by pressing the Cursor keys and change values by dialing the Adjust wheel Display Viewing Angle Adjust for best contrast on the LCD display Preset glide Glide time This parameter sets the glide time of the incoming preset The parameter is only active when Preset
33. rameter is adjustable 14 STATUS BIT Jim AES DITHER TO 1E EIT 1 7 Here you can freeze mix to 100 Select Status Bit output SP DIF OR AES EBU standard Indicates the number of bits digital output are dithered to Automatically set to default value when changing Status Bit Status Bit This selector changes the Channel Status Bits of the digital output between professional and consumer format When AES is select ed the M2000 will output the professional AES EBU standard and when S PDIF is selected the M2000 will output the S PDIF consumer standard The defaults setting is AES EBU but some digital consumer products refuses to accept the professional standard In that case change to S PDIF consumer standard Example If you are using a non professional DAT machine as a receiver of the M2000 digital output and you cannot make it accept the digital input change the output format from AES EBU to S PDIF NOTE The different Status Bit standards do not affect the quality of the audio output from the M2000 Dither The M2000 can output Dither from 8 to 22 bit resolution on the AES EBU and S PDIF ouput The dither type is HP TDF or High Pass Triangular probability Density Function M2000 uses internal 24 bit resolution and 24 bit AD DA converters Dither should therefore only be used when the digital outputs are used e g to a 16 bit DAT machine It is recommended not to use dither until the final stage of a
34. ressing the Cursor keys and press OK to accept the new Routing A small pop up window will tell you that the Routing has changed Serial The Serial mode is a Stereo In Out Routing The Serial mode is very useful when you want two independent effects in the same signal path 1 e from a Keyboard through the M2000 Reverb and Chorus to The mixer L L ae oe Parallel L L The Parallel mode is a stereo In Out Routing Both Engines will work as stereo E F effects and their Output will be mixed down to a stereo signal With this Routing the M2000 can be used as two parallel effects on the same stereo source You may also set the I O menu to left input to get two inde pendent stereo out effects on the M2000 from a single send on the mixer Dual input Split mode L L The Dual input mode is a Dual mono In E 54 E stereo Out Routing Left In 1s always attached to ENGINE 1 and Right In is attached to ENGINE 2 Using this Routing enables you to get two different effects with separated inputs 1 connect Aux from your Mixer to Left In and Aux 2 to Right In You now have access to two separate effects with a common stereo output Set the individual Preset output volumes to achieve the correct effects balance 16 Dual Mono This mode is for Dual Mono In Out L I L Routing Left In Out is always ENGINE 1 and Right In Out is ENGINE 2 The Dual E H 5 Mono is very useful when you want to use the M2000 as two i
35. rol Ram Rom Prg In The current Program change Maps to a M2000 program See Maps to Maps to The current incoming Program change set in Prg In will be changed to the Program number of this parameter Reset Map Press OK while this parameter is selected and your MIDI Map will be Reset Security Security Lock Press OK while this parameter is selected to Security lock the M2000 When locked you will have to dial the PIN Code shown below to access the M2000 PIN Code Set your own PIN code for the Security lock by Dialing the Adjust Wheel If you should forget your PIN code please enter the Reset page This will release M2000 from the locked state You do not have to run any of the reset functions Memory Protect Protect This parameter sets the Memory protect On or Off When the Protect is activated the Ram presets inside the High and Low limit are write protected Low Lim Sets the Low limit of the Memory protect The current number is included in the Protect High Lim Sets the High limit of the Memory protect The current number is included in the Protect Snapshot Protect Enables or disables the Protect of the Snapshots When activated the Snapshots are write protected Memory Backup Mem Card Insert a PC CARD Card in the card slot and press OK Ram presets of the M2000 will now be backed up to the Memory Card Card Mem Insert the PC CARD Card containing your presets and press OK
36. s 128 normal factory presets The presets are available from Engine 1 and Engine 2 Combined ROM bank The Combined bank contains 128 Combined factory presets The presets are available from the Combined Recall Normal RAM bank This bank can hold up to 128 of your normal presets Combined RAM bank The Combined Ram bank can hold up to 128 of your Combined presets see Combined presets The two Ram preset banks are located after the corresponding Rom banks This means that you scroll through the 128 Rom presets to enter the Ram bank For fast RAM access press shift and turn Adjust wheel one click to the right Snapshots The Snapshots are fast Recall keys Store your favorite presets or use the Snapshots as four compare keys SNAPSHOTS TAKE C sar TAKE 2 3 TAKE 3 4 TAKE 4 A Snapshot will always include both Presets and Routing just like a Combined preset With the Snapshots you are able to switch between completely different configurations with the touch of a single key TAKING A SNAPSHOT When you want to Take a Snapshot of your M2000 setup press Shift and the Snapshot key where you want to store RECALLING A SNAPSHOT Recall of a Snapshot is very easy as well Simply press the Snapshot you wish to Recall and the M2000 will change the whole setup 11 STORE Store a new RAM Preset Press the STORE button Engine 1 2 or combined Select a location for your new pres
37. sine wave modulation phase shift between left and right channels At 0 the left and right modulation will move in sync At 180 the modulation will move the channels against each other Mix Mix between direct and effect Out Level Adjust output level Use this parameter to match levels between presets Stereo Programs USER PARAMETERS Spatial Controls the amount of spatial expansion HiCut Freq Hicut shelving type filter 12dB oct This parameter sets the hinge point of the shelving filter HiCut Level Sets maximum depth of cut above the HiCut shelving fre quency Mix Mix between direct and effect Out Level Adjust output level Use this parameter to match levels between presets Dynamic Programs COMPRESSOR LIMITER GATE DE ESSER Do SIDECHAIN USER PARAMETERS Attack Dynamics attack time Release Dynamics release time Ratio Compression ratio Threshold compressor Adjustable threshold level The compressor will be engaged above this level Threshold limiter Adjustable threshold level The limiter will be engaged above this level Threshold expander Adjustable threshold level The expander is active below this level Gain make up gain The gain parameter compensates for the compression gain loss Deessing frequency The de essers attack frequency Deess damp The damping ratio of unwanted esses 29 THE RESET PAGE Store and load your own default set
38. tings Enter UserData page Reset system parameters Clear all user presets Test Programs Type your name here and your phone number How to enter the Reset page Hold one of the 3 Bypass keys pressed while power up Move the marker using the Cursor keys and press OK to select the RESET type you desire Load User Default This will reset all system parameters back to a Default setup made by you See Store User Def This reset will NOT delete the User presets of the M2000 Store User Def When you have a perfect setup of your M2000 you are able to Store this as your own Default setup This function is very useful for example when you have finished a special production and want to go back to normal When you have the perfect setup of your M2000 simply select this parameter and press OK to store your Default settings 30 Place cursor here and press OK to finalize session Set User Name This function makes it possible to write your Name and Phone number into the M2000 Press OK to access the User data menu Use the ADJUST wheel and the Cursor keys to write your Name and Phone number into the M2000 Press OK to accept Your Name and Phone number will be displayed during power up Reset System Parameters This will reset all system parameters back to the Factory Default This reset will NOT delete the User presets of the M2000 Reset all Presets This will Clear all Ram Presets TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Di
39. tion with a mixing console send return but have not set Mix to 100 You can do this permanently in the I O menu Pedal works wrong Be sure the pedal is a make type 32 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART STUDIO EFFECTS PROCESSOR M2000 FEB 2 1996 Version 1 0 Function o Transmitted Recognized Remarks 22222 Basic Channel Default 1 3 1 3 Engl 1 Eng2 2 Com 3 Changed 1 6 sss EM Mode Default Messages X X m Altered 9 Note Number X X poU A Velocity Note ON X X BENDUM NoeOFE After Touch Key s X X n b Pitch Bend 0 M Control Change from 10 and up from 10 and up Cntl 10 Mix If available Cntl 11 Output Level Cntl 12 First Param on Edit page Cntl 13 Second Param on Edit page Cntl 14 Third Cntl 15 Cntl 16 Cntl 17 All Controllers are single byte type scaled to parameter range Prog Change O O BENED Te OT NT System Exclusive Common Song Pos X X Song Sel X X v une X tn System real time Clock n Commands Aux Messages Local ON OFF X X All Notes OFF X X Active Sense X X Ss SO Notes O YES Model OMNI ON POLY Mode 2 OMNI ON MONO X NO Mode 3
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