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1. THIS UNIT CONTAINS NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS Warning risk of electric shock if cover is removed Opening the lid void your warranty In the event of unit operational failure contact Al So service and technical support or your local authorized dealer Please be prepared to describe in detail the exact problem that the unit is experiencing including failure conditions system signal flow exact failure manifestation events and actions leading to the failure etc Be able to quickly provide contact information and the unit s serial number It is highly recommended that customers do not attempt to troubleshoot their own units or have them serviced at unauthorized repair centers Opening the case of the unit will void the Al So warranty These measures also act to protect Al So s intellectual property so that Al So may continue to design high end professional audio peripherals In any case always refer to this manual or contact your local authorized dealer The dealers list is available at www alsoaudio com This Analog Dynamic Processor is manufactured in France Europe This original machine has been designed by Olivier Bolling in July 2003 and the first mono version machines produced in June 2006 Al So Alternate Soundings Dynax 2 User Manual www AlsoAudio com PRESENTATION Dynax 2 is a dynamic processor designed for mixing tracking and audio mastering The unit use a very low distortion circuit allowing to act directly on the signa2. Alternate Soundings Dynax 2 Dynamic Sound shaper COMPRESSOR BY PASS LIMITER 4 BRICK WALL COMPRESSION 3 6 ANTIDYNA 5 qT 4 q E 7 5 B T amp 6B 3 E 1 MAKE UF E SIDE CHAIH Thank you for purchasing the Al So Dynax 2 The following is an overview of its functions and a guide for use Copyright Alternate Soundings All rights Reserved Al So Alternate Soundings Dynax 2 User Manual www AlsoAudio com Alternate Soundings Al So shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions in this manual nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the use of this material LIMITED WARRANTY Subject to the conditions set forth below for one year after the original purchase date of the product AL SO will repair the product free of charge in the event of a defect in materials or workmanship according to the French laws All repairs are made in Factory packaging shipment and insurances in charge of the owner Al So may exchange new or rebuilt parts for defective parts Please contact us for an RMA number prior to any shipment No product will be accepted for warranty service without a pre issued RMA number This warranty is extended only to an original purchaser of the product from Al So or an authorized dealer of Al So Products that are purchased from unauthorized dealers are not covered by any warranty A valid purchase receipt or other valid proof of purchase
3. BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSSES OR DAMAGES ANY DAMAGES THAT AL SO IS REQUIRED TO PAY FOR ANY PURPOSE WHATSOEVER SHALL NOT EXCEED THE ORIGINAL COST PAID TO AL SO FOR THE APPLICABLE PRODUCT BECAUSE SOME TATES JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU Al So s ROHS and CE Compliance With respect to Article 2 1 and 3 of the RoHS Directive the Dynax falls under category 9 Equipments in this category are completely exempt from requirements of the RoHS Directive Nevertheless the Dynax is compliant with the RoHS Directive The unit is compliant to CE rules Power supply is compliant to CEI EN 61558 2 6 IMPORTANT Operating the unit before the unit is totally warm may cause the Dynax not to work at its full potential Plug the unit in well ahead of the time you will to need it One hour is a good start Warming of the meter section can take one hour You may have to use a screwdriver to perform a more accurate metering calibration after warming time The temperature rise is no cause for concern but allowing for some airflow is always a benefit from a long term reliability standpoint It is strongly recommended that the Dynax be left powered on for fixed installations Front panel legend markings reflect approximate values which may vary from unit to unit due to components tolerances environmental conditions normal ageing etc
4. 230V mains normally the fuse makes its job Fuses are 200mA Slow Blow for 230V operation and could be kept for 110 V Connections The unit have fully balanced inputs and outputs Pin 2 hot External side chain input is unbalanced on a 6 35 Jack connector Input Left could be used as mono input in case of processing mono signal in this case use SC control Left or Ext Al So Alternate Soundings Dynax 2 User Manual www AlsoAudio com OVERVIEW Al So Dynax 2 is an optical compressor limiter with mono commands Both L R channels are controlled by unique controls This simplifies use and promotes signal processing precision In consequence the final stereo image obtained will be much more accurate CONSTRUCTION QUALITY Dynax 2 comes with a steel chassis Epoxy painting with an brushed anodized Aluminum front panel of 10mm thick to guarantee strength and mechanical reliability in long term Dynax 2 like all Al So products is extremely robust and entirely hand made in France with high quality components Our products are made with reliability and low maintenance in mind The front panel inscriptions are high quality screen printed offering long term resistance guarantee FRONT PANEL CONTROLS The Dynax 2 front panel commands are studied to be very intuitive and quickly taken in hand POWER Powers up the device from the front panel Dynax 2 operates and is compatible with 230V 50Hz or 110V 60Hz according to the voltage selec
5. compression ratios including the proprietary ANTIDYNA Extremely large time constant ranges Bass Drive or compression Side chain filters 100Hz 200Hz amp 300Hz Side chain Input Control through an external input signal left channel signal or the stereo signal sum of I R channels Hardware Bypass by relay let compare the original and the processed signal in an absolute way Bandwidth 10Hz 30 kHz at 0 1dB Bandwidth 10Hz 65 kHz at 1 dB Bandwidth with a gain reduction of 10dB 40Hz 40 kHz at 1dB Harmonic distortion of 3rd order at 1 kHz 4dBu 0 005 Harmonic distortion of 3rd order at 1 kHz 4dBu with a gain reduction of 10dB 0 02 time constants median settings 100 hand built with high end selected components Designed by Olivier Bolling Compatible with 110 230 Volts 50 60Hz Note if the unit is shut down or disconnected from the main power the signal passes then by the Bypass relays A very secure characteristic while live recording situations Use your ears Music is the only way Al So Alternate Soundings Dynax 2 User Manual www AlsoAudio com
6. e fast mode BRICKWALL mode Bass drive Full ATTACK set to 300 Hz RELEASE set to 11 Perform at least a 12 dB of gain reduction and try harder try carefully different ATTACK amp RELEASE settings ANTIDYNA start with compression at maximum ATTACK amp RELEASE set to fastest Change Compression level in order to get a good pumping effect Try other time constants settings Note ANTIDYNA can be performed only if you provide it with high level signals BASS 300 200 100 FULL STEREO ES TE F SIDE CHAIN BASS DRIVE diii FULL STEREO L E F T SIDE CHAIN COMPRESSOR LIMITER BRICK WALL ANTIDYNA gt amp COMPRESSOR BY LIMITER q BRICK WALL ANTIDYNA Axm UNITY GAIN dB OUT COMPRESSOR LIMITER BRICK WALL ANTIDYNA dB IN ALSO DYNAX2 RATIOS Because of the over compression curve in the ANTIDYNA mode we had to compensate the loss of level up to about 40dB of gain reduction by a special setting that applies a gain of 10dB at the output stage This permits you to compare different ratios while processing and achieve high output levels Remember this particular point and take care about your ears and monitors Al So Alternate Soundings Dynax 2 User Manual www AlsoAudio com BYPASS With this switch the original non processed signal can be quickly compared to the processed RESSOR one TRUE BYPASS COMPRESSION Sets the compress
7. e inputs of both L amp R drives the compression The perfect stereo mode Ext the compression is driven by the rear panel unbalanced mono jack input Perfect for De essing De popping etc filtering is deactivated Note the filter does not alter the signal other than for compression ATTACK Sets the attack time of the compression 1 being the shortest attack time RELEASE Sets the release time of the compression 1 being the shortest RATIOS 4 ratios are available COMPRESSOR about 4 1 LIMITER about 10 1 BRICKWALL Infinite 1 ANTIDYNA a proprietary and creative ratio offering compression limiting and over compression With short ATTACK RELEASE settings the high and low level signals become low and the mid level signals become the loudest Try it for parallel compression of Drums you ll love it The below diagram show the compression curves of different RATIOS with fastest Attack amp Release settings Dynax 2 is a progressive knee dynamic processor Some basics settings Warning For Mastering in Compressor or Limiter mode set the Bass Drive at 200 Hz set the Attack to 5 set the Release to 6 turn the Compression pot in order to achieve 2 or 3 dB of gain reduction For Electric bass Select BRICKWALL mode Bass drive set to 200 or 300 Hz Attack 4 Release 2 or 7 For Snare LIMITER mode Bass drive set to Full ATTACK set to 3 RELEASE set to 5 Compression in order to achieve 3 to 10 dB Snar
8. ion efficiency The more you turn it clockwise the more you compress Bypass and decrease the Threshold BY PASS MITER BRICK WALL COMPRES 6 YTIDYNA 5 4 7 8 3 9 2 10 OFF MA 5 4 COMPRESSION i 6 5 7 4 8 9 10 m 11 ASE 1 OFF MAX MAKE UP Sets both L R channels output gain after processing Warning The output gain stage is based on a microphone preamplifier design using selected Op MAKE UP Amp and transformer Meaning you have a lot of gain Unity is performed at around 3 when in Limiter mode You can set both L and R output levels ST BAL Fine calibration with a flat screwdriver of the L R channels output level ST BAL SENSITIVITY The Dynax 2 rear panel hosts a sensitivity switch The standard position is engaged If you need less sensitivity i e for high level mastering this switch should be at Off position disengaged TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Sometimes we can say usually there is a lot of difference between what manufacturers affirm and what we can measure at our labs In addition we claim that we are creating musical instruments and that the relationship between measurement and listening is not so crystal clear So the only way to know if a gear suits your taste and does the job you expect is to test it by yourself For sure DYNAX technical specifications are the good ones regarding distortion noise dynamic range and bandwidth Stereo Optical Compressor with 4
9. l shape without adding built in native distortion The Dynax2 aims at both compressing and limiting musical material from the most transparent to the most harsh and powerful way The Dynax signal flow only uses high end selected components including the followings DC servo input stages Optical gain reduction unit Hi end audio output transformers from SOWTER company UK The unit also have fully balanced inputs and outputs Some units have no output transformers and are electronically balanced option BYPASS is a real hardware Bypass relaying input to output allowing you to compare the original to the processed signal OPTO CELL BALANCED OUT BALANCED INPUT SOWTER TRANSFORMER B UNBALANCED Loge ae ee ee DUT OPTION RIGHT OPTO CELL BALANCED OUT BALANCED INPUT SOWTER TRANSFORMER B UNBALANCED OT OPTION THRESHOLD RATIOS gt H ATTACK RELEASE 1 UNBALANCED SAAMEN dini ALSO DYNAX 2 SIDE CHAIN IN BASS DRIVE FILTER Supplies The unit must always be grounded This is an important point regarding safety Unit could operate on 115VAC or 230 VAC Please always verify the 110 230V switch position on rear panel If necessary please contact an authorized technician in order to be sure of this setting before connecting to mains Don t panic anyway generally if the unit is set at 230V on 110V mains it won t get no damaged And if set at 110V with
10. on is made through 2 small holes below the VU switch with a small flat screwdriver The left one is dedicated to the calibration in COMPRESSION LIMITER amp BRICHWALL modes and the right one in ANTIDYNA mode At power up the VU needle is not in his right position This is normal behavior the unit shall warm The needle should be positioned on the orange dot when the unit is warm If not you could perform meter 0 position Place the machine in your rack and allow 3 hours warming Limiting position RATIO no signal VU selector on GR adjust the left screw you can find left above the GR VU selector Position at 1dB ANTIDYNA position RATIO no signal VU selector on GR adjust the right screw you can find left above the GR VU selector Position at 1dB Al So Alternate Soundings Dynax 2 User Manual www AlsoAudio com Side Chain SC This 3 position switch let select which signal will drive the compression Bass drive The bass drive setting consists in a high pass filter into the side chain path that gives the user the power to act on the side chain signal command only No filtering on audio path With this command it is possible for example to avoid the low bass string from a bass guitar to always trigger compression 300 200 and 100 are the HPF amount that drives the compression Full is for full audio bandwidth LEFT the Left input signal will drive the compression for both channels STEREO areal mono summing from th
11. tor on the rear panel BYPASS This function is a real hardware bypass When in Bypass mode upper position the meter is dimmed shows gain reduction or input levels This let you prepare a off line gain reduction When the meter is fully lighted the sound is processed Please note that if DYNAX 2 is not powered the machine is in Bypass mode VU meter Dynax 2 s back lighted Vu meter has an original and proprietary design 10mm thick Plexiglas It mirrors with accuracy the signal level especially the gain reduction that it displays visually Its specific design offers various information mi Li peal aoe fe m iiS g When Bypassed The VU has a dimmed blue color and displays the L R channel input level depending the VU switch In Bypass mode the original signal can be monitored and be quickly compared to the processed signal via the Bypass switch When Active The VU meter has a bright blue color and displays the L R channel output level or gain reduction depending the VU switch e Lit in Red The VU goes red when peak occurs This is very handy and unique to the Dynax 2 as the red meter informs immediately any peak even when the unit is placed at distance GR Displays the gain reduction level in both active amp Bypass mode Over modulation cleverly turns the blue light of the meter to a strong red light Turning to Red light allows you to see over levels at output stage even when you re metering GR VU Calibrati
12. will be required before any warranty service is provided This warranty covers only failures due to defects in materials or workmanship and does not cover damages that occur during the shipment or failures resulting from accident misuse line power surges mishandling maintenance alterations and modifications of the product or service by an unauthorized service center or personnel Al So reserves the right to deny warranty service to products that have been used in rental service bureau or similar businesses This limited warranty gives you specific legal rights LIMITS AND EXCLUSIONS AL SO DOES NOT BY VIRTUE OF THIS AGREEMENT OR BY ANY COURSE OF PERFORMANCE COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE MAKE ANY OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE TITLE OR NONINFRINGEMENT AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED AL SO EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED INDEMNITIES ALSO SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL PUNITIVE SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY LOSSES OR DAMAGES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES TO RECORDINGS TAPES OR DISKS DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS BUSINESS INTERRUPTION LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION LOSS OF GOODWILL COVER OR OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF THE PRODUCT OR ARISING FROM BREACH OF WARRANTY OR CONTRACT NEGLIGENCE OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY EVEN IF AL SO HAS
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