Tip: Enter setup mode to boost the gain for consumer (-10 dBV) sources, such as your computer mini-plug output.įeature: The Sum Output trim knob adjusts the level of the summed stereo mix coming out of the XLR connectors on the rear of the unit.īenefit: Used to adjust the mix volume for optimum level into the mixdown A/D converter. Not all switchers are equal! The D-Box achieves this noiselessly, without dropouts or phase shift.įeature: The analog switch selects the "analog input" source from the rear panel.īenefit: Connect all sorts of goodies here and monitor them! Samplers, synths, drum machines, a submixer, an iPod, virtual instruments, a Sound Effects Library or two-track editor fed from an alternative computer output. Signal LEDs light to indicate the presence of audio at the summing inputs.īenefit: Determine whether audio is passing into the D-Box for troubleshooting: "Where's the cowbell?"įeature: The volume knob controls the level to the monitors from whatever source(s) have been selected.įeature: The Alt Spkr Switch allows the engineer to switch between two sets of monitors.īenefit: Every studio should have at least two points of reference. Your blood pressure will drop.įeature: 8 signal LEDs reveal when signal is present at the summing inputs. "Wow, where's all that top-end crunch coming from? That bell ringing?" Eliminate the. the summed combination of the 8 inputs).īenefit: Hear your mix BEFORE it hits external processing or A/D conversion.įeature: Both DAW & CD buttons are digital inputs that feed the D-Box's D/A converter.īenefit: Monitoring with the same D/A allows mix decisions to be made, unhampered by different converters. Consider all those unfortunate folks listening to music on their iPhone's built-in speaker.įeature: The sum switch selects monitoring from the stereo summing mix output. Did things get quieter? Louder? Instruments missing? This is an indication that left and right are not playing nicely together. Tip: Drive a Redco Little Red Cuebox from a headphone out.įeature: The mono switch combines the left and right channels to the monitors.īenefit: Always check phase by depressing this button. Otherwise, poor decisions may be made based upon a cheap converter.įeature: Two independent, 20-watt headphone amplifiers.īenefit: Serious headroom, to audition intelligibly and make intelligent decisions-Separate volume knobs to accommodate different users tastes and varying headphone impedances. This allows true A/B comparisons by monitoring through the same converter from sources like the mix and CD. The onboard Digital to Analog Converter not only sounds as good as the entire price tag of the D-Box, it allows switching between different sources set at divergent sample rates. They simply sum your audio together, while preserving all the functionality of your DAW! If you've got the functionality in your software mixer, you don't need to repeat it in a hardware version. True summing bus devices differ from mixers: they do not have faders, aux sends etc. It performs this transparently, tooled specifically for the DAW environment.Įvery additional component in the signal path degrades your music. Much like traditional vintage consoles brought together multiple streams of audio, the 2-Bus receives 16 analog outputs and combines them to stereo. Mixing "in the box" has inherent limitations, identified by users as: "spongy", "collapsed image", "no headroom", "lack of detail" and "zero punch". Then the critical listening skills of golden-eared luminaries are applied, with the result being musical tools that fulfill the actual needs of today's flexible computer based studio. These high-fidelity, uncompromised signal paths are achieved by harnessing over 20 years of Chris Muth's design wizardry creator of infamous custom black boxes for world class facilities like Hit Factory, Masterdisk, Absolute Audio and Sterling Sound Mastering. Conceived and designed by end users-not by engineers in lab coats-the results are products that resurrect dynamic range, punch, intelligibility and emotion. "Audio Integrity: non-negotiable." This is the credo upon which Dangerous Music is founded. How? Only the most useful and requested options were incorporated in the design sonic purity triumphing over feature count. The D-Box provides solutions to the practical, daily needs of today's compact computer-based studio, and executes them with no audio sacrifice. Analog summing, headphone amplification, speaker selection, D/A conversion, talkback, and monitoring functions are all neatly tucked away into this formidable single rack space. In other words, it incorporates many of the finest features and functionality from other products in the line- with ZERO audio compromise. The Dangerous Music D-Box packs Dangerous Music's Greatest Hits under one hood.
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