Sound Performance Lab 9737 User Manual
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Contents
Dear customer,
Thank you for the confidence you have shown towards SPL
electronics GmbH by purchasing the SPL M
ACHINE
H
EAD
. You
have decided to use a tool of high performance which sets you
in the position to have faster success and a better sound quality
in your music productions, pre-masterings and masterings.
As a typical SPL unit the M
ACHINE
H
EAD
combines exemplary
specifications and high manufacturing standard with excellent
sound quality to provide you a precious component for studio
and mastering purposes. Please read this manual carefully to
ensure you have all the information you need to use the
M
ACHINE
H
EAD
.
We wish you every success with the M
ACHINE
H
EAD
.
Your SOUND PERFORMANCE LAB-Team
I would like to start with my thanks to all our staff, who
created what is to be described here. Special thanks go to Kai
Lukas from Lukas & Hartmann Soundart, Jörg Houpert and
Klaus-Peter Webersinke from Spectral Design as well as
Harald Obenland from Octum electronics. The importance of
their exceptional qualification and talents cannot be overesti-
mated.
Our products are often tested and compared in many publica-
tions and by our customers themselfs and constantly valued
with best results. I would like to pass on this broad appreciation
to those, who deserve it – my excellent colleagues.
Hermann Gier
Foreword
Thanks
Foreword
3
Thanks
3
Introduction
4
Operation Safety
5
Connections
6
Installing Updates
6
Quick Start
7
Analogue Tape Recording Signal Flow
7
Control Elements
8
A
CTIVE
8
I
NPUT
G
AIN
8
D
RIVE
8
HF-A
DJUST
9
O
UTPUT
G
AIN
10
H
IGH
T
APE
S
PEED
10
LC-
DISPLAY
10
LED
CHAINS
10
P
RESETS
11
I
NFO
(
HARDWARE DIALOGUE
)
11
Specifications
15
Warranty
16