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Dangerous Music Incorporated reserves the right to change the specifications or modify the designs of its equipment. Sending in the registration card is our way of keeping in touch with users of our equipment should this become necessary. Registration information is always kept confidential and never disclosed to third parties for any reason.
Analog to Digital Conversion has been one of the biggest requests Dangerous Music has received from our end users. It has been love at first listen with our D/A Conversion, and now the same no compromise Dangerous quality is avalaible for capturing sounds the way the Universe intended.
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| DANGEROUS MUSIC TABLE OF CONTENTS (not correct) Overview CONVERT-AD+ Front Panel, Features & Benefits CONVERT-AD+ Rear Panel Features, Benefits & Connection Specifications Warranty...
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OVERVIEW D/A Conversion has been an integral part of the Dangerous Music audio legacy since 2002, when the MONITOR® set the standard for mastering engineers worldwide. With these golden eared luminaries satisfied, Dangerous has unleashed it’s quality upon the world of A/D Conversion.
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| DANGEROUS MUSIC audio will likely be garbled or distorted and channels may appear to be mixed together. 2. CALIBRATION [CALIBRATION SELECT SECTION PICTURED ABOVE] Feature: Selectable Calibration Level via the Select Switch. Benefit: Cycle through the three calibration levels for compatibility with other devices. For example, while Avid is generally -18dBFS, Apogee is generally -16dBFS and much of the mastering community prefer -14dBFS.
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CONVERT-AD+ | 5. PEAK & METER SCALING Feature: Meter Versatility. Benefit: Meter can hold peaks or reset them after 3 seconds depending on preference. Toggle between standard view, or zoom to get a finer view of your signal level. 6. CUSTOM METERING [DIGITAL LED METER PICTURED ABOVE] Feature: Premium custom crafted digital meter.
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| DANGEROUS MUSIC External: Deselecting this button will make the Convert-AD+ slave to an external word clock source. For example, if utilizing a master studio clock, this would distribute WC to the Convert-AD+. Master: Depress the button for 5 seconds. The LED will blink. Now the Convert-AD+ is the master studio clock and other digital sources should slave to it.
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CONVERT-2 | [REAR PANEL ANALOG INPUTS PICTURED ABOVE] Feature: Pro-quality XLR Connectors. Benefit: More contact surface area for happy electrons to migrate through & no off-shore look-alike connectors that almost fit. Note: All connections wired pin 2 hot as per AES standards. 9.
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| DANGEROUS MUSIC Benefit: For use with devices that have a SPDIF optical input. 12. SPDIF COAX OUTPUT [REAR PANEL WORD CLOCK INPUT & OUTPUT CONNECTORS PICTURED ABOVE] Feature: Optical SPDIF COAX output. Benefit: Another option for digital output, more common on modern interfaces than AES format.
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15. ST REMOTE I/O [REAR PANEL MONITOR ST REMOTE IN & THRU CONNECTORS PICTURED ABOVE] Feature: Connect the Dangerous Music Monitor ST here. Benefit: Control the two analog input selection options on the Convert-AD+ directly from the Monitor ST Remote.
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| DANGEROUS MUSIC cover. Use 500 milliamp fast blow for 120V (America) and 250 milliamp fast blow for 240V (Europe). Check this data. FAQ SECTION?
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CONVERT-AD+ | 13 SPECIFICATIONS (missing) Frequency Response +- 0.25dB from 15Hz to 80kHz Maximum level > +27dBu Noise floor < -93dBu band limited from 22Hz-22kHz THD+N < 0.005% < 0.007% Crosstalk rejection > 115dB@1kHz Replacement Fuses: 500mA fast blow for 120V Europe 250mA fast blow for 240V Input Impedance: 20K Ohms...
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Email: info@dangerousmusic.com E-mail: info@dangerousmusic.de Dangerous Music, Inc. reserves the right to alter the software and design of their equipment. If after reading the manual more information for an application is needed, please contact us via email for the quickest response.
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Dangerous Music Inc. 231 Stevens Road, Edmeston, NY 13335 info@dangerousmusic.com www.dangerousmusic.com...
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