US ER GUI DE LIAISON ® The Audio Neural Network
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READ THIS FIRST | iii DO NOT INCORRECTLY CONNECT MIC PREAMPS TO THE LIAISON! To avoid damaging your hard won gear and voiding your warranty, follow the simple steps below. •Do not connect gear equipped with phantom power- such as mic preamps and channel strips to the insert loops in your Liaison.
iii | DANGEROUS MUSIC TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview 1 Liaison Rear Panel Features & Benefits 1 Liaison Front Panel Features, Benefits & Connection 2 Liaison Application Notes 10-16 Specifications 17 Warranty 18
| IV THANK YOU Thank you for choosing products from the exciting and innovative line of Dangerous Music recording equipment. Many years of reliable service can be expected from our gear. This is made possible through careful design, construction, and component choices by recording industry veterans. The Dangerous Music Liaison is designed to increase productivity and improve the creative process by unleashing the potential of your outboard gear arsenal.
LIAISON | 1 OVERVIEW To survive in this modern day audio jungle, the contemporary studio must be flexible and agile; a facility that can adapt to any workflow, effortlessly. Tracking, mixing and mastering services oftentimes must be performed under one roof, utilizing every piece of outboard gear available. The Dangerous Liaison realizes this dream by providing unprecedented access to your outboard equipment.
2 | DANGEROUS MUSIC 1. INPUTS & OUTPUTS Feature: Premium grade XLR Connectors. Benefit: More surface area for happy electrons to migrate through and no off shore, cheap look alike connectors that “almost” fit. Note: All connections wired pin 2 hot as per AES standards. Feature: DB25 Connector. Benefit: Screws in and locks, plus we ran out of room on the rear of the unit for 4 more stereo outputs! Tip: , Cables DO make a difference. Ask for Mogami 2534 interconnects. 2.
LIAISON | 3 3. INSERTS: INPUTS & OUTPUTS [rear panel insert section pictured above] Feature: Connect outboard equipment here (i.e. compressor, limiter, eq, reverb...) Benefit: Individually selectable via the front panel of the unit (more to follow on this). Feature: Separate send and return cables, each on XLR. Benefit: Standard issue, readily available cables.! Tip: , The ability to loop multiple pieces of gear on a single insert if desired (i.e. comp and limiter back to back). 4.
4 | DANGEROUS MUSIC Limiter is in insert 5. Selecting buss a’s insert 5 and buss b’s insert 1, the Variable Mu™ will now receive audio before the BAX EQ. Operation: Press insert button 5 on buss a and insert button 1 on buss b. Tip: , There is an additional insert, insert 6, located on the front panel. 5. MONITOR OUTPUTS [rear panel monitor output section pictured above] Feature: 4 stereo outputs that provide input and output monitoring of each Buss.
LIAISON | 5 Liaison: Front Panel Features & Benefits 1. ADDITIONAL INSERT 6 [additional insert six pictured above] Feature: Connect additional outboard equipment here (i.e. client’s favorite, rented, begged, borrowed or...) Benefit: Individually selectable via the front panel of the unit (more to follow on this). Feature: Separate send and return cables, each on XLR. Benefit: Standard issue, readily available cables.! , Tip: The ability to loop multiple pieces of gear on a single insert if desired (i.
6 | DANGEROUS MUSIC Feature: Instantly and silently switch between outboard processors. Benefit: The human ear has a remarkably fleeting memory. Echoic memory studies have resulted in up to 4 seconds of retention. Unfortunately these are based on vocal cues (random word sequences) vs. audio auditions. The latter have resulted in only up to 1000 milliseconds. That means no time for a patchbay or clumsy manual jack swaps.
LIAISON | 7 Feature: For both buss a and buss b, the flip buttons reverse the position of the inserts in pairs. Benefit: For example, to answer the age old mastering question of “what should come first, my equalizer or limiter?” let’s say the Variable Mu™ limiter is in insert 1 and the BAX EQ is in insert 2. To audition them in reverse order, simply hit the flip 1-2 switch. Now you are monitoring the BAX EQ into the Variable Mu™ limiter.
8 | DANGEROUS MUSIC flip 1-2 switch. Now the insert 1 button will blink slowly, indicating it’s activation in the parallel processing loop. 6. PARALLEL PROCESSING LOOP BLEND CONTROL [parallel processing loop blend control pictured above] Feature: parallel processing amount controlled by a continuously variable potentiometer. Benefit: Dictates the amount of direct (non-effected) or processed (effected) signal that is sent to the end of buss b.
LIAISON | 9 Benefit: Something out of phase? Fix it. Need to dial something OUT of the mix? Add it here 180º out of phase and select the amount. Tip: , As an effect: compress the mix and flip it out of phase to hear it pump in time with the track. 8. PRESET, CLEAR & STORE BUTTONS [preset, clear and store buttons pictured above] Feature: store or clear up to four patches.
DANGEROUS MUSIC 10 | Liaison: Application Examples 1.
| 11 STAND ALONE MASTERING EXAMPLE OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 6 OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 5 MONITOR OUT OF LIAISON INTO MONITOR ST INPUT 2 POST BUSS B OUT BUSS B OF LIAISON INTO A - D CONVERTER DANGEROUS MUSIC MONITOR ST & REMOTE AUDIO INTERFACE OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 4 OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 3 BUSS A OUTPUT CHAINED TO BUSS B INPUT OUT D - A CONVERTER INTO BUSS A OF LIAISON MONITOR OUT OF LIAISON INTO MONITOR ST INPUT 1 PRE BUSS A OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 2 OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 1 LIAISON
2 TRACK PLAYBACK DEVICE DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER SONTEC DRC202 TOFT ATC2 SONTEC MES430B DANGEROUS MUSIC BAX EQ DANGEROUS MUSIC 12 | LARGE FORMAT MASTERING EXAMPLE METERING DANGEROUS MUSIC MONITOR DANGEROUS MUSIC MASTER MANLEY LABS VARIABLE MU GREAT RIVER Q2NV 2 TRACK DIGITAL EDITOR ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER SONTEC DRC400 SONTEC M250EP LEXICON 960L
| 13 OUT DAW INTO BUSS B OF LIAISON (MIXING) OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 6 OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 5 OUT BUS B OF LIAISON INTO DAW OUT BUS A OF LIAISON INTO DAW DANGEROUS MONITOR ST (OR MONITORING DEVICE) OUT DAW INTO MONITOR ST COMPUTER INTERFACE (DAW/CONVERTER) MIC PREAMP OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 3 OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 4 OUT MONITOR 2 OF LIAISON INTO MONITOR ST INPUT 2 TRACKING & MIXING EXAMPLE A OUT PREAMP INTO BUSS A OF LIAISON (TRACKING) OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 2 OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 1 LIAISON
DANGEROUS MUSIC MONITOR OUT OF LIAISON INTO MONITOR ST INPUT 1 PRE BUSS A OUT 2-BUS LT INTO BUSS B OF LIAISON MIC PREAMP AUDIO INTERFACE OR D-A CONVERTER OUT BUSS B OF LIAISON INTO A - D CONVERTER DANGEROUS 2-BUS LT SUMMING MIXER OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 3 OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 4 OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 6 OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 5 MONITOR OUT OF LIAISON INTO MONITOR ST INPUT 2 POST BUSS B STAND ALONE MIXING EXAMPLE OUT PREAMP INTO BUSS A OF LIAISON OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 2 OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 1 14 |
| 15 OUT PREAMP INTO BUSS A OF LIAISON OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 2 OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 1 LIAISON TRACKING EXAMPLE A DANGEROUS MONITOR ST (OR MONITORING DEVICE) OUT DAW INTO MONITOR ST INPUT 1 COMPUTER INTERFACE (DAW/CONVERTER) MIC PREAMP OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 3 OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 4 OUT MONITOR 1&2 OF LIAISON INTO MONITOR ST INPUT 2&4* (PRE&POST BUSS A) OUT BUSS A OF LIAISON INTO DAW *Utilizing input 4 on the MONITOR ST, allows the post processing level to be reduced, thus matching it to the original f
DANGEROUS MUSIC OUT PREAMP INTO BUSS A OF LIAISON OUT PREAMP INTO BUSS B OF LIAISON OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 2 OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 1 16 | TRACKING EXAMPLE B DANGEROUS MONITOR ST (OR MONITORING DEVICE) OUT DAW INTO MONITOR ST INPUT 1 COMPUTER INTERFACE (DAW/CONVERTER) MIC PREAMP 1 MIC PREAMP 2 OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 3 OUTBOARD GEAR INSERT 4 OUT MONITOR 1&2 OF LIAISON INTO MONITOR ST INPUT 2&4* (PRE&POST BUSS A) OUT BUSS A & B OF LIAISON INTO DAW *Utilizing input 4 on the MONITOR ST, allows the post proce
LIAISON SPECIFICATIONS | 17 (for monitor and parallel buss sections) Frequency Response (Passive Section) +0, -0.1dB from 10Hz to 100kHz Frequency Response (Active Section) +0, -0.1dB 10Hz-100kHz Maximum level > +28dBu Noise floor < -94.5dBu 22Hz-22kHz bandwidth THD+N < 0.002% IMD < 0.
18 | DANGEROUS MUSIC WARRANTY Free 2 year extended warranty with online registration. Standard warranty: 90 days parts and labor, subject to inspection. Does not include damage incurred through shipping damage, abusive operation or modifications/attempted repair by unauthorized technicians. USA Dangerous Music Inc. 231 Stevens Road Edmeston, NY 13335 EUROPE Dangerous Music Europe Stieleichenweg 55 50999 Cologne, Germany Fon: +49 2236 393731 Email: info@dangerousmusic.
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