DACS FREQue II User Manual

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and build | Acoustic consultancy and treatment | Sound system design and
installation | Distribution of high performance, innovative products | Own brand
pro audio and custom products | Cabling | Demonstration studio and mastering
facilities | Outstanding after sales service | Studio design and build | Acoustic
consultancy and treatment | Sound system design and installation | Distribution of
high performance, innovative products | Own brand pro audio and custom products
| Cabling | Demonstration studio and mastering facilities | Outstanding after sales
service | Studio design and build | Acoustic consultancy and treatment | Sound
systemt design and installation | Distribution of high performance, innovative
products | Own brand pro audio and custom products | Cabling | Demonstration
studio and mastering facilities | Outstanding after sales service | Studio design
and build | Acoustic consultancy and treatment | Sound system design and
installation | Distribution of high performance, innovative products | Own brand
pro audio and custom products | Cabling | Demonstration studio and mastering
facilities | Outstanding after sales service | Studio design and build | Acoustic
consultancy and treatment | Sound system design and installation | Distribution of
high performance, innovative products | Own brand pro audio and custom products
| Cabling | Demonstration studio and mastering facilities | Outstanding after sales
service | Studio design and build | Acoustic consultancy and treatment | Sound
system design and installation | Distribution of high performance, innovative
products | Own brand pro audio and custom products | Cabling | Demonstration
studio and mastering facilities | Outstanding after sales service | Studio design
and build | Acoustic consultancy and treatment | Sound system design and
installation | Distribution of high performance, innovative products | Own brand
pro audio and custom products | Cabling | Demonstration studio and mastering
facilities | Outstanding after sales service | Studio design and build | Acoustic
consultancy and treatment | Sound system design and installation | Distribution of
high performance, innovative products | Own brand pro audio and custom products
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TWO CHANNEL RING MODULATOR

USER GUIDE

FREQue II

Instructions for use and installation

Welcome

At DACS we are very pleased that you have chosen to purchase one of our products.
We take pride in our work and are sure that this FREQue II will give you years of
exemplary service. If you have any suggestions or comments about this product
please call, fax, write or e-mail us with your thoughts. Thank you.

Introduction

Ring Modulation has been around for a long time. Its usefulness was always limited
by the high level of breakthrough of the original signals. Some years ago we
developed a device which reduced this breakthrough to levels compatible with digital
technology. The FwS series of ring modulator based effectors retains the purity of the
effect with breakthrough performance. With this unit and others in the range you will
be able to transform your existing sound generators creating an almost infinite range
of unique sounds using your hands and your ears. We’re not filled with nostalgia for
the ‘good old days’, but do believe that programming has several limitations; human
creativity and interaction can create a much more flexible and individual musical
result than pre-sets.

We have included a number of possible setups and applications for you to try. They
are intended as a starting point for your experimentation rather than an exhaustive
list of possibilities.

If you come up with some particularly good or unusual way of using the FwS device,
and are willing to share it with others, please send us your ideas and personal /
professional details so that we can place them on our web-site and in subsequent
editions of our application notes and manuals.

DACS LTD, Stoneh ills, S hields Road, P ELAW, Gateshe ad, Tyne and Wea r NE10 0HW
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