Diamond MAC-2 User Manual

MAC-2

User’s Manual

RJM Music Technology, Inc.

MAC-2

User’s Manual

Version 1.0

August 6, 2007

Diamond Amplification

5261 Langfield Road

Houston, TX 77040

[phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Web: www.diamondampli fi c at i on.com

RJM Music Technology, Inc.

2525 Pioneer Ave #2

Vista, CA 92081

[phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Web: www.rjmmusic.com

Copyright © 2007 RJM Music Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 1

FRONT PANEL

BACK PANEL 3

PROGRAMMING

Continuous Controllers 6

SETUP MODE

Setting MIDI Channel 8
Setting Inverted Functions
Setting Momentary Functions 9
Grouping Functions

DATA BACKUP

MAC-2 to MAC-2 copy

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10

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5

8

9

MAC-2 to computer copy

SPECIFICATIONS 13

WARRANTY 14

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Introduction

Thank you for purchasing a MAC-2. This product is designed to add
MIDI capability to your guitar amplifier. With a MAC-2, you can use a
MIDI footswitch to control your amplifier and all of your MIDI­enabled effects, giving you the ability to switch amplifier channels and
effects with the tap of a single button.

The MAC-2 is designed to work with the full line of amplifiers by
Diamond Amplification. It will also work with any amplifier that uses
four (or fewer) standard ¼” tip-to-ground switching jacks and can be
used with “mono” or “stereo/TRS” type jacks or switching controls.
Each switching jack is electrically isolated from the others, and relays
are used for switching to insure that the MAC-2 is compatible with as
many amplifiers as possible.

Additionally, the MAC-2 can control channel switching or feature
switching effects (many effect units allow bypass, channel switching,
feature activation or similar) and it can control these effect features
along with your amp giving you maximum flexibility.

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Front Panel

Function buttons 1 through 5 – These buttons control the five
switches found on the MAC-2. Once the MAC-2 is connected to an
amplifier, these buttons will control the amplifier just like the
amplifier’s footswitch does – switching channels, boosts, or any other
feature found on the footswitch. These may also be used to control
effect bypass, channel or function controls.

Each function button has a blue LED next to it. When a function switch
is on, its LED is lit.

Write – When held down for 3 seconds, this button saves the current
switch settings to memory. This function is not active until you connect
a MIDI footswitch to the MAC-2 and select a MIDI program number.
See the Programming section for more details.

Power – This green LED is lit when the MAC-2 is on.

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