Dunlop Manufacturing M80 User Manual

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M80 BASS d.i.+

M80 BASS d.i.+

DESCRIPTION

• An incredibly exible Bass D.I.+, Clean and Distortion effects

• Run direct to the PA or straight to the mixing board for pure tone

• A smart “noise gate” and optimized EQ help you nd the sweet

spot in the mix!

CONTROLS

PHANTOM/ GROUND enables

Phantom Power or Ground Lift

LEFT FOOTSWITCH toggles

Effects on/bypass (red LED=on)

RIGHT FOOTSWITCH toggles

Distortion channel in/out (red
LED at top of unit indicates
Distortion channel active)

BASS-MID-TREBLE EQ KNOBS

are active when effect is on
COLOR SWITCH activates a

preset EQ optimized for bass
(switch depressed down)

CLEAN VOLUME and COLOR
controls are active only in Clean
Channel mode (Effect Footswitch
on and Distortion off)

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DISTORTION CHANNEL

MODE (Effect and Distortion
Footswitches on) provides
controls for Gain to set
distortion level, Blend to
mix distorted/ clean signal,
and Volume

GATE SWITCH and TRIGGER

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KNOB work interactively to
provide an adjustable noise
gate. With Gate active (switch
depressed down), the Trigger

Knob sets the noise oor

threshold, or sensitivity, to
cut hum and hiss from the
distortion signal

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DIRECTIONS

• Set all controls to their middle

position and set switches to their
off position (all LEDs unlit).

• Run a cable from your bass to
the Input jack of the Bass D.I.+
and run another cable from the
Bass D.I.+ Output jack to

your amplier.

• To use the D.I. (Direct Input)

function, run a balanced line
(microphone cable) from the Bass
D.I.+ Direct Output to your mixing
board or PA input.

• Turn on the Bass D.I.+ Clean

channel effect by depressing the
Effect footswitch (Effect LED lit).

• Adjust the Clean Volume to the

desired level, such as to match
or boost your bypassed, effect
off signal.

• Push in the Color switch to

engage a clean preset EQ
designed to color your bass
tone with added punch,

denition and clarity.

• Depress the Distortion footswitch

to engage the Distortion channel
(Distortion LED lit).

• Use the Gain control to set the

amount of distortion, the Blend
control to set a mix between the

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clean preset EQ and distortion
effects, and Volume control to

set the distortion channel’s
output level.

• Push in the Gate switch to

activate the adjustable noise gate
with Smart Gate™ technology.
Set the Trigger knob threshold
low (counter-clockwise) to kill
hum and hiss from the distortion
signal while sustaining desired
signals without premature,
audible cutoff. To create a
dynamic distortion effect, set
the Trigger to higher (clockwise)
Trigger threshold settings so that
the gate only opens during loud
passages. The Gate’s yellow
status LED turns off when the
gate is opened and on when the
gate is closed.

• Use the Bass, Mid and Treble

controls to shape Clean and
Distortion effect tones.

• The Parallel Output can be used

to connect to a tuner or any
other parallel processing device.

• The Bass D.I.+ can be phantom-

powered through its Direct Output
jack from a phantom power­capable mixing console. Push the
Phantom/Ground switch to its
down position to enable phantom
power or up position to ground lift
the Direct Output connection and
remove noisy ground loops.

SPECIFICATIONS

Input Impedance 2.2 MΩ
Output Impedance

Unbalanced 150 Ω
Balanced 300 Ω

Bypass Freq. Response
+0/-0.5 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Tone Controls
Bass ±18 dB, 60 Hz
Mid ±10 dB, 850 Hz
Treble ±12 dB, 4 kHz
Noise Floor*
Bypass -102 dBV
Clean Effect -98 dBV
Distortion Effect, Gate Off -94 dBV
Distortion Effect, Gate On -98 dBV

Volume Control Range 40 dB
Gate Trigger Range 28 dB
Sensitivity -66 dBV at 1 kHz

Bypass Buffered
Current Draw 9 mA
Power Supply 9 volts DC

*A-weighted, all controls at mid position

POWER

The MXR M80 Bass D.I. + requires
a single 9 volt alkaline battery,
Phantom Power from mixing
board (through microphone cable)
or a Dunlop ECB003 AC adapter
(ECB003E in Europe) or a Dunlop
DCB10 DC Brick power supply.

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