Mixer & Powermixer
MIXING CONSOLES AND POWERED MIXERS
Mobile Audio | Concert Sound | Fixed Installation | Pro Entertainment
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PRODUCTS
PowerMate3 |
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CMS3 |
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
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Perfection. Passion. PowerMate
PowerMate3
·· PowerMate 600-3 ·· PowerMate 1000-3 ·· PowerMate 1600-3 ·· PowerMate 2200-3
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History |
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PowerMate 2
Innovation as
Tradition
DYNACORD can draw upon a 65-year tradition in the development and manufacture of mobile mixing amplifiers.
Its first innovatory step was the integration of signal mixing and power amplification with compact, portable devices; this was soon followed by models that brought echo and reverberation on board. DYNACORD can therefore be considered the ‘inventor’ of the power mixer. To this day, nothing in the fundamental concept has changed, though, of course, ever since the PowerMate was first introduced, all the functional units have conformed to the highest professional standards. Never has there been the faintest suspicion of a compromise-based ‘cheap solution’. Quite the reverse, in fact.
MORE POWER • MORE EFFECTS • MORE EXTRAS was the watchword of the developers of the ‘original’ PowerMate, and their exemplary realization of these aims set a new standard in mixing desks with integrated effects units and power amplifiers. In the PowerMate, the professional user has a mixing desk, multi-effects unit and power amplifier that is capable of delivering concert sound performance, that is compact and portable but nonetheless a very powerful system solution, and that as a small-PA leaves nothing to be desired.
The same spirit of innovation has dominated the further development of what was already an exquisite piece of technology and finds expression in a wealth of technical details, in its user-friendliness, its reliability and safety of operation, its efficient energy management and its superb styling. The perfection of every component reflects the passion of the developers.
PERFECTION. PASSION. POWERMATE.
Third-generation success story: the PowerMate3
THE CURRENT POWERMATE GENERATION FEATURES A MULTITUDE OF INNOVATIONS AND OPTIMIZATIONS. DESPITE A CLEAR REDUCTION IN WEIGHT, IT OFFERS CONSIDERABLE GAINS IN TERMS OF BOTH POWER AMPLIFIER OUTPUT AND FEATURES, AS WELL AS BEING MORE COMPACT THAN EVER BEFORE.
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PowerMate 600-3 |
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PowerMate 600-3
THIS EXTREMELY COMPACT POWERED MIXER IS THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE POWERMATE3 FAMILY.
With a total output of 2,000 watts, it is far and away the most powerful compact mixer on the world market, yet it weighs only 9kg!
With its very lavish feature set and exemplary versatility it is the ideal choice for all professional applications in which few channels yet very high audio quality are required.
PERFORMANCE WITHOUT COMPROMISES
•Intuitively operated mixing section
•2 editable digital effects devices with 100 presets each and 20 user memories each
•Professional 4xIN / 4xOUT digital interface (USB) for the connection of a PC or Mac
•Stereo equalizer in the master section
•Large, contrast-rich OLED display
•class-D high-performance power amplifier delivering 2 x 1,000 watts RMS into 4 ohms
Exclusively high-quality brand components have been used; all faders and potentiometers are supplied by ALPS.
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PowerMate 600-3
IN THE MIXER SECTION, A TOTAL OF 8 CHANNEL STRIPS ARE AVAILABLE
•4 MIC / LINE channels
•2 MIC / Stereo USB channels (‚Super Channels‘)
•2 stereo LINE channels
MIC / LINE
The MIC / LINE channels offer extremely low-noise and low-hum electronically balanced XLR microphone inputs with an extremely low distortion factor (typ. < 0.002%) for the connection of low-impedance microphones.
For condenser microphones, phantom power (+48 volts) is centrally switchable. The LINE inputs are also electronically balanced and implemented as jack
sockets. In addition to a GAIN control, a highly efficient 3-band equalizer, an FX send, an AUX send and a MONitor send as well as either Panorama or Balance controls are available. The four MIC / LINE channels boast, in addition, a switchable 80Hz Lo-Cut filter, whilst the Super Channels 5-6 and 7-8 are supplied by the USB inserts 1-2 and 3-4, in each case in stereo.
STEREO-LINE
The STEREO-LINE channels (9-10 and 11-12) offer electronically balanced jack inputs for the connection of electronic instruments such as keyboards, drumcomputers, guitars and basses with active electronics, as well as all other high-level stereo signal sources such as additional mixers, effects devices etc.
CD or MP3 players can be connected to the additional cinch (RCA) inputs CD 1-2 and CD 3-4, which are switched in parallel. The tone controls and sends are identical to those of the MIC / LINE channels.
In all input channels, a Signal / Peak LED is provided to assist level control. The SIG LED illuminates at
around 30 dB and the PK LED at 6dB beneath the distortion threshold. A MUTE button and a PFL button (in channels 5-12 in stereo) are further features found in all input channels.
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DIGITAL AUDIO INTERFACE
The DIGITAL AUDIO INTERFACE supplies two stereo channels, present as USB 1-2 and USB 3-4 in Super Channels 5-6 and 7-8 respectively.
This interface is implemented professionally in 24-bit resolution and supports sampling rates up to 96 kHz, thereby satisfying studio requirements. The USB sends are supplied with the Master L and R, AUX and MON signals. The DIGITAL AUDIO INTERFACE can be used for input and output simultaneously.
Via the USB 2.0 port of your PC / Mac, four channels can be transmitted simultaneously in each direction. When a USB 1.1 interface is used, two channels can be transmitted simultaneously in each direction.
The PowerMate is designed for the level of standard PCs / Macs; the gain level can easily be adjusted, if need be, from the computer connected.
Included in the delivery is a DVD containing the professional recording software Cubase LE and PC / Mac USB drivers.
PC-MIDI-INTERFACE
The PowerMate also makes available a fully-featured PC MIDI interface.
The MIDI input also supports the remote switching of both internal effects units using a master keyboard or MIDI footswitch.
MASTER-SECTION
In the PowerMate‘s Master Section are to be found the Master A L+R sends (on separate faders), an additional Master B send (switchable pre/post and mono/stereo), the stereo effects returns, and the send signals of the AUXiliary and MONitor busses. If the AUX buss is not used to supply FX 2, it can be switched pre or post and thereby used as an additional monitor send or to supply an external effects device.
The 9-band stereo equalizer in the master section allows you to adjust the frequency response to the acoustics of the room.
The REC SEND and USB OUT controls determine the level of the master L+R signal at the Rec Send sockets and in the output channels of the digital USB interface. The control below it allows you to adjust the volume
in the headphones. Two ten-LED meters provide an overview of the power amplifier level. When the PFL switch is activated, the left-hand LED chain shows the internal level of the master buss in dBu.
STANDBY
The STANDBY switch mutes all outputs. For the playback of things like interval music, the DEVICE SETUP menu allows you to route stereo channel 11-12 for standby operation directly to the power amplifiers.
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THE POWERMATE IS EQUIPPED WITH TWO VERY HIGH-QUALITY, 24-BIT STEREO EFFECTS PROCESSORS, FX 1 AND FX 2
These function independently and can therefore be mixed. The two effects units are fully identical in design. Each effects section offers 100 presets including high-quality reverb, delay and modulation effects selected by means of the display.
When a delay effect is active, the delay time can be synchronized to the beat of the music using the TAP key. The further possibility exists of modifying individual parameters of the presets and storing the results in the 20 each user memories provided.
Both effects units are supplied by the FX Send buss. Using the DEVICE SETUP menu, you can, if you wish, configure the AUX send buss to function as an FX 2 send, so that only the FX 1 effects unit is supplied by the FX 1 buss. In this way, the two effects devices can be controlled independently of one another.
The effects can be mixed separately in the master and monitor busses.
The large, high-contrast OLED display is easily read from a wide range of viewing angles—even in very bright surroundings. The operation of the effects units and
processing menus is intuitive and made easier still through the use of soft keys and a rotary
encoder.
DEVICE SETUP |
LPN-PROCESSING |
SPEAKER PROTECTION |
PROCESSING-MENUS
Particularly valuable in making it possible to adjust the PowerMate perfectly to the selected loudspeaker cabinets, thereby optimizing the audio performance and maximizing the operating safety and reliability of the system, are the LPN Processing and Speaker Protection menus.
LPN-PROCESSING
Typical small to medium-sized loudspeaker cabinets, for physical reasons that have nothing to do with their make or quality, exhibit distortion in the transient response of the woofer. Since neither graphic nor parametric equalizers can do anything to alleviate this problem, the PowerMate offers a configurable LPN (low-pass notch) filter. Depending upon the size of the loudspeaker cabinet being used and also to adjust to problematic acoustics (such as those of bassy,
boom-ridden rooms), the LPN filter can be set to either High or Medium. The result is considerably greater punch (e.g. from the bass drum), an extension downwards of the frequency response, and improved transparency in the bass and midrange.
SPEAKER PROTECTION
This menu allows you to match perfectly the continuous power output of the PowerMate’s power amplifiers to the connected loudspeakers in the interests of greater operational safety and reliability.
Through dynamic limiting of the maximum power at the output, loudspeaker damage due to thermal overload can be avoided, without the wide dynamic range of the power amplifiers being sacrificed. For this purpose, the maximum permissible nominal
power handling of the connected loudspeaker cabinet can be selected from the menu. Unlike the case with conventional voltage limiters, dynamic peaks of short duration are permitted, as loudspeaker cabinets can as a rule tolerate peak levels many times higher than their nominal sustainable loads (RMS).
The speaker protection supervises permanently the amount of energy being fed to the loudspeakers, only limiting it in the event of a threatened overload, and even then, doing
so softly and inaudibly. For peak levels of short duration, the full output of the power amplifier remains available at all times, even when relatively small cabinets are being used. As a result, not only is the maximum dynamic range of the system maintained but also, and at all times, the highest degree of operational safety and reliability.
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