Phoenix Audio Nicerizer 16 - 16 Channel DAW Summing Solution User Manual

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The “NICERIZER 16” Owner’s Manual

Firstly, let me congratulate you on your purchase of the “Nicerizer 16”. I know
you will be as pleased with its sonic qualities as we are.

You are now the proud owner of a “Nicerizer 16” that has the advantages of more
than 25 years experience in audio engineering, today’s component and
manufacturing technology, but still retaining “that sound” uniquely achievable
through Class A design.

As you can tell, Phoenix Audio International (UK) is dedicated to the
development of Class A discrete technology used within high build-quality
equipment.

The “Nicerizer 16” was originally conceived because of the demand from
customers for something that would "sweeten" the output from Digital Audio
Workstations and to make the final mix easier to distribute and handle.

The “Nicerizer 16” is designed to take the output out of the digital realm, and to
add the Class A characteristics and feel before the final recording.

The ““Nicerizer 16”” uses our well proven and loved Class A output stage
(DSOP-2), but also has our latest breakthrough in transformerless Class A,
Discrete Input Technology which gives a "valve-like" sound, and our Class A,
Discrete, Virtual Earth mixing stage, and Unique Class A Discrete Stereo Width
mixing stage.

You CAN hear the difference!!

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The “Nicerizer 16” is a 2U, 19" rack mountable 16 channel Input unit, which
can be stacked and linked up to 6 units.

Applications: Range from "digital sweetening" to source routing, to DAW
mixing and from studio to stadium.

Specifications:

• 16 channels of our Class A, discrete, truly balanced transformerless input

• stage.

• Our proven and loved Class A, discrete, transformer balanced output

stage (DSOP-2).

• Class A, Discrete, High Gain, Inverting (Virtual Earth) Mixing stage.

• Individual pan control for each channel (16 x Pan pots).

• 16 x Balanced Input XLR's. Can accept balanced or unbalanced input with

no -6dB loss.

• 2 x mix busses (Stereo Mix Bus).

• ¼” TRS Inserts on Busses (L + R Bus Insert points).

• +8dB Boost button on each channel.

• Master mix bus output level control.

• Stereo LED level monitoring. Switchable for each channel and Main

Output.

• Stereo/mono External/Headphone monitoring Output. Switchable to each
channel, external input (via 2T Return), Auxiliary and Main output,
includes monitoring of the mix bus. (L, R, and Stereo).

• Main Outputs on Balanced XLR's

• Auxiliary Outputs on ¼” TRS Jacks.

• 2T Return inputs on ¼” TRS Jacks.

• Class A Stereo Width control with Loss-less Bass. Pan-able from mono

through to +25% Wider + Width control Bypass switch.

• Huge headroom available on all channels. Input Headroom +26dB. Output
Headroom +26dB

Overview:

The Input signal is fed to the “Nicerizer 16” via the Input XLR’s on the rear panel.
The input signal is panned by the associated pan control on the front panel and
can be monitored by selecting the associated channel on the Monitor control on
the front panel. Monitoring can be achieved via the Front ¼” jack, and rear
connections, and visually by the LED metering on the front panel.

The Nicerer 16 is usually used in channel pairs Eg: 1- Left, 2 –Right.
All channels can be monitored individual, and the L bus and R bus can also be
monitored individually. The main bus output level is adjusted via the main level
control on the front panel.