Rane PI 14 User Manual

Professional Audio Products Data Sheet

General Description

Following in the time-honored tradition of the Rane
Corporation Engineering department’s never-ending quest to
make the most out of the least, here is the revolutionary sonic
enhancement product, the Rane PI 14. Limitations of space
and patience preclude detailing all the limitless virtues of this
acoustic stimulator, however one must make due with the
allotted time and size and put down at least a rudimentary
sketch of this marvelous piece of gimmickry.

Over the years, the sciences of audio production and
reproduction have evolved slowly. Too slowly for Rane
engineering. So, with a little clever application of some
otherwise tawdry electrical components, we bring you the PI

14. Not just an evolution, no way. It’s a revolution.

Have you ever wanted to add just a bit of this or a tad of
that to your sound? Have you ever wondered what was
available to allow it? So have we. The PI 14 gives you the
ability to add bits of this and dashes of that, with continuously
variable breadth and depth. How much would you pay for this
flexibility? But wait. Before you answer that, there’s also the

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ability to pan from here to there and if you lose your way,
there’s a switch to get you back again. And if you don’t care
for the spectral distribution of the difference between this and
that, there is a special Rinkwitz Liley 4th grade crossover
filter which may be used to control spectral harmony.

The Sheen reduction processor included in the
overwhelmingly complex circuitry of the PI 14 reduces to a
bare memory the graininess and shimmer present in many
modern recordings digitally processed without the assistance
of an inverse PI 14 digital dither shield. Now how much
would you pay? Yes Martha, there’s more. More in the form
of the rotary Ecstacy presence control at the far right hand
side of the PI 14’s control panel. This knob can restore life to
even the most nauseous recordings of the past. Don’t dispose
of those old bubble gum (or bubble machine) recordings
taking up space in your library. The PI 14 adds just enough of
this or that to these legendary vinyl dinosaurs to make them
worth the 9 styli you’ll wear out playing just one of them.
Now how much would you pay? Let us know.

Features

• Independent Power & Glory Switches

• Continuously Variable This/That Level

• Full-Function Ecstacy Generator

• Variable This to That Crossover Frequency

• Here-There Pan (Back Again Switching)

• Program Dependent Sheen Removal

• Anti-Resonant Concrete Chassis

• Proprietary Paint to Reflect Odd Harmonic Light Frequencies

to Reduce Nono-Linear Photon Radiation Interference

• Time Warp Compression/Expansion to Synchronize Here/There

Time Coordinates

Applications

New Age Seminars

• Car Washes

• High School Cafeterias

• Funeral Homes

• Executive Washrooms

• High End Audio Demo Rooms

• Community Access Cable Channels

• Airport Baggage Claim Areas

• Cars With Tiny Steering Wheels

• Communications Scrambling

• Railroad Crossing Warning Systems

• Door Stops

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Features and Specifications

Parameter Specification Limit Units Conditions/Comments

Crossover: Alignment Rinkwitz-Liley 4th-Grade State-Penitentiary

..........Slopes 2.4 dB/Octave Sex Switchable

..........Range 75-3.6 kHz This to That

Inputs: Type Activist Off-Balanced

..........Connectors 3-Pin Happy Face

..........Impedance 20M .1% ohms

..........Maximum Level 11 Spinal Tap Taper

Outputs: Type Regenerative Aural Byproducts

..........Connectors 3-Pin Mr. Bill

..........Conductance .0017 .1% Mhos .00085 Mhos Each Leg to Ground

..........Maximum Level 450% 1 Qts SAE 10-40 or Greater

Sonic Purity A-1 Gives Good Tone
RFI Filters Yes Stupid Question
On/Off Transient Muting Sometimes Really Stupid Question
Passive Resistance When Required Nonviolent Ohms
LEDs:

..........Overload 22 1 Shots Magazine or Cartridge

..........Signal Present -20 1 dBu More or Less Input Level

Diffusion Coefficient D .1% cm /s Obeys Fick’s First Law
Deep Six Filter 19.9 Hz 180 dB/Oct, Brickwall .1% Hz (Rane Hates Rumble)
Ultraviolet Filter 1.4 .1 nm Corning CS 7-63, Amethyst
Frequency Response 0.1-66 MHz + 0/-3 dB Ch. 4 (Ch. 3 in some areas)
Slew Rate 13 2 f/fn (1 furlong/fortnight = 0.00655 in/sec)
THD + Noise 0.00007 .0001 % Clean - Very Clean
IM Distortion (SLEAZ) 0.0004 1 % 60 Hz/61 Hz, 1:1, -60 dBu
Signal-to-Noise Ratio re Screaming Kids in Background

192 2 dB This/That Centered, Unity Gain
50 2 dB This/That Centered, Max Gain

0 2 dB This/That Max, Max Gain
Agency Approval Good Housekeeping
Mil Spec Rad Hard Components
Power Supply Digital Servo-Locked Regulators
Maximum Power Useage 12 kW
Line Voltage: Domestic 116-117 VAC, 33 1/3Hz

..........Export 221-222 VAC, 78 Hz See Above

Unit: Construction All Concrete

..........Size 1.75"H X 19"W X 5.3"D (lU)

..........Weight 117 lbs (53 kgs)

Shipping: Size 7" x 22" x 13" (18 cm x 56 cm x 33 cm)

..........Weight 117 lb (55.8 kg)

Note: 12 inches = 1 foot