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
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Application Information
A shaky this maybe acceptable and, conceivably, a
questionable that is tolerable, but no system can
simultaneously sustain a jittery this and that. And when
panoramic sweeping from here to there is required, nothing
does the job just right. For these reasons, Rane Corporation
developed the PI 14 Pseudoacoustic Infector.
Nothing has been left out. Transparent to the user but
essential to the design is the 128 bit microcontroller running
the front panel. Rane’s exclusive artificial intelligence (AI)
algorithm determines whether the user knows what he’s (it’s
always a he; she’s are too smart to buy this thing) doing. The
AI controller always overrides totally stupid input. In
addition, an autopilot mode exists, whereby the AI controller
predetermines what the operator wants, and executes it
beforehand. And finally, the AI controller features
DWIWNWIS (Do what I want, not what I say) trouble free
control interface.
Several envelope-pushing unique features beg attention
Such as the pneumonic suspension to reduce gravitational
electron drift due to tilted chassis; such as the proprietary
paint that reflects odd-ordered harmonic light frequencies to
reduce non-linear photon radiation interference; such as
Rane’s patent pending (in 3 galaxies) Time Warp
Compression/Expansion to synchronize Here/There time
coordinates; such as the Interdimensional Stabilizer essential
for This and That; such as the 10 megawatt mini fusion
reactor power supply for those demanding audio transients and featuring the first use of nearly room temperature
(-146° C) bismuth superconductors. (It should be noted that
the cooling system is not provided, but is required.)
No expense has been spared.
And the physical construction is exquisite. Utilizing
another Rane first, the all concrete chassis and front panel, the
PI 14 displays unequalled vibrational stability. And with the
optional aggregate front panel the Pseudoacoustic Infector is
a wonder to fondle.
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Rear Panel
Architectural Specifications
The pseudoacoustic infector shall be a two channel unit
with built-in crossover capability. The unit shall be able to
add this and that to any audio signal being processed. In
addition, panning from here to there (and back again) is
required.
The breadth and depth of any desired this or that shall be
adjustable from off to a maximum of 11, with a spinal tap
taper.
The active crossover shall contain 4th-grade, statepenitentiary, Rinkwitz-Liley aligned filters. The high-pass
and lowpass outputs of the filters shall crossover at an
amplitude of +6 dB from the unity passband level and be
electrically out of phase. No provisions shall exist to correct
for driver misalignment. Misaligned drivers are stupid and
shall be the installation jerk’s responsibility.
Crossing over from here to there shall be controlled by a
cheap intermittently variable, our-gang potentiometer with 3
separate detents to allow mechanical mis-reference of
crossover settings.
Signal inputs shall be activist off-balanced designs
terminated with 3-pin happy face connectors. Signal outputs
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shall be of equally deranged design with balanced output
conductance terminated in 3-pin Mr. Bill connectors. RFI
filters shall be provided, but must allow all emergency
broadcast frequencies to pass. Transient On/Off muting shall
not work reliably, and destructive thumbs shall occur
regularly. Deep six and ultraviolet filters shall be built-in.
The pseudoacoustic infector shall afford an input level
range of Off to +6 dB, and if they can’t afford that, they
should shop elsewhere. The output level controls shall be
muted at all times. The channels shall switch their routing so
automatically and in such a confusing manner that it shall be
impossible to correctly connect the unit.
The pseudoacoustic infector shall have a power supply
capable of operating only from exactly 119 VAC (219 VAC ,
where applicable) 33 l/3 Hz and be capable of powering an
external telephone via a modular input jack. The unit shall be
constructed entirely from cold-rolled concrete.
The pseudoacoustic infector shall not be just any
pseudoacoustic infector. No, the pseudoacoustic infector had
better be Rane’s Pseudoacoustic Infector Model PI 14. (And
if you don’t spec it, someone quite nasty is going to pay you a
visit.)
Available Accessories
• SC 1.7 Security Cover
• RAP 10 Remote Power Supply
• RS 1 Remote Power Supply
• Aggregate Front Panel
References
1. R. Moses, A. Claxton, S. Turnidge, and S. Macatee, “Boss Manipulation in the Audio Workplace,” J. Amer. Psychos, vol.
88, pp. 19-19.5, (Sep. 1947).
2. S. Brakken, and L. Winter, “Aural Hallucinations for Fun and Profit,” Snake Oil Soc. Am., vol. 27, pp. 16-297, (Feb. 1991).
3. T. Pennington, and D. Bohn, “Adaptive This and That for Stereophonic Sweeping From Here to There: presented at the
163rd Convention of Readers Digest Society, Readers Digest (Abstracts), vol. 1, pp. 1180-1365, (Dec. 1876), preprints
confiscated.
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