IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION: WARNING: To reduce the rik of electric hock, do not remove the top cover (or the rear ection). No uer erviceabl

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1 Uer manual Verion 1.0 October 2005

2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION: WARNING: To reduce the rik of electric hock, do not remove the top cover (or the rear ection). No uer erviceable part inide; refer ervicing to qualified peronnel. To reduce the rik of fire or electric hock, do not expoe thi appliance to rain and moiture. The apparatu hall not be expoed to dripping or plahing and no object filled with liquid, uch a vae, hall be placed on the apparatu. Thi ymbol, wherever it appear, alert you to the preence of uninulated dangerou voltage inide the encloure voltage that may be ufficient to contitute a rik of hock. Thi ymbol, wherever it appear, alert you to important operating and maintenance intruction in the accompanying literature. Pleae read the manual. DETAILED SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS: 1) Read thee intruction. 2) Keep thee intruction. 3) Heed all warning. 4) Follow all intruction. 5) Do not ue thi apparatu near water. 6) Clean only with dry cloth. 7) Do not block any ventilation opening. Intall in accordance with the manufacturer intruction. 8) Do not intall near any heat ource uch a radiator, heat regiter, tove, or other apparatu (including amplifier) that produce heat. 9) Do not defeat the afety purpoe of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug ha two blade with one wider than the other. A grounding type plug ha two blade and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your afety. If the provided plug doe not fit into your outlet, conult an electrician for replacement of the obolete outlet. 10) Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plug, convenience receptacle, and the point where they exit from the apparatu. 11) Only ue attachment/acceorie pecified by the manufacturer. 12) Ue only with the cart, tand, tripod, bracket, or table pecified by the manufacturer, or old with the apparatu. When a cart i ued, ue caution when moving the cart/apparatu combination to avoid injury from tipping over. 13) Unplug thi apparatu during lightning torm or when unued for long period of time. 14) Refer all ervicing to qualified ervice peronnel. Servicing i required when the apparatu ha been damaged in any way, uch a power upply cord or plug i damaged, liquid ha been pilled or object have fallen into the apparatu, the apparatu ha been expoed to rain or moiture, doe not operate normally, or ha been dropped. 15) CAUTION - Thee ervice intruction are for ue by qualified ervice peronnel only. To reduce the rik of electric hock do not perform any ervicing other than that contained in the operation intruction unle you are qualified to do o. 2

3 MINICOM Ultra-Compact Stereo Modeling Compreor with 16 Preet Ultra-compact 9.5" tereo modeling compreor for tudio and tage application COM aweome preet model for the mot typical compreion application (vocal, drum, guitar, keyboard, etc.) Dedicated Compreor Modeling control with LED indicating the elected dynamic program Integrated Enhancer for brilliant, lively audio even with heavy compreion IKA (Interactive Knee Adaptation) program-adaptive compreion circuitry combine the advantage of hard and oft knee characteritic Accurate 6-digit LED Input/Output meter, plu 6-digit LED Gain Reduction meter for precie level indication Operating level can be elected uing the I/O Level witch High-quality potentiometer and illuminated witche for long-term reliability Ultra low-noie audio operational amplifier and tate-of-the-art VCA offer outtanding ound performance All Mini Serie model can be tacked on top of each other to create an ultracompact ignal proceor olution High-quality component and exceptionally rugged contruction enure long life Conceived and deigned by BEHRINGER Germany 3

4 FOREWORD Dear Cutomer, welcome to the community of Mini Serie uer and thank you very much for expreing your confidence in BEHRINGER product by purchaing the COM800. It i one of my mot pleaant tak to write thi letter to you, becaue it i the culmination of many month of hard work delivered by our engineering team to reach a very ambitiou goal: to deign an outtanding device whoe high level of functionality will give you maximum performance. The tak to deign our new MINICOM certainly meant a great deal of reponibility. You, the dicerning uer and muician, were the focu of our entire development effort. It alo meant a lot of work and night hift to accomplih thi goal. But it wa fun, too. Developing a product uually bring a lot of people together, and what a great feeling it i when everybody who participated in uch a project can be proud of what we ve achieved. It i our philoophy to hare our joy with you, becaue you are the mot important member of the BEHRINGER family. With your highly competent uggetion for new product you ve greatly contributed to haping our company and making it ucceful. In return, we guarantee you uncompromiing quality a well a excellent technical and audio propertie at an extremely favorable price. All of thi will enable you to fully unfold your creativity without being hampered by budget contraint. We are often aked how we can make it to produce uch high-grade device at uch unbelievably low price. The anwer i quite imple: it you, our cutomer! Many atified cutomer mean large ale volume enabling u to get better condition of purchae for component, etc. In t it only fair to pa thi benefit back to you? Becaue we know that your ucce i our ucce, too! I would like to thank all people whoe help on Project MINICOM COM800 ha made it all poible. Everybody ha made very peronal contribution, tarting from the deigner of the unit via the many taff member in our company to you, the uer of BEHRINGER product. My friend, it been worth the trouble! Thank you very much, Uli Behringer 4

5 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION Before you get tarted Shipment Initial operation Online regitration CONTROL ELEMENTS AND CONNECTIONS The front The rear THE PRESETS OF THE MINICOM Preet categorie The preet in detail THE MINICOM IN PRACTICE How to et level correctly The I/O LEVEL witch Signal adjutment Giving intrument more preence Uing the MINICOM a a traditional compreor Giving muic production more punch Uing the MINICOM a a maximizer INSTALLATION Connection option and audio connection The MINICOM in the inert path The MINICOM a a mix-ignal compreor connected in erie SPECIFICATIONS OTHER MINI PRODUCTS WARRANTY INTRODUCTION Thank you for howing your confidence in BEHRINGER product by purchaing the MINICOM COM800. The MINICOM COM800 i a preet compreor that allow you to raie both the loudne and punch of your audio material quickly and effectively. Since a lot of experience i required to be able to adjut the parameter of a compreor, the COM800 come with 16 uer-friendly preet for the mot common application to make thing eaier. Thee preet are baed on tried-and-teted compreor etting and are optimized for a high level of uability. You can imply trut your ear when chooing the mot appropriate etting and thu focu on what really count: your muic. Depite it eae of ue the COM800 give you all the function of a fully-featured compreor. For example, you can ue it a a mono compreor for individual ignal, uch a vocal, guitar, ba, etc. or a a mater compreor for tereo mix ignal. The downtream enhancer make up for high-frequency lo due to high compreion ratio, and the gain reduction diplay keep you informed about the actual amount of compreion applied. After all, you don t want to leave anything to chance. With the COM800 you ll alway be et for ucce! 1. INTRODUCTION 5

6 1.1 Before you get tarted Shipment Your COM800 wa carefully packed at the aembly plant to aure ecure tranport. Should the condition of the cardboard box ugget that damage may have taken place, pleae inpect the unit immediately and look for phyical indication of damage. + Damaged equipment hould NEVER be ent directly to u. Pleae inform the dealer from whom you acquired the unit immediately a well a the tranportation company from which you took delivery. Otherwie, all claim for replacement/repair may be rendered invalid. + Pleae alway ue the original packaging to avoid damage due to torage or hipping. + Never let unupervied children play with the COM800 or with it packaging. + Pleae dipoe of all packaging material in an environmentally friendly fahion Initial operation Be ure that there i enough pace around the unit for cooling. To avoid overheating, do not place the COM800 on top of power amp or near radiator, etc. + To power the COM800, ue only the power upply unit that i delivered with your equipment. + Pleae enure that the unit i intalled and operated only by people qualified to do o. During intallation and operation the uer mut have ufficient electrical contact to earth. Electrotatic dicharge may affect the operation of the unit Online regitration Pleae do remember to regiter your new BEHRINGER equipment right after your purchae by viiting (alternatively and kindly read the term and condition of our warranty carefully. Should your BEHRINGER product malfunction, our goal i to have it repaired a quickly a poible. To arrange for warranty ervice, pleae contact the retailer from whom the equipment wa purchaed. Should your BEHRINGER dealer not be located in your vicinity, you may directly contact one of our ubidiarie. Correponding contact information i included in the original equipment packaging (Global Contact Information/European Contact Information). Should your country not be lited, pleae contact the ditributor nearet you. A lit of ditributor can be found in the upport area of our webite ( Regitering your purchae and equipment with u help u proce your repair claim quicker and more efficiently. Thank you for your cooperation! 6 1. INTRODUCTION

7 2. CONTROL ELEMENTS AND CONNECTIONS 2.1 The front Fig. 2.1: Front panel control element of the COM800 The two LED diplay how the preet currently elected. One LED i aigned to each preet. The LED of the active preet light up. + The preet are grouped in ix different categorie (ee chapter 3.1). Ue the PRESETS control to elect one of the 16 different effect preet. Ue the INPUT LEVEL control to adjut the input ignal level. Thi determine to a great extent how much compreion i applied. If the level i too low, it may happen that the compreor doe not work, irrepective of the preet elected. Therefore, a ufficiently high input level hould be choen, a decribed in chapter 4.1. The ENHANCER button activate a compenation circuit which boot the treble range and thu make up for any high-frequency lo that may reult from high compreion ratio. Ue the OUTPUT LEVEL control to raie the loudne of the mix ignal and benefit from the dynamic range achieved by compreion. Ue the METER button to chooe whether the LED diplay how the INPUT or OUTPUT ignal. Alway monitor the output level when raiing it with the OUTPUT LEVEL control. The IN/OUT button enable/diable the ignal proceing circuitry of the COM800. The COM800 work only when thi button i lit. If it doe not how, the input ignal i routed directly to the output without any proceing. The GAIN RED LED diplay the amount by which the ignal level i reduced due to the compreion proce. The diplay read from top to bottom, i.e. the lowet amount of reduction i hown by the top LED, while all the LED down to the bottom LED light up when maximum gain reduction i applied. The LED diplay allow you to monitor the input and output level. It comprie 6 LED. Ue the highet input/output level poible, o that the compreor work mot effectively. When the CLIP LED light up, thi indicate that ditortion may occur within the circuitry of the COM800. In thi cae, the ignal level mut be reduced. The witch turn your MINICOM COM800 on and off. The witch light up when the unit i witched on. 2. CONTROL ELEMENTS AND CONNECTIONS 7

8 + Merely witching the unit off doe not mean that it i fully diconnected from the main. To diconnect the unit from the main, pull out the main connector. Pleae make ure before intallation that the main connector ha not been damaged. If you do not ue the unit for an extended period of time, pleae diconnect it at the main. 2.2 The rear Fig. 2.2: Rear panel connector of the COM800 The COM800 i connected to the main uing a 2-pole POWER connector jack. A matching main adaptor i included with the unit. + Alway ue the main adaptor upplied with the unit to avoid damage to your COM800. The two OUTPUT connector are on 1/4" jack and provide an unbalanced left/right ignal. When you elect a mono preet, both jack will provide the ame mono ignal. The I/O LEVEL witch determine the level ued by the ignal proceing circuitry of the COM800: -10 dbv (home recording level) or +4 dbu (tudio level). + Make ure to et the correct reference level that matche the operating level ued by other equipment connected. Otherwie, ditortion may be caued and your COM800 will not function optimally (ee chapter 4.1). The two INPUT connector are on 1/4" jack. Alway ue balanced patch cord with 1/4" plug or tandard inert cable (unbalanced connection). Mono ignal hould be connected to the L jack. SERIAL NUMBER CONTROL ELEMENTS AND CONNECTIONS

9 3. THE PRESETS OF THE MINICOM The COM800 come with a total of 16 different preet. Thee pre-programmed compreor etting ave you a lot of work and trouble. Depending on the application in quetion they give you the deired reult. You don t have to be familiar with the complex parameter of a compreor for your muic to benefit from the ue of the COM800. Some preet are deigned for tereo ignal, ome can be ued for mono ignal only. Depending on the preet choen you can ue your COM800 to proce ingle or mix ignal. + When uing a mono preet only one mono ignal can be proceed with the COM800. In thi cae pleae ue the INPUT jack L (MONO). It i not poible to proce two mono ignal independently of each other! 3.1 Preet categorie The COM800 feature preet for compreing individual ignal (e.g. guitar, drum, etc.) or tereo/ mix ignal (e.g. keyboard, main mix, ub-group). To give you a better overview, the preet are grouped in ix categorie baed on typical application. &DWHJRU\ $SSOLFDWLRQ 6LJQDOW\SH Vocal (preet 1-3) Optimized etting for vocal part with lot of punch and preence uing different degree of compreion. Individual ignal Drum + percuion (preet 4-5) Guitar (preet 6-8) Keyboard (preet 9-11) Limiter (preet 12-13) All-round/pecial (preet 14-16) Special preet with optimized control time for powerful percuion ound. Adapted control behavior for powerful electric and punchy acoutic guitar. Maximized ound denity for electronic keyboard ound and piano. Matering preet enuring effective loudne maximization and level limiting for mighty mixe. Preet for pecial application. Individual/tereo ignal Individual ignal Stereo ignal Mix ignal Individual/mix ignal Table 3.1: The preet categorie of the MINICOM 3. THE PRESETS OF THE MINICOM 9

10 3.2 The preet in detail The 16 preet of the MINICOM have been optimized for a variety of application. Feel free to ue them for other purpoe too. In the end, only the ound achieved determine whether or not a preet i the right one for the deired reult. &DWHJRU\ 1R 3UHVHW (IIHFW 7\SH Vocal Drum + percuion Guitar Keyboard Limiter All-round/ pecial VOCAL SOFT VOC MEDIUM VOC POWER Moderate compreion with ufficient dynamic for optimum integration of vocal in the mix. Ideal for ballad. Medium compreion which bring the vocal in the mix to the foreground, but leave enough room for vocal dynamic. Ideal for hip-hop and pop. Strong compreion for a very preent vocal ound without any compromie. Ideal for dance, hard rock and heavy metal. Mono Mono Mono Fat ound for ba and nare drum, which retain the high-energy FAT DRUMS Mono 4 attack phae of the intrument. 5 PERCUSS. Dene and preent ound for drum/percuion. Stereo E-BASS ACOUST GUIT E-GUITAR Powerful compreion, which give electric bae preence in the lower frequency range that you can actually feel. Increae the preence of the ignal and make the characteritic plucking ound of acoutic guitar audible, o that they don t get drowned out in the mix. Produce the hard-edge ound of ditorted electric guitar with contant preence. Mono Mono Mono GRAND Limit the enormou dynamic of the piano for a more conitent Stereo 9 PIANO ound, which better integrate into the mix and ha more punch. 10 FAT SYNTH Fat ound for aggreive forefront ynth ound. Stereo KEYB PAD Reduce the dynamic range of keyboard pad ound, which can make a mix rather muddy with their exceive dynamic range. HARD LIMIT The ultimate loudne raier for aggreive and high-energy production. Ideal for dance, pop and rock. SOFT LIMIT Produce a round, conitent and fat matering ound. Ideal for hiphop, chill out and trance. PRESSURE All-round preet for more punch and loudne. Ideal for important olo intrument. PUMP UP LEVELER Compreion with audible control procee, which i deired in thi cae and produce trendy pumping effect. Ideal for drum ound. Keep the level contant without limiting level peak. Ideal to adapt track with different loudne to each other, e.g. for CD compilation. Stereo Stereo Stereo Mono/ Stereo Mono/ Stereo Mono/ Stereo Table 3.2: MINICOM preet and ideal area of application THE PRESETS OF THE MINICOM

11 4. THE MINICOM IN PRACTICE Typically, muic production comprie three tep: the actual recording a well a the mix and matering procee. Firt of all, individual ignal are recorded. In a computer-baed production environment thi mean that each intrument i recorded on a different track. When uing oftware ound generator, the individual ignal are directly available from the computer. Mixing mean that the volume level of the intrument are adjuted, effect are added were needed and the frequency range of each intrument i optimized with equalizer. During the matering proce equalizer and control amplifier are ued to give the mix the finihing touch, o a to achieve a homogeneou ound and optimum loudne. Compreor have become the tandard tool for dynamic proceing during all tage of a production. Today, thee popular control amplifier are widely ued for muic production. Traditionally, compreor are ued to limit the dynamic range of a ignal, i.e. to reduce the difference between the highet and the lowet ignal level. Thi i ueful, in particular, to control volume fluctuation in intrument ignal during the mixing proce. In addition, compreion can alo be ued to enhance the ound of a production. 4.1 How to et level correctly The I/O LEVEL witch Before you can give your ignal additional punch and power, pleae make ure to et the level of your MINICOM correctly. Firt of all, adjut the proper operating level uing the I/O LEVEL witch on the rear panel of the unit. -10 dbv are ued in a conumer environment, +4 dbu in profeional recording tudio. Many emi-profeional audio card and tudio device can be et accordingly by mean of a hardware/oftware witch. Mixing conole uually work with the profeional 4 dbu level, while guitar, bae, keyboard and conumer equipment (CD/MD-DAT player/recorder) ue -10 dbv. If you are not ure which level to ue, pleae conult the uer manual of your device or imply try which etting give you a reaonable level on the IN/OUT LED diplay. Alway make ure that the INPUT LEVEL control i et to zero and the METER witch to INPUT. + If you can elect the operating level ued by your tudio equipment, pleae be ure to have the ame level ued by all device Signal adjutment Wire the MINICOM a decribed in chapter 5.1, depending on the application. Now, apply the ignal to be compreed and ue the METER witch to et the IN/OUT LED diplay to INPUT, o that it how the input level. Turn the INPUT LEVEL control, until the ignal level diplayed i around the 0 db marking between -6 db and +6 db and the CLIP LED doe not light up. Select the preet of your choice and activate the compreor in the ignal path with the IN/OUT button. The GAIN RED LED diplay the gain reduction produced by the compreion proce. Check the output ignal by etting the IN/OUT LED diplay to OUTPUT uing the METER witch, and raie the level until the ignal i around the 0 db marking between -6 db and +6 db. Since the GAIN RED LED how the gain reduction achieved by compreion, they give you an indication of the level by which the ignal can be raied with the OUTPUT LEVEL control. 4. THE MINICOM IN PRACTICE 11

12 4.2 Giving intrument more preence Compreor are mot often ued to optimize the level of individual ignal during recording or mixing. When doing a mix you have urely noticed at ome point or other that it i difficult to control the volume of ome ignal. Let take vocal a an example: When all etting are ok for the vere, you can be ure that the vocal are too loud in the choru, becaue the inger uddenly turn up the volume. Additionally, even language-baed difference in volume and changing ditance between inger and microphone can lead to paage getting drowned in the mix. A compreor i the ideal olution to thi typical problem: it limit the dynamic range and produce are more conitent ignal which integrate better into the mix. In particular, very dynamic, non-percuive acoutic intrument uch a acoutic guitar, vocal, etc. benefit from compreion when you need to make them audible alongide very dominant ound and get more control over their dynamic behavior. In addition to the more baic tak of limiting the dynamic range, extreme compreor etting can produce intereting ound change. Thi effect i mot often ued for drum ound, but intereting reult can be achieved with other ignal, too. Thi can range from making the intrument-pecific decay phae of percuive intrument clearly heard (drum, acoutic guitar, piano, etc.) to attenuating the attack phae. Through the conitent ue of compreor for individual ignal during the mix, the overall mix get dener and can be proceed more effectively during the ubequent matering proce. But you hould alway keep in mind that compreion doe not necearily benefit your muic production. Therefore, the reult hould alway be evaluated critically and played to the unbiaed ear of other people Uing the MINICOM a a traditional compreor If you have a mixing conole you can connect the MINICOM to the inert path of the ingle channel whoe ignal you wih to compre. To proce an entire group of intrument you could alo ue a ub-group inert. If your mixing conole ha no inert, you can connect the MINICOM directly between ignal ource and mixing conole for line-level ignal (ee chapter and 5.1.2). The following etting are made on the device: Depending on the ignal, elect a uitable preet and adjut the input/output level a decribed in chapter If the compreed ignal lack brilliance, you can activate the enhancer circuit (button ). Ue the IN/OUT button to keep comparing the compreed ignal with the original ignal. Thi i to enure that the quality of your production benefit from the dynamic proceing and doe not tend to ound cluttered due to incorrect etting. If the ignal i too flat and lack life, you can try to reduce the input level lightly with the INPUT LEVEL control, or elect another preet. 4.3 Giving muic production more punch Today muic production need one thing in particular: maximum loudne, or volume. Production with a broad dynamic range uually ound thin and lack the neceary punch, epecially when it dance or pop muic. In contrat to matered track with high loudne, uch production have a poor and inhomogeneou ound due to volume difference. Since audio device and recording/playback media have a limited dynamic range, ignal can be recorded with limited loudne only, which i predetermined by the technically feaible level of the medium (CD, DAT, TAPE, etc.) THE MINICOM IN PRACTICE

13 Thee limit mut be exploited fully to achieve maximum volume in a production. However, uncompreed ignal have a great number of tranient ignal peak, which can be ignificantly louder than the average ignal level. Thee ignal peak repreent the maximum limit to which the level can be raied. Since thee are ignal peak, the dynamic range i ued only briefly. The average ignal level actually perceived by the litener, however, i far below thee ignal peak. The following figure illutrate thi relationhip. Fig. 4.1: Waveform view of the compreion proce Compreor can minimize ignal peak, i.e. can reduce them in volume. Thu, previouly unued dynamic range i available which give you ome cope to raie the loudne level of your production. Your muic become dener and it loudne i effectively raied. In matering terminology thi proce i known a maximizing. The term limiting refer to the neceary compreor etting. So, a limiter i a particularly effective compreor Uing the MINICOM a a maximizer If you have a mixing conole you can connect the MINICOM to the inert path of the main-mix bu or a ub-group inert. In the latter configuration, you have to route your mix to the correponding ub-group (ee chapter 5.1.1). If your work i completely computer-baed or if your mixing conole ha no inert on the main-mix bu, you can alo connect the MINICOM directly to the output of your audio card/mixing conole (ee chapter 5.1.2). The following etting are made on the device: Select the preet HARD LIMIT (12), SOFT LIMIT (13) or PRESSURE (14) and adjut the input/output level a decribed in chapter Activate the enhancer circuit (button ) to make up for the high-frequency lo caued by the limiting proce. Ue the IN/OUT button to keep comparing the compreed ignal with the original ignal. Thi i to enure that the quality of your production benefit from the dynamic proceing and doe not tend to ound cluttered due to incorrect etting. If the ignal i too flat and lack life, you can try to reduce the input level lightly with the INPUT LEVEL control, or elect another preet. 4. THE MINICOM IN PRACTICE 13

14 5. INSTALLATION 5.1 Connection option and audio connection There are variou way to integrate the COM800 into your et-up. Depending on the application in quetion, you will need different et of connecting cable The MINICOM in the inert path Connect the MINICOM via the inert path of a mixing conole if you want to compre individual ignal or ub-group compriing everal intrument. Ue tandard inert cable. Thee Y cable have two 1/4" TS connector at one end, and one 1/4 TRS connector at the other. Connect the plug marked Send to the INPUT L jack of the COM800. Connect the Return plug to the correponding OUTPUT L jack of the device. Connect the TRS connector to the inert jack of the channel trip on the mixing conole. For ub-group tereo compreion ue two inert cable and elect a uitable preet. The econd cable mut be connected to the INPUT/OUTPUT R jack of the COM800. Fig. 5.1: Connecting the MINICOM to the inert path Fig. 5.2: Inert cable with one 1/4" TRS and two 1/4" TS connector INSTALLATION

15 MINICOM COM The MINICOM a a mix-ignal compreor connected in erie If your mixing conole ha no inert connector, you can alo connect the MINICOM to the output of an audio card or the main-mix output of a mixing conole. In thi configuration the output of the mixing conole/audio card are connected to the input of the MINICOM. Then, connect the output of the COM800 directly to the recording device or the input of the audio card. The following illutration how the correponding wiring cheme. Fig. 5.3: Wiring example: the MINICOM a a main-mix compreor connected in erie Ue tandard cable with two 1/4" connector, ometime alo referred to a patch cord or intrument cable. Fig. 5.4: Unbalanced cable with 1/4" TS connector If your equipment ha balanced output, you can alo ue balanced cable to connect the input of the COM800. Balanced cable are immune to interference, uch a hum caued by power cord. If you want to operate your MINICOM in mono only, connect one cable each to the left input and output jack. Select a uitable mono preet. 5. INSTALLATION 15

16 Fig. 5.5: Balanced cable with 1/4" TRS connector 6. SPECIFICATIONS INPUT Connector 1/4" tereo jack, balanced Input impedance approx. 10 kw unbalanced, approx. 20 kw balanced Nominal operating level -10 dbv /+4 dbu (witchable) Max. input level 15 dbu at +4 dbu nom. level OUTPUT Connector 1/4" jack, unbalanced Output impedance approx. 150 W Max. output level 15 dbu COMPRESSOR SECTION Compreion ratio 1.1 : 1 to 7.1 : 1 (depending on preet) Input gain -20 db to 20 db Output gain -20 db to 20 db ENHANCER SECTION Type Dynamic high-pa filter (6 db/oct.) Frequency 5 khz Max. boot approx khz SYSTEM DATA Frequency repone 10 Hz to 200 khz, ±1.5 db Dynamic range 95 db, 20 Hz to 20 khz THD 0.12 % 0 dbu Signal crotalk khz Signal-to-noie ratio dbu, A-weighted POWER SUPPLY Main connection external main adaptor, 9 V~, 750 ma Main voltage USA/Canada 120 V~, 60 Hz U.K./Autralia 240 V~, 50 Hz China 220 V~, 50 Hz Europe 230 V~, 50 Hz Japan 100 V~, Hz Power conumption approx. 6 W DIMENSIONS/WEIGHT Dimenion (H x W x D) approx. 1 8/9" x 9 5/9" x 4 5/7" (approx. 48 mm x mm x 120 mm) Weight approx lb. (approx kg) BEHRINGER i contantly triving to maintain the highet profeional tandard. A a reult of thee effort, modification may be made from time to time to exiting product without prior notice. Specification and appearance may differ from thoe lited or illutrated SPECIFICATIONS

17 7. OTHER MINI PRODUCTS The MINICOM belong to the MINI uite of BEHRINGER product, which can operate together and are introduced below: MINIFEX FEX800 Ultra-compact 9.5" tereo multi-effect proceor for tudio and tage application 16 aweome FX preet in 24-bit/48 khz reolution including reverb, delay, choru, flanger, phaer, rotary peaker, pitch hifter and multi-effect Intuitive FX Preet control with LED indicating the elected program MINIAMP AMP800 Ultra-compact 9.5" headphone amplifier ytem for tudio and tage application 4 totally independent tereo high-power amplifier ection Highet onic quality with virtually all type of headphone even at maximum volume MINIMIC MIC800 Ultra-compact 9.5" microphone modeling preamp for tudio and tage application High-end preamplifier for all microphone, intrument and line-level ource. Perfectly complement tudio-grade condener mic Ultra-flexible Preamp Modeling allow you to quickly optimize your recording MINIMON MON800 Ultra-compact 9.5" monitor matrix mixer for tudio and tage application Dedicated input ection with 4 electable and mixable tereo input Accurate 6-digit LED main tereo output meter for precie level indication MINIBEAT BEAT800 Ultra-compact 9.5" dual beat counter/phono preamp for tudio and tage application Intelligent dual BPM counter with Tempo Difference indicator Ultra-flexible Beat Ait and Sync Lock function MINIFBQ FBQ800 Ultra-compact 9.5" graphic equalizer for tudio and tage application Revolutionary FBQ Feedback Detection Sytem intantly reveal critical frequencie and can alo be ued a Audio Analyzer Additional Low Cut filter remove unwanted frequencie, e. g. floor rumble MINIMIX MIX800 Ultra-compact 9.5" karaoke machine for tudio and tage application Revolutionary Voice Canceller effectively eliminate vocal from any tereo ource while retaining mot muic element Integrated digital echo/reverb proceor in 24- bit/40 khz reolution for ultimate vocal enhancement 7. OTHER MINI PRODUCTS Fig. 7.1: MINI product tack on top of each other 17

18 8. WARRANTY 1 OTHER WARRANTY RIGHTS AND NATIONAL LAW 1. Thi warranty doe not exclude or limit the buyer tatutory right provided by national law, in particular, any uch right againt the eller that arie from a legally effective purchae contract. 2. The warranty regulation mentioned herein are applicable unle they contitute an infringement of national warranty law. 2 ONLINE REGISTRATION Pleae do remember to regiter your new BEHRINGER equipment right after your purchae by viiting (alternatively and kindly read the term and condition of our warranty carefully. Regitering your purchae and equipment with u help u proce your repair claim quicker and more efficiently. Thank you for your cooperation! 3 WARRANTY 1. BEHRINGER (BEHRINGER International GmbH including all BEHRINGER ubidiarie lited on the encloed page, except BEHRINGER Japan) warrant the mechanical and electronic component of thi product to be free of defect in material and workmanhip for a period of one (1) year* from the original date of purchae, in accordance with the warranty regulation decribed below. If the product how any defect within the pecified warranty period that are not excluded from thi warranty a decribed under 5, BEHRINGER hall, at it dicretion, either replace or repair the product uing uitable new or reconditioned part. In the cae that other part are ued which contitute an improvement, BEHRINGER may, at it dicretion, charge the cutomer for the additional cot of thee part. 2. If the warranty claim prove to be jutified, the product will be returned to the uer freight prepaid. 3. Warranty claim other than thoe indicated above are exprely excluded. 4 RETURN AUTHORIZATION NUMBER 1. To obtain warranty ervice, the buyer (or hi authorized dealer) mut call BEHRINGER (ee encloed lit) during normal buine hour BEFORE returning the product. All inquirie mut be accompanied by a decription of the problem. BEHRINGER will then iue a return authorization number. 2. Subequently, the product mut be returned in it original hipping carton, together with the return authorization number to the addre indicated by BEHRINGER. 3. Shipment without freight prepaid will not be accepted. 5 WARRANTY REGULATIONS 1. Warranty ervice will be furnihed only if the product i accompanied by a copy of the original retail dealer invoice. Any product deemed eligible for repair or replacement under the term of thi warranty will be repaired or replaced. 2. If the product need to be modified or adapted in order to comply with applicable technical or afety tandard on a national or local level, in any country which i not the country for which the product wa originally developed and manufactured, thi modification/adaptation hall not be conidered a defect in material or workmanhip. The warranty doe not cover any uch modification/ adaptation, irrepective of whether it wa carried out properly or not. Under the term of thi warranty, BEHRINGER hall not be held reponible for any cot reulting from uch a modification/adaptation. 3. Free inpection and maintenance/repair work are exprely excluded from thi warranty, in particular, if caued by improper handling of the product by the uer. Thi alo applie to defect caued by normal wear and tear, in particular, of fader, crofader, potentiometer, key/button, tube, guitar tring, illuminant and imilar part WARRANTY

19 4. Damage/defect caued by the following condition are not covered by thi warranty: improper handling, neglect or failure to operate the unit in compliance with the intruction given in BEHRINGER uer or ervice manual. connection or operation of the unit in any way that doe not comply with the technical or afety regulation applicable in the country where the product i ued. damage/defect caued by force majeure or any other condition that i beyond the control of BEHRINGER. 5. Any repair or opening of the unit carried out by unauthorized peronnel (uer included) will void the warranty. 6. If an inpection of the product by BEHRINGER how that the defect in quetion i not covered by the warranty, the inpection cot are payable by the cutomer. 7. Product which do not meet the term of thi warranty will be repaired excluively at the buyer expene. BEHRINGER will inform the buyer of any uch circumtance. If the buyer fail to ubmit a written repair order within 6 week after notification, BEHRINGER will return the unit C.O.D. with a eparate invoice for freight and packing. Such cot will alo be invoiced eparately when the buyer ha ent in a written repair order. 6 WARRANTY TRANSFERABILITY Thi warranty i extended excluively to the original buyer (cutomer of retail dealer) and i not tranferable to anyone who may ubequently purchae thi product. No other peron (retail dealer, etc.) hall be entitled to give any warranty promie on behalf of BEHRINGER. 7 CLAIM FOR DAMAGES Failure of BEHRINGER to provide proper warranty ervice hall not entitle the buyer to claim (conequential) damage. In no event hall the liability of BEHRINGER exceed the invoiced value of the product. * Cutomer in the European Union pleae contact BEHRINGER Germany Support for further detail. Technical pecification and appearance ubject to change without notice. The information contained herein i correct at the time of printing. The name of companie, intitution or publication pictured or mentioned and their repective logo are regitered trademark of their repective owner. Their ue neither contitute a claim of the trademark by BEHRINGER nor affiliation of the trademark owner with BEHRINGER. BEHRINGER accept no liability for any lo which may be uffered by any peron who relie either wholly or in part upon any decription, photograph or tatement contained herein. Colour and pecification may vary lightly from product. Product are old through our authoried dealer only. Ditributor and dealer are not agent of BEHRINGER and have abolutely no authority to bind BEHRINGER by any expre or implied undertaking or repreentation. No part of thi manual may be reproduced or tranmitted in any form or by any mean, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording of any kind, for any purpoe, without the expre written permiion of BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH. BEHRINGER i a regitered trademark. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH, Hann-Martin-Schleyer-Str , Willich-Münchheide II, Germany. Tel , Fax WARRANTY 19