You're playing a bolt of lightning. By using a High voltage step-up flyback transformer, PLASMA RACK turns your instrument’s signal into a rapid series of electric discharges in a Xenon-filled tube. These powerful discharges (up to 5500 Volts) then get picked up by a specially designed electromangatec receiver and turned back into audio-level signal. This process results in a large amount of punishingly heavy distortion, and also saturates the sound with a wide range of harmonics and overtones.
In essence – you are playing a bolt of electricity, and the electrical discharges produced by your instrument are instantly converted back into an analog audio signal, producing a quick, responsive, and extremely heavy distortion with TONS of unique character!
The harmonic artefacts, created as a byproduct of the high-voltage discharge are uncommon in traditional signal amplification, and therefore PLASMA distortion is unlike anything you have heard before. The way PLASMA Rack reacts with different instruments and sound sources simply cannot be recreated with any other analog machine, plugin or by digital sound modeling.
Unbalanced input
Connector: Tip-sleeve 1/4” jack
Impedance: 1MΩ
Maximum input level: + 11 dBu
Maximum undistorted input level: 0 dBu (Gain setting at minimum)
Type: Instrument input, RF filtered, true bypass to unbalanced output
Balanced input
Connector: Combo connector: Female XLR and Tip-Ring-Sleeve ¼” (Pin 2 and Tip hot)
Impedance: 4.38 kΩ 1.5 kΩ (PAD switch on)
Maximum input level: +17 dBu (Clamped by protection devices) +37 dBu (PAD switch on, clamped by protection devices)
Maximum undistorted input level: +2dBu (Gain setting at minimum) +22 dBu (PAD switch on, Gain setting at min)
Type: Mic/Line input, RF filtered, true bypass to balanced output
Unbalanced output
Connector: Tip-Sleeve ¼” Jack
Impedance: 220Ω
Maximum output level: +7 dBu
Balanced output
Connector: Male XLR (Pin 2 Hot)
Impedance: 200 Ω
Maximum output level: + 10 dBu
FX loop send (1-3)
Connector: Tip-Sleeve ¼” Jack
Impedance: 100 Ω
Maximum output level: +12 dBu (Line level) -6 dBu (Instrument level)
FX loop return (1-3)
Connector: Tip-Sleeve ¼” Jack
Impedance: 1 MΩ
Maximum output level: +14 dBu
MIDI in/out/through
Connector: 5-pin DIN (180 degree)
Type: Op cally isolated input, RF filtered
Expression pedal
Connector: Tip-Ring-Sleeve ¼” (Wiper p, CCW ring, CW sleeve)
Type: Designed for potentiometer-based expression pedals, RF filtered
Gain and signal levels
Preamp gain range: -26 to +12 dB
Unbalanced input: recommended level for 0dB gain se ng: -15 dBu
Balanced input (PAD switch off): recommended level for 0dB gain setting: -9 dBu
Balanced input (PAD switch on): recommended level for 0dB gain se ng: +11 dBu
FX loop level (Line): +4 dBu at recommended input level
FX loop level (Instrument): -15 dBu at recommended input level
Volume control gain: -80 to +12 dB
Pad Attenuation: -20 dB, applies for balanced input only
EQ
Low frequency: 10 Hz, -20 to 20 dB Low-pass shelving filter
Mid frequency: 600 Hz, -6 to 6 dB
High frequency: 20 kHz, -10 to 10 dB, High-pass shelving filter
Type: Baxandall, MIDI controllable
Tremolo
Rate range: 0.85 to 2600 Hz
Depth control: 0 – 100%, in (positive range) or out (negative range) of phase between clean and distorted signals
Tube
Gas: Xenon
Discharge voltage: 5.5 kV
System performance
Frequency Response: 30 Hz to 20 kHz (±3 dB)
Signal to Noise Ratio: 69 dB clean channel (A weighted); 78 dB drive channel (A weighted);
Operating Temperature: 0º to 40º C
Power Supply
Type: Universal, switch – mode
Operating voltage: 90 – 245 VAC, 50/60 Hz
Power consumption: 60 W
Physical
Dimensions: 440mm (W) x 255mm (D) x 40mm (H)
Shipping box dimensions: 540mm (W) x 380mm (D) x 100mm (H)
Weight: 4.1 kg
Shipping weight: 4.5 kg
