Page 2 - SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
2 DENOISER SNR2000 This symbol, wherever it appears, alerts you to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage inside the enclosure voltage that may be sufficient to constitute a risk of shock. This symbol, wherever it appears, alerts y o u t o i m p o r t a n t o p e r a t i n g a n d m a i n t...
Page 3 - FOREWORD
3 DENOISER SNR2000 FOREWORD Dear Customer,Welcome to the team of DENOISER users and thank you very much for expressing your confidence in BEHRINGER products by purchasing the SNR2000.It is one of my most pleasant tasks to write this letter to you, because it is the culmination of many months of hard...
Page 4 - DENOISER
4 DENOISER SNR2000 SNR2000 DENOISER ® Professional and all-purpose single-ended noise reduction system s TAC (Transient Attack Control) dynamic filters respond accurately to signals with fast attacks s Auto-filter circuitry for automatic sliding filters s IRC (Interactive Ratio Control) downward e...
Page 5 - TABLE OF CONTENTS
5 DENOISER SNR2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 6 1.1 The design concept ...........................................................................................................
Page 6 - The design concept
6 DENOISER SNR2000 1. INTRODUCTION Thank you very much for expressing your confidence in BEHRINGER products by purchasing the BEHRINGER DENOISER SNR2000.Electrical noise is still one of the most unpleasant problems in the field of electro-acoustics. The basic noise produced by a single unit is not c...
Page 9 - Operation of the filter section
9 DENOISER SNR2000 15 FUSE HOLDER / VOLTAGE SELECTOR . Please make sure that your local voltage matches the voltage indicated on the unit, before you attempt to connect and operate the DENOISER. Blown fuses may only be replaced by fuses of the same type and rating. Some models allow for inserting th...
Page 10 - The TAC filter of the DENOISER
10 DENOISER SNR2000 Fig. 2.1: Operation of the dynamic filter With a low-frequency input signal present, the dynamic filter will reduce any mid or high-band noise as well as any disturbing noise tails. If the input signal is dominated by high-frequency components, however, the dynamic filter will op...
Page 12 - Operation of the expander section
12 DENOISER SNR2000 2.2.4 AUTO switch The AUTO switch allows to automatically control release time and cut off frequency of the TAC filter. Thus, by depressing the AUTO switch, the RELEASE and CUT OFF controls are deactivated. Release time and cut off frequency of the filter are now automatically de...
Page 13 - The IRC expander of the DENOISER
13 DENOISER SNR2000 Fig. 2.3: The function of an expander 2.4 The IRC expander of the DENOISER The response characteristics of conventional expanders tend to cut the signal abruptly and the result is generally unacceptable, since the effect is clearly audible. Inaudible expansion, however, require...
Page 15 - The COUPLE function; Initial settings of the DENOISER
15 DENOISER SNR2000 2.5 The COUPLE function The couple switch links channel 1 and channel 2. This includes each channels expander detection and filter detection circuits. Although this allows the two channels to track each other for stereo applications, it should be pointed out that this is not a m...
Page 16 - Studio applications
16 DENOISER SNR2000 We recommend the following control settings: Controls Settings IN/OUT switch IN EXPANDER switch IN THRESHOLD control -50 dBu RELEASE control 2 seconds RATIO control 3:1 FILTER switch IN SENSITIVITY switch -30 dBu AUTO switch IN Tab. 3.2: Initial settings of the DENOISER 3.2 Studi...
Page 20 - TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
20 DENOISER SNR2000 Fig. 3.8: Noise reduction in Hi-Fi systems The BEHRINGER DENOISER can be used for: s disc and tape recordings s video and audio cassette playback purposes s TV reception s radio reception 4. TECHNICAL BACKGROUND 4.1 What are audio dynamics? A remarkable feature of the human ear i...
Page 23 - Audio connections
23 DENOISER SNR2000 4.7 The single-ended principle In contrast to conventional noise reduction systems using compressors and expanders, the DENOISER is purely a single-ended system. Single-ended means that the noise reduction system is not based on a process combining both record and playback ...