SM-FX500 ULTIMA PROFESSIONAL MIXER WITH EFFECTS

The new SM-FX500 Ultima, a high quality DJ Mixer with 8 built in digital effects, plus 3 digital effects assignable to the crossfade, this opens up a whole new world of creative mixing capabilities. On top of the digital effects processor this high quality unit has a host of great features, like the user replacable high quality channel faders and crossfader, digital output, and master and cue selectable LED monitor.

• 4 Channel 10 Input digital mixer
• 4 Line – 3 phono/aux (shared) – 3 microphone
• Built-in DSP with 8 digital effects
• 3 Assignable effects to the VCA crossfade
• Fully assignable crossfade
• Crossfade curve adjustable
• Separate gain controls on all channels
• 3 band EQ with –30dB KILL per music channel
• Microphone channel with 3 band EQ shared with 1 & 2
• Booth output
• Full cue editing facilities including effects cue
• Split cue
• Replacable crossfade and channel faders
• Master and cue selectable LED monitor
• Digital output
• Crossfader start for CD-players
• Master output trim control
• Built-in rumble filter

The new SM-FX500 Ultima is a 4-Channel 19” Rack mixer with a built-in DSP. Its compact 5U design houses features that you would normally only find in much higher priced units. Designed with both small installations and mobile DJ’s in mind it also has a few little extras to protect your system and maintain a high quality sound production.

The SM-FX500 Ultima has 3 microphone inputs, two of which are controlled with the dedicated Mic channel and one assigned to the 4th channel as a switchable option. Mic’s 1 & 2 share a 3-band EQ and Mic override system. Each of the 4 music channels has an individual gain control and 3-band EQ offering +10dB of Boost and –30dB of Kill. Each channel is also easily assignable to the crossfader A or B.

The unit has a built in digital signal processor offering 8 effects which are assignable to each music channel, microphone channel, master or crossfade A or B. The effects are linked to the mixers built in BPM counter to allow the DJ to Beat-Sync the effects at the touch of a button, Alternatively the effects can be manually adjusted using the independent parameter time control and the parameter ratio control. The SM-FX500 Ultima also has effects specifically for the crossfade, when selected 3 different effects can be activated and controlled by moving the crossfade from A-B using the effects to mix from one channel to the next.

The crossfade on the SM-FX500 Ultima is VCA controlled as well as being able to assign effects the user can adjust the curve of the fader from a smooth mix to sharp mix. It also has fader start, this will start a compatible CD-Player and also stop it return it to the Cue point, this can be a very creative tool when combined with the effects.

The SM-FX500 also has a few installer friendly options. The user can easily replace the channel faders and crossfader by removing just a few screws. For the outputs there is a choice of balanced XLR or Unbalanced Phono, the unit also offers a booth output, record output and digital output all recessed into the rear of the unit. There is also a master trim level on the rear; this allows the installer to set the maximum output of the mixer.

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