MOOER SD50A Acoustic Amplifier Owner’s Manual
- June 6, 2024
- Mooer
Table of Contents
SD50A Acoustic Amplifier
ACOUSTICAMPLIFIER
Owner’sManual
CONTENTS
Precautions MainFeature TopPanel BackPanel QuickTour Setup PresetEditing
TapTempo Tuner JAMmode(Looper&DrumMachine) Anti-Feedback AUXIN&Bluetooth
WirelessFootswitch FactorySetting Specifications
01 02 02-04 04 05 05-06 06-07 08 08-09 09-11
11 12 12-13 13 14
PRECAUTIONS
PLEASEREADCAREFULLYBEFOREPROCEEDING
PowerSupply
PleaseconnecttheDCPOWERSupplytoanACoutletofthecorrectvoltage.
PleasebesuretouseonlyanACadapterwhichsupplies15VDC,,
centernegative.UnplugtheACpoweradapterwhennotinuseorduring electricalstorms.
Connections Alwaysturnoffthepowerofthisandallotherequipmentbeforeconnecting
ordisconnecting,thiswillhelppreventmalfunctionand/ordamagetoother
devices.Alsomakesuretodisconnectallconnectioncablesandthepower
cordbeforemovingthisunit.
Cleaning Cleanonlywithasoft,drycloth.Ifnecessary,slightlymoistenthecloth.Donot
useabrasivecleanser,cleaningalcohol,paintthinners,wax,solvents,cleaning fluids
,orchemical-impregnatedwipingcloths.
Interferencewithotherelectricaldevices
Radiosandtelevisionsplacednearbymayexperiencereceptioninterference.
Operatethisunitatasuitabledistancefromradiosandtelevisions.
Location
Toavoiddeformation,discoloration,orotherseriousdamage,donotexpose
thisunittothefollowingconditions:
Directsunlight
Heatsources
Magneticfields
Extremetemperatureorhumidity
Excessivedustyordirtylocation
Highhumidityormoisture
Strongvibrationsorshocks
FCC certification ThisdevicecomplieswithPart15oftheFCCRules.Operationissubjecttothe followingtwoconditions:
thatmaycauseundesiredoperation.
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M a i n F e a t u r e
B l u eto ot h4 . 0s u p p o r ta n da u x i l i a r ya u d i oi n p u tfo ra
u d i op l a y ba c k OTGsupportforsmartphoneandtabletrecording Dual-
channelpreamp:Guitarinput&Microphone/Guitarinput
One8-inchFRFR(fullrange,flatresponse)speaker,One1-inchtreble speaker High-
precisiontuner IndividualdigitalEQ/Chorus/Delay/Reverbeffects
DoubleXLRbalancedoutputmode:D.I,directoutput;PRE,preamp andeffectoutputtoMixer
150-secondlooperwithsupportforinstrumentandmicrophone
Drummachinewith16differentgrooves Wirelessfootswitchsupport
To p P a n e l
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CHANNEL.1
01GTR6.35mm(1/4″)guitarinput 02PHASEPhasereffect 03GAINGuitarpreampgain
04BASSBassfrequencyadjustment 05MIDMiddlefrequencyadjustment
06TREBLETreblefrequencyadjustment
EFFECT.1
08CHORUSChoruseffectcontrol 09DELAYDelayeffectcontrol
11REVERBReverbeffectcontrol
CHANNEL.2
12MIC/GTRMicrophone/Guitarinput 1348V48Vphantompowerswitch
14GAINMicrophone/guitarpreampgainadjustment 15BASS:Bassfrequencyadjustment
16MID:Middlefrequencyadjustment 17TREMBLE:Treblefrequencyadjustment
EFFECT.2
19CHORUS:Choruseffectcontrol 20DELAY:Delayeffectcontrol
21REVERB:Reverbeffectcontrol
ANTI-FB
07ANTI-FB.1:FeedbackcontrolofChannel1 18ANTI-FB.2:FeedbackcontrolofChannel2
03
TAPTEMPO
10R-TAP.1/G-TAP.2:LEDButton-switchbetweenREDandGREENmode
REDmode:R-TAP.1(ControltheEFFECT.1,DELAY)
GREENmode:G-TAP.2(ControlEFFECT.2DELAY)
LOOPER&DRUM
22BEATS:Rhythmtypeswitchofdrummachine 23DRUM:On/offofdrummachine
24VALUE:Editorknob.Rotateandpresstomakeadecision
25LOOPER:LOOPERfunctioncontrol 26Screendisplay
27MASTER:Mastervolumelevelcontrol
B a c k P a n e l
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02
03 04 05 06
07 08 09
01 POWER:PowerSwitch 02 DCIN 03 BLUETOOTH:TurnOn/OffBluetooth 04
AUXIN:Auxiliaryaudioinputfor1/8”stereojackcable 05
OTG:MICROUSBporttoconnectcompatiblesmartphoneortablet
fordirectrecording. 06 USB:TypeBUSBport.ConnectaUSBcabletoaPCcomputerfor
firmwareupdate. 07 XLROUT:XLRbalancedoutput 08
LIFT/GND:GroundingswitchofXLRoutput 09 D.I/PRE:XLRoutputmodeswitch
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Q u i c k To u r
AdjusttheMASTER/GAINtotheminimum TurnontheSD50A.Adjustthevolumeandgainlevelsas
youdesire. SD50Aonlysupportsadapters.
Setup
Guitar
Guitar
Microphone
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OTGRecord
USBconnectiontocomputer
Bluetoothplayback
Connection adapter
AUXINInput
XLRconnectthemixer
PresetEditing
SD50ACHANNEL1and2includesananalogpreampsectiondelivering
cleanandwarmtonewithbuilt-inindividualEQ/Chorus/Delay/Reverbeffect.
Adjustment Adjustthetoneby BASS/MID/TREBLE/CHORUS/DELAY/REVERB
CHORUSControlLEVEL&DEPTH DELAYControlLEVEL&FEEDBACK REVERBControlLEVEL&DECAY
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SavingPreset Afterediting,pressandholdtheVALUEknobtosave.
PresetLEDwilllightupandthescreenwillstarttoblink.RotateVALUEto
selectaslottostorethenpressandholdVALUEagaintoconfirmsave.
YoucancancelsavebypressingtheVALUEknobonce.
Notice:TheGAINvalueoftheanalogpreampcannotbesaved.
SelectPreset SD50Ahas10presetsintotal.RotateVALUEtoPRESETmodeandpress
toconfirm.RotateVALUEknobagaintoselectapreset.PressVALUEknob
yetagaintoquitpresetselectionmode.
Tip:MOOERAirSwitchcansupportSD50Awithpresetswitching.
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Ta p Te m p o
Tapthefootswitchmultipletimestocontrolthetempoofyourdelayeffects.
PressandholdTAPbuttontoenterdifferenttapmodes.
R-TAP.1-ControlthedelayofEFFECT1,buttonlightwillturnRED
G-TAP.2-ControlthedelayofEFFECT2,buttonlightwillturnGREEN.
Tuner
1.T unermode RotatetheVALUEknobandselectTUNER
Standardpitch
Below standardpitch
Abovethe standardpitch
Semitone
Phoneticname
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2.C alibration WhentheTUNERisactivated,presstheVALUEknobtoentercalibration. RotatetheVALUEknobtoselectdesiredtuningfrequency.
Number Frequency (Hz)
0
435
1
436
2
437
3
438
4
439
A
440
Number Frequency (Hz)
5
441
6
442
7
443
8
444
9
445
JAMmode(Looper&DrumMachine)
SD50Ahasabuilt-inLOOPERfunctionanddrummachine(including16
differentrhythms),suitableforpracticeandliveperformance.
1.L OOPER REC:PressLOOPERbuttontoenterLOOPER.LOOPERLEDbuttonwill
turnredandblink.Looperwillautomaticallystartrecordingwhenthe
firstnoteofplayingisdetected.
PLAY:DuringREC/DUB,pressLOOPERbuttontoplayback.LOOPER LEDbuttonwillturngreen.
DUB:DuringPLAYmode,pressLOOPERbuttontodub.LOOPERLED buttonwillturnred.
STOP:DuringREC/DUB/PLAY,pressLOOPERbuttontwicequicklytostop.
CLEAR:Duringanymode,pressandholdLOOPERbuttonfor2secondsto clearalltracks.
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LooperVolume:RotatetheVALUEtoL-VOL.Presstoenterloopervolume levelmenu.RotatetheVALUEtoselectadesiredvolumelevel,thelevel willbeshownonthescreen.
2.D rumMachine RhythmType:RotatetheBEATknobtoselectadesiredrhythmtype.
PercussionRhythm NumBeats
ON.01
68
ON.02
44
ON.03
44
ON.04
44
ON.05
44
ON.06
44
ON.07
44
ON.08
44
JazzDrumRhythm NumBeats
ON.09
44
ON.10
44
ON.11
44
ON.12
44
ON.13
44
ON.14
68
ON.15
68
ON.16
68
On/off:PresstheDRUMbuttontoswitchon/offthedrummachine. DrumVolume :RotateVALUEtoD-VOLandpressoncetoselect(The LEDofD- VOLwillturngreen).RotatetheVALUEtoadjustthevolume level.
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DrumMachineBPM:RotateVALUEtoSPEED.PressVALUEtoenterBPM
menu(TheLEDofSPEEDwillturngreen).RotatetheVALUEtoadjustthe BPM.
3.SYNC(Drummachine&Looper)
SYNCfunctionallowsuseoftheDrumMachineandLoopersimultaneously.
Beforerecordingbegins,therewillbeaCount-in.Drummachineand
Loopercanbeusedseparatelyaftertherecordinghasbegun.
Procedure:RotatetheVALUEknobandnavigatetoSYNC.PressVALUEto
enterSYNCmode.theSYNCLEDwillturngreen.IftheLEDblinksandthe screenshows”
–“,thentheSYNCisoff.iftheLEDstaysgreen,SYNCison.
RotatetheVALUEknobtoswitchon/offSYNC.
Notice:SYNCLEDwillstayyellowwheninanothermenu.
Anti-Feedback
SD50Ahastwochannels,bothwithindividualanti-feedbackfunctions.
Activate:PresstheANTI-FBbuttontoactivatetheAnti-Feedback
function.Ifitisthefirsttimebeingactivated,itwillstartfrequency
scanningindicatedbytheblinkingLED.Otherwise,itwillrecallthe
previousscansettings. StartFrequencyScanning:WhentheANTI-
FBisactivated,pressANTI
-FBagaintostartscanning.LEDwillstartblinking.Ifthereareprevious
scanresults,theSD50Awillkeeptheresultandaddmoredetailswith
latestscanresults.Whenthescanisdone,theLEDwillstopblinking.
StopFrequencyScanning:Duringthescanning,pressANTI-FBbutton topause. Turnoff
:PressandholdtheANTI-FBbuttontoturnoffanti-feedback function. Clear
:WhentheANTI-FBfunctionisnotactivated,pressandholdthe ANTI-
FBbuttontoclearthescanningresult.
Notice:Anti-FeedbackfunctioncanbeaccessedviaMOOERAirSwitch.
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AUXIN&Bluetooth
S D 5 0 As u p p o r tsB l u eto ot h4 . 0a n da u x i l i a r yi n p u tfo ra
u d i op l a y ba c k .
AUXIN:With1/8”signalcableconnectingtoaudiodeviceforaudioplay back.
Bluetooth:TurnontheBluetoothswitchtoactivateBluetooth.Pairwith ”
MOOERSDAMP”touseBluetoothaudioplayback.
VolumeLevel:Theplaybackvolumecanbeadjustedonyourmobile
device.TheMASTERknobwillaffecttheglobalvolumelevel.
WirelessFootswitch
SD50AsupportsMOOERAirSwitchC4forextrafootswitchcontrol. 1.Pair
PairPowerofftheamplifier.PressandholdtheC&Dfootswitches
simultaneously.Powerontheamplifiertofinishpairing. Unpair
ForpairedAirSwitchC4,pressandholdtheC&Dfootswitches simultaneouslytounpair.
2.C ontrolMode PressB&Csimultaneouslytoswitchcontrolmode. PRESET&ANTI-
FBmode:ThescreenofSD50Awillshowthenumber ofpreset. FootswitchA/BPresetswitch
FootswitchCANTI-FB.1 FootswitchDANTI-FB.2
LOOP&DRUMmode:ThescreenofSD50Awillshow” L”. FootswitchAREC/PLAY/DUB
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FootswitchBPresstoSTOP/PressandholdtoCLEAR
FootswitchCTapTempo
EN
FootswitchDSwitchofdrummachine
3.LEDlight PressandholdtheA&Dfootswitchsimultaneouslytoswitchon/offthe
LEDofC4.LEDlightwillautomaticallyturnoffafter10minutesof inactivity.
FactorySetting
Yo uca nre sto rey o u rS D 5 0 Atofa cto r ys ett i n g sb yfo l l o w i n gt
h ep ro ce d u re below. EnsureSD50AispoweredOFF
PressandholdVALUEwhilesimultaneouslypoweringontheSD50A
Whenthe6greenlightsbeginflickeringsimultaneously,youcanrelease VALUE S D 5 0
Ah a ss u cce s s f u l l yb e e nre sto re dtofa cto r ys ett i n g s
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Specifications
Effects:EQ2CHORUS2DELAY2REVERB2ANTI-FB2
Num.ofDrumMachine:16(8Jazzdrumand8percussion) Num.ofpresetpatch:10
Looper:150seconds Input:21/4”monoInstrument/microphoneinputjack,AUXIN.
Output:XLRbalancedoutput USBport:Type-BUSBport,Micro-BUSB(OTG)
PowerSupply:DC15V4A Ratedpower:50W
Speaker:8-inchMOOERcustomspeaker,1-inchMOOERcustomtreble speaker
Dimension:460mm236mm405mm Weight:11Kg
Accessories:Owner’smanual,powersupply,WirelessFootswitch
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