MOOER SD50A Acoustic Amplifier Owner’s Manual

June 6, 2024
Mooer

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

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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
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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
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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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03 04 05 06

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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

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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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