Cutter / Transformer; Replaceable Components - Ecler HAK360 Manuel D'utilisation

The ETERNAL concept does have obvious advantages upon other existing systems
using optical technology. Unlike optoelectronic elements, the inductive concept is resistant to
smoke, moisture, temperature and aging.
Other electromagnetic systems found on the market are particularly sensible to the
lateral room of the mechanism, and have heavier mobile elements (magnets or iron plates) that
add an excessive weight to the crossfader. Such systems usually have a strange feel that can
bother highly precise manipulations such as Scratching and Beat Juggling.
The ETERNAL Crossfader also features new "Tuning" features that will give the
HAK360 the most accurate Crossfader adjustment :
- CROSSMODE selector (45): depending of how sharp you want to get your "scratches", the
HAK360 allows you to set-up the crossfader performance in FADE or SWITCH. The FADE
Mode will give the crossfader a progressive "roll-off" curve meanwhile the SWITCH Mode will
"square" the crossfader curve in order to perform almost as a Switch for fast "scratches". Both
curve modes are finely tuned by the SHAPE Adjustment potentiometer.
- SHAPE Adjustment (48): a knob SHAPE at the housing front let you adjust the crossfader
slope from soft to hard.
- REVERSE Switch (46): so-called "Hamster Switch", which reverses the crossfader normal
direction. Depending on the chosen "fader direction", you can perform "cuts" and "transforms"
by moving the Crossfader in the same direction.
- Electronic CUT-IN-TIME correction(47): a small rotary potentiometer of the housing front plate
will allows you to finely adjust the crossfader "Cut-in-time". The "Cut-in-time" is the distance
between the extreme end of the crossfader and the very first "fade-in" point. The shortest
position will give you almost an instant "Cut-in-time"; to find the shortest "Cut-in-time", the
crossfader must be locked on the very end of the potentiometer in fade-out position (the PGM
is fully attenuated) and the CUT-IN-TIME knob must be turned to the right until (just before)
you get the sound. To lengthen the crossfader "Cut-in-time", turn the knob to the left.

4.8. Cutter / Transformer

Both Cut Switches (36) found inside the HAK360 are high quality components which
have proven through the years their excellence due to their great precision and endurance.
Using them, you can perform (similar to a "hard" set fader) total cuts to the respective channel.
If this cut-off is done rhythmically to the beat, you will achieve the famous Transform effect.
The direction of the Cut switch can be customized individually (8 positions) after
unscrewing the front cover (Sec 4.9).
4.9. Replaceable components (Faders, Crossfader, Switches)
In addition to an internally modular assembly system, the HAK have mounted in an
easy­to­replace module all the main components that suffer an especially high wear: the two
main faders, the crossfader and the cut switches. All these components can be substituted by
just using a screwdriver because they have multipin connectors.
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