Important Remark; Introduction - Ecler HAK320 Notice D'utilisation

1. IMPORTANT REMARK

Congratulations! You are the owner of a carefully designed and manufactured equipment.
We thank you for having purchased our HAK320 mixer. Thanks to your confidence we can carefully
develop and efficiently manufacture new products under strict quality controls. A kind and familiar
working atmosphere together with long developing periods and the usage of the highest quality
components guarantee that the products leaving our production line share first class quality.
The HAK320 is a dedicated HipHop and Scratch-Mixer, whose features have been
designed specially for this purpose, although it surely can be used with other styles of music such as
House, Trance, Drum 'n' Bass or Techno. It is VERY IMPORTANT that you read this manual before
connecting the mixer in order to obtain its maximum performance.
We recommend our authorised Technical Services whenever any maintenance task
should be needed so that optimum operation shall be achieved.

2. INTRODUCTION

The HAK320 is a new and revolutionary mixer concept, designed by and for
PROFESSIONAL DJs, with ECLER's state of the art performance and roughness. Due to the
collaboration with international DJs of all categories and music styles, our mixers are highly
functional and practically oriented. The HAK320 distinguishes moreover by its high reliability, its long
life and superb audio quality.
The HAK320 is basically a four channel mixer with two channel faders (Line or Phono
fader) with additional microphone input and a Session-Mix function. The housings compact size has
followed the example of the SMAC series, being adjusted to the DJ's number 1 tool: the Technics
SL-1200/1210. The HAK320 features, like all professional DJ mixers, balanced outputs and a VCA-
based fader design. VCA controlled faders offer, in contrast to conventional faders, a much higher
lifetime and the possibility to modify and reverse the faders attenuation curve. The state-of-the-art
three band equalizer and the additional Transform-Cut Switch are further features of the HAK320.
With the HAK320, ECLER starts a new chapter in the European mixing tradition. Thanks to
the robust casing design, the HAK320 is prepared to withstand the hardest Scratch-mixing sessions.
While most scratch-mixers are equipped with low-quality bipolar power supplies, the
oversized power supply of the HAK320 offers plenty of headroom at the inputs and outputs.
Therefore a high dynamic range and output volume is achieved, without affecting audio quality.
Let's compare: Normally, standard bipolar power supply outputs are 7.5 or 9 Volt (rarely 12
Volt). An input voltage of 9 Volt must be internally spitted into +/- 4.5 Volt. In contrast, The HAKs
internal power supply outputs +/- 18 Volt which means a total 36 Volt! This difference implies a much
higher audio quality with a higher output level and better dynamics.
The lay-out of the control elements and the type of connectors have been chosen and
optimized for the use in Scratching and Hip Hop. Thanks to the good overview on the control
elements and a clear and proper typeface, every DJ will quickly feel familiar with the HAK320.
Faders and Equalizers are also suited to the music style, offering plenty of space to work on. With
the help of the Session-Mix feature (36-5), it's possible to connect several HAK320 or other mixers,
being useful for Battle-Mixing and Beat-Joggling.
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