Dangerous Music S&M
Analog sum-and-difference (mid-side) processor
Hardware Effects$1,999Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Hardware Effects
- Description
- Analog sum-and-difference (mid-side) processor
- Topology
- passive M/S encoding/decoding matrix with insert send/return for independent Mid and Sides processing
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 2
- Channel format
- stereo in/out, M/S encode-insert-decode
- Form factor
- rack
- Rack units
- 1U
- Powered
- TRUE
- Power (W)
- 20
- Frequency response
- flat within 0.1dB, 1Hz-100kHz
- Country of manufacture
- USA
Details
Controls: Width control
I/O: Line-level stereo inputs and outputs either side of M/S encode/decode matrices, with an insert send/return path between them for outboard processing of Mid and Sides separately
Notable use: Lets engineers split a stereo signal into Mid and Sides to independently process each with outboard gear, for tonal shaping, de-essing, or drum/bass correction without affecting stereo width
Notes: FLAG: not one of the models explicitly named in the research brief but present as a current item on the systems-hardware collection page, included per 'cover ALL current products.' FLAG device_class: an M/S encode/decode insert router, no exact taxonomy match — filed under Hardware Effects. Dimensions/weight (482 x 44 x 343mm, 5.5kg) and power (20W) sourced from third-party search summary of the Dangerous S&M manual, not independently verified against the PDF itself. Sum/Minus channel separation -78dB, width control accuracy 0.02dB, dynamic range 108dB, max level +23dBu, nominal +4dBu.