User manual ALESIS MICROSERIES

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[. . . ] ltgure 16 FIGURE 6 1CONSOLE MIXING FROM LEFTINPUT INPUT RIGHT MICROVERB OTHER IIOR REVERB LEFT OUTPUT RIGHTOUTPUT LEFTINPUT RIGHTINPUT LEFTOUTPUT MICRO GATE*contd To varythe reverbdecaytime, turn the Thresholdcontrol the to rightuntilthe green"Open"LED is lit, then slowlyturn the rate controlclockwise untilthe desireddecaytime is achieved. The "correct" reverbtime is usually determined the tempoof the by music, and how busythe arrangement For example, many is. if instruments use the same reverb or the parts containfast passages with lots of 16th notes, the mix will usuallysound muddyand confused the reverb if time is too long. ln this case, just turn the Rate controla bit more to the right to shortenthe decaytime, whichwill leavethe senseof spaciousness while lessening muddiness. correctlength the The wouldbe whenthe reverb eachsuccessive diesjust as the nextnotesounds. of note It's also possible createyour own specialeffectgateddrum to sounds, heardon mostcontemporary as records. First, selecta largeroomtype program any medium largeprogram (or or that soundsgoodto you) on the digitalreverb. The bestprograms for this effecthavethe smoothest decaytails(thegatewill "chatter', if the tail isn'tsmooth). Nowturnthe RatecontrolJar the rightso to thatthe gateclosesabruptly, making surethatthe reverblengthis FROMMIXING CONSOLE I L E F TI N P U TT I R I G H T N P U T FIGURE 17 LEFT OUTPUT LEFT INPUT RIGHT OUTPUT RIGHT INPUT LEFT OUTPUT INPUT LEFT RIGHT OUTPUT TO MIXING CONSOLE RIGHTINPUT LEFT OUTPUT RIGHTOUTPUT MICRO GATE'cont'd notso longas to spilloverontothe nextdrumbeat. Varythe delay For controlfor a smootherreleaseif necessary. an even more the striking effect, inserta MICROLIMITERbetween reverband the MICROGATE. Seefigure 17 "punch" with a The limiter settings shouldbe set for maximum (at light). Set highdegree limiting leastthe firstred LEDshould of The objecthere is to the releasetime startingat about halfway. to set the releasetime (ratecontrol)as long as necessary keep "tail" the reverb smooth. MICRO GATEusingthe triggerfunctionfor gatedreverb Another way to achieve gatedinstrument sound(likea snare a inputof is witha minimum gatechatter to feedthetrigger drum) of whilegatingthe the gate with the dry signalof the instrument in reverb the abovefashion. in Thisassures ultimate chatterthe free operation the rate is now controlled by the envelope of as itself. Seefigure 18 the instrument FIGURE 18 FROMAUXSENDS CONSOLE OF LEFTINPUT I RIGHTNPUT LEFT OUTPUT RIGHT UTPUT O TOMIXING CONSOLE LEFTINPUT RIGHTNPUT I LEFT OUTPUT RIGHT UTPUT O IN TRIGGER PUT DBYSIGNALFROMINSTRUMENT (EXAMPLE: SNAREDRUM) 30 MICRO GATEtcontd MICRO GATEusing the trigger function for specialeffects Although MICROGATEtrigger the function usually is usedfor syncingetfectsbetweentwo instruments see figure 19, it can a ls o b e u s e d f o r se ve ra l i n te re sti n gspe cial effects and enhancements. The mostcommon theseis thetuning of andfattening a drum of (a kickdrum, for instance) adding lowoscillator of about by a tone 60hz(i. e. froma synthesizer) the drumwhichis thensynced to by the MICROGATE. A signalfrom the drum is then applied to the Trigger inputcausing gate to openwhenthedrumhits. the The output the MICRO of GATEshould thenbe mixedback into the drum soundat the mixingconsole. tuningthe oscillator By between and 80 Hz, you will be ableto add botha fullness 40 to thedrumas wellas tunethe drumto a specific pitch. F I G URE 9 1 TOMIXING CONSOLE OSCILLATOR SYNTHESIZER OR DRUMTRACK L E F TI N P U T LEFT OUTPUT TRIGGER PUT IN A variation the abovewould be to injectwhite noisefrom a to synthesizer insteadof an oscillator tone. This would add more snapor "snares" a snaredrum. *e figure 19 to 31 MICRO EQ FRONT FOWF O tu^c LVO AIIgELEJ, UA. MAOE IN U S A AtE:sls^991?gl|loN 1Qt ee15 BACK *#EE$gV'i, !b"63n, H, "d* SEfuICE 4FSqNEL oo. Description The Alesis MICROEQ is a mono 3 band semi-parametric with sweepable equalizer frequencies and switchable bandwidth controls. Equalization, EQ, is the abilityto controlthe harmonic or bala n c e , r t i m b r e, o f a n i n stru me n t, d can be used to o an for in compen$ate frequency deficiencies either microphones or Therearethreedifferent soundequipment. [. . . ] LANEL V, ntow LEFT OUTPUT RIGHT OUTPUT @ TO MIXINGCONSOLE 63 SYSTEM SET-UPS FIGURE 49. DURING RECORDING LIVEPERFORMANCE OR (MICRO LIMITER MICRO llto to GATE MICROVERB MICRO to ENHANCER) FROMINSTRUMENT MIXING CONSOLE OR LEFTINPUT RIGHTINPUT As=#eBO lJlllEP 6 @. @ @ @ @ INPUT NELEASE OUTPIIf INPU| LA/EL LEFT OUTPUT LEFT INPUT RIGHT OUTPUT RIGHTINPUT e-(t-(t-o. ; -\-1"\7'-\-1' LEFT OUTPUT INPUT LEFT A-es|s+lcPoctr, @ , t9, o cl. osE /A v f1 , *, our RIGHT OUTPUT RIGHT INPUT LEFT OUTPUT LEFT INPUT RIGHTOUTPUT RIGHTINPUT RIGHT OUTPUT TOAMPLIFIER MIXING OR CONSOLE For best performance with the least systemnoise, this is the recommended order for connecting of the units of the llicro all Seriestogether. The are SPECIFICATIONS MICROENHANCER FREOUENCY RESPONS92OHz 20kHz to DYNAMIC RANGE/1OOdB DISTORTION/<. 1% at lkHz OdB THD SIGNAL LEVELS/-10 to +4 dB nominal DB INPUT IMPEDANCE/IMeg eachchannel Ohm jackoutputs, phone CONNECTIONS/2x114" jackinputs, phone 2x114" 1x1/8" jackinput power POWER/9 voltsA. C. 5 VoltAmperes externallransformer BANDWIDTH ENHANCED OF SlGNAUmin l2kHzto 20kHzmax2kHzto 20kHz MICROGATE FREOUENCY RESPONSE/2OHz to 2OKHz DYNAMIC RANGE/1OOdB ilSTORnONt<. zYo THDat lkHz OdB SIGNAL LEVELS/-10 to +4 dB nominal DB INPUT IMPEDANC9IMeg Ohmeachchannel phonejack inputs, CONNECflONS/2x114' 2x1t4-phonejack outputs, 1x1/4" jacktrigger, jackinput phone power 1x1/8" POWER/9 voltsA. C. 5 VoltAmperes external transformer ATTACKTIM9Ims OPENING TIME/Sms DELAY TIME/min <2ms, max1. 5sec. [. . . ]