User manual ALESIS MULTIMIXUSB 12 AND 16

[. . . ] Reference Manual This page intentionally left blank 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Table Of Contents Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Welcome!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 About the Multimix USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Multimix USB Key Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Aditional Features of the Multimix 12 USB and Multimix 16 USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 How to Use This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 A Few Words for Beginners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Chapter 1: Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Hooking up the Multimix USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Using Proper Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Setting Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Chapter Two: A Tour of the MultiMix . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Patchbay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Mic Inputs (Channels 1 ­ 4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] To adjust the level, simply slide the fader up and down to the desired level. In the lowest position, levels are cut completely, and in the uppermost position you get an additional 10dB of gain. When the fader is at 0, it is at unity gain, where the level of the output equals the level of the input. MUTE / Alt 3/4 This switch has two purposes. The mute function is pretty selfexplanatory: when you press the switch, the channel's output is no longer routed to the main mix output. The second purpose of this switch is that in addition to muting a channel, it also routes it to the ALT 3/4 OUT found in the patchbay. If you don't have anything connected to the ALT 3/4 OUT, the switch acts only as a mute button. If you do have something connected--say, a multitrack recorder--this button acts as a signal router. PFL / SOLO The PFL / SOLO switch allows you to single out a channel so you can make adjustments to it before you run it into the main mix. This is useful for setting an instrument's gain or EQ and for 15 2 A Tour of the MultiMix USB troubleshooting. PFL stands for "pre-fade listen. " In other words this switch lets you hear the signal before it is affected by the fader. This switch is post-EQ. PAN or BAL This control--labeled PAN on the mono channels and BAL on the stereo channels--lets you assign the channel to a particular spot within the stereo spectrum. If you turn this knob to the left, you can hear the signal move to the left, and if you turn it to the right. . . you get the picture. The pan controls do this by adjusting the amount of the signal being sent to the left main mix bus versus the right main mix bus. The balance controls do it by controlling the relative balance of the left and right channel signals being sent to the left and right main mix buses. Aux Here you'll find knobs that control the levels of aux sends A and B. AUX A is either pre-fader or post-fader, depending on the position of the PRE / POST switch. In POST mode the aux send is affected by the fader, EQ and HPF settings. POST mode is generally used for sending the signal to an external effects device (so that the fader controls the signal level), and PRE mode is usually used for cue sends (for example, sending a signal to headphones while recording, for which you may not want the fader to alter the channel's level). AUX B is always post-fader, as indicated by the word "POST" to the right of this knob. Like AUX A, AUX B can be used for routing signals to external devices. And when you are using the onboard effects processor, AUX B is used to control the level of the channel's signal being routed to the processor. EQ The MultiMix gives you three bands of EQ per channel. Using these knobs, you can tailor the channel's signal by boosting some frequencies and cutting others. The LO and HI controls are shelving controls with fixed frequencies of 80 Hz and 12 kHz respectively. "Shelving" means that the mixer boosts or cuts all frequencies past the specified frequency. [. . . ] A line input whose function is to carry back to the mixer an audio signal that has been sent from the mixer. A line output whose function is to send a signal from the mixer to an external device, usually an effects processor. Refers to the setting of an audio channel at which the signal leaves the channel at the same level at which it entered. The gain level master section mic preamp mixer mono (monaural) pan phantom power post-fader pre-fader return send stereo unity gain wet 36 Glossary opposite of "dry. " 37 Glossary This page intentionally left blank. 38 Warranty / Contact Alesis Limited Warranty ALESIS CORPORATION ("ALESIS") warrants this product to be free of defects in material and workmanship for a period of one (1) year for parts and for a period of one (1) year for labor from the date of original retail purchase. [. . . ]