User manual BEHRINGER MX9000

[. . . ] MX9000 User´s Manual Version 1. 1 July 2002 EURODESK ® www. behringer. com ENGLISH SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electrical shock, do not remove the cover (or back). No user serviceable parts inside; refer servicing to qualified personnel. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. This symbol, wherever it appears, alerts you to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage inside the enclosure - voltage that may be sufficient to constitute a risk of shock. This symbol, wherever it appears, alerts you to important operating and maintenance instructions in the accompanying literature. [. . . ] Instead, it is better to connect TIE LINE jacks to wall boxes strategically positioned near to where MIDI hardware congregates. *** Its always good to have a few 4-way links around for splitting signals up to 3 ways (one in, three out). Patch the DIRECT out of its CHANNEL into a 4-way split, returning to a further 3 channels via LINE INPUT. Set up each of the paralleled 4 channels for one instrument, and use mutes (preferably MIDI controlled) to mute the 3 unwanted channels at any one time). + + Break the NORMALIZING LINKS on positions 21 - 24. This is because one of the two functions of MIX-B (source switches set to CHANNEL) is to provide an extra stereo aux send. You can treat MIX-B as two mono sends using GAIN for level and PAN for blending. Setting pan to the center will give a 50/50 ratio of the aux 7 and aux 8 effect, hard left 100% aux 7, etc. **** Break NORMALIZING LINKS here. If youve got more than 5 or 6 stereo dynamics/EQ processors, you might spill over onto another dedicated bay, or alternatively have to find some suitable extra space somewhere else in the patchfield. Remember, most dynamics processors also have sidechain/KEY inputs, and therefore require 3 holes per channel. + 30 Enhancers are usually applied across INSERTS like compression and EQ etc. , but most BEHRINGER enhancers have a SOLO mode, in which they can be addressed via an aux send and blended back into the main mix like any other reverb. Fig. 8. 1: Example of patchbay configurations 31 Bay 8: L7 & R8 equals the L/R recording input to the 2-tracks. On Bay 8 we have hard-wired these to recording outputs 1 to 6 in order to drive all recorders simultaneously. Copying from any 2-track source to all recorders may be done by patching the source outputs into L7 and R8. We have assumed you have a HiFi amp available to enable a variety of secondary sources to be condensed into the XTRN (external) input for easy monitoring selection via the HiFi amps input selector switch, if you want to record from any of these sources, best patch direct from the individual outputs (17 to 22) rather than the HiFi amp mix (15 and 16) for the cleanest result. (The exception being vinyl, which will need to use the HiFi amps RIAA pre-amp to present the mixer with a flat response signal). Fig. 8. 2: Wiring for bay 8 (for advanced wiring scheme refer to section 11) 8. 3 Looming problems Loom wiring is an art in itself, and it is worth taking time out to get it right. (A looped wire acts as an arial, picking up electromagnetic radiation. ) Think of a tree: Every part of that tree is connected to every other part, but only by one route. Dont take the earth off your power cable plug to reduce audible 50 Hz mains hum (or its harmonics). Rather you should be looking at disconnecting the signal screen somewhere. You could do worse than ensure that all screens are commoned at the patchbay in which case all unearthed equipment would pick up earth from this point via a single screen (more than 1 route = an earth loop), while mains-earthed equipment would have all screens cut at the equipment end. + Some quality equipment has an independent signal and mains earth. In this case, at least one and possibly all screens should carry earth to the equipment. Sometimes the only way to find out is suck and see. Take care to ensure that using the patchbay does not disturb the studios earth architecture. Always use short as possible patch leads with the screen connected at both ends. [. . . ] Subsequently, the product must be returned in its original shipping carton, together with the return authorization number to the address indicated by BEHRINGER. Warranty services will be furnished only if the product is accompanied by a copy of the original retail dealers invoice. Any product deemed eligible for repair or replacement by BEHRINGER under the terms of this warranty will be repaired or replaced within 30 days of receipt of the product at BEHRINGER. If the product needs to be modified or adapted in order to comply with applicable technical or safety standards on a national or local level, in any country which is not the country for which the product was originally developed and manufactured, this modification/adaptation shall not be considered a defect in materials or workmanship. [. . . ]