User manual RANE FMI 14

[. . . ] This will give you a chance to make mistakes and correct them before any damage is done to your fragile speakers, ears and nerves. This means that standard 3-pin (XLR) connectors on the ends of any good quality cable will work well with the FMI 14 and microphones of your choosing. As with all Rane products, pin 2 is used for "hot" or "+" signal polarity, pin 3 is "return" or "-" and pin 1 is signal ground. If you are using the ¼" TRS line input, tip is hot, ring is return and sleeve is ground. [. . . ] This rotary control determines the amount of boost or cut applied to the FMI 14's passband by its Accelerated SlopeTM high frequency filter. The center detent, cleverly placed at the center of rotation of this control, provides a ground for the filter which bypasses it. Rotating this knob clockwise increases the gain of the of the mixer above 7kHz in a shelving fashion to a maximum of +12dB; CCW from center decreases the gain to a minimum of -15dB. As above, clockwise rotation increases gain, however in this instance we have a bandpass type curve as opposed to a shelving characteristic. This three-position switch allows the user to select 1/3, 1 or 2 octave coverage from the midrange filter. A rotary control which determines the center frequency of the midrange filter. This rotary control determines the amount of boost or cut applied to the FMI 14's passband by its Accelerated SlopeTM low frequency filter. Rotating this knob clockwise increases the gain of the mixer below 100Hz to a maximum of +12dB in a shelving fashion; CCW from center decreases the gain to a minimum of -15dB. In its out position, all audio is routed around the equalizer section defeating its action. Only when it is pressed in will any of the equalizer controls be active. These switches determine the source for the Auxiliary Outputs, A and B. In the PST FD position, the respective Aux Out is picked up after the Master level controls. In the PRE FD position, the source is after the EQ, if engaged, but prior to the Master levels. These rotary controls determine the output level to both the direct ¼" AUX OUTPUTS on the rear as well as the Aux sends in the BUS OUT connector. These concentric rotary controls determine the output level to both the direct ¼" MASTER OUTPUTS on the rear as well as the Master outputs in the BUS OUT connector. This yellow LED illuminates any time an approved Rane AC remote power supply such as an RS 1 (included), RAP 10, VC 18 or an FRS 8 is connected to the unit and is active. REAR PANEL DESCRIPTION 1. This ¼" TRS connector is used for connecting a LINE level INPUT to the FMI 14. This ¼" TRS connector is to be used to connect external processing, such as effects and equalizers to the input section of the FMI 14. Forward-thinking products such as the Rane FPE 13 and FME 15 equalizers have TRS jacks on them that directly connect to this patch input with a stereo cable wired tip to tip, ring to ring, and sleeve to sleeve. See the block diagram on the FMI 14 data sheet for exact location of this insert. This connector is intended to be used to connect the FLEX BUS OUT of another Rane Flex unit to the FMI 14. This connector is intended to be used to connect the FMI 14 to another piece of Rane Flex equipment. [. . . ] What this means is that the rolloff rates are much steeper than those usually encountered. The bandwidth may be set to one of three settings: 1/3 octave, 1 octave, or 2 octaves. All of the level controls feature a grounded center detent thus ensuring that a "zero" setting gives you just what you wanted: a guaranteed zero (flat). The EQ IN/OUT switch provides a "hard-wire" bypass around the equalizer section. [. . . ]