User manual SAMSON MDR10

[. . . ] MDR Series Mixers MDR10 TEN CHANNEL MIXER WITH 24BIT DIGITAL EFFECTS Safety Instructions/Consignes de sécurité/Sicherheitsvorkehrungen/Instrucciones de seguridad WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture. To reduce the hazard of electrical shock, do not remove cover or back. Please refer all servicing to qualified personnel. The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the products enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product. [. . . ] This means that the amount of signal that is sent to the EFFECT bus will be affected not only by the setting of the AUX 2/DSP knob control, but it will also be affected by the setting of the LEVEL control. 11 PAN The MDR10's PAN control is used to place or position the mono signal into the stereo main Left and Right MIX bus. You can create a stereo image by panning some input signals to the left and others to the right. The MDR10's PAN control is a Power-Pan circuit, which includes a 3dB dip in the center position. This is desirable since there's a 3dB increase in gain when the mono input signal is heard in both the Left and Right MIX bus. 8 Controls and Functions (MONO INPUT CHANNEL CONTINUED) 12 SOLO Switch When engaged, the yellow LED illuminates, indicating the input channel is assigned to the SOLO bus. The SOLO switch has a "momentary" action that activates a logic control switch. Pressing the switch repeatedly will assign the input channel on or off the SOLO bus. You can use the SOLO LEVEL control to adjust the overall volume to the SOLO Bus. 12 13 13 MUTE 3/4 OUTPUT Switch The 3/4 MUTE switches are used to assign the channels to either the main LEFT and RIGHT MIX bus, or the secondary, 3/4 stereo bus. Any channels that have the 3/4 switch pressed in (the LED is on) will be heard in the 3/4 outputs. If you are mixing in stereo and not connecting anything to the 3/4 outputs, you can use the 3/4 switches as mute switches to turn the channel on or off. In recording applications, you can use 3/4 switches with left and right panning to assign a channel to either the 3 or 4 bus outputs for sending to an input of a recorder. You can also mix the 3/4 bus with the LEFT and RIGHT mix bus by using the 3/4 to MIX switch, located in the master section above the 3 /4 OUTPUTS faders, allowing you to subgroup channels. In this mode, you can assign channels to the 3/4 bus and use the 3/4 OUTPUT faders to sub-mix those channels. More information on the 3/4 to MIX switch can be found later in this manual. 14 14 FADER The MDR10's 60mm input FADER controls the overall channel level. The input FADER features an audio taper and no detents for smooth fades. STEREO - DUAL/MONO INPUT CHANNEL SECTION The MDR10's input channels seven through ten are STEREO or DUAL MONO. These channels can be used for stereo inputs, and since they have separate faders for left and right, they can be used as dual mono inputs. The equalizers and auxiliary are set up vertically as shown in the following diagram. Channel 7 Channel 9 The following section details each part of the MDR10's STEREO/DUAL MONO INPUT CHANNELS including the 2-BAND EQ, AUX sends, PAN and LEVEL controls. The input channels seven through ten on the MDR10 feature high quality, discrete transistor pre-amp providing transparency and extended dynamic range. These inputs feature a "combie" (combination) connector which can accept a standard XLR mic cable for microphone level signals, or a standard 1/4" phone cable, either balanced (TRS ­ TIP/ RING/SLEEVE) or unbalanced (TS ­ TIP/SLEEVE) for line level signals. Channel 8 Channel 10 9 Controls and Functions (STEREO/DUAL-MONO INPUT CHANNEL CONTINUED) CHANNEL EQUALIZER The MDR10 Stereo/Dual-mono input channels feature a 2-band equalizer allowing you to adjust the high and low frequencies independently on each channel. The channel's frequency response is flat when the knobs are in the "12:00" position. Rotating the knob towards the right will boost the corresponding frequency band by 15dB, and rotating it towards the left will cut the frequency by 15dB. The frequency centers, range of boost or cut, and equalizer type for each band are as follows: 15 HF (HIGH FREQUENCY) 12KHz +/- 15dB shelving type. The channel's frequency response is flat when the knobs are in the "12:00" position. [. . . ] Connect the outputs of the effect processor to the FX RETURN 2 located on the MDR10's top panel. Raise the AUX 2/DSP knobs for the channels to which you want the external effect to be applied. Set the input level of the external effect so that the sound is not distorted and so that the effect's input meter does not indicate a clipped signal. Use the FX RETURN 2 control to adjust the level of the effects processed by the external effects device. PLAYING BACK A CD USING 2TK LEVEL The MDR10 has a dedicated input for playing back a stereo device such as a CD, Tape or Mini Disk. [. . . ]