User manual BEHRINGER EURORACK MX802A

[. . . ] MX802A Users Manual Version 1. 1 January 2001 EURORACK ® www. behringer. com ENGLISH EURORACK MX802A FOREWORD Dear Customer, Welcome to the team of EURORACK users and thank you very much for expressing your confidence in BEHRINGER products by purchasing this unit. It is one of my most pleasant tasks to write this letter to you, because it is the culmination of many months of hard work delivered by our engineering team to reach a very ambitious goal: To produce a compact mixer, which fully satisfies your and our expectations and delivers a superior sound quality, easy operation and technical specifications. In addition to that the mixer is affordable for almost every musician. The task to design the EURORACK MX1604A certainly meant a great deal of responsibility, which we assumed by focusing on you, the discerning user and musician. [. . . ] The low cut filter , slope at 18 dB/oct. , -3 dB at 75 Hz, is ideally suited for reducing floor rumble, breathing noises and popping, woolly bottom end etc. + The combination of shelf boost at 80 Hz together with low cut at 75 Hz results in a peaking response, useful for adding warmth to vocals and instruments, and a firm bottom to kick drums and basses, without losing control of low frequency speaker cones. 2. 3 Aux sends Both aux sends are mono and post-EQ. Aux send 1 is set pre-fader, while aux send 2 is post-fader. For almost all FX send purposes, you will want aux sends to be post-fader, so that when a fader level is adjusted, any reverb send from that channel follows the fader. Otherwise, when the fader is pulled down, the reverb from that channel would still be audible. For cueing purposes, Aux Sends will usually be set pre-fader, i. e. MONO INPUT CHANNEL 7 EURORACK MX802A 4. 2 Stereo aux returns There are two additional stereo line inputs (aux returns 1 and 2) on your MX802A. Aux returns 1 is permanently assigned to the main mix. If you connect a jack only to the left socket, the aux return 1 operates in mono. Aux return 2 can be switched between the main mix and the cue feed (aux send 1) via a switch marked FX TO AUX 1 . This enables you to provide a wet cue mix (signal with effect i. e. reverb) for the headphones or foldback speakers. If no connection is made to aux return 2, the signal is normalled (connected directly) to aux return 1. Depressing FX TO AUX 1 will then feed the signal from aux return 1 into the cue feed (aux send 1) and can be controlled in level independently with aux return 2. This feature is primarily useful when you are using one effect for the main mix and for the foldback speakers. + + When using aux send 1 as a second (pre-fader) effects send and aux return 2 as the effect input, do not engage FX TO AUX 1 . The connection from aux return 2 to aux send 1 could cause feedback. Sometimes an engineer wants to narrow the stereo width of a reverb field. To do this you will have to come back on two mono channels to get independent panorama for the left and right signals. There are exceptions. For instance, when you want to send one effect into another, e. g. delay into chorus etc. 4. 3 Metering Main mix level is displayed on a pair of accurate 12-segment bargraph peak meters indicate Power on and +48 V DC phantom power present . Two further LEDs The main mix bargraph meters should average around 0 dB during loud passages. Continuous signals should not exceed 0 dB. 6) Altering EQ will affect a channels gain. [. . . ] This also applies to defects caused by normal wear and tear, in particular, of faders, potentiometers, keys/buttons and similar parts. Damages/defects caused by the following conditions are not covered by this warranty: s misuse, neglect or failure to operate the unit in compliance with the instructions given in BEHRINGER user or service manuals. s connection or operation of the unit in any way that does not comply with the technical or safety regulations applicable in the country where the product is used. s damages/defects caused by force majeure or any other condition that is beyond the control of BEHRINGER. [. . . ]