User manual PYLE PYD1955

[. . . ] PYD191 1/PYD1955 pro series professional with MP3 Player 4 channel Your PYLE PRO Series Performance Mixer is a sophisticated control center, perfect for mixing sound from multiple playback sources such as microphones, tuners, CD players, turntables or the audio outputs from a VCR. This mixer is ruggedly constructed for home or professional use. Wide range volume controls permit you to adjust sound levels accurately to achieve just the right mix for playing through your speaker system or for recording. Please read this manual thoroughly before you attempt to set up and use the mixer. [. . . ] Using headphones not only affords you the opportunity to listen privately, but also enables you to monitor ("cue") the incoming audio sources so you can locate an exact passage or section before mixing it in. It also gives you the opportunity to set up the relative volume level of the upcoming passage before it joins the mix. Listen Safely!Please observe the following: Do not listen at extremely high volume levels. Extended, high-volume listening can lead to permanent hearing loss. Follow these guidelines to protect your hearing, especially when using headphones. Always start by setting the volume level to the lowest possible level before listening. Put headphones on, and then gradually increase the volume as necessary. Once you set the volume level do not increase it. Over a period of time, your ears adapt to a volume level and there is a temptation to increase it. Even though such an increase may not cause discomfort, it might still damage your hearing. Stereo Headphones Connecting the Lamp If you wish to intall a console lamp (not supplied), simply insert the plug end of an appropriate 12V/3W gooseneck style or similar lamp into the lamp socket provided in the upper right corner of the mixer control panel. Power is supplied to this lamp when the mixer power switch is turned on. 12V/3W lamp 8 ­ Pyle Pro Mixer PYD1911/1955 Owner's Manual Using the Mixer Controls Turning on the Mixer 1. Turn on the output amplifier and temporarily set its volume to the minimum setting. Turn on the audio input sources you wish to mix, and set them to play (or talk continuously into the microphone). To monitor the audio input sources so that you can decide when to mix in each input, see "Monitoring `Cueing' the Inputs. " 5. To mix the audio input sources so that you can play them through your amplifier system or record them on your tape deck, see "Mixing the Inputs. " Monitoring ("Cueing") the Inputs 1. Set the CUE ASSIGN switch of the input source (MIC , CH1, CH2, CH3 or CH 4) you wish to monitor. Adjust the Headphone Level control to a comfortable listening level. The Headphone CUE/PGM control permits you to switch easily from listening to CUE material to the playing PROGRAM sound. You can also listen to both simultaneously by moving the Headphone CUE/PGM control to a point midway between the two ends. PYD-1955: This model has an additional CUE on the sampler module for you monitor the sampled signal being applied. To monitor a sampled signal, press the SAMPLE ASSIGN button for the channel to which the sample has been saved, and then press the SAMPLE CUE button to audition this sound. Mixing the Inputs There are a maximum of ten input sources available at one time, including two microphone inputs. Both microphone input sources are always available as part of the mix, if desired. [. . . ] To playback the record sample repeatedly ("looping"), set the SAMPLER MODE switch to REPEAT, and press START/STOP. The mixer will play the sampled recording all the way through, and thenrepeat it until you press the START/STOP button. To adjust the speed of the playback signal, rotate the SAMPLE PITCH control to reduce or increase the pitch of the sample during playback. To adjust the level of the sample playback as it enters the mix, rotate the SAMPLE LEVEL to increase or decrease the level. Pyle Pro Mixer PYD1911/1955 Owner's Manual ­ 11 Troubleshooting Your mixer should require very little maintenance. [. . . ]