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. [. . . ] When AUX 1 is set to "PRE", the channel's signal will be sent directly to the AUX1 output using the channel AUX 1 control knob. In this mode the channel fader has no effect on the signal being sent from the AUX1 knob. So in a stage monitor situation, only the Aux 1 knob, and not the channel fader, control the level sent to the AUX1 output, and therefore, the overall volume of that channel in the monitors. POST FADER AUX send - If you want to use AUX 1 as a send to an effects processor, set the PRE/POST switch to the down or POST position. In this mode the channel signal will be sent to the AUX1 output using the channel AUX 1 control knob in conjunction with the channel fader. So when using AUX 1 for a mix being sent to an effects processors, the Aux 1 knob, and the channel fader both control the overall level sent to the AUX1 output. If you are sending to a delay or reverb, when you push the channel fader up you are sending more signal to the delay or reverb. Pull the fader down and you are sending less level to the delay or reverb. Keep in mind that when the AUX 1 is in POST, the Aux send follows the fader. 10 AUX 2 / DSP Send The MDR10 provides high quality, 24 Bit digital effects, and the level of effects can be set independently on each channel. The channel's AUX 2/DSP knob controls the amount of signal that is sent to the AUX 2/DSP bus. The signal of the AUX 2/DSP bus is routed to the internal DSP effects section for onboard signal processing. The AUX 2/DSP signal can also be sent to an external effect device connected to the AUX 2 OUT jack located in the MASTER SECTION jack field. NOTE: The channel's AUX 2/DSP signal is sent to the AUX 2/DSP bus from a location in the signal path after the channel's LEVEL control. This is commonly referred to as a POST FADER send. 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. [. . . ] Set the L/R mix faders to the "0" position. 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. [. . . ]