User manual ALESIS MICROSERIES

[. . . ] THE ALES'S MICROSERIES USER'S GUIDE FEATURING aJaa-a NN, trEi, ||/I'EE/R'IJ JfaA'i', , !E, '|)'F, frJE' tlltlt rv aJaa-a t- aJaa-a ^rr, trDl'ltt -ltaaa t;rrrlF'D. @ tv I a -! aJaaata ft'r|'t'l)Ecl -rlt !v-t I aJaa-a ^, I, ^Ef)El'/l'AIIAED@ tv-taa all' aJaa-ra rt'r|l'if1), trrrE tvtt- G. tJa. , . ', tD INTRODUCTION THEALESISMICRO SERIES The EssentialSignal Processing/Music ProductionSystem MIcRoVERS9I, mlcno LIMITER9MIcRo GATEPMIcRo EQ. M I C R OE N H A NC E R P a nMIC R OC U E AM P. Toger herhey O r represent culmination yearsof research Alesis refine the of by to t h e m o s t m u s ical n cti o n s f th e si x most essential usic fu o m production toolsinto a powerful, integrated system. Eachunit is contained a compact, in cost-effective, interlocking one-third rack package designed maximum space for efficiency minimum with hassle. [. . . ] First, selecta largeroomtype program any medium largeprogram (or or that soundsgoodto you) on the digitalreverb. The bestprograms for this effecthavethe smoothest decaytails(thegatewill "chatter', if the tail isn'tsmooth). Nowturnthe RatecontrolJar the rightso to thatthe gateclosesabruptly, making surethatthe reverblengthis FROMMIXING CONSOLE I L E F TI N P U TT I R I G H T N P U T FIGURE 17 LEFT OUTPUT LEFT INPUT RIGHT OUTPUT RIGHT INPUT LEFT OUTPUT INPUT LEFT RIGHT OUTPUT TO MIXING CONSOLE RIGHTINPUT LEFT OUTPUT RIGHTOUTPUT MICRO GATE'cont'd notso longas to spilloverontothe nextdrumbeat. Varythe delay For controlfor a smootherreleaseif necessary. an even more the striking effect, inserta MICROLIMITERbetween reverband the MICROGATE. Seefigure 17 "punch" with a The limiter settings shouldbe set for maximum (at light). Set highdegree limiting leastthe firstred LEDshould of The objecthere is to the releasetime startingat about halfway. to set the releasetime (ratecontrol)as long as necessary keep "tail" the reverb smooth. MICRO GATEusingthe triggerfunctionfor gatedreverb Another way to achieve gatedinstrument sound(likea snare a inputof is witha minimum gatechatter to feedthetrigger drum) of whilegatingthe the gate with the dry signalof the instrument in reverb the abovefashion. in Thisassures ultimate chatterthe free operation the rate is now controlled by the envelope of as itself. Seefigure 18 the instrument FIGURE 18 FROMAUXSENDS CONSOLE OF LEFTINPUT I RIGHTNPUT LEFT OUTPUT RIGHT UTPUT O TOMIXING CONSOLE LEFTINPUT RIGHTNPUT I LEFT OUTPUT RIGHT UTPUT O IN TRIGGER PUT DBYSIGNALFROMINSTRUMENT (EXAMPLE: SNAREDRUM) 30 MICRO GATEtcontd MICRO GATEusing the trigger function for specialeffects Although MICROGATEtrigger the function usually is usedfor syncingetfectsbetweentwo instruments see figure 19, it can a ls o b e u s e d f o r se ve ra l i n te re sti n gspe cial effects and enhancements. The mostcommon theseis thetuning of andfattening a drum of (a kickdrum, for instance) adding lowoscillator of about by a tone 60hz(i. e. froma synthesizer) the drumwhichis thensynced to by the MICROGATE. A signalfrom the drum is then applied to the Trigger inputcausing gate to openwhenthedrumhits. the The output the MICRO of GATEshould thenbe mixedback into the drum soundat the mixingconsole. tuningthe oscillator By between and 80 Hz, you will be ableto add botha fullness 40 to thedrumas wellas tunethe drumto a specific pitch. F I G URE 9 1 TOMIXING CONSOLE OSCILLATOR SYNTHESIZER OR DRUMTRACK L E F TI N P U T LEFT OUTPUT TRIGGER PUT IN A variation the abovewould be to injectwhite noisefrom a to synthesizer insteadof an oscillator tone. This would add more snapor "snares" a snaredrum. *e figure 19 to 31 MICRO EQ FRONT FOWF O tu^c LVO AIIgELEJ, UA. MAOE IN U S A AtE:sls^991?gl|loN 1Qt ee15 BACK *#EE$gV'i, !b"63n, H, "d* SEfuICE 4FSqNEL oo. Description The Alesis MICROEQ is a mono 3 band semi-parametric with sweepable equalizer frequencies and switchable bandwidth controls. Equalization, EQ, is the abilityto controlthe harmonic or bala n c e , r t i m b r e, o f a n i n stru me n t, d can be used to o an for in compen$ate frequency deficiencies either microphones or Therearethreedifferent soundequipment. all typesof equalizers, familiar of whichyouare probably with. The mostcommon is type. This is typeof equalizer the Shelving foundon stereo the simplebass and/ortreblecontrolnormally guitaramplifiers, The term shelving refersto the systems, etc. plateau, shelf, point(s) (100 amplitude or beginning the turnover at Hz and 10kHzin the diagram) extending the high(or low) and to The end limitof the equalizer. frequencies below(or above)the pointof the shelfare also atfected, less and lessso turnover but point. the further awayfromtheturnover Turnover Frequencles MICRO EQ cont'd The secondtype of equalizeris the GraphicEqualizer which mostpeoplehaveseenon soundsystems, somehomestereos, and manyguitartype amplifiers. [. . . ] The are SPECIFICATIONS MICROENHANCER FREOUENCY RESPONS92OHz 20kHz to DYNAMIC RANGE/1OOdB DISTORTION/<. 1% at lkHz OdB THD SIGNAL LEVELS/-10 to +4 dB nominal DB INPUT IMPEDANCE/IMeg eachchannel Ohm jackoutputs, phone CONNECTIONS/2x114" jackinputs, phone 2x114" 1x1/8" jackinput power POWER/9 voltsA. C. 5 VoltAmperes externallransformer BANDWIDTH ENHANCED OF SlGNAUmin l2kHzto 20kHzmax2kHzto 20kHz MICROGATE FREOUENCY RESPONSE/2OHz to 2OKHz DYNAMIC RANGE/1OOdB ilSTORnONt<. zYo THDat lkHz OdB SIGNAL LEVELS/-10 to +4 dB nominal DB INPUT IMPEDANC9IMeg Ohmeachchannel phonejack inputs, CONNECflONS/2x114' 2x1t4-phonejack outputs, 1x1/4" jacktrigger, jackinput phone power 1x1/8" POWER/9 voltsA. C. 5 VoltAmperes external transformer ATTACKTIM9Ims OPENING TIME/Sms DELAY TIME/min <2ms, max1. 5sec. RELEASEmin 20ms, max2. 5 sec. MICRO LIMITER FREOUENCY RESPONSS20Hz 2okHzr 1 dB ro DYNAMIC RANGUlnput 100d8, output dependent Ratio on DfSTORnONk. 2Y"THD lkHz OdB at SIGNAL LEVELS/-10d8 +4 dB nominal to phonejack inputs, CONNECflONS/2x1|4" 2xll4 phonejack outputs, 1x1/8" powerjack input POWER/9 vohsA. C. 5 VoltAmperes external translormer TIME/Program ATTACK dependent 150ms 0. 5ms to RELEASE TlMBmin10ms, max500ms RATIO/I:1 infinity to 65 MICRO EQ to RESPONSE/20H2 ZokHz FREOUENCY to Freq RANGESTLow -- ZoHzto 1kHz, Mkl Freq- 25OHz 6kHz' FREOUENCY t15dB bands to HighFreq- 1. 5kHz 2OkHz-All at lkHz OdB DfSTORTIONI<. 1"/"THD RANGE/1OOdB DYNAMIC phone iack input, lxll4 phonejack oulput, 'lx'l18 CONNECTIONS/Ix1/4' poweriack input externaltransformer voltsA. C. 5 VoltAmperes POWER/9 dB SIGNAL LEVELSF10 to +4 dB nominal Meg IMPEDANCFJI Ohm INPUT MICROCUE AMP to RESPONS92OHz 2okHz FREOUENCY at lkHz DfSTORTION/<. 2Y"THD 0dB /1OOdB RATIO SIGNAL NOISE TO phone 1x1l8" 2x1/4'phone CONNECflONS/2x114" jack inputs, iackoulputs, jackinpul, 2x114' power outputs ring-tip-sleeve slereo transformer exlernal POWER/9 vohsA. C. 5 VoltAmperes into into oUTPUTPOWER/s1omW 600oHMS, 260mW 30 oHMS, 95mWinto sOHMS IMPEDANCE/1Meg eachchannel Ohm INPUT MICROVERBII (Dry), (Reverb) 2dB i RESPONSE/2OkHz 15kHz FREOUENCY DYNAMIC RANGE/9OdB picall DlSTORTION1% (Ty t. -10 SIGNAL LEVELS/lnput: to +20dBV Peak, Output: +8. 5dBVPeak(Reverb), Output: dBVPeak(Dry) +20 channel, 500kOHM, Monolnput INPUT IMPEDANC9IMEGOHMeach SCHEMBI6BitLinear PCM CONVERSION MEMORYR2 Kibbytes PROCESSING SPEED/3 MillionOper. /Sec. PROCESSOR Matrixed Stereo, lmaged Full Stereo FORMAT/lnput: (notsupplied) SPST DEFEAT/External, Switch Red: Power indication, Green: Signal Present, LEVELINUCAnON/Orange: Overload OulpulLevel, Program CONTROLS/lnpul MixRatio, Gain, PROGRAMS/16 Defeal: lnputs: /4' Phone, 1 Stereo Outpuls: Phone, 1/4' CONNECnONS/Stereo Phone Power:3. 5mm 1/4"Phone, POWEF/ AC, SVoh-Amperes 9V 66 ALES'S LIMITEDWARRANTY ALEsls OORPORATIONCALESIS') wanants this p. oduct to b fr ot dtec'ts in matefiat and wofimanship for a period ol 90 days lrom the dats ot original retail purchase. [. . . ]