User manual SAMSON MDR1248

[. . . ] MDRSeriesMixers TWELVEANDSIXTEENCHANNELMIXER WITH24-bitDSPEFFECTS Safety Instructions/Consignes de sécurité/Sicherheitsvorkehrungen 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. [. . . ] An auxiliary bus that is set up as POST Fader routes, or sends, the signal to its output from a point in the channels' circuit that is electronically after the channel Fader. That means that the channel Fader also affects the level of a POST aux send. A POST Aux bus is what you want to use (almost always) for sending to an effects processor, either internal or external. When using the POST aux sends, (while turning the channel Fader up or down) the level of effects will track the channel level correctly. 4 - AUX 1 The MDR1248 and MDR1688 have two auxiliary sends which can be used for sending signals to external effects devices or for creating a monitor mix. The AUX1 section is often used for a monitor mix in a live sound mixing, or for a headphone mix in a recording application. AUX 1 can also be used as a Pre Fader effect send by setting the Pre/Post switch to the Post postion. Each input channel includes an AUX 1 send which controls the amount of that channel's signal that is sent to the AUX bus. NOTE: If the AUX1Pre/Post switch is set to Pre, the Aux controls are "PRE-FADER SENDS" which means they are not affected by the FADER level settings of each channel. This allows you to create a mix for the monitors that is independent of the main LEFT and RIGHT MIX. 5 - PRE/POST - switch The PRE/POST switch is used to select the point that the AUX 1 bus uses to send the signal. When the PRE/POST switch is set to PRE, the signal feeding AUX 1 is sent before the fader, so the channel Fader has no effect on that level. This is the normal setting when using AUX 1 as 8 a monitor send. When the PRE/POST switch is set to POST, the signal feeding AUX 1 is sent after the fader, so the channel Fader has an effect on that level, meaning the Aux level tracks up and down with the channel Fader. This is the normal setting for using AUX 1 as an effects send, since when you set the channel louder, you normally want the effect to get louder. NOTE: The channel's effects signal is sent to the AUX 1 bus from a location in the signal path after the VOLUME control. 6 - AUX 2/DSP The channel's AUX 2/DSP knob controls the amount of signal that is sent to the AUX 2 bus. The AUX 2 signal can be sent to an external effects device connected to the AUX 2 OUT jack located in the MASTER SECTION jack field. NOTE: The channel's AUX 2 signal is sent to the AUX 2 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 AUX 2 bus will be affected not only by the setting of the AUX 2 knob control, but it will also be affected by the setting of the LEVEL control. 7 - PAN The MDR1248 and MDR1688's PAN control is used to place or position the mono signal into the stereo main Left and Right MIX bus. [. . . ] Turn the MAIN level control all the way down. Adjust the MAIN LEVEL control in the master section to the "0" position. Start playback on the CD, Tape or MD player, and use the 2 TK LEVEL control to set the desired level. RECORDING A MIX FROM THE MDR1248 and MDR1688 You can record the audio from the MDR1248 and MDR1688's mixer section including the MIC, LINE, 2T IN and AUX inputs to a Cassette deck, MD, DAT or any other type of recorder using the 2T OUT outputs. Simply connect the MDR1248 and MDR1688's 2 TRACK OUT to the input jacks of the recorder as shown in the diagram on the right and follow the steps below. 3. [. . . ]