User manual SAMSON MDR16

[. . . ] MDR Series Mixers MDR16 SIXTEEN 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. [. . . ] 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 MDR16 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 MDR16'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 MDR16'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 at the same level 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 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. 13 1/2 OUTPUT Switch The 1/2 switches are used to assign the channels to the 1/2 stereo bus. Any channels that have the 1/2 switch pressed in (the green LED is on) will be heard in the 1/2 outputs. In recording applications, you can use 1/2 switches with left and right panning to assign a channel to either the 1 or 2 bus outputs for sending to an input of a recorder. You can also mix the 1/2 bus with the LEFT and RIGHT mix bus by using the 1/2 to MIX switch, located in the master section above the 1 / 2 OUTPUTS faders, allowing you to subgroup channels. In this mode, you can assign channels to the 1/2 bus and use the 1/2 OUTPUT faders to sub-mix those channels. More information on the1/2 to MIX switch can be found later in this manual. 14 3/4 OUTPUT Switch The 3/4 switches are used to assign the channels to the 3/4 stereo bus. Any channels that have the 3/4 switch pressed in (the red LED is on) will be heard in the 3/4 outputs. In recording applications, you can use 3/4 switches with left and right panning to assign a channel to either the 3 or 4 bus outputs for sending to an input of a recorder. You can also mix the 3/4 bus with the LEFT and RIGHT mix bus by using the 3/4 to MIX switch, located in the master section above the 3 /4 OUTPUTS faders, allowing you to subgroup channels. [. . . ] Follow the simple steps below to interface your processor: 1. Connect the AUX 2 OUTPUT to the input of the external effect processor. Connect the outputs of the effect processor to the Aux RETURN 2 located on the MDR16's top panel. Set the L/R mix faders to the "0" position. [. . . ]