Quick Start Guide
5
Basic Operation
Now, bring up the level control corresponding to your mic. As you’ll speak into
the mic, you’ll see several things happen:
•
The
LED
above this level control shows
green
, indicating that this mic is
gated
ON.
Gating
activates each mic when it’s receiving sufficient sound.
Other mics remain muted, so they don’t contribute to background noise
and feedback. Thus, you get more sound with less distraction.
•
Of course the
level meter
indicates the sound level.
•
Speak loudly enough, and you’ll see the COMPRESS LED illuminate. The
VGM-1041
’s built-in compression is limiting this mic’s level, preventing
excessively loud sound. This feature is selectable for each mic via the
mixer’s USB port (covered in the
Installer’s Guide
section). The factory
setting activates compression for all mic channels
except
MIC 3.
If you play the audio source you have connected to the AUX inputs earlier,
you’ll hear both the mic and the audio together (it’s a mixer, after all!), from
both your amplifier and the front-panel headphone jack.
Prefade
– While listening to the mix on your headphones, press the small
button to the right of your mic’s knob. This puts your mic on the
Prefade
(cue)
bus. Now, you hear only this mic through the headphones, even when its
control is turned down to zero. This feature allows you to monitor any input
before or without turning it up – helping to prevent unwanted surprises. Press
the
Prefade
button again to return to main output at the headphones.
C O M P R E S S
AUX 2
VGM1041
1
AUX 1
MIC 10
Mic is
Gated ON
Lights when
Compression
Is active
Press to activate
Prefade