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User Guide
For Soundcraft Notepad 5, 8FX & 12FX
NOTEPAD
Page 1: ...User Guide For Soundcraft Notepad 5 8FX 12FX NOTEPAD For Soundcraft Notepad 5 8FX 12FX...
Page 2: ...interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful inte...
Page 3: ...FX Return Routing 4 4 Aux Master Routing 4 5 Master Stereo Output Routing 11 21752 6 5 1 Input Controls 5 1 1 Mono Input Controls 5 1 2 Stereo Input Controls 5 1 3 FX Return Controls 5 2 Aux Send Outp...
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Page 9: ...u Line Input 30dBu Hi Z Input 17dBu Stereo Input 22dBu 2XWSXW HYHO Mix Output 22dBu max HDGSKRQHV 165mW QDPLF 5DQJH UHTXHQF UHVSRQVH G N 7 N OUTPUT 21 5dBu 7 N OUTPUT 14dBu 7 N 86 Sample rate N N Freq...
Page 10: ...h will familiarise you with all of the main possibilities facilities and functions Please note Most of the illustrations in this manual are based on the Notepad 12FX console Where there are difference...
Page 11: ...ing all the input source channels into one Master Stereo output you can send particular channels into additional outputs or create different auxiliary mixes of all channels to send to an effects proce...
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Page 13: ...ching AFL switching allows aux master solos Refer to Sections 4 5 and 5 4 for more detail 0DVWHU 6WHUHR 2XWSXW Controls the output level of the Master Stereo bus Refer to Sections 4 6 and 5 4 for more...
Page 14: ...ther with the mic SUHDPSV DQG L LQSXW FRQWURO SURYLGH D H LEOH VFKHPH IRU DQ VRXUFHV RX PLJKW HQFRXQWHU 7R JHW the most out of the Notepad I O read this chapter carefully Console inputs can be used fo...
Page 15: ...is On the Notepad console selected inputs have Hi Z input switches to accommodate Hi Z sources DFN This is the long quarter inch connection most commonly used on the Notepad console for line OHYHO LQS...
Page 16: ...or out of the Notepad mixer LQH QSXW 5 8QEDODQFHG LQSXW IRU OLQH OHYHO FRQVXPHU SOD EDFN HTXLSPHQW DQG LQVWUXPHQWV Console inputs can be used for a wide variety of sources For best results always use...
Page 17: ...is a mono sum of the Auxiliary bus Pressing the OUTPUT TYPE switch changes the mode of the output for the con nection of stereo headphones On Notepad 8FX and 12FX with this output it is therefore pos...
Page 18: ...cord restraint make a small loop in the power lead and push the loop up through the restraint hook it over the plastic anchor then pull back softly on the cable until loop is securely held in place 3...
Page 19: ...l these options before you use the console in a critical application Q VLPSOH WHUPV DXGLR VLJQDOV JHQHUDOO PRYH WKURXJK D PL LQJ FRQVROH IURP WKH EDFN WR WKH IURQW DQG IURP WKH OHIW WR WKH ULJKW 2XWSX...
Page 20: ...Increase decrease the signal level HPF High Pass Filter filter out frequen cies below 100Hz EQ Three band equaliser ROTARY LEVEL Level control to mix the source Peak light indicates near clip AUX FX S...
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Page 23: ...DQQHO IDGHU and are not affected by the input channel fader levels The Aux Master Channel can also be used to feed monitors such as headphones or a stage monitor Notepad 8FX The Aux bus is additionall...
Page 24: ...EO OUTPUT CONSOLE ROUTING MASTER STEREO OUTPUT 4 5 MASTER STEREO OUTPUT ROUTING The Master Stereo output is derived from contributions from all input channels to the Master Stereo Bus NOTEPAD 5 8FX 12...
Page 25: ...CHANNEL CONTROL There are four types of Notepad console input channels 0RQR QSXW ZLWK 0LF LQH RPEL MDFN 6WHUHR QSXW ZLWK 6WHUHR 756 MDFNV 3OD EDFN LQSXW ZLWK 6WHUHR 5 DQG 86 5HWXUQ 11 12 FX RTN FX Ret...
Page 26: ...annel strip from top to bottom This is not necessarily signal path order Please refer to the relevant signal path dia gram section 4 Controls common to all input channel types are documented in the Mo...
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Page 28: ...Hz Frequencies above this will be boosted or attenuated depend ing on the control setting See section 1 02 for more detail 0 HYHO GMXVW WKH ERRVW DWWHQXDWLRQ RI WKH PLG IUHTXHQF EHOO OWHU This will ad...
Page 29: ...x and FX are independent but share the same send level rotary control The source for the FX bus send is always post fader so that a source s contribution to an effect is proportional to its contributi...
Page 30: ...e 0dB line indicates unity or no level change Rotary level knobs are the primary mixing tools during performance the relative levels of the input channels across the console determine the Master Stere...
Page 31: ...for the output mode when headphones are attached to the Aux socket The effects input however is a mono sum GMXVW D VWHUHR FKDQQHO V VWHUHR ZHLJKWLQJ LQ WKH PL Balance affects only the signal s positio...
Page 32: ...This allows unbalanced stereo signals to be re balanced to give the stereo signal desired 6WHUHR 3OD EDFN LQSXW FKDQQHOV WKDW VXP WKH VWHUHR 5 LQSXW DQG 86 UHWXUQ VLJQDOV IXQFWLRQ VLPL lar to mono inp...
Page 33: ...control adjusts the relative lev els of the left and right signals effectively adjusting the left right position of the overall stereo image This allows unbalanced stereo signals to be re balanced to...
Page 34: ...rectly to mix at unity Notepad 12FX stereo FX Return channel is a cut down version of WKH QRUPDO VWHUHR FKDQQHO ZLWKRXW WULP 4 RU X VHQGV An example in use might be running a Reverb algorithm in the S...
Page 35: ...overall level of the two destinations aux output and effects processing are independent When the OUTPUT TYPE of the aux output is set to STEREO PHONES this control additionally serves as a headphone l...
Page 36: ...channel determines the out put level of the main stereo bus left and right mix from the Master L and Master R physical outputs 5 1RWHSDG DQG RQO Adjust the overall level of the Master Stereo output 6...
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Page 39: ...the point in the console feeding the USB bus to computer For Inputs 1 2 users can select from Mic Inputs 1 2 Stereo Input 3 4 Stereo Input 5 6 Mix L R USB return will come into the input channel 7 8 w...
Page 40: ...console has an internal Lexicon Effects processor with dedicated internal send and return routing The user may select from combinations of Delay Chorus or Reverb audio processing Audio effects are of...
Page 41: ...r mix so the Aux master acts as the overall wet dry control 1RWHSDG Aux FX Sends control input channel contributions to both the FX processor and the Aux output The effects routing is direct from the...
Page 42: ...ut the pitch variation is wide On the maximum setting the rate is a factor of 10 faster but the pitch variation is small 5HYHUE Reverberation or reverb for short is the complex effect created by the w...
Page 43: ...V 7KH FKRUXV HIIHFW LV HG DW D PLG UDQJH setting Tap tempo is also active in this mode to set the repeat time 5HYHUE KRUXV In this mode the parameter control is mapped as it would be for Reverb on its...
Page 44: ...gnal is always routed to WKH 6WHUHR PDVWHU EXW WKH 6WHUHR 0DVWHU URWDU IDGHU LV GRZQ RX ZRQ W KHDU DQ WKLQJ 1R The internal FX routing has three stages send processor and return All three must be set...
