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/Back panel
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Digital C
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IMPORTANT! First set correct input levels
Level Setting Procedure…
ten simple steps.
This procedure is
so important
that we put it on the pages
before
the Table of Contents,
diagrams of various mixer parts
or anything else. It’s that critical!
Correctly setting each chan-
nel’s
GAIN
control achieves the
maximum amount of signal
“headroom” before distortion
and the least possible amount of
noise.
You will need:
R
Your new mixer
R
Sound sources such as a
microphone, guitar, drum kit,
keyboards, music player, etc.
— whatever gear you will be
using during a sound mixing
session;
R
The right cables to hook your
sound sources to the mixer.
(We go into more detail about
connectors later on);
R
Monitor speakers or head-
phones.
Let's begin.
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Plug your SoundLink mixer
into a wall socket.
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Set a channel’s GAIN (volume) too
low and there will be noise (hiss) in
that channel, even when no voice or
instrument is present.
If GAIN (volume) is set too high, the
signal will distort and sound scratchy
when the singer or instrument gets
very loud.
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Connect monitor speakers
to the SoundLink mixer
rear panel
MAIN OUT (1a)
or
MONITOR OUT (1b)
jacks, or
plug headphones into the
PHONES
jack
(1c)
.
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Let’s start with Channel 1.
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Make sure that Channel 1’s
PAN, COMP
, and all four
EQ
knobs are set to the center
(12 o’clock) position.