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The first thing you’ll notice is that the top
panel is organized into three distinct areas:
• A patchbay along the top;
• Eight channel strips — four mono and
four stereo;
• And an output section on the right.
Note that four patchbay jacks overflowed
the top panel, and are on the rear of the
MS 1202. The following pictures will help you
find everything; the next few pages will help
you use it all.
PATCHBAY
At the risk of stating the obvious, this is
where you plug everything in: microphones,
line-level instruments and effects, head-
phones, and the ultimate destination for
your sound: a tape recorder, PA system, etc.
Microphone Inputs
We use true “phantom-powered, balanced
inputs” just like the big studio mega-con-
soles, for exactly the same reason: this kind
PHONES
O
O
U
U
PAN
L
R
EQ
–15 +15
LO
–15 +15
HI
+15
1
O
O
+15
2
O
O
U
GAIN
1
+20
O
O
LINE 1
BAL/UNBAL
U
U
PAN
L
R
EQ
–15 +15
LO
–15 +15
HI
+15
1
O
O
+15
2
O
O
U
GAIN
2
+20
O
O
LINE 2
BAL/UNBAL
GAIN
3
+20
O
O
LINE 3
BAL/UNBAL
PAN
L
R
EQ
–15 +15
LO
–15 +15
HI
+15
1
O
O
+15
2
O
O
U
GAIN
4
+20
O
O
LINE 4
BAL/UNBAL
PAN
L
R
EQ
–15 +15
LO
–15 +15
HI
+15
1
O
O
+15
2
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O
U
PAN
L
R
EQ
–15 +15
LO
–15 +15
HI
+15
1
O
O
+15
2
O
O
U
GAIN
5-6
+20
O
O
PAN
L
R
EQ
–15 +15
LO
–15 +15
HI
+15
1
O
O
+15
2
O
O
U
GAIN
7-8
+20
O
O
PAN
L
R
EQ
–15 +15
LO
–15 +15
HI
+15
1
O
O
+15
2
O
O
U
GAIN
9-10
+20
O
O
PAN
L
R
EQ
–15 +15
LO
–15 +15
HI
+15
1
O
O
+15
2
O
O
+22
CLIP
U
GAIN
11-12
+20
O
O
MASTER
+10
O
O
U
U
U
U
U
AUX
AUX
AUX
AUX
AUX
AUX
AUX
AUX
TRIM 4
+4
U
40dB
GAIN
–10
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E
N
S
IT
IVI
TY
TRIM 1
+4
U
40dB
GAIN
–10
S
E
N
S
IT
IVI
TY
TRIM 2
+4
U
40dB
GAIN
–10
S
E
N
S
IT
IVI
TY
TRIM 3
+4
U
40dB
GAIN
–10
S
E
N
S
IT
IVI
TY
+20
1
O
O
+20
2
O
O
U
STEREO AUX RETURN TO MASTER
PHONES
LINE 11-12
LINE 5-6
LINE 7-8
LINE 9-10
L
R
MONO
L
R
MONO
L
R
MONO
L
R
MONO
MIC
1
MIC
2
MIC
3
MIC
4
STEREO AUX RETURNS
AUX OUT
LEFT/MONO
MAIN OUTS
L
R
1
2
1
2
RIGHT
+10
+4
+2
0
-2
-4
-7
-10
-20
+7
-30
TRIM
1-4
LINE IN
1-12
INPUT CH.
METERING
MICRO SERIES 1202
12-CHANNEL MIC/LINE MIXER
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
TAPE IN
AUX 2
TAPE
INPUT
TAPE
OUTPUT
L
R
POWER
U
BAL.
0dBu
CAL
PATCHBAY
CHANNEL STRIPS
OUTPUT
of circuit is excellent at rejecting hum and
noise. You can plug any kind of professional
mic that has a standard “XLR-type” male mic
connector. If you wire your own, connect
them like this:
Pin 1 = Ground or shield
Pin 2 = Hot (in phase with output)
Pin 3 = Cold (out of phase with output)
Professional ribbon, dynamic and con-
denser mics will all sound excellent through
these inputs, especially if you follow the
Level Setting instructions on page 12. Lower-
cost electret-type unbalanced mics can be
plugged into Line Inputs 1–12, but will re-
quire additional gain.
Basically, the MS 1202’s inputs will handle
any kind of mic level you can toss at them
without overloading. But you’ll get the abso-
lute best quality sound if you follow the
calibration procedure covered briefly in our
“Can’t Wait Tips” on page 3, and more depth
in Part 3, page 12.
Part 1 — ALL THE HOLES AND KNOBS:
A GUIDED TOUR OF THE MICROSERIES 1202
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