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Rotating the knob will cycle through the six menu choices:

‘‘AS’’ - Add Snapshot

‘‘LS’’ - Load Snapshot

‘‘CS’’ - Clear Snapshot

‘‘Pi’’ - Pickle inputs (Mics)

‘‘Po’’ - Pickle outputs (Mic preamps)

‘‘br’’ - Brightness

 
 

Pressing Enter when ‘‘AS’’ is displayed changes the display to A

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. Rotating the knob will change the display 

to A1, A2, A3 …… A9. These are the nine user snapshots. If a snapshot memory has been used, the decimal point to the 
left of A will be lit. This is just informational and doesn’’t prevent overwriting the saved snapshot. To save a snapshot, 
press Enter. If no action is taken, the menu will timeout without saving anything.

 

Pressing Enter when ’’LS’’ is displayed changes the display to L

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. Rotating the knob will change the display to 

L0, L1, L2 …… L9. These are the nine user snapshots, and L0 - the read-only reset snapshot. If a snapshot memory has 
been used, the decimal point to the left of L will be lit. Loading an empty snapshot will have the same effect as load-
ing the reset snapshot. To load a snapshot, press Enter. If no action is taken, the menu will timeout without loading 
anything.

 

Pressing Enter when ‘‘CS’’ is displayed changes the display to C

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. Rotating the knob will change the display 

to C-, and rotating once more changes it to CC (clear con

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This two-step process is used to minimize accidental 

snapshot deletion. 

To delete all saved snapshots and mark all as empty, press Enter. If no action is taken, the menu 

will timeout without clearing anything.

 

Pressing Enter when ‘‘Pi’’ is displayed changes the display to ‘‘.Pi’’. The decimal point to the left of the P indi-

cates that the current pickle mode is microphone. Any microphone inputs that will be stepped through by the pickle 
will be lit. Pressing a mic button will toggle inclusion in the list of mics to step through. If a mic input is locked to a 
preamp, that mic will not be available to include in the list. This menu will time out a few seconds after the last button 
press. Pressing Enter will exit the menu immediately.

 

Pressing Enter when ‘‘Po’’ is displayed changes the display to ‘‘.Po’’. The decimal point to the left of the P in-

dicates that the current pickle mode is preamp. Any preamp outputs that will be stepped through by the pickle will be 
lit. Pressing a pre button will toggle inclusion in the list of pres to step through. Preamps that are locked to a mic are 
available for inclusion in the list. This menu will time out a few seconds after the last button press. Pressing Enter will 
exit the menu immediately.

 

Pressing Enter when ‘‘br’’ is displayed displays 1, 2, or 3.   This is the brightness level of the LEDs.   A few 

button and matrix leds are lit up to serve as a sample to judge brightness.   Rotating the knob will change the bright-
ness level.   To exit the menu press Enter or wait for the timeout.   

THE MONITOR SECTION (cont’’d)

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***NOTE: When power is turned on, Snapshot 1 is automatically loaded. This makes it easy to return to a 

favorite setup. To make MicMAID power up with ‘‘factory default’’ settings, load Snapshot 0, then save it as 

Snapshot 1. ***

***ANOTHER NOTE: When the unit is powered down, snapshots remain saved, as does the Brightness set-

ting. The Pickle settings are NOT saved, so you will need to manually con

 gure the Pickle mode (Microphone 

or Preamp) before using it after power-down.***

Summary of Contents for MicMAID

Page 1: ......

Page 2: ...3 MAINS CONNECTIONS 4 THE FRONT PANEL 5 THE BACK PANEL 6 THE ROUTING MATRIX 7 THE MONITOR SECTION 7 8 VARIABLE PHASE 9 THE FADER 9 THE PICKLE REMOTE 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 10 BLOCK DIAGRAM 11 SPECIFICATIO...

Page 3: ...mpli ers are plugged in and that s it Hear any mic through any pre any way you like For each of the four signal paths levels are easily adjusted and saved this level matching xes the all too common pr...

Page 4: ...LO fuse 220 240V Operation Uses a 0 5A SLO BLO fuse Fuses for ALL VOLTAGES are 5x20mm GDC packaged fuses Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE Information for customers The European Parliamen...

Page 5: ...ncy material bass guitar kick drum and the high lit posi tion will work better on full bandwidth material This is a subjective choice of course and a choice that should always be made with your ears C...

Page 6: ...Direct Outputs These outputs simply mirror the signals from the neighboring mic preamp returns Think of each of these as direct outputs from each of your 4 mic preamps Use them to go to your console y...

Page 7: ...er should never be turned on in a connected preamp If the MicMAID detects phantom power from a connected preamp the display will ash bP bad phantom and the offending PRE button will blink until the ex...

Page 8: ...to the left of the P indi cates that the current pickle mode is microphone Any microphone inputs that will be stepped through by the pickle will be lit Pressing a mic button will toggle inclusion in t...

Page 9: ...ed to ride the output level of the Monitor Section Think of this as your MON REC output level control immensely useful for riding the level of a vocal track live to tape for instance The fader should...

Page 10: ...send return is open there will be no sound when that particular signal path is selected Does one or more of your microphones need phantom power If the microphone needs it and the MicMAID is not provid...

Page 11: ...BLOCK DIAGRAM 11...

Page 12: ...RIX Matrix Crosstalk Leakage from adjacent microphone inputs 117 dB 1 kHz sine Leakage from adjacent Preamp sends 107 dB 1 kHz Sine Microphone Inputs terminated with source Z 150 Ohm Preamps sends ter...

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