More Convenience
The following options for your console make using a VM system even
easier and make it look even more visually attractive.
Though the console already provides a big built-in display, you can also
add an MB-24 Level Meter Bridge. The MB-24 helps you see at a
glance what’s going on in the system by adding 28 LED level meters, a
multi-mode time counter and a set of status LEDs.
The VM-C7100 console is rackmountable. To mount it flat in a rack, you
can buy a RO-C7100 Rackmount Angle. If you want to mount it at an
angle, you’ll need a RO-7000 Rackmount Angle.
You can also purchase wood-grained side panels for your console—the
VM-SP72 for a VM-C7200 console, or the VM-SP71 for a VM-C7100
console.
Installing Options
All of the options we’ve mentioned come with their own installation
instructions. You’ll want to install the options before rackmounting your
mixing processor and before connecting speakers, amplifiers, mics,
instruments and so on to your system.
Since the VM-7000 can be used for live or studio sound, how you’ll
listen to it depends on your situation. We’ll describe how to listen to the
system in stereo in this Application Guide. To learn about setting up for
surround sound, see p. 91 in the VM-C7200/C7100 Owner’s Manual.
Live Sound
If you’re doing live sound, connect the mixing processor’s L and R MAIN
OUTs to the left and right inputs of your stereo house amplifier. The
front panel of the processor provides 1/4” MAIN OUT jacks, while the
rear panel provides XLR MAIN OUTs. The console’s MASTER fader
controls the overall level of your mix.
If you’re working in mono, you can use either a L or R MAIN OUT. If you
use only one MAIN OUT, be sure to pan your signals to the selected
output for optimum levels. If you use both outputs, pan your signals to
the center of the stereo field. (We’ll discuss panning later.)
You can also set up monitor feeds for your performers using the
VM-7000’s FLEX BUS OUTs. We’ll discuss Flex Busses a little later on.
Studio Sound
In a studio, you can connect the VM-7000’s left and right monitor
outputs to powered monitors or to the stereo amplifier driving your
monitors. Use the analog 1/4” L and R MONITOR OUTs on the
processor or the RCA/phono L and R MONITOR OUTs on the rear
panel of the console. If you wish, you can also listen to the system using
stereo headphones connected to the console’s PHONES jacks.
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Getting Started with the VM-7000
III.
Listening to the VM-7000
House mixer
Up to 200 meters
Onstage mixing
processor
House speaker
amplifier
