YORKVILLE POWERMAX 1622, Owner'S Manual

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Solo Active LED
This LED flashes with channel activity and stays on to indicate SOLO activation. It will still pulse slight-
ly with channel activity in SOLO mode.
Just a reminder to take channels off SOLO when you are through listening to them through the
headphones and/or checking their audio level on the VU-METER .
SOLO Button
SOLO is pre - MUTE or post -fader and introduces no attenuation. Routing is,
1. to the AFL/PFL SOLO MODE selector
2. to the VU-METER plus the HEADPHONE level and amplifier.
The SOLO function permits you to isolate a channel or master bus through the headphones and
on the VU-METER . Because it is pre - MUTE in the PFL mode, you can still SOLO a channel on MUTE
– a convenience for cueing tapes and CD s on the stereo channels or listening in on the mono chan-
nels for problems such as feedback or distorted mic sound. Also with the SOLO MODE master button
set for PFL , you can solo each channel during the sound check and adjust the channel GAIN so that
the VU-METER averages around 0dB .
The CLIP LED is another device to help you set the GAIN control. The above method is more pre-
cise, but the CLIP lights can all be viewed with a quick look, hence they are better for making GAIN
adjustments later on. Look under GAIN control for more on this.
SOLO ing the effects buses lets you hear only effects through headphones with no dry signal mixed
in. This aids in selecting and adjusting the effects. Then, to preview the final main PA mix with dry &
effects signals, switch off all the SOLO s. Only the main stereo mix will now be on the headphones.
During a sound check, use the SOLO button/s to help you set GAIN level/s, one channel at a time
as follows:
1. Depress the SOLO button on a channel you wish to adjust, making sure that all other channel and
master SOLOs are off.
2. Set the SOLO MODE button so that the PFL light flashes.
3. Turn up the channel’s GAIN control until the VU-METER peaks at “0”.
4. Adjust the level fader and EQ as desired.
5. Re-adjust the GAIN if needed for 0dB readings on the VU-METER
LEVEL Fader
All level fader gradations have 0dB reference.
This relates to 0dB on VU-METER when one
channel is in operation on PFL SOLO with
continuous signal at the input and the channel
GAIN is adjusted for that reading. Switch to AFL
with the channel and main faders at 0dB and the
VU level reading should remain approximately
0dB with one channel in operation (reduce main
levels as you add channels to the mix to maintain
0dB readings in the AFL mode).
Level fader taper is expanded in the upper
mid-slide area for precise adjustments and con-
densed at the extremes for fast off or max. Signal
routing goes simultaneously to the
EFX1
, the
EFX2 and AUX sends and PAN control.