Rear Panel and Hookup
The S&M is easy to use. Plug a stereo signal into the
INPUT
jacks. Put your favorite EQ,
compressor, or de-esser in the
SEND
and
RET
urn jacks. Feed the
OUTPUT
jacks to the
next stage you are using in the signal chain.
The power supply plugs into the DC IN jack. It is best to connect the supply to S&M
before connecting the mains cable to the supply to avoid arcing the contacts.
There is lots of great equipment available that will work well in MS. It really helps to
stick with hi-fi electronics as the signals through this process need to be treated as
program material to be mastered. Here is the short list of our favorites:
EQ and Compressors
Manley Labs Massive Passive (standard version) and Vari-Mu.
http://www.manleylabs.com/containerpages/masspass99.html
http://www.manleylabs.com/containerpages/mu99.html
Geoff Daking and Company, Inc.
http://www.daking.com/New%20Site%20by%20Juan%20Carlos/micpeeq.html
http://www.daking.com/New%20Site%20by%20Juan%20Carlos/comp.html
Dan Kennedy’s Great River Electronics.
http://www.greatriverelectronics.com/EQ-2NV.html
George Massenburg Labs.
http://www.massenburg.com/cgi-bin/ml/mod8200.html?id=dVWbDcQ4
A dBx 902 de-esser can really fix spitting-bright vocals in an otherwise normal track or
allow one to increase the top end without having the vocal peel the paint off your walls.
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