Chapter 2
—Connections
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ENSONIQ MR-Rack Musician's Manual
cables, o
r
you
’
ll need to c
r
eate some by attaching adapte
r
s to standa
r
d 1/4
”
phone o
r
R
C
A
cables. Connect the 1/4
”
phone plug end o
f
each 1/4
”
-to-
R
C
A
cable to the
M
R
-
R
ack
’
s
r
ea
r
-panel
M
ain Out
L
e
f
t and
R
ight
j
acks and the
R
C
A
end to you
r
ste
r
eo
’
s
auxilia
r
y inputs.
T
he
“
M
R
-
R
ack Output Jacks
”
section in
C
h
a
p
t
er
9
contains technical
in
f
o
r
mation about the
M
R
-
R
ack
’
s output
j
acks.
Au
x
Ou
t
R
i
gh
t
Le
f
t
Mono
R
i
gh
t
Le
f
t
Mono
•
I
f
you
’
r
e connecting the
M
R
-
R
ack to an audio patch bay, o
r
i
f
you
’
ve got
f
ou
r
available
inputs on you
r
mixing console, you may elect to use all o
f
the
M
R
-
R
ack
’
s Outs.
T
he
M
R
-
R
ack o
ff
e
r
s
—
in addition to its
M
ain Outs
—
a pai
r
o
f
A
ux Outs, use
f
ul
f
o
r
ext
r
acting
Sounds o
r
g
r
oups o
f
Sounds
f
r
om the
M
R
-
R
ack
’
s
M
ain Outs mix.
T
his allows you to
t
r
eat the ext
r
acted mate
r
ial with its own outboa
r
d p
r
ocessing, o
r
to cont
r
ol its volume
mo
r
e easily by assigning it its own
f
ade
r
s on a mixe
r
.
T
o use all
f
ou
r
Outs, you
’
ll need
f
ou
r
1/4
”
phone-type cables. connect one end o
f
each to the
M
R
-
R
acks
’
r
ea
r
-panel
M
ain
and
A
ux Outs
L
e
f
t and
R
ight, and the othe
r
end to a patch bay position o
r
mixe
r
channel.
T
he
“
M
R
-
R
ack Output Jacks
”
section in
C
h
a
p
t
er
9
contains technical
in
f
o
r
mation about the
M
R
-
R
ack
’
s output
j
acks.
Au
x
Ou
t
R
i
gh
t
Le
f
t
Mono
R
i
gh
t
Le
f
t
Mono
C
h
a
p
t
er
3
o
f
the
M
R
-
R
ack
M
usician
’
s
M
anual desc
r
ibes how to
r
oute speci
f
ic Sounds to the
A
ux Outs.
T
he
M
R
-
R
ack also p
r
ovides a simple switch
f
o
r
easily sending eve
r
ything you may
have
r
outed to the
A
ux Outs back into the
M
ain Outs mix. See
“
Using the
M
R
-
R
ack
’
s Fou
r
Outputs
”
in
C
h
a
p
t
er
3
.
M aking the P ow e r C onne c t ion
T
he
M
R
-
R
ack
r
equi
r
es g
r
ounded
A
C powe
r
, supplied th
r
ough the powe
r
co
r
d that came with
you
r
M
R
-
R
ack.
T
he
M
R
-
R
ack powe
r
supply is intelligent and will ad
j
ust to you
r
local
voltage.
To Connect the MR-Rack’s AC Power
1.
Connect one end o
f
the
M
R
-
R
ack
’
s powe
r
cable to a g
r
ounded
A
C outlet.
2.
Connect the othe
r
end o
f
the
M
R
-
R
ack
’
s powe
r
co
r
d to the
j
ack labeled
“L
ine
”
on the
M
R
-
R
ack
’
s
r
ea
r
panel.
3.
Connect the othe
r
pieces o
f
equipment in you
r
system
r
equi
r
ing
A
C powe
r
to
A
C outlets.
Powering Up
Y
ou should always tu
r
n on the device which will be t
r
ansmitting
M
I
D
I
be
f
o
r
e you tu
r
n on
the device which will be
r
eceiving it.
I
f
you have a se
r
ies o
f
M
I
D
I
devices, sta
r
t with the
f
i
r
st
device in the chain, then powe
r
up the second, the thi
r
d, and so on.
T
his p
r
events