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CONTENTS
LEVEL-SETTING PROCEDURE
..................................... 3
HOOKUP DIAGRAMS
.............................................. 6
PATCHBAY DESCRIPTION
...................................... 10
MIC INPUTS
................................................... 10
PHANTOM POWER
........................................ 10
LINE INPUTS
.................................................. 10
LOW CUT
* ..................................................... 11
TRIM
* ........................................................... 11
STEREO LINE INPUTS
* .................................... 12
EFFECTS: SERIAL OR PARALLEL?
..................... 12
INSERT
........................................................... 13
AUX RETURNS
* ............................................. 13
TAPE IN
.......................................................... 14
XLR MAIN OUTS
* .......................................... 14
XLR MAIN OUTPUT LEVEL SWITCH
* ............... 15
1
⁄
4
" MAIN OUTS
............................................. 15
TAPE OUTPUT
................................................ 15
PHONES
......................................................... 16
ALT 3-4
.......................................................... 16
CONTROL ROOM
* .......................................... 16
AUX SEND 1 & 2
............................................ 16
POWER CONNECTION
.................................... 17
FUSE
.............................................................. 17
POWER SWITCH
............................................ 17
PHANTOM SWITCH
........................................ 17
CHANNEL STRIP DESCRIPTION
.............................. 18
“U” LIKE UNITY GAIN
.................................... 18
GAIN
............................................................. 18
PRE-FADER SOLO
* ......................................... 18
MUTE/ALT 3-4
* ............................................. 18
PAN
............................................................... 19
CONSTANT LOUDNESS ! ! !
.............................. 19
3-BAND EQ
* .................................................. 19
AUX SEND
..................................................... 20
OUTPUT SECTION DESCRIPTION
............................ 21
MAIN MIX
..................................................... 21
VLZ MIX ARCHITECTURE
* .............................. 21
SOURCE MATRIX
* .......................................... 21
CONTROL ROOM / PHONES
.......................... 22
PRE-FADER SOLO (PFL)
.................................. 22
RUDE SOLO LIGHT
* ........................................ 23
ASSIGN TO MAIN MIX
* ................................. 23
METERS
......................................................... 23
AUX TALK
...................................................... 24
AUX 1 PRE/POST SELECT
............................... 24
AUX 1 MASTER
.............................................. 24
AUX RETURNS
............................................... 25
EFX TO MONITOR
* ........................................ 25
JACK NORMALLING
....................................... 25
MODIFICATIONS
................................................... 26
BLOCK DIAGRAM
.................................................. 29
GAIN STRUCTURE DIAGRAM
................................. 30
SPECIFICATIONS
.................................................... 31
SERVICE INFO
....................................................... 32
APPENDIX: Glossary of Pro Audio Terms
................ 33
APPENDIX: Connections
......................................... 42
APPENDIX: Balanced Lines, Phantom Powering,
Grounding and Other Arcane Mysteries
......................... 45
*NEW! IMPROVED!
PROFESSIONAL FEATURES!
For those of you accustomed to the origi-
nal MS1202, do not be daunted by all the
new or improved features — we added them
just for you! Details of these features are
wedged into the manual with all the other
great stuff.