
Quick Ref
e
re
nc
e:
896mk3 F
ron
t P
a
nel
Pu
sh the CHANNEL k
nob
re
pea
tedly t
o c
ycle among
the four main sec
tions of
the mix
er
: mix busses
,
inputs
, outputs and the
re
ve
rb
m
od
ul
e.
Pu
sh
th
e
PA
RAM knob t
o en
te
r the
SETUP menu
, which
pr
ovides global 896mk3
settings
, such as the global
sample r
at
e,
et
c.
Th
e phone jack labeled (MAIN OUT
) is a
standar
d quar
te
r-inch st
er
eo headphone jack.
Its output is har
d-wir
ed t
o mirr
or the XLR main
outs on the r
ear panel.
F
rom the fac
tor
y, the
MASTER
VO
L knob abo
ve
it c
on
tr
ols the main
outs and this jack,
but MASTER
VO
L can be
pr
ogr
ammed t
o c
on
tr
ol an
y c
ombina
tion of
outputs.
S
ee “
The Monit
or Gr
oup
” on page 97
for details.
P
ush the knob onc
e t
o view the
curr
en
t v
olume setting in the L
CD displa
y;
push
it again t
o mut
e the monit
or gr
oup;
push a
thir
d time t
o r
eturn t
o the pr
evious
volume
.Not
e:
if the Monit
or gr
oup is
pr
ogr
ammed t
o not include the main outs
, the
MASTER
VO
L knob will no longer c
on
tr
ol the
volume of this phone jack,
either
.
Th
ese t
oggle swit
ches pr
ovide
phan
to
m po
w
er for a c
ondenser mic
plugged in
to
this input and a -20dB
pad
. F
or 48V po
w
er
, up is on.
To
engage
the pad
, flip the P
AD swit
ch up
.
Th
ese 10-segmen
t lev
el met
ers ar
e dedica
te
d t
o the 896mk3’
s
eigh
t analog inputs
. T
he t
op r
ed
‘HOLD’
LED illumina
te
s when the
signal r
eaches full scale—for ev
en just one sample—and r
emains
illumina
te
d un
til y
ou clear it in the soft
w
ar
e.
T
he
‘C
LIP
’ LED belo
w
only ligh
ts up momen
tarily so tha
t y
ou can c
on
tinue t
o adjust le
ve
l
ev
en aft
er clipping has just occurr
ed
. T
he r
emaining LEDs pr
ovide
tw
o differ
en
t scales for oper
at
ion with or without
V-Limit™,
which
pr
ovides har
dw
ar
e limiting and clip pr
ev
en
tion for signal le
ve
ls as
high as +12dB o
ver z
er
o.
W
ithout
V-Limit
, the LED scale goes up t
o
-1 dB and clips a
t z
er
o.
W
ith
V-Limit
, the LED scale goes up t
o
+12 dB and clips when the input signal goes o
ver + 12 dB
.
Th
e CL
OCK LEDs indica
te
the global sample r
at
e a
t which the
MO
TU 896mk3 is oper
at
ing
. U
se MO
TU A
udio S
etup t
o set the
sample r
at
e or t
o choose an e
xt
ernal clock sour
ce
, fr
om which the
sample r
at
e will be set
. W
hen no sample clock is curr
en
tly
pr
esen
t, these ligh
ts flash.
F
or e
xample
, if y
ou
’v
e set the MO
TU
896mk3 t
o sla
ve t
o an e
xt
ernal clock,
such as ADA
T, but ther
e is no
clock signal curr
en
tly being det
ec
ted
, these ligh
ts will flash.
Fi
re
W
ire
is a
“p
lug-and-pla
y”
pr
ot
o-
col.
T
ha
t means tha
t y
ou can turn off
the MO
TU 896mk3 and turn it back
on (or ev
en unplug it) without
re
star
ting y
our c
omput
er
. K
eep in
mind
, ho
w
ev
er
, tha
t if y
ou wish t
o
change the MO
TU 896mk3’
s settings
in MO
TU A
udio S
etup
, the MO
TU
896mk3 needs t
o be plugged in and
swit
ched on.
Th
ese eigh
t trim knobs pr
ovide
ov
er +60 dB of pr
eamp gain
adjustmen
t for each analog
input (not including the pad).
Tr
im applies t
o either the XLR
mic input or the quar
te
r-inch
TRS input
.
U
se this knob t
o choose which
audio bank y
ou ar
e viewing with
the pr
ogr
ammable met
ers abo
ve
.
Co
nnec
t a standar
d foot swit
ch her
e for
hands-fr
ee punch-in and punch-out
during r
ec
or
ding
. F
or details about ho
w
to
set this up
, see “Enable P
edal”
on
page 41.
Th
is bank of le
ve
l met
ers can be pr
ogr
ammed t
o
displa
y an
y input or output bank:
analog
, optical
(ADA
T or
TO
SLINK),
or
“d
igital”
(AES/EBU and S/PDIF).
U
se MO
TU A
udio S
etup or the METERS k
nob belo
w t
o
choose which bank y
ou
’d lik
e t
o view with these
met
ers.
T
he LEDs t
o the righ
t sho
w
which bank y
ou
ar
e curr
en
tly monit
oring
.
Th
e ligh
t tha
t is illumina
te
d her
e
te
lls y
ou which bank y
ou ar
e
monit
oring with the pr
ogr
am-
mable met
er bank t
o the left.
Th
ese met
ers displa
y
the lev
el for the
896mk3’
s main outs
.
Th
is sec
tion c
on
tr
ols the 896mk3’
s built-in C
ueMix FX mix
er and effec
ts.
T
her
e ar
e eigh
t
st
er
eo mix busses:
each bus mix
es all inputs (or an
y subset y
ou wish) t
o a st
er
eo output of
yo
ur choic
e.
Yo
u can apply EQ and c
ompr
ession t
o inputs and outputs
, plus r
ev
erb t
o ins
, outs
and mix
es.
T
he four knobs belo
w the L
CD c
orr
espond dir
ec
tly t
o the four labeled sec
tions of
the L
CD
. U
se the CHANNEL k
nob t
o choose the input
, output or mix y
ou wish t
o edit.
P
ush it
to
swit
ch among inputs
, outputs and busses
, then turn it t
o choose the desir
ed channel or
bus.
U
se the P
AGE
, P
AR
AM and
VA
LU
E knobs t
o acc
ess the settings f
or the chosen channel.
Fr
om the fac
tor
y, the
PHONES jack is a
discr
et
e output (a
t
44.1/48 kHz),
but it
can mirr
or an
y other
output pair (digital or
analog).
F
or e
xample
,
at
88.2/96 kHz,
it
defaults t
o mirr
oring
the main outs
. As the
primar
y phone jack,
it
has its o
w
n dedica
te
d
volume knob
.
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