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Front Panel Controls - Application
4. FRONT PANEL CONTROLS & INDICATORS
4.1 Independent (8x) rotary volume attenuation controls
8 x rotary volume attenuator knobs are provided for independent volume attenuation
of the corresponding channel input signal. They allow precise level adjustments within
1dB from 0 to -40dB.
4.2 Independent (8x) led enabled mute switches
8 x led enabled mute switches are provided for independent channel muting of the cor-
responding channel input signal. When depressed, the switch will illuminate to indicate
channel mute status as ‘on/muted’. This is handy for the simple visual recognition of
the PM8’s channel mute status.
* If using the PM8 without mains power connected (ie, you are using the ‘Passive Outputs’ only –
without the +24dB ‘make-up’ gain stage ouputs), the led enabled mute switched will continue to
function but will NOT illuminate when enabled.
4.3 Independent (8x) rotary pan controls
8 x rotary pan control knobs are provided for stereo positioning of the audio during the summing pro-
cess. Simply rotate the knob to the left or right position while monitoring the stereo outputs as desired.
4.4 Master 1 & 2 volume attenuator controls
Master 1 volume attenuator control
The Master 1 volume attenuator provided volume attenuation to the stereo
summed signal appearing at
both the Master 1 and Passive outputs.
It
offers precise level adjustments within 1dB from 0 to -40dB.
Master 2 volume attenuator control
The Master 2 volume attenuator provided volume attenuation to the stereo
summed signal appearing at the Master 2 output. It offers precise level
adjustments within 1dB from 0 to -40dB.
5. APPLICATION
5.1 General use of the PM8
Make the necessary input connections
The PM8 is designed to mix the outputs of up to eight channels of audio signal from your DAW
(digital audio workstation). Two choices of inputs are available on the PM8. You can either use
XLR or TRS standard cables to connect each channel individually to the PM8’s combo inputs,
or if you have a compatible Tascam or Digidesign configured multi-pin output device you can
connect eight (8) source signals directly to the ‘Input Link’ 25 pin D-sub connector.
Make the necessary output connections
- Master 1 - We recommend connecting the ‘Master 1’ output pair to your preferred 2-track mix-
down device (DAT machine, back into 2 channels of your DAW, analog recorder, external con-
verters, etc). The Master 1 output pairs is perfect for this function as it features an in24dB
make-up gain stage to compensate for the dB loss during the attenuation and summing process.
- Master 2 - We recommend connecting the ‘Master 2’ output pair to your analog monitoring device
(mixer, active monitors, etc). The Master 2 output pairs is perfect for this function as it features an
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