Peavey XR 8600, XR 8300 manual Master Section, Mute, EFX Select, EFX Defeat, EFX Input Clip LED

Front Panel

MASTER SECTION

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15MUTE 1-8

Muting channels 1-8 is a great feature that allows you to take a break‚ by muting channels 1–8 without changing the mic level settings. Use channel 9/10 for your break music. Just remember, unmute before beginning your performance.

16EFX SELECT

This rotary switch selects one of sixteen available effects. See the table below.

EFFECT	DESCRIPTION	APPLICATION	PARAMETER
Hall Rev	Medium Concert Hall	Ensemble	Rev Time
Large Hall Rev	Larger Concert Hall Darker	Gen Reverb	Rev Time
Room 1 Rev	Intimate Room Bright	Pop Vocal	Rev Time
Room 2 Rev	Larger Room Darker	Drums, Rhythm	Rev Time
Plate 1 Rev	Bright	Pop Vocal	Rev Time
Plate 2 Rev	Darker	Drums	Rev Time
Cathedral	Large Space, Long and Darker	Choir	Rev Time
Spring	Classic Spring	Guitar	Rev Time
Delay 1	Single Delay (Slap-back)	Voc/Inst	Dly Time
Delay 2	Warm Delay with Repeats	Instruments	Dly Time
Delay 3	Dark Delay with Repeats	Instruments	Dly Time
Tape Delay	Warm Delay	Instruments	Dly Time/Feedback
Doubler	Single Delay, 30 - 120 ms	Instruments	Dly Time
Shimmer	Warm Delay with Modulation	Instruments	Dly Time
Vocal Enhancement 1	Brightens and adds Room Reverb	Vocals	Rev Level
Vocal Enhancement 2	Brightens and adds Spring Reverb	Vocals	Rev Level

17EFX DEFEAT

Depressing this button defeats the Effects. The Effects may also be defeated via the footswitch input (29).

18EFX INPUT CLIP LED

This red LED illuminates to indicate 6 dB of headroom before the signals being sent to the effects circuit are clipped. Ideally‚ you want this LED to light only occasionally. An occasional blink indicates that your levels are set optimally.

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