Alesis DEQ830 manual Basic operation Channel Level mode, Basic operation Link mode

3 Basics of Equalization

Copying settings between channels

You can use the Link function while editing to help set up identical curves on multiple channels. But at some point the curves may need to diverge slightly (or significantly). Rather than unlinking the channels and starting all over again, you can use the Curve Bank to “bounce” the settings from one channel to another. Then you can begin diversifying the settings of the channels to match the needs of the incoming audio.

To do this, select the channel from which you wish to copy, and save it in an unused location in the Curve Bank. Then simply select the destination channel and retrieve the curve you just stored.

Basic operation: Channel Level mode

To enter Channel Level mode, just press the [CHANNEL LEVEL] button while you are in Program mode. This allows you to use the [VALUE] encoder to adjust the level of the currently selected channel or Link Group.

The DEQ830 will allow each channel to be boosted up to +12 dB or cut to -12 dB. If you want another 6 dB of gain (for a total of 18 dB), you will find that in the Master Level function in Utility mode. But remember, the settings for Channel Level mode are stored with each program. The settings for the Master Level function are not.

To exit Channel Level mode and return to Program mode, press the [PROGRAM] button.

Basic operation: Link mode

The ability to link channels is a very handy feature. The most common application is in setting up matching EQ curves for stereo instruments or program material, but you may link up to eight channels together if you wish. The first thing to do is decide which channels you would like to link, and then pick one of them to become the “primary” channel. All other channels that you link to the primary channel are known as “non-primary” channels. As soon as they are linked, all non-primary channels will adopt the EQ curve of the primary channel. From that point on, when you make an edit on the primary channel, an identical edit will be made to the audio passing through the non-primary channel as well. This includes changes to the Channel Level setting, also.

To make it happen, hold down the [LINK] button and press the [CHANNEL SELECT] button of the channel(s) you wish to link to the primary channel. You will know the channels are linked when you see more than one channel with a yellow Channel Number LED lit. You can now make an edit to any linked channel and it will affect all linked channels. To unlink a channel, hold [LINK] while pressing the linked channel’s button. Note that the primary channel cannot be unlinked from its Link Group.

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