RECORDING

PORTADISC MDP500 MiniDisc Recorder

RECORDING FROM A MICROPHONE

1.Press the INPUT button once to recall ‘SOURCE’ mode in order to select the correct input source settings.

INPUT-L SOURCE INPUT-R

MIC SET MIC

2.Press F1 and F3 to choose ‘MIC’. Then press F2 to confirm.

You can select the input source for both left and right channels individually:

SOURCE mode

Input source setting for left & right

OFF

Input source off

MIC

External microphone

LINE

Line input

DIGITAL

Digital input

INTMIC

Internal microphone

Once your input source is selected as ‘MIC’, the following settings will also be available by scrolling through the INPUT menu pages (by pressing INPUT):

MIC ATTENUATION MODE

In ‘MIC-Att’ mode, you can select the attenuation to be applied to the external microphones. Use this mode when using high output microphones.

1.Press the INPUT button once again to recall ‘MIC-Att’ mode:

INPUT-L MIC-Att INPUT-R

0dB SET 0dB

2.Press F1 and F3 to choose the attenuation from ‘0’, ‘-15dB’, and ‘-30dB’. Then press F2 to confirm.

MIC-Att mode

Attenuation setting

0dB

No attenuation

-15dB

15dB attenuation

-30dB

30dB attenuation

BASSCUT MODE

With this mode you can select the bass roll-off frequency. Use this mode to minimise rumble, wind noise or humming induced by a power source.

1.Press the INPUT button once again to recall ‘BASSCUT’ mode:

INPUT-L BASSCUT INPUT-R

OFF SET OFF

2.Press F1 and F3 to choose the bass cut frequency from ‘OFF’, ‘75Hz’, and ‘150Hz’. Then press F2 to confirm.

BASSCUT mode

Bass cut setting

OFF

Off

75Hz

Attenuate below 75Hz

150Hz

Attenuate below 150Hz

LIMITER MODE

This mode selects the limiter function and automatic gain control. In ‘GANGED’ mode, limiting on either channel will affect the other channel by the same amount, thereby maintaining the stereo image.

1.Press the INPUT button once again to recall ‘LIMITER’ mode:

INPUT-L

LIMITER

INPUT-R

ON

SET

ON

2.Press F1 and F3 to choose the limiter setting from ‘ON’, ‘OFF’, ‘GANGED’, and ‘AGC’. Then press F2 to confirm.

LIMITER mode

Limiter setting

ON

On

OFF

Off

GANGED

Ganged limiter applied

AGC

Automatic gain control (REC

 

LEVEL control is bypassed)

The Automatic Gain Control function automatically sets the record level of an analog input in order to achieve an optimum signal level. In this mode, the record level control is bypassed.

NOTE – If one channel is set to GANGED or AGC, then the other channel is automatically set to the same. If you subsequently decide to set either channel to limiter ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’, you will need to select ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’ for both channels using F1 and F3 before setting this with the F2 button.

PHANTOM MODE

The PORTADISC can supply +48V phantom power to the external microphones.

1. Press the INPUT button once again to recall ‘PHANTOM’ mode:

INPUT-L

PHANTOM

INPUT-R

ON

SET

ON

2. Press F1 and F3 to choose the phantom power setting from ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’. Then press F2 to confirm.

PHANTOM mode

Phantom power setting

ON

On

OFF

Off

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