Controls and Functions

(MONO INPUT CHANNEL CONTINUED)

12 SOLO Switch

When engaged, the yellow LED illuminates, indicating the input channel is assigned to the SOLO bus. The SOLO switch has a “momentary” action that activates a logic control switch. Pressing the switch repeatedly will assign the input channel on or off the SOLO bus. You can use the SOLO LEVEL control to adjust the overall volume to the SOLO Bus.

13 MUTE 3/4 OUTPUT Switch

The 3/4 MUTE switches are used to assign the channels to either the main LEFT and RIGHT MIX bus, or the secondary, 3/4 stereo bus. Any channels that have the 3/4 switch pressed in (the LED is on) will be heard in the 3/4 outputs. If you are mixing in stereo and not connecting anything to the 3/4 outputs, you can use the 3/4 switches as mute switches to turn the channel on or off. In recording appli- cations, you can use 3/4 switches with left and right panning to assign a channel to either the 3 or 4 bus outputs for sending to an input of a recorder. You can also mix the 3/4 bus with the LEFT and RIGHT mix bus by using the 3/4 to MIX switch, located in the master section above the 3 /4 OUTPUTS faders, allowing you to subgroup channels. In this mode, you can assign channels to the 3/4 bus and use the 3/4 OUTPUT faders to sub-mix those channels. More information on the 3/4 to MIX switch can be found later in this manual.

14 FADER

The MDR10’s 60mm input FADER controls the overall channel level. The input FADER features an audio taper and no detents for smooth fades.

STEREO - DUAL/MONO INPUT CHANNEL SECTION

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The MDR10’s input channels seven through ten are STEREO or DUAL MONO. These channels can be used for stereo inputs, and since they have separate faders for left and right, they can be used as dual mono inputs. The equalizers and auxiliary are set up vertically as shown in the following diagram.

The following section details each part of the MDR10’s STEREO/DUAL MONO INPUT CHANNELS including the 2-BAND EQ, AUX sends, PAN and LEVEL controls. The input channels seven through ten on the MDR10 feature high quality, discrete transistor pre-amp providing transparency and extended dynamic range. These inputs feature a “combie” (combination) connector which can accept a standard XLR mic cable for microphone level signals, or a standard 1/4" phone cable, either balanced (TRS – TIP/ RING/SLEEVE) or unbalanced (TS – TIP/SLEEVE) for line level signals.

Channel 7

Channel 9

Channel 8

Channel 10

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