Yorkville Sound YS1011 Input Channel Features, Channel Overload Protection, Insert Jacks

Tip: SEND

Ring: RETURN

Tip: SEND

Ring: RETURN

Tip: SEND

Ring: RETURN

Tip: SEND

Ring: RETURN

Tip: SEND

Ring: RETURN

Tip: SEND

Ring: RETURN

Insert

Insert

Insert

Insert

Insert

Insert

Mic

Mic

Mic

Mic

Mic

Mic

Bal

Line

Bal

Line

Bal

Line

Bal

Line

Bal

Line

Bal

Line

12

11

9

8

10

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Input Channel Features

1. Channel Overload Protection

Mono input channels 1 to	1	2	3	4	5	6
6 in the PowerMAX 16 (1
to 12 in the PowerMAX	Bal	Bal	Bal	Bal	Bal	Bal
22) feature Channel	Line	Line	Line	Line	Line	Line
Overload Protection - a
sonically transparent lim-
iting function suitable for
percussive sources such as	Mic	Mic	Mic	Mic	Mic	Mic
bass guitar (either direct,
mic'ed or a direct line	Channel 1 - 6 Overload Protection
from the amplifier), pop-					Defeat
prone and feedback prone	Protect	Protect	Protect	Protect	Protect	Protect
microphones. (e.g. kick-

drum, flat top guitar, and other troublesome sources).

Each channel features a Protect LED to indicate when the overload protection is working. A single Defeat switch activates this feature on a group of six channels simultaneously.

2. Insert Jacks

The mono channels with- out Channel Overload Protection feature Insert jacks. These are 1/4-inch

Tip-Ring-Sleeve (TRS) con- nectors, which combine send and return functions for patching outboard sig- nal processing directly into a channel. A suitable patch cable for this function (e.g. Yorkville model PC-6iSPH) would consist of a single

TRS (stereo) 1/4-inch plug and two lengths of shielded cable with a common ground branching to two regular (mono) 1/4-inch plugs. The TRS wiring is tip/send, ring/return and sleeve/ground. Since the PC-6iSPH comes with the leads marked Tip and Ring, con- nect the Tip plug to the input of the signal processor (EQ, compressor, echo, etc.); con- nect the Ring plug to the processor’s output. The TRS plug would go into the Insert jack. The send function is post-Gain and post-HPF (high-pass-filter).

Alternately, the Insert jack may be used to send an audio signal from that channel to a powered monitor (some people want to hear only themselves). Simply use an unbal- anced shielded patch cable – in this one case, a balanced cable will not work. Be sure to Insert the plug only to the first “click” when using the Insert as a channel send, oth- erwise the signal will be interrupted and the channel will not work. If this happens, you have Inserted the plug too far. Simply pull the plug out gently to the first stop.

3. Mic Inputs

The PowerMAX active input circuitry will accept microphones with impedances ranging from 50 ohms through 10,000* ohms. All low impedance microphones are compatible. Phantom power (covered in the section 4, Phantom Power Switch and LED, below) is available on all Mic inputs when activated. This feature is meant for condenser micro- phones but dynamic microphones may also be connected with no ill effects.

*Although it would be customary to plug high impedance microphones into the Bal Line jacks, most of them will also work in the Mic inputs, provided the microphone’s built-in XLR connections are pin 1 and pin 2 and pin 3 is connected to pin 1.

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