Mixing Mono Or Stereo; Voice-Overs - Radio Shack 4-Channel Stereo Microphone Mixer Owner's Manual

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Operation
After making all the necessary connections,
follow these steps to operate your mixer.
1. Set
POWER ON/OFF
mixer.
Note: To avoid a possible popping
sound, always turn on the mixer before
you turn on the amplifier.
2. Turn on the output amplifier and leave
its volume set to minimum.
3. Set the selected audio input source's
volume to its minimum setting, turn it on,
and set it to play (or continuously talk
into the microphone).
4. Set the corresponding
,
CHANNEL 2 CHANNEL 3
volume level to about
Notes:
• When mixing more than one audio input
source, set all the volume level controls
of the audio input sources to the same
setting.
• Adjust the mixer's fader controls to get
the best mix. If the overall sound level is
too low with the fader controls at
increase the output amplifier's volume.
5. Adjust the output amplifier's volume
level control to the desired volume.
6. When you are finished mixing, set
to
POWER ON/OFF OFF
output amplifier and all the audio input
sources.

MIXING MONO OR STEREO

When you set the mixer's
switch to :
MONO MONO
6
to to turn on the
ON
To mix mono signals with stereo signals, set
STEREO/MONO
Note: For mono amplifiers (found in some
PA systems), it is best to set
MONO

VOICE-OVERS

,
CHANNEL 1
You can mix an audio input source contain-
, or
CHANNEL 4
ing prerecorded music or special sounds
.
6 – 10
while you talk into a microphone. This lets
you mix your voice with music.
,
10
and turn off the
MODE STEREO/
Operation
• The mixer routes the input signal of any
monaural source connected to only one
of the mixer's line inputs (
to both output channels.
• The mixer changes the stereo input sig-
nals connected to the mixer's line inputs
( and ) to monaural.
LEFT RIGHT
to
STEREO
to .
MONO
1. Set the mixer's fader controls for the
music source you want to mix to the
desired volume level (before you begin
talking).
2. While the music plays, talk into the
microphone and adjust the fader con-
trols for the microphone and music
source so you can hear yourself over
the music.
3. During pauses in speech, return the
music source's fader controls to their
original positions.
4. When you finish speaking, set the micro-
phone's fader control to
source's fader controls to their original
positions.
or )
LEFT RIGHT
.
MODE STEREO/
and the music
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