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Listening to the VM-7000 (Continued)
We highly recommend using Roland DS-90A or DS-50A digital powered
monitors with the VM-7000, for three reasons. First, these are incredibly
accurate monitors—what you hear is really what you get. Second, they
can be connected to the VM-7000's digital MONITOR OUTs, providing,
for the first time anywhere, the amazing quality of a truly digital
monitoring system. And finally, the VM-7000's exclusive COSM™
speaker modeling algorithms allow the DS-90As and DS-50As to
emulate a wide range of popular speakers so that you can try out your
mixes on a variety of virtual systems to make sure that they'll sound
great wherever they're heard.
Adjust your monitoring level using the knobs in the MONITOR/PHONES
(CONTROL ROOM) area of the console. The DIGITAL (MASTER) knob
is the master level control for the entire monitoring system. If you're
using DS-90As or DS-50As, the DIGITAL (MASTER) knob controls the
listening level. If you're using the analog MONITOR OUTs, the DIGITAL
(MASTER) knob acts as the overall system master—set it to 0 and
adjust your listening level using the LINE OUT LEVEL knob.
If you're using the VM-7000's MONITOR OUTs, you can set up different
preset monitoring configurations that let you change your monitoring
setup with the touch of a button. These presets allow you to turn the
analog and digital monitoring feeds on and off, and to store monitor and
headphone levels. See Page 97 in the VM-C7200/C7100 Owner's
Manual for more information.
You can also set up independent monitor mixes for your performers
using the FLEX BUS OUTs.
IV. Powering Up
It's important to turn on the VM-7000 and the devices you've connected
to it in the proper order to make sure that everything works correctly,
and to safeguard against damaging any of the equipment.
Turn on your equipment in this order. If you're not using a piece of
equipment listed in any of the following steps, just skip the step:
1. Turn on your digital multitrack recorder and any R-BUS devices.
2. Turn on your mixing processor. As the processor powers up, the
CTRL indicator on its front panel blinks. When the process is
complete, the indicator lights solidly green.
3. Turn on the console. After the console has performed its system
diagnosis, a confirmation message appears in the display. Press F2
[START] to execute the console's startup routine. This takes a few
moments to complete.
4. Turn on the rest of the digital equipment you'll be using, including
any DAT or MiniDisk recorders, hard disk recorders, effect boxes or
musical instruments with digital inputs and outputs.
5. Turn on any analog equipment you intend to use, including musical
instruments, sound modules and effect boxes with standard analog
outputs, microphones, CD players, turntables, MiniDisk players and
analog tape recorders.
6. Turn on your speaker amplifiers and your speakers.
Getting Started with the VM-7000
Getting Started with the VM-7000
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