Input Channels; Master Section - Montarbo Five-O REBEL Owner's Manual

Input cHannELs

1 Mic/Line input connector
Input channels 1-2 feature an unbalanced 6.35mm (¼") connector, while input channels 3-4 feature a balanced COMBO connector.
Please note that you can connect any level signal to unbalanced 6.35mm connector, while the XLR section of COMBO connector could
be used for microphone signal only.
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GAIN knob
Use the GAIN control to adjust the input gain to obtain a good signal-to-noise ratio, while avoiding input distortion. In order to avoid
unpleasant noise to your sound system, this control should always be turned fully counter-clockwise when connecting or disconnecting
a signal source to the input.
3
Peak LED
This LED warns you when the GAIN is set too high; in this case slightly turn counter-clockwise the GAIN to reduce input signal distortion.
The best GAIN setting is when the LED flashes on musical peaks only.
Eq section knob
4
All input channels feature a 3-band equalizer; all bands provide boost or cut of up to 15 dB. In knob central position, the equalizer
is inactive. All the channels have 12kHz HIGH "shelving" and 80Hz LOW "shelving" controls. Shelving means that the circuit boosts
or cuts all the frequencies starting from the tuning frequency. HIGH frequency control affects most instruments higher harmonics and
transients. LOW frequency control affects kick drum, bass guitar and lower octaves of piano and synths. The 2.5kHz MID is a "peaking"
control. Peaking means that the circuit boosts or cuts shaping an hill around that frequency. MID eq affects the higher frequencies of
most musical instruments and most singers voice. To obtain a good vocal result, try even to cut other channel(s) mid.
5 EFF send knob
The EFF SEND knob enables you to feed signals, through each channel knob, to the internal EFF (effect) device. EFF send is configured
post-fader, i.e. the amount of each channel send is determined by each channel EFF send as well as from each channel VOL knob setting.
VOL knob
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The VOL knob determines the level of the channel signal in the main mix. As stated before, VOL setting affects even EFF send level.

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MP3 VOL knob
7
This knob adjusts the volume of MP3 player section, described in 1.3 MP3 PLAYER section.
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AUX OUT VOL knob
This knob adjust overall level of signal(s) sent to AUX OUT 6.35mm (¼") connector. Please note that AUX signal is identical to MASTER
signal, therefore this knob is useful to send the overall REBEL sound to monitoring devices (wedge monitors, headphones, etc.) or to a
different sound system for further zone diffusion.
9 EFF VOL knob
This knob adjust overall level of signal(s) sent to internal EFF section. The signal comes from each channel EFF send knob, which depends
also on each channel VOL knob setting. Please see the related description in input channel section.
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EFF SELECT switch
This switch selects between Reverb and Chorus, allowing you to choose the appropriate effect for each song. Reverb reproduces a
collection of reflected echoes from an environment; reverb is ideal for the singers and most instruments. Chorus creates "copies" of the
original sound slightly modified in timbre and in pitch; Chorus is ideal to "fatten" a voice or to enliven a guitar.
MASTER knob
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The MASTER knob adjusts the overall volume of your REBEL. This control determines even the level to PHONES output. In order to avoid unpleasant
and dangerous noises to your sound system, this control should always be turned fully counter-clockwise when turning on and off your REBEL.
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