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M K 8 U S E R M A N U A L PREAMP EQUALIZER VARI-PAN COMP CHORUS PHASER DELAY VOLUME CHORUS RATE FREQ PHASER RATE TAP TEMPO PAN RATE DELAY TIME WAVE PAN DEPTH DELAY MIX -15dB +15dB -15dB +15dB 100 Hz 2.0 kHz...
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Rhodes story. Fast forward to the present time and now you have your very own MK8 in front of you. This is a Myself and the entire Rhodes team wish you a Rhodes in the truest sense of the word, a piano lifetime of enjoyment and boundless creativity we truly hope Harold Rhodes would be proud of.
C H A P T E R 3 Ideal Tine To Pickup Settings Cleaning Your MK8 A LT E R N AT I V E M O D E ( P R E A M P A N D F X M O D E L S )
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Ear Health Warning: When using headphones, high levels of volume can occur at certain settings, resulting in potential hearing damage. Please take care to keep your headphone volume level as low as possible at all times and try to not to use headphones at high monitoring levels for extended periods of time. MK8 User Manual...
1 . R E M O VA B L E B A D G E For sustain mechanism access (Please contact Rhodes support before adjusting). 2 . B U M P E R S For standing the piano on its back.
4 . X L R O U T P U T S Flick this switch to input and take a cable ( B A L A N C E D ) power on your MK8. Please Note: All from your pedal’s output Plug these into any MIC outputs (jacks, XLR’s...
Please refer to the QUICKSTART GUIDE for quick setup instructions, along with the included safety guide. Please Note: The Quickstart Guide and Saftey Guide can both be found in the MK8 shipping box or online in the Rhodes Members Club area of the Rhodesmusic.com website.
P R E A M P S E C T I O N The Rhodes MK8 includes the most advanced analog preamp ever found in a Rhodes piano. Here’s a rundown of each control: V O L U M E Turn this up or down to vary the main output level coming from the jack and XLR outputs.
3KHz for boosting or cutting the high end of the piano by +/-15db. Turn clockwise to boost the highs and anti-clockwise to remove highs for a -15dB +15dB -15dB +15dB 100 Hz 2.0 kHz -15dB +15dB more mellow sound. GAIN FREQ HIGH MK8 User Manual...
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2.0 kHz -15dB +15dB GAIN FREQ HIGH -15dB +15dB -15dB +15dB 100 Hz 2.0 kHz -15dB +15dB GAIN FREQ HIGH T H I N -15dB +15dB -15dB +15dB 100 Hz 2.0 kHz -15dB +15dB GAIN FREQ HIGH MK8 User Manual...
DEPTH CONTROL VA R I - PA N S E C T I O N The Vari-Pan feature (1) is unique to the MK8. It takes the classic Rhodes vibrato/panning and pushes it forward into altogether new sonic territories. The 2 LED’s in the Vari-Pan section show the left (2)
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RATE DEPTH RATE DEPTH T R A N S I S T O R O R G A N - I S H S I N E PA N VARI-PAN VARI-PAN WAVE WAVE RATE DEPTH RATE DEPTH MK8 User Manual...
U S I N G T H E O N B O A R D A N A L O G F X The MK8 FX version contains all the most user-requested classic analog effects including a VCA-based compressor, mono in/stereo out phaser, plus stereo BBD chorus and delay.
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Amount is increased. Ear Health Warning! Please note that when using the compressor gain dial at high levels (along with the envelope control and mid filter gain control), because the compressor comes before the mid filter in the signal chain, the compressor can drive the filter into very high levels of filter resonance and thus, potential hearing damage can occur. Please use this function with caution! MK8 User Manual...
S T E R E O A N A L O G C H O R U S The chorus effect is a classic ‘bucket-brigade’ effect used for thickening /doubling and adding subtle or more aggressive pitch modulation. The analog chorus on the MK8 is a true stereo chorus CHORUS PHASER DELAY with individual chorus circuits for each channel allowing for a much richer, deeper stereo chorus effect.
The analog delay circuit on the MK8 is a true stereo more accurate your tempo will be. delay with individual delay circuits for each channel...
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DELAY M I X This controls the blend of dry unaffected Rhodes TEMPO signal with the wet effected amount. Please Note: Both Time and Mix can be assigned to an expression pedal connected to Control Input 2, See Chapter 4 ‘Control Inputs 1 &...
FX and the front panel brings immediate control to the most intuitive and useful playing controls. However, for those that want to explore the sonic depth of the MK8 further, we have included several “alternative functions” that can be controlled when in “alternative mode”.
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D E L AY J I T T E R A M O U N T : Delay Jitter emulates random shimmering of delays and tape wobble, all the way to radical sample-hold time modulation effects. MK8 User Manual...
C O N N E C T I N G A N D A S S I G N I N G P R E A M P M O D E L ) The MK8 allows 2 expression pedals to be connected simultaneously for hands-free control of preamp or...
C O N T R O L I N P U T 1 F O R V O L U M E / WA H 1. Connect a suitable expression pedal to Control Input 1 found on the right-hand side of the MK8 when DIGITAL CONTROL INPUTS looking from the front.
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F O R VA R I - PA N R AT E A N D D E P T H 1. Connect a suitable expression pedal to Control Input 2 found on the right-hand side of the MK8 when DIGITAL...
PHASER DELAY looking from the front). CHORUS RATE PHASER RATE TAP TEMPO 2. Place your pedal(s) at a suitable position under the MK8. DELAY TIME DELAY MIX 3. To assign Chorus Rate, Phaser Rate or both, simply CONTROL MAKEUP AMOUNT...
P R E A M P C O N T R O L F X C O N T R O L COMP VARI-PAN CHORUS RATE VOLUME PHASER RATE FREQ DELAY TIME PAN RATE WAVE DELAY MIX PAN DEPTH +15dB CONTROL MAKEUP AMOUNT RATE HIGH RATE DEPTH CONTROL MK8 User Manual...
T I N E P I C K U P Your MK8 was expertly set at our factory so we advise not to touch the voicing of the piano. However, if you wish to thicken or thin out a particular note (adding...
2. Check mains plug is plugged fully into the wall outlet. 3. Check mains lead is fully plugged into AC adaptor. 4. Check 4-pin power XLR is plugged fully into the MK8 power input. 5. Check power switch is set to the on position.
PAN RATE DELAY TIME WAVE PAN DEPTH DELAY MIX -15dB +15dB -15dB +15dB 100 Hz 2.0 kHz -15dB +15dB VOLUME ENVELOPE DRIVE GAIN FREQ HIGH RATE DEPTH CONTROL CONTROL MAKEUP AMOUNT RATE DEPTH RATE DEPTH TIME FEEDB MK8 User Manual...
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Please print or photograph this page to note down your favourite MK8 front panel settings 1 ..........
Manual Written: By Dan Goldman Additional Technical Info: Cyril Lance Manual Layout and Illustrations: Paul Kelly Rhodes extends a huge thankyou to all our customers and our manufacturing partners in the UK and worldwide. Please Note: All information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice.
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