Controls At A Glance - Joemeek sixQ2 User Manual

Controls at a Glance

PREAMP
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25
20
18
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dB
INSTR PREAMP
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48V PAD LINE IRON GAIN
48V PHANTOM POWER switch - feeds 48 volts to the
microphone XLR connectors, to power condenser microphones.
PAD switch - selects 20dB attenuation of the Mic (XLR) inputs.
LINE switch - selects the Line and INSTRument (1/4" jack)
inputs and deselects the Mic (XLR) input.
IRON switch - selects transformer coupling of the Line (1/4" jack)
inputs.
Ø switch - reverses the phase of all inputs.
MIC input - low impedance microphone input. Parallels the Rear
Panel MIC socket. Use only one of these two sockets at a time.
INSTRument input - high impedance input. Plugging in here
overrides anything plugged into the Line or Mic inputs.
PREAMP GAIN - sets the amount of audio amplification. Too little
gain and the sound will be too quiet; too much and the signal
could become distorted.
PEAK LED - lights 6dB below clipping.
HPF - "high-pass filter". Mainly for use with microphones, this
helps remove stage rumble, handling noise and "pops".
COMPRESSION METER - 4-Led bargraph indicates the amount
of gain reduction in dB, which is taking place at any given
moment.
COMPRESS - sets the level of signal (or "Threshold") above
which the signal starts to be compressed.
SLOPE - sets the compression ratio applied to signals above
threshold.
ATTACK - sets how quickly the compressor responds to peaks
above threshold.
RELEASE - sets the time taken for the signal to return to its
normal size after compression. In general, the longer the time,
the less obvious the compression.
Rear Panel at a Glance
AC POWER ONLY
VOLTAGE: 115/230 V~
FREQUENCY: 50/60 Hz
POWER: 20 VA
CAUTION
ENSURE CORRECT RATINGS
WHEN REPLACING FUSES.
FUSE RATINGS:
220-240V~: T250L
100-120V~: T500L
DIGITAL INTERFACE - outputs two channel digital audio in
S/PDIF format (optical and RCA phono connectors) and AES3
(XLR connector).
Channel 2 Analog Input - allows an external balanced analogue
audio signal to be fed to (the otherwise unused) digital channel 2.
PEAK
OPTICAL COMPRESSOR
-4 3:1 10 0.3
0
40
-10 2:1 5:1
1
+4
5 50
45 +10 -15
2
50
+oo
60 -20 1:1 10:1 1 100 0.1 3
dBu ms sec
COMPRESS SLOPE ATTACK RELEASE
HPF
DIGITAL INTERFACE
CAUTION
RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE
NE PAS OUVRIR
ENSURE MAINS VOLTAGE AND FUSE RATINGS
ARE CORRECT BEFORE CONNECTING MAINS POWER.
SPDIF
THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED BY THE POWER CORD.
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. OUT OPTICAL OUT
16 8 4 2
MEEQUALIZER
+8 0 1k5
150
200 -3 +3 -3
+12 2k
+5 1k
-6 +6 -6
85
400 3k
+3 +16 -9 +9
4k
50 -12 +12
0 +20 40 650 -15 +15 300 5k -15
dB Hz dB Hz
MAKE UP LF FREQ LF MID FREQ
GAIN ON
MAKE UP GAIN - restores the level of the signal after
compression.
Compressor ON switch - turns the compressor on.
LF - controls the volume of Low Frequencies or "Bass" in the
audio spectrum. 15dB of boost or cut is available at the selected
frequency.
LF FREQ - sets the frequency at which the LF control operates,
anywhere from 40Hz to 650Hz.
MID - controls the Higher Middle frequencies in the audio
spectrum. 15dB of boost or cut is available at the selected
frequency.
MID FREQ - sets the frequency at which the HM control operates,
anywhere from 300Hz to 5kHz.
HF - controls the volume of the High Frequencies or "Treble" in
the audio spectrum. 15dB of boost or cut is available at the
selected frequency.
6kHz switch - sets the frequency at which the HF control
operates: in for 6kHz, out for 12KHz.
EQ ON switch - turns the Meequalizer on.
OUTPUT GAIN - the volume control or "Fader" for the output of
the sixQ .
2
VU METER - 8-Led bargraph shows Output signal level or
Preamp signal level depending on the setting of the 'PRE' switch.
PEAK FSD LED - lights 6dB below clipping. "FSD" means "Full
Scale Digital" and this LED also warns you if the Digital Interface
is about to be overloaded.
sixQ STUDIO CHANNEL
2
48k x2
44.1k x1
J O E M E E K
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SAMPLE CHANNEL 2 DESIGNED IN THE UK FOR PMI AUDIO
FREQUENCY ANALOG INPUT MADE IN CHINA
+4dBu/-10dBv switch - selects the operating level of the 1/4"
jack output, either to the professional standard of +4dBu, or to
-10dBv which may be more suitable for hi-fi amplifiers and some
computer sound cards.
6
ON -24 -15 -9 -4 0
OUTPUT
0 0 -6
+3 -3 +3
-10
0
+6 -6 +6 -15
+4
J O E M E E K
+9 -9 +9 -20
-30
-oo
+15 -15 +15 +10
dB dB dB
MID HF (12kHz) GAIN
6kHz ON METER PRE
+4dBu
-10dBV
OUTPUT +4dBu OUTPUT INSERT LINE INPUT
+4 +8 +12
PEAK FSD
STUDIO
CHANNEL
EN55103
EN60065
MIC INPUT