Roland VM-7000 Getting Started page 17

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Channel 1's
meter
Preamp gain
knob
Preamp
gain level
Phantom power switch
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Getting the First Signal (Continued)
The display shows you the preamp gain and phantom power
Channel 2's
meter
settings for all of your input channels, and provides a preamp level
meter for each pair of channels.
6. Input some signal to the mic—speak into the mic or make some
other sort of noise.
7. The first fader controls the preamp gain setting for Input Channel 1,
so move the fader forward/upward until its meter shows a level that's
as close to 0 as possible without triggering the OVER indicator. The
OVER indicator is a dark oval that appears next to the word "OVER,"
just above the channel's meter. It signifies that the channel's signal
has reached a level where it will clip. With the factory settings, the
indicator remains lit for about three seconds each time it lights.
If you've purchased and installed an MB-24 Level Meter Bridge, you can
also see your input level on the meter bridge.
8. Press the AUDIO MODE button if it's not already lit. After
initialization, all of the mixer's channels are set to send their signal
into the main mix so, as you see, all of their (AUDIO) STATUS
buttons are lit green.
9. Press the (AUDIO) STATUS buttons for Channels 2 and up to turn
them off. We only want the signal from Input Channel 1—the one
we're working with—to be fed into the main mix.
10. Press the CH LEVEL PARAM VIEW on Fader button. The channel
faders now control the levels of signal fed into the main mix from
any channel whose STATUS button is currently lit green. In our
case, that's Channel 1 only. Fader 1 moves all the way back down,
and the INPUT CH LEV/PAN screen appears.
Channel 1
The selection box is not shown in the illustration above since it has no
significance when adjusting levels using the PARAM VIEW on Fader
feature.
The input CH LEVEL/PAN screen provides a pan control knob, fader
and meter for each channel. It also offers a MAIN pan knob, fader
and meter for the main stereo mix—on the meter bridge, this meter
is labeled "MASTER." When you move the console's real faders in
the following steps, the displayed fader and knob positions will
reflect the changes you make.
11. Use the MASTER fader to set the MAIN level to 100.
In a real-world situation—after hitting the CH LEVEL PARAM VIEW on
Fader button—you can move the MASTER fader to adjust the overall
level of the main mix when it's too quiet or loud.
Getting Started with the VM-7000
Getting Started with the VM-7000
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MASTER fader
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