Quick Start - Rane AM1 Operator's Manual

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QUICK START

If you're setting up the AM1 automixer, but your life depends
on getting back to Twitter® feeds and Facebook® posts, then this
Quick Start is for you. It's intended to get your audio working
quickly in slightly more than 140 characters.
Plug microphones into the Mic Inputs using standard XLR
mic cables. Condenser mics need the MIC +48V switch posi-
tion. Use the MIC +0V middle position for dynamic mics. Use
the WIRELSS MIC position when a wireless receiver output is
connected.
When using the USB Charge-Only port, connect charg-
ing MP3 player audio into AUX 1 or AUX 2. Other line-level
sources (e.g., DVD/CD) may also use AUX 1 or AUX 2. Use the
USB Charge-Only port for keeping the iPod's battery charged
during playback.
Connect the Main Output XLR to your amplifier or powered
loudspeaker and select the LINE switch position. If the Main
Output feeds a microphone input, select the MIC position.
Connect the computer's USB port to the USB Audio jack.
Once the Windows® or Apple® operating system recognizes the
AM1 as a stereo I/O device, the rear green USB light illuminates.
Start with all the front panel gray knobs turned all the way
down – fully counterclockwise. One at a time for each mic, talk
very loudly with a microphone at an appropriate distance for the
application and adjust the corresponding front panel LEVEL
control so only the loudest speech just barely flickers the red
overload (OL) indicators. Once the input gains are set, the AM1
automatically controls the mic mix to avoid feedback. (You won't
need to ride these controls.)
Sources with output volume controls (e.g., iPods) need to be
turned up most of the way to get the hottest signal, but without
making the AM1 overload lights flash.
WEAR PARTS: This product contains no wear parts.
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Play audio from your computer's audio software application
and select the Rane AM1 as the playback and/or recording de-
vice (See USB Audio later in this Manual). If the software offers
playback volume, turn it up all the way.
Turn on the amplifier/loudspeaker and turn it up about
half way. Also turn the AM1 OUTPUT gray knob up until the
volume is appropriate for your application. Use the four gray Mix
knobs to adjust the relative volume of the sources.
If the system feeds back (that horrible squeal), something is
turned up too much. First try moving the mics farther from the
loudspeaker and/or pointing the mics and loudspeakers away
from each other. If this does not reduce feedback, don't reach for
the black Mic Input knobs, instead turn down the gray Mic Mix
knob. While turning down the output or amplifier may help,
this also turns down the iPod, CD or USB Audio, only hiding
the feedback problem.
If your system uses the AM1's rear panel RAD Port, connect
a shielded CAT 5e cable (or better) from the AM1 to either the
wall plate RJ-45, or to a Rane HAL, EXP or Mongoose RAD
port. See the Rane RADX product for useful RJ-45 wall plates.
When cascading one or more AM2 automixers into the
AM1, be certain each Cascade In connection feeds a Cascade
Out. In a cascaded chain, the AM1 must be the last device
before the analog audio connection to the amplifiers, powered
loudspeaker, or the digital RAD connection to a Rane HAL,
EXP or Mongoose RAD port. Only one AM1 can be included in
a cascaded system of AM1s and AM2s. And only the AM2 can
be cascaded into Halogen's Gain-Sharing Auto Mixer and Room
Combine Processor DSP blocks.
Now you can tweet that your AM1 is working fine.
AUTOMATIC MIXER
PHONES
OUTPUT SOURCE
AUX 2
AUX 1 USB
MICS OUTPUT
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AM1
AM1
AUTOMIXER
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