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User Manual
A50-81333-00002
EURODESK SX4882
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EURODESK SX4882 7) Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accor- Important safety instructions dance with the manufacturer’s instructions. 8) Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. 9) Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other. A grounding-type plug has two blades and a third grounding pr
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EURODESK SX4882 11. Impedances and tuning.................................................. 17 Table of contents 12. (Un)balanced lines.......................................................... 17 1. Introduction ......................................................................... 4 1.1 The manual .................................................................. 4 13. Start-up ............................................................................ 18 1.1.1 Nomenclature ...............
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EURODESK SX4882 + Make sure that children cannot play unsupervised with 1. Introduction the unit or its packaging. + Please ensure proper disposal of all packing 1.1 The manual materials. 1.1.1 Nomenclature 1.2.2 Initial operation Most specialist subjects are not really all that difficult provided you understand the language used, and the vocabulary of mixing Ensure adequate air supply and to avoid overheating do not place is pretty straightforward. Nevertheless, it is as well to be clear
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EURODESK SX4882 In remix mode 48 channels are available, all with EQ and access to A-channel, TAPE is offered to B-channel. If TAPE is routed to the aux buses. There are six additional stereo FX returns, to A-channel, INPUT is offered to B-channel. Depressing the giving a grand total of 60 separate line-level inputs: and that’s PAD switch (S1a) lowers an incoming mic signal by -20 dB, if before you even consider using the subgroup insert points to necessary. provide eight more! There are six
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EURODESK SX4882 3.4 Main equalizer Fig. 3.4: Aux sends + For almost all FX SEND purposes, you will want auxes to be post fader, so that when a fader level is adjusted, any reverb send from that channel follows the fader. Otherwise, when the fader is pulled down, the reverb Fig. 3.3: Main equalizer from that channel would still be audible. For CUEing purposes, aux sends will usually be set pre fader, i.e. The main equalizer can be switched (S10) out of circuit for easy independent of the c
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EURODESK SX4882 Fig. 3.6: B-channel 4. Inserts Insert points are useful for adding dynamic processing or equal- ization to a channel, subgroup or the mix. Unlike reverbs, etc., which are usually added to the dry signal, dynamic processing is normally applied across an entire signal. Here, an aux send would be inappropriate. Instead the signal is intercepted somewhere along the channel/subgroup/mix, fed through the dynamics pro- cessor and/or EQ and then returned to the console at the same p
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EURODESK SX4882 + In this arrangement you might find that compression tends to soften the perceived amount of EQ applied. The solution? Apply more EQ. This creates a real “pres- sure” sound, great for high energy music such as dance. (For a more subtle approach, use the desk insert points word for word.) + Using a group insert to effect post EQ processing precludes the use of POSTPROCESSING AUX SENDS without some serious re-patching. 5. Subgroup and direct outputs 5.1 Subgroups The princip
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EURODESK SX4882 after the fader (i.e. post EQ and after the aux sends, see block 6.1.2 Aux returns schematics). This can feed a tape track directly without having to Next to the aux sends are the stereo aux returns (see fig. 6.3). resort to the subgroups, enabling more than eight different tracks to These can be thought of as a dozen extra line inputs configured be recorded simultaneously. Almost alone among the EUROjacks, as six stereo pairs. On these inputs there is up to 20 dB of gain
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EURODESK SX4882 + As always, there are exceptions to the above rule. Some + If MIX-B is assigned to the main mix (S48 DOWN), do not short stereo delay effects (say 30 ms to L, 50 ms to listen to MIX-B (S83) and the main mix (S82) simultane- right) cause a psychoacoustic effect where the earlier ously. That way you’ll be monitoring MIX-B twice over, delay seems louder. A similar effect is noticeable when and what you hear won’t correspond with what’s going harmonizing in stereo: a slight pitch
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EURODESK SX4882 + If you are using the STUDIO output to drive a pair of all which is SOLOed, isn’t. It is PFLed instead. PFL should be used monitors actually in the studio, do not ever leave P82 for gain-setting. (See also the essential section 13 “Start-up”.) turned up during a take. Howls and howlround may well be the result. 6.5.2 SOLO SOLO is short for SOLO IN PLACE, and is the preferred method Lastly, there is a MONO button (S86), useful for checking the phase for auditioning an isolate
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EURODESK SX4882 7. Connections 7.1 Rear panel Expander port bus inputs If you want to add another console to your EURODESK SX4882, the expander port bus inputs give access to all subgroups, auxes and mix busses via an array of 1/4" jacks, situated top left on the Fig. 7.4: Subgroup inserts rear panel. 2-track in/out RCA sockets for use with tape recorders, etc., signal = main mix, wired center post = signal (+ve) and sleeve = ground/screen. Fig. 7.5: 2-track in/out 2-track/external inputs Tw
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EURODESK SX4882 Fig. 7.9: MIX-B operating level switch and phantom power switch Subgroup outputs/tape sends The eight subgroups are each connected to two stereo jack sock- ets, for easy patching into 16 track recording systems (or 24 track, if you use Y-adaptors). Once again, the operating level is switchable between +4 dBu and -10 dBV in two banks of (2x) 4. Fig. 7.10: Subgroup outputs/tape sends and operating level switch Fig. 7.8: A and B-channel input section A-channel line inputs The A-
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EURODESK SX4882 7.2 Connector pinout You will need a lot of cables for a lot of purposes. Here’s how they should look: ¼" mono (TS) plugs You'll need this kind for: = Headphones You'll need this kind for: = Expander Port Bus Inputs = Subgroup Outputs / Tape Sends = Direct Outs = Aux Sends = Control Room Output = Main Mix Out = Mix-B Output = Studio Output = Aux Returns = 2-Track Input You'll need this kind for: = Meter/Analyzer Out = Line In = Inputs-B / Tape Returns ¼" stereo (TRS) plugs Maybe
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EURODESK SX4882 8. The patchfield Nomenclature clarification: = FIELD= entire patching area = BAY= a unit of 48 jack sockets arranged as 24 outs over 24 ins If you really want to make the most of your home studio, invest in a patchfield. We know that you will often put off doing a complex patch if there is no patchfield: 1) because it’s so much bother and 2) in case you inadvertently damage or pull out a lead. 8.1 The normalized bay Most decent jackbays offer two rows of 24 normalized jacks i
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EURODESK SX4882 Rather you should be looking at disconnecting the signal screen sports a 20k bandwidth: surely if 20k is important then so is somewhere. controlling it. OK. You and I will never hear a pure 20k sine tone. However, Rupert Neve, the audiophile Guru, would argue that You could do worse than ensure that all screens are commoned when it comes to real instruments, what happens even above at the patchbay in which case all unearthed equipment would pick 20k may have a perceptible e
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EURODESK SX4882 say, 15 dB of headroom (as is the case with DAT etc.). The PFL/ 12. (Un)balanced lines SOLO meter, on the other hand, looks only at the desk’s analog aux input level, if you hear distortion, but the meter says you’re just Balanced inputs and outputs are offered on most audio connec- hitting 0 dB, then it must be coming from the aux send amp or the tions on the EURODESK SX4882 (inserts and direct outs being FX unit. If PFL on the aux send reveals nothing amiss, turn down the
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EURODESK SX4882 for some pots, e.g. master aux sends, is unity gain. However, some settings, such as selecting PRE or POST for channel aux sends and whether TAPE or MIC/LINE is flipped onto B-channel etc. will depend on the operating environment, whether in a MIDI or A/V suite, 24-track studio or live venue, or even just on the engineer’s preferred way of working. Ultimately, the object of the excercise is: 13.2.2 Multitrack initialization Set up the multitrack so that any track in “record
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EURODESK SX4882 14.1 Sends Fig. 14.4: Subgroup-driven auxless headphones mix Fig. 14.1: Send routing This configuration does not allow for anything coming in on B-channels to be sent to headphones. If you need to do this, S76 In a dance production, effects are often of paramount importance must also be depressed. in creating interesting/evolving sounds, and aux sends are usually + In all cases the WET/DRY balance of the extra vocal all dedicated to this purpose. Also, it is not unusual for
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EURODESK SX4882 The following example covers a rock band with drums, bass, two 14.5 Mixdown guitars, percussionist, brass section, lead and backing vocals. The situation here is no different from record, really, save that the In the real world, you’ll hardly ever be taking all these artists at subgroups may now be routed directly to the main mix (L/R) bus once, but if you are: (S35 to 38) for easier mixing. Remember, you started off with the Chan- tape returns coming up on A-channels 1 to
