Rane AM1 Operator's Manual

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Manual-1AM1AUTOMATIC MIXEROPERATORS MANUALWEAR PARTS: This product contains no wear parts.QUICK STARTIf you’re setting up the AM1 automixer, but your life dependson getting back to Twitter® feeds and Facebook® posts, then thisQuick Start is for you. It’s intended to get your audio workingquickly in slightly more than 140 characters.Plug microphones into the Mic Inputs using standard XLRmic cables. Condenser mics need the MIC +48V switch posi-tion. Use the MIC +0V middle position for dynamic mics. Usethe WIRELSS MIC position when a wireless receiver output isconnected.When using the USB Charge-Only port, connect charg-ing MP3 player audio into AUX 1 or AUX 2. Other line-levelsources (e.g., DVD/CD) may also use AUX 1 or AUX 2. Use theUSB Charge-Only port for keeping the iPod’s battery chargedduring playback.Connect the Main Output XLR to your amplifier or poweredloudspeaker and select the LINE switch position. If the MainOutput 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 theAM1 as a stereo I/O device, the rear green USB light illuminates.Start with all the front panel gray knobs turned all the waydown – fully counterclockwise. One at a time for each mic, talkvery loudly with a microphone at an appropriate distance for theapplication and adjust the corresponding front panel LEVELcontrol so only the loudest speech just barely flickers the redoverload (OL) indicators. Once the input gains are set, the AM1automatically controls the mic mix to avoid feedback. (You won’tneed to ride these controls.)Sources with output volume controls (e.g., iPods) need to beturned up most of the way to get the hottest signal, but withoutmaking the AM1 overload lights flash.AM1AUTOMIXERPOWERLOCATEPHONESMIXSIGOLSIGOLLEVELSIGOL LEVELSIGOL LEVELMIC MIXSIGOL LEVELAUX 1SIGOL LEVELAUX 2SIGOL LEVELUSBSIGOL LEVELOUTPUTSIGOL LEVELAUX 2AUX 1USBMICSOUTPUTSOURCELEVELLEVELMIC INPUTS1234Play audio from your computer’s audio software applicationand select the Rane AM1 as the playback and/or recording de-vice (See USB Audio later in this Manual). If the software offersplayback volume, turn it up all the way.Turn on the amplifier/loudspeaker and turn it up abouthalf way. Also turn the AM1 OUTPUT gray knob up until thevolume is appropriate for your application. Use the four gray Mixknobs to adjust the relative volume of the sources.If the system feeds back (that horrible squeal), something isturned up too much. First try moving the mics farther from theloudspeaker and/or pointing the mics and loudspeakers awayfrom each other. If this does not reduce feedback, don’t reach forthe black Mic Input knobs, instead turn down the gray Mic Mixknob. While turning down the output or amplifier may help,this also turns down the iPod, CD or USB Audio, only hidingthe feedback problem.If your system uses the AM1’s rear panel RAD Port, connecta shielded CAT 5e cable (or better) from the AM1 to either thewall plate RJ-45, or to a Rane HAL, EXP or Mongoose RADport. See the Rane RADX product for useful RJ-45 wall plates.When cascading one or more AM2 automixers into theAM1, be certain each Cascade In connection feeds a CascadeOut. In a cascaded chain, the AM1 must be the last devicebefore the analog audio connection to the amplifiers, poweredloudspeaker, or the digital RAD connection to a Rane HAL,EXP or Mongoose RAD port. Only one AM1 can be included ina cascaded system of AM1s and AM2s. And only the AM2 canbe cascaded into Halogen’s Gain-Sharing Auto Mixer and RoomCombine Processor DSP blocks.Now you can tweet that your AM1 is working fine.