Rane MM 42 Operator's Manual

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Manual-7MM 42 Welcome PageRANE CORPORATION MM 42PERSONAL MONITOR PROCESSORThe welcome page displays the device name. This is thedefault page on power-up and any time the CANCEL buttonis pressed. The Name Device page of the UTIL menu is usedto enter custom text to suit your liking – “MY GOLDENEARS,” for example. See page Manual-16 for details.Basic Navigation & EditingThe Previous and Next buttons move the cursorthrough each of the parameter fields on a page. Parametervalues are changed by rotating the DATA control.Repeatedly pressing a button cycles through all pagesassociated with a particular function. Each of the fiveParametric EQ filters is a separate page within the EQsection, for example.In most cases parameter changes happen – and are heard– instantly. In the few cases where they are not (when you arefirst prompted to answer a question, for example) the valueflashes until the ENTER button is pressed. Pressing the CANCEL button on a flashing parameter automaticallydiscards that parameter change.Coarse versus Fine Parameter AdjustmentParameters covering a large range – frequencies from 20Hz to 20 kHz, or a Compressor Threshold from 0 dB to -60dB for example – are adjustable in coarse and fine incre-ments. Coarse adjustments help get you “in the ballpark”quickly, and are made by turning the DATA control in itsnormal out position. Fine adjustments allow you to reallyhone in on the parameter of interest (if you prefer the soundof 631 Hz instead of 630 Hz, for example) and are made bypushing in and holding the DATA control while turning it.The steps for coarse adjustment of frequencies follow thesoundperson-friendly, 1/3-octave ISO (International Stan-dards Organization) values you can undoubtedly recite inyour sleep: 40, 50, 63, 80, 100, 125, 160, 200, 250…and soon. The steps for fine value adjustment of frequencies arebroken into three ranges, as follows: g p PH2E2WWW2r sy2 2PH2E2VHH2r I2rIFH2r2E2WFW2r sy2 2I2E2V HFI2rIH2r2E2PH2r sy2 2IH2E2PH I2rIf a frequency is currently set to a non-ISO value, makinga coarse adjustment bumps the frequency to the next ISOcenter. For example, if a frequency is set at the non-ISOvalue of 75 Hz, increasing it by one coarse adjustmentchanges the frequency to the next ISO center of 80 Hz.noitarugifnoCniahCtuptuOretemaraP eulaV noitpircseDEDOMoeretSsretemarap;edomoeretSgnissecorphcaenihtiwyllacitamotuaeranoitces.2+1TUOsadeknilonoM-2;edomonomlauDhcaenihtiwsretemaraperanoitcesgnissecorpsadeknilnuyllacitamotua.2TUOdna1TUOetarapes1TUPTUO A, B, B+A ,C+A , D+A , tupnIynA.ctenoitanibmocro51(stupnIfo)latotsnoitporoftnemngissatupnIsteS.niahclangis1tuptuOeht2TUPTUO roftnemngissatupnIsteS.niahclangis2tuptuOehtBUS roftnemngissatupnIsteS.niahclangistuptuObuSOutput Chain ConfigurationThe MM 42 features four line-level Inputs, labeled Athrough D, which are assignable in any combination to eitheror both of the output signal chains and the SUB Output. Suchan arrangement allows tremendous flexibility in setting upmixes.Press the CONFIG button. The default configuration is:CONFIG | MODE OUTPUT1 OUTPUT2 SUB| STEREO A B A+BThe MODE parameter is highlighted by default. Rotatethe DATA control to select between STEREO and 2-MONO(two independent mono mixes) mode.Assign one of the fifteen (!) input combinations to eachoutput by selecting OUTPUT 1 or OUTPUT 2 and turningthe DATA control to scroll through the various combinations.Repeat the process for the SUB output, if this output is beingused to drive an external subwoofer or bass shaker.