![]() Most of theEQ controls on a mixing console are either three or four band. There might be a specificsequence required regarding which block of the power amplifiers isswitched on first and which one last.6.8 Fine adjustmentsOnce you have the music running, you’ll want to fine tune the sound.The tools that are on the console are more extended than those on astandard stereo set. It’s best ifthe PA engineer switches these on. At that moment you should see level reactions on your main meters.If at this point there is still no sound coming out of the mainspeakers the amplifiers are probably muted. If the meter still shows no output and / or you hear no sound, check if the channel is active (‘on’), no switch called ‘mute’ is engaged and, if there are sub-mix channels, that on the channel that you use for play-back the switch ‘mix’ or ‘L/R’ is engaged.Then check if the master fader is open.First deselect the solo / PFL switch so that the meters will show the actual output of the console.If not, there will be acouple of things to check.6.7 ¡Caution!With the following actions you should keep the channel fader downand after every change you can slide it up for a moment to check ifthe sound can be heard. Another approach is to temporarily try another channel.In other words, work methodically to discover whether a signal isbeing generated and if so, where it is getting blocked on its path toyour mixer’s master section.Once you have set the level you can slowly slide the fader up andlisten for the signal coming out of the speakers. You can also plug another soundsource into the channel you are trying to use and see if that gets aresult. It may be on‘pause’, not have a disc in, etc. ![]() ![]() If you can’t getany reading at all on the meter, check your connections and thencheck that the sound source really is generating a signal (by looking atit, plugging some headphones into it directly etc.). The best is touse a recording that is loud and adjust your gain to this recording.Use a recording you know well and which has both low, middle andhigh frequencies.Once set this setting shouldn’t be changed anymore. ![]()
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