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2、收音机爱 好者资料库 23-4 1994,1999 Mackie Designs Inc. All rights reserved METER BRIDGES 4. Locate and identify the hard- ware that came with your Meter Bridge: I I a. Two (2) slotted screws; I I b. Two (2) collar pieces (Note that there is a small pin protruding from the bottom of each collar piece); I I c.

3、 Two (2) Allen head screws; I I d. Two (2) lockwashers; I I e. One (1) allen wrench. 5. Remove the plastic caps that cover the Meter Bridge mounting holes on each side of the Console (Draw- ing A). Feed them to your boa. 6. Align the Meter Bridge with the Console (B) and lower it into place. Tilt th

4、e Meter Bridge back until it is at rest against the Console chassis (or your tangle of patchcords). Make sure that the meter bridges mounting holes line up MB16 MB24 MB32 MBE A Congratulations on adding a Meter Bridge to your Mackie Designs 8Bus Console. Installation is very straightfor- ward and sh

5、ould take just a few minutes. The only reason weve included so many step-by-step drawings is because our art department wanted something to do on a rainy day1. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 1. Locate the warranty card and fill it out. If you bought your Meter Bridge at the same time you pur- chased an 8

6、Bus series console, you dont need to answer all the ques- tions on the card that came with the Meter Bridge. Just fill in the model number of the Meter Bridge, serial number, purchase date and dealer, and your name and address. 2. Make sure that your 8Bus Console power supply is turned off. 3. Remov

7、e the Meter Bridge from its plastic bag. Save the bag. Its handy for wrapping boa constrictors or moray eels before popping them in your freezer. Also, save the box. B MB32/MB24/MB16/MBE 8BUS METER BRIDGES 1And, since every day except four or five in August are rainy up here in the Northwest Rainfor

8、est, they had time to do quite a nice job. . with the consoles mounting holes. 7. Hand-insert one collar piece into each side, with the “teeth” pointing out (C). Occasionally, the end caps of the Console will try to interfere with this step. Dont get upset. Simply loosen the CONSOLE end cap screws,

9、install the collar and then re- tighten the screws. 8. Turn the collars by hand until you feel the pin seat itself (it will stop turning). 9. Slide one lockwasher onto each allen-head screw. 10. Secure the collars by inserting an Allen- head screw on each side (C). Take care not to cross-thread the

10、screws or strip the screwheads. Tighten the Allen screws securely. 11. Using a hefty screw driver, install a flush screw almost all the way into each side (Drawing D at right). 12. Raise the Meter Bridge as far forward as it will go. 13. On the Console, locate the rubber plugs that cover the Meter B

11、ridge ribbon cable MB16 Meter Bridge MBE Meter Bridge MB24 Meter Bridge MB32 Meter Bridge C D E sockets. The 328 has five; the 248 has four; the 168 and MBE each have three (see epic MondoDrawing E at the top). 14. Remove the rubber plugs and feed them to the afore-mentioned boa constrictor. 13. Mak

12、ing sure that the plug and socket are aligned, firmly insert each ribbon cable into its corresponding socket in the Console (F). Take care to make sure that the cable is not twisted 180 (sounds insulting to caution you against something like this, but weve seen it done.) Unless your fingers are micr

13、ominiature, youll probably need to use the eraser end of a pencil to press down on the plug and make sure that it is fully seated (G). 16. Slide the new improved, slotted rubber plugs (that are pre-attached to the ribbon cables) down until they fit snugly into the rectangular Console holes (Drawing

14、H). 17. Adjust the Meter Bridge to the desired angle and tighten the screws. 18. Make yourself a sandwich. Wash hands before returning to work. pin down Bridge activity on Channel 1. Whoop with unbridled joy. 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each channel of the Console. Youll probably want to stop whoopi

15、ng after about the sixth or seventh channel. 6. Assign the last channel you tested to the L/R MIX. Turn up the L/R MIX fader. Engage the L/R switch in the MONITOR section of the Console. 7. Confirm meter activity on both the Meter Bridge VU meters and the consoles L/R MAIN LED meters. Pan the channe

16、l left and right to confirm that all meters understand this sort of thing. A SHORT TEST-DRIVE The point of this exercise is to make sure that all the Meter Bridge channels (and all the LEDs on each channel) work properly. Better now than later. 1. Power up your 8Bus Console. Confirm that the followi

17、ng are alight: A. The consoles power LED; B. The meter bridges VU meters (unless youre installing an MBE); and C. Either the TAPE or CHANNEL LED on the Meter Bridge. If nothing lights up, turn the power off immediately and re- check your connec- tions. If all is aglow, proceed to the next step. 2. I

18、f the Meter Bridge TAPE LED is on, press the SOURCE button below it once to switch to CHANNEL. If the CHANNEL LED is on, switch it to TAPE and back to CHANNEL, to confirm that the switch is behaving. 3. Send a signal into the main path of Console Channel 1. The 20 LED above the fader will let you kn

19、ow if you have done so. 4. After making sure that the channel is not muted, turn up the channel fader. Con- firm Meter F G H TROUBLESHOOTING If a group of LED ladders doesnt respond, theres a good chance that the corresponding ribbon cable isnt pushed in all the way. Make sure that it is firmly plug

20、ged in. If nothing responds, contact your dealer or Mackie Designs Tech Support immediately. METER BRIDGE OPERATION Your meter bridges ballistics and general behavior is the same as the submaster LED ladders on the Master section of the Console. For the excruciating details, read the section on METE

21、RING on page 11 of your 8Bus manual. When TAPE is selected on the Meter Bridge, the channel meters will show you what is com- ing out of your multitrack into your tape returns before any signal manipulation in the chan- nel (but after the +4/10 switching circuit). The channel meters should behave ju

22、st like your multitracks meters. When CHANNEL is selected, the meters “see” the channels direct output post-EQ, post-fader and post-mute. This is particularly handy for live mixing. The VU meters on the MB32, MB24 and MB16 “look” at the same signals as the consoles L/R LED meters. You will notice th

23、at the VU meters and LED meters will not always agree with each other. THIS IS NORMAL. The LED meters read peak activity and will show every dynamic nuance. The VU meters, de- signed in the Early Bronze Age, are slower to respond and therefore show an RMS or average signal level. This will usually be several dB less than the peaks shown on the LED meter. Final suggestion: Turn your overhead lights way down so that your Mackie system will look like the Death Star from Revenge of the Jedi.