Installer’s Guide
36
Auto EQ Setup
This feature matches your mixer’s Voice EQ to your prevailing
and room acoustics. It works much like the “By Ear” method described on Page
34, except the mixer “liste
how to use it:
Preparation:
Begin with your sound system operating normally
•
Everything under
Completing Your Installation
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Arrange for quiet conditions in an empty
•
Have a volunteer stand at
input except
MIC 9
,
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While they speak, turn up this
•
Have them stand there silently for the rest of t
•
Turn all other
MIC
controls to zero.
Start the Auto-EQ Function:
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Switch your sound system (including the
•
Hold both Prefade buttons for
•
Continue holding while switching the system back ON.
Note: If using the USB control port, you can also activate Auto
the hotkeys “
E
,” then, “
Q
Auto-EQ usually completes in
hear feedback howls come and go at various levels and frequencies. This is
how the mixer finds feedback nodes. It then notches them out with its Voice
EQ filters. When all the EQ filters have been assigned, it goe
attempting to consolidate
them available for further tuning. The program quits when nothing else
needed, leaving the EQ filters in adjustment and saved to non
If desired, you can still modify these settings via USB.
This feature matches your mixer’s Voice EQ to your prevailing sound system
and room acoustics. It works much like the “By Ear” method described on Page
, except the mixer “listens” and performs the EQ adjustments for you. Here’s
with your sound system operating normally --
Completing Your Installation
(page 19) has been done.
Arrange for quiet conditions in an empty auditorium.
Have a volunteer stand at your “main” mic as if using it (use any mic
,
MIC 10
, or any converted to Music inputs).
While they speak, turn up this input to get a satisfying level
Have them stand there silently for the rest of this procedure.
controls to zero.
EQ Function:
Switch your sound system (including the
VGM-1041
) OFF.
Hold both Prefade buttons for
MIC 9
and
MIC 10
.
Continue holding while switching the system back ON.
the USB control port, you can also activate Auto-EQ by pressing
Q
.” You can cancel it anytime the same way.
EQ usually completes in less than five minutes. During this time you’ll
hear feedback howls come and go at various levels and frequencies. This is
how the mixer finds feedback nodes. It then notches them out with its Voice
EQ filters. When all the EQ filters have been assigned, it goes through the list
attempting to consolidate neighboring-frequency or unneeded filters
them available for further tuning. The program quits when nothing else
, leaving the EQ filters in adjustment and saved to non-volatile memory.
ired, you can still modify these settings via USB.
sound system
and room acoustics. It works much like the “By Ear” method described on Page
ns” and performs the EQ adjustments for you. Here’s
--
(page 19) has been done.
(use any mic
, or any converted to Music inputs).
to get a satisfying level
his procedure.
EQ by pressing
You can cancel it anytime the same way.
five minutes. During this time you’ll
hear feedback howls come and go at various levels and frequencies. This is
how the mixer finds feedback nodes. It then notches them out with its Voice
s through the list
filters, making
them available for further tuning. The program quits when nothing else is
volatile memory.