Owner’
s Manual
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Owner’s Manual
Output Section
that additional stereo mix bus. Tape is the stereo signal
coming in from the tape input [13] jacks.
Selections made in the source matrix deliver stereo
signals to the control room, phones and meter display.
With no switches engaged, there will be no signal at
these outputs and no meter indication.
The exception is the solo function. Regardless of the
source selection, engaging a channel’s solo [22] switch
will replace that selection with the solo signal, also sent
to the control room, phones and meters. This is what
makes the level-setting procedure so easy to do.
Warning: engaging both the tape and assign to
main mix [33] button can create a feedback
path between tape input [13] and tape output
[14]. Make sure your tape deck is not in record, record-
pause, or input-monitor mode when you engage these
switches, or make sure the control room / submix [32]
level knob is fully counterclockwise (off).
Now you know how to select the signals to send to the
engineer’s control room or phones.
31. PHONES
This knob controls the level going to your stereo
headphones. Make sure this is fully down whenever you
are making connections in your system, or putting on
the headphones. Bring up the level slowly and carefully
to protect your hearing.
This dedicated phones level knob makes it is easy to
turn down the studio monitors and listen just with the
headphones, when overdubbing, or when in a room full
of sleeping and hungry leopards.
32. CONTROL ROOM/SUBMIX
This knob controls the level of the stereo control room
outputs [10]. The control range is from off through
unity gain at the center, with 10 dB of extra gain when
turned fully clockwise.
When main mix is your control room source selection,
those signals will now pass through three level controls
on the way to your control room amp and phones : the
main mix [29] knob, this control room / submix knob,
and the phones knob [31]. This way, you can send a
nice healthy level to the main output (main mix knob
at “U”), and a quiet level to the control room or phones
(control room / submix knob and phones knob where
you like).
When alt 3-4 or tape is selected, or a channel solo
[22] is engaged, the control room / submix knob and
phones knob will be the only ones controlling these
levels (channel controls not withstanding).
29. MAIN MIX
This knob controls the levels of signals sent to the
main outputs: XLR [17] and 1⁄4" [16] and RCA tape
output [14]. All channels and stereo returns [8] that
are not muted or turned fully down will wind up in the
main mix.
Fully counterclockwise is off, the center is unity gain,
and fully clockwise provides 12 dB of additional gain.
This additional gain will typically never be needed, but
once again, it’s nice to know it’s there. This is the knob
to turn down at the end of the song when you want "The
Great Fade-Out."
30. CONTROL ROOM SOURCE MATRIX
Typically, the engineer sends the main mix to an
audience (if live) or a mixdown deck (if recording). But
what if the engineer in the control room needs to hear
something other than the main mix? With the 802-VLZ3,
the engineer has several choices of what to listen to.
This is one of those tricky parts, so brace yourself.
With these source switches, you can choose to listen
to any combination of main mix, alt 3-4 and tape. By
now, you probably know what the main mix is. Alt 3-4 is
LINE IN 7-8
HI
12kHz
MID
2.5kHz
LOW
80Hz
EQ
1
PAN
LEVEL
POWER
RUDE
SOLO
LEVEL
SET
CONTROL
ROOM
SOURCE
ALT 3-4
TAPE
MAIN MIX
LEFT RIGHT
0dB=0dBu
ASSIGN
TO MAIN MIX
MAIN MIX
+12dB
O
O
+10dB
O
O
SEND
O
O
+10
802
+12dB
O
O
CTL ROOM/SUBMIX
PHONES
AUX
3
4
0
2
15
20
10
6
30
10
7
20
1
MUTE
ALT 3-4
PRE FADER
SOLO
LINE IN 5-6
MONO
BAL
OR
UNBAL
L
R
BAL
OR
UNBAL
MONO
BAL
OR
UNBAL
L
R
MONO
BAL
OR
UNBAL
L
R
L
R
ST RETURN
BAL/UNBAL
L
3
ALT OUTPUT
R
4
BAL/UNBAL
L
R
BAL/UNBAL
L
R
PRE
POST
+4
MIC
AUX
MASTER
O
O
+20
STEREO
RETURN
LOW CUT
100 Hz
18dB/OCT
GAIN
+15dB - 45dB
INSERT
LINE IN 1
LINE IN 3
LINE IN 4
MIC
1
BAL
OR
UNBAL
GAIN
+15dB - 45dB
GAIN
INSERT
LINE IN 2
MIC
2
MIC
3
X
DR2 MIC PRE
X
DR2 MIC PRE
X
DR2 MIC PRE
MAIN
OUTPUT
LEVEL
PHANTOM
POWER
CR OUTPUT
TAPE IN
TAPE OUT
L
R
L
R
PHONES
MAIN OUT BALANCED
L
R
AUX SEND
BAL/UNBAL
MAIN OUT
HI
12kHz
MID
2.5kHz
LOW
80Hz
EQ
PAN
LEVEL
+12dB
O
O
AUX
MUTE
ALT 3-4
PRE FADER
SOLO
HI
12kHz
MID
2.5kHz
LOW
80Hz
EQ
PAN
LEVEL
+12dB
O
O
AUX
3-4
MUTE
ALT 3-4
PRE FADER
SOLO
HI
12kHz
MID
2.5kHz
LOW
80Hz
EQ
PAN
LEVEL
+12dB
+12dB
O
O
AUX
MUTE
ALT 3-4
PRE FADER
SOLO
HI
12kHz
MID
2.5kHz
LOW
80Hz
EQ
PAN
LEVEL
O
O
AUX
MUTE
ALT 3-4
PRE FADER
SOLO
5-6
7-8
O
O
MAX
+15
-15
+15
-15
+15
-15
L R
U
U
U
O
O
+15
U
+15
-15
+15
-15
+15
-15
L R
U
U
U
O
O
+15
U
+15
-15
+15
-15
+15
-15
L R
U
U
U
O
O
+15
U
+15
-15
+15
-15
+15
-15
L R
U
U
U
O
O
+15
U
+15
-15
+15
-15
+15
-15
L R
U
U
U
O
O
+15
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
-10
dBV
M
IC GAIN
0
U
60
-10
dBV
M
IC GAIN
0
U
60
M
IC GAIN
0
60
2
POWER
ON
POWER
802
29
32
31
33
30
39
36
37
38
35
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