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Rane MP-25 manual

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    1 MP25 CLUB MIXER MIC 1 MP2 5 CLUB MIXER MIC 2 CUE SPLIT CUE PHONES BOOTH LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL PAN PGM 1 CUE PGM 2 PGM 3 ZONE MAIN PGM 4 FLEXFX CUE CUE LEVEL LEVEL A B POST A B POST A B POST A B CONTOUR POST MIC ON TALKOVER FLEXFX MIC ON TALKOVER FLEXFX SOURCE D1 A3 A4 P1 A1 A2 SOURCE D2 A3 A4 P2 A1 A2 SOURCE D3 A3 A4 P3 A1 A2 SOURCE D4 A3 A4 P4 A1 A2[...]

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    A TTENTION: RISQUE DE CHOCS ELECTRIQUE - NE P AS OUVRIR RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CA UTION T o reduc e t he ri sk of elec t ric a l sho ck, d o not open t he un it. No us er ser vic e able pa r t s in side. R efe r ser v ici ng to qu a l i ed ser vic e personn el. e s ymb ols s hown b elow a re inter nat iona l ly a cc epte d sy mb o[...]

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    A TTENTION: RISQUE DE CHOCS ELECTRIQUE - NE P AS OUVRIR RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CA UTION A  n d ’ é v iter tout ris que de cho c élec t rique, ne pa s ouv r ir l ’ appa re il. Auc une piè ce ne pe ut êt re ch a ngé e pa r l ’ uti l isa teu r. Contac te z u n SA V qua li é p our toute i nter vent ion. L es s y mbole s ci[...]

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    4 MP25 CLUB MIXER Specifications Parame ter Specific atio n Phono/L ine , Au x, Fle x F X I nput s 4 stereo u nba la nc ed RC A jack s .....Ph ono or L i ne L e v e l Re a r pa nel s witch for e ach Phono/Li ne input .....Ph ono R e s po n se R I A A c u r ve ± 1 dB, G a in = 36 d B @ 1 k H z ..... Ma x Pho ne I n put 63 m V @ 1 kH z ..... Ma x [...]

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    5 MP25 CLUB MIXER General Description Meet t he R a ne MP 2 5 mi xer, satis f y in g t he audio a nd ergonomic dema nd s of perf ormi ng DJs, in a 1 9 ˝ rac k format prefe rred by nig htclubs, w ith a c ompact 4U desi gn t hat d rops e a sily i nto a mobile rig. It ' s the sa me si z e a s a cla s sic R a ne MM 8z , M P 24 or MP 22 s erie s M[...]

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    6 MP25 CLUB MIXER ere' s no “Quic k Sta r t” here, we recom mend you read t hi s rela- tively s hort ma nua l to g et a l l t hi s mi xer i s ca pable of. Connecting the Mixer Le av e the p owe r u np lu g g ed u nt il e v er yt hi ng e l se i s c on ne ct ed Input s Phono / Line I nput s ( P1 - P4 ) e MP 2 5 ha s fou r stereo Phono/[...]

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    7 MP25 CLUB MIXER MAIN OUTS RECORD OUTS RANE CORP . MP25 MIC 2 P1 P2 MIC 1 L R L R MAX OUT dB R L R L R L PHONO GROUND MIC LINE LINE PHONO XLR WIRING PIN 2 = POSITIVE PIN 3 = NEGA TIVE PIN 1 = GROUND 100-240 V 50/60 Hz 12 WA TTS P3 BOOTH OUT ZONE OUT P4 R R L L R L LINE PHONO LINE PHONO STEREO -24 0 MONO A1 A2 A3 A4 FLEXFX SEND RETURN ANALOG S/PDIF[...]

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    8 MP25 CLUB MIXER Mixer Controls Mic Inp ut s T wo M icropho ne Inputs a re f u lly i ndependent, eac h w ith t hese c ont r ol s: • Level c ont ro l. • Pan t he sign a l f rom Le f t to R i ght. • High / Low 2 -ba nd, f u ll- cut tone con t rols. e ra n ge is O  to +6 d B, wit h un it y ga i n at 12 o ’ cloc k . • FlexF X A s sig n[...]

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    9 MP25 CLUB MIXER Phones e Headphone M onitor pro vide s stere o or mon o Split Cue ope ra t ion. • In Stereo oper ation, the Pan control pa ns be t ween s tereo Cue a nd the stere o Ma in M i x. • In Sp lit C u e oper ation, the Pan c ontrol pa ns be t ween Mono Cue in t he lef t e ar a nd mono Ma in M i x in t he rig ht ea r. • Ind ividu[...]

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    10 MP25 CLUB MIXER Flex F X e Flex F X a rch itect u re in t he MP 2 5 is more power f u l th a n t y pica l e ec t in ser t solutions. e a rch itect ure i ncludes t he Flex F X Bu s, a n au x i lia r y bus routed to t he Flex F X L oop wh ich include s t wo indep endent eec ts i nser t s. A ny combination of PGM 1 - 4 a nd Mic 1 - 2 ma[...]

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    11 MP25 CLUB MIXER U SB Drivers e MP 2 5 include s hi gh-per form a nce, h ig h-st abil it y A SIO and Core Aud io de vic e dr ivers. e d river a l lows aud io applic ations to play a nd record audio v ia t he MP 25 ’ s ve stere o playba ck a nd six s tereo rec ord USB cha nnel s. e d river s are de sig ned for incred ibly low audio l[...]

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    12 MP25 CLUB MIXER MIDI Channel Selection e MP 2 5’ s front pa nel controls a re M IDI enabled. C ha ng es to front pa nel controls may b e sent via M IDI to audio applic at ions on the computer . By defau lt, the M P25 use s MI DI cha n nel 1 to send MI DI messa g es. However, yo u c a n cha n ge t he output cha n nel number u si ng t he MI D[...]

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    13 MP25 CLUB MIXER MIC 1 MP2 5 CLUB MIXER MIC 2 CUE SPLIT CUE PHONES BOOTH LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL PAN PGM 1 CUE PGM 2 PGM 3 ZONE MAIN PGM 4 FLEXFX CUE CUE LEVEL LEVEL A B POST A B POST A B POST A B CONTOUR POST MIC ON TALKOVER FLEXFX MIC ON TALKOVER FLEXFX SOURCE D1 A3 A4 P1 A1 A2 SOURCE D2 A3 A4 P2 A1 A2 SOURCE D3 A3 A4 P3 A1 A2 SOURCE D4 A3 A4 P4 A1 A[...]

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    14 MP25 CLUB MIXER Faders Maint aining t he M agne tic C ro s sf ade r e re ar e no el ect rica l contac ts to cl ean ! e cross fad er in t he MP 2 5 is de sig ned w ith mater ia l s hig h ly resi st ant to corro sion and most c hemic a ls . W h ile t he cross fad er wi l l ha nd le mi l lions of operat ions, it may bec ome di rt y over ti me[...]

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    Inter connection-1 Introduction i s note, o rig i na l ly wr itten in 1985, con ti nues to be one o f our most usef u l refer ences. I t ’ s popula r it y stems from the con t inua l and perp etua l d i fficu lt y of hooki ng up a udio equ ip men t w ithou t su ffering t h ro ug h a ll s ort s of biza rre noises, hums , buzze s, whi st les, e[...]

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    Intercon nec tion- 2 Ground Loops A lmost a l l ca ses of noise ca n be tr aced di rect ly to ground loops, groundi ng or lack ther eof. It is impor ta nt to understa nd the mechan ism t hat causes g rounding noise in orde r to effect ively elim i nate i t. E ach co mpo- nen t of a sound system prod uces its own g round in- terna l ly .  is g r[...]

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    Inter connection-3 The Absolute Best Right W a y T o Do It e method speci fied by AES 48 i s to u se ba lanced l ines a nd t ie the cable shiel d to the met al cha ssi s ( r ight wh ere it enters the ch as sis ) at both ends of the cable . A ba lanced l ine requi res t hree sepa rate con du c- tors, t wo o f wh ich are signa l ( + a nd – ) an[...]

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    Intercon nec tion- 4 A no t her wa y to create the necessar y isolation is to use a d irec t bo x . Orig ina l ly na med for i ts u se to conv ert the h igh i mpeda nce, high level outpu t of an elec tr ic gu ita r to the low impedance, low l evel inpu t of a re- cor d ing console, it al low ed t he p laye r to plug “d irec t ly” into the conso[...]

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    Inter connection-5 buzzi ng , there is an i ncom patibil it y somewhe re in t he sy stem ’ s g roundi ng config ur ation. In addition to these specia l cable ass emblies that may h elp , her e a re som e mor e th i ngs to t r y: 1. T r y comb in ations of li f ti ng g rounds on un its sup- plied w ith li f t s w itch es ( or lin ks ). I t is w i[...]

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    Intercon nec tion- 6 Figure 4 . Int erconnect c hart for locating correc t cable assemblies on the follo wing pages. Note: (A) This configurat ion use s an “off-the -s helf ” cabl e. Note: ( B) This configur ation c ause s a 6 dB signal lo ss. C ompens ate by “ turning the s ys tem up” 6 dB. To Input MALE BALANCED XLR ¼" BALANCED TR[...]

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    Inter connection-7 10 9 S=SHIELD R=NC T=RED S=SHIELD R=NC T=RED 8 7 S=SHIELD R=BLACK T=RED S=SHIELD R=BLACK T=RED MALE 6 5 3=BLACK BLACK 4 3 3=NC 2=RED 1=SHIELD SHIELD SHIELD 2 FEMALE 1 3=BLACK 2=RED 1=SHIELD MALE B B B B S=NC R=BLACK T=RED S=SHIELD R=BLACK T=RED 11 CROSS -C OUPLED OUTPUT ONL Y: CONNEC T PIN 1 TO PIN 3 AT THIS END AND SET GROUND LI[...]

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    Intercon nec tion- 8 DOC 1029 07 ©Rane Corpora tion 10802 47th Av e. W ., Mukilteo W A 98275-5000 USA TEL 425-355-6000 F AX 425-347-7757 WEB www .rane.com 22 21 MALE (A NY UNBALANCED C ONNECTOR) (A NY UNBALANCED C ONNECTOR) (CHECK: NO ST ANDARD POLARITY ON EUROBL OCKS) (CHECK: NO ST ANDARD POLARITY ON EUROBL OCKS) 20 19 18 17 16 15 MALE A 14 13 MA[...]

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    23 MP25 CLUB MIXER How-to Properly Set Mixer L e vel Controls Corre ct ly se tt i ng DJ mixer le vel c on trol s is one of the most impor ta nt contributors to creat in g a n exc el lent soundi ng s yste m. Once you ma ster t he f u nda menta l pri nciples you ' l l k now how to get t he be st pos sible audio qua l ity f rom your R a ne DJ mi [...]

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    24 MP25 CLUB MIXER Rane maste r level co ntrols and mas ter m eter levels e ma in d i erenc e DJ s may notic e about t he ma ster output level meter i s t hat t he ma ster le vel c on t rol ha s no a ec t on the meter level s (see above pictu re) .  is m ay see m a bi t weird when compa red to ot her D J mi xer s, but there’ s a very [...]

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    · · (Signature) January 18, 2011 (Date) Mukilteo W A, USA (Place) Complianc e Engineer (P osition) Declaration of Conformity Application of Council Directive(s): 20 02 / 9 6/ E C 200 4/1 0 8/EC 2 0 11 / 6 5 / E U Manufacturer: Rane Corporat ion 1 08 02 47t h Avenue West Mukilte o WA 98275 - 50 0 0 USA i s equ ipm ent ha s bee n teste d a nd fo[...]

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    26 MP25 CLUB MIXER Factor y A uthorize d Service Y ou r un it may someday nee d to be ser vic ed by t he R a ne Factor y if you l ive in t he USA . Intern ationa l c us tomers should contac t your dea ler or d ist ributor for ser vic e. Y ou m us t ca l l t he R a ne fa ctor y be fore shipping. Plea se do not ret ur n your u nit to R a ne wit hout [...]

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    27 MP25 CLUB MIXER Warranty Procedure - V alid in U S A Only N O TIC E! Y ou must complete and return the warranty car d or r egister your product online to extend the W arranty from 2 y ears to 3 years! TO V A L IDA TE YOUR E X T EN DED W A R R A N T Y : Use t he postc a rd t hat c a me in t he box wit h your u nit, or go to ww w.rane .com a nd cl[...]

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