Owner's Manual

802VLZ4
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802VLZ4
Whateveryourselection,youcanalsousethecontrol
room[10]outputsforotherapplications.Itssound
qualityisjustasimpeccableasthemainouts[16and
17].Itcanbeusedasadditionalmainmixoutput,which
maysoundsillysincetherearealreadythree,butthis
onehasitsownlevelcontrol.However,shouldyoudo
somethinglikethis,besurethatyoudonotengagea
soloswitch,asthatwillinterruptyoursourceselection.
A Word About Pre-Fader Solo (PFL)
Engagingachannel’ssolo[22]switchwillcause
thisdramaticturnofevents:anyexistingcontrolroom
sourceselectionswillbereplacedbythesolosignal,
appearinginthecontrolroom,headphones,andinthe
meter.Theaudiblesololevelsarethencontrolledby
thecontrolroom/submix[32]knobandphones[31]
knob.Thesololevelsappearingonthemeterdisplayare
notcontrolledbyanything—youwouldn’twantthat.
Youwanttoseetheactualchannellevelonthemeter
regardlessofhowloudyou’relistening.
“Pre-fader”solomeansthatthechannelsignalis
beingtappedbeforethechannel’slevel[21]knob.
Itdoes,however,obeygain[7],lowcut[5]andEQ
[25–27]settings,makingittheperfecttoolforquick
inspectionsofsuspectchannels.Thechannel’span[24]
andmute/alt3-4[23]settingshavenoeffectonthesolo
signal.
Note:forstereochannels3-8,thesolosignalis 
themonosumoftheleft(odd-numbered)andright
(even-numbered)signalsforthatchannelstrip.
Warning:Pre-fadersolo[22]tapsthe
channelsignalbeforethelevelknob.Ifyou
haveachannel’slevelknobsetbelow"U"solo
won’tknowthat,andwillsendaunitygainsignaltothe
controlroom,phonesandmeterdisplay,thatmayresult
inastartlinglevelboostattheseoutputs.
33. Assign to Main Mix
Let’ssayyou’redoingaliveshow.Intermissionis
nearingandyou’llwanttoplayasoothingCDforthe
crowdtopreventthemfromeatingthefurniture.Then
youthink,“ButIhavetheCDplayerpluggedintothe
tapeinputs,andthatnevergetstothemainouts!”
Oh,butitdoes.Simplyengagethisswitchandyour
controlroomsourceselection,aftergoingthroughthe
controlroom/submix[32]knob,willfeedintothe
mainmix,justasifitwereanotherstereochannel.
Anotherhandyuseforthisswitchistoenablethe
alt3-4mixtobecomeasubmixofthemainmix,using
thecontrolroom/submixknobasitslevelcontrol.
Sideeffects:(1)engagingthisswitchwillalsofeed
anysoloedchannelsintothemainmix,whichmaybe
thelastthingyouwant.(2)Ifyouhavethemainmix
asyourcontrolroomsourceselectionandthenengage
assigntomainmix,themainmixlinestothecontrol
roomwillbeinterruptedtopreventfeedback.Then
again,whywouldanyonewanttoassignthemainmix
tothemainmix?
34. Rude Solo
Ifyouhappentoforgetyou’reinsolo,youcaneasilybe
trickedintothinkingthatsomethingiswrongwithyour
mixer.Hencetheashingrudesololight.Thiswillcome
onwheneverachannelsoloswitch[22]isengaged.
It’sespeciallyhandyatabout3a.m.whennosound
iscomingoutofyourmonitorsbutyourmultitrackis
playingbacklikemad.
35. Meters
The802VLZ4’speakmeteringsystemismadeup
oftwocolumnsoftwelveLEDs.Deceptivelysimple,
consideringthemultitudeofsignalsthatcanbe
monitoredbyit.
Ifnothingisselectedinthesourcematrixandno
channelsareinsolo,themeterswilljustsitthereand
donothing.Toputthemtowork,youmustmakea
selectioninthesourcematrix[30],orengageasolo
switch[22].Why?Youwantthemeterdisplaytoreect
whattheengineerislisteningto,andaswe’vecovered,
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