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M 18 Digital Mixer User’s Manual
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VOICE
The Voice is a complex “instrument”, mainly because it can be emitted in several different ways.
The main problems to handle, especially during live gigs, are first the control of the dynamic range and then
the balance of the frequencies according to the dynamic.
The M Series Compressor is absolutely transparent, and on voices it can be used to control the dynamic range
also hardly without the classic pumping side effect.
All the M Series Equalizers can be used successfully to easily tailor the voice tone each one with its own
unique character. If you want to gently boost the voice sound, making it more exciting, the Smooth EQ is for
sure the first choice; if you want an aggressive, in-your-face sound, the Vintage EQ is the recommended
selection and, as always, the Standard EQ is the perfect all-purpose choice.
EQ
COMP
HPF: OFF > 120H
z
Body: 100Hz>200Hz
Resonance (Cut) : 150Hz>300Hz
Presence : 2KHz > 4KHz
Air : 10KHz>16KHz
Attack: Fast
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Med
Release: Med
Ratio: 4:1>6:1
TIP: When mixing, voice intelligibility is the main concern. The mid range is where the voice is mostly located,
so be careful to check how other instruments work in that frequency range; usually it is better to cut some
instruments that over-eq or increase the voice level.