Pyramid Car Audio PM-4001 User's Manual
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1. S N RATIO MIC gt 60 dh gt 70 dB LINE gt 80 dB EQUALIZER CONTROL FREQUENCY 60 He 150 He 400Hz 1K Hz 2 4K Hz 8K Hz 45K Hz BOOST CUI RANGE 12 dB at center CONTROL FREQUENCY TOR MIC 1 BASS 100 Hz TREBLE 10K Hz BOOS1 CUT RANGE nt 1048 TALKOVER ATTENUATION 1808 ECHO DELAY TIME PM 8501 PM 8001 50mS 120m8 POWER SOURCE 120 VAG 60 Hz 220 VAC 50 Hz 20W DIMENSIONS 482 X 112 X 240 mm Specifications are typical individual units might vary Specifications are subject to change and improvement without notice 152. EMERGENCY and UFO Press any button of sound effects to generate the sound you wish to mix it will play continously until you release the button to stop B The SPEED Control Lets you adjust the pitches of the effects C The VOLUME Control Lets you adjust the volume of the effects TROUBLESHOOTING Your mixer should require very li le maintenance If you have problems refer to this chart for possible solutions NOTHING WORKS NO SIGNAL FROM AN AUDIO INPUT SOURCE HUM FROM PHONO HUM FROM OTHER FEEDBACK SEQUELS Check the AG power connection Make sure the AG outlet is live Check the power connection to the rest of the system amplifier receiver etc Check the contro setting Check the connection between the mixer and the input source Check the tumtable s ground wire usually black or green to the mixer Make sure there are no low level inputs connects to LINE input jacks Move the microphone further away from the output speakers or use a directonal microphane 14 SPECIFICATIONS INPUT SENSITIVI I MIC 1 XLR juc 1 5mV 600 ohm Balanced 2 IPHONE 1 8mV 600 ohm Untralarcod 6 0mV 10K ohm Urisalanced High PHONO Amy SOK ohm UNE 150 27K ohm OUTPUT LEVEL MAIN OUI 2V chm RECORD 180mv 10K ohm FREQUENCY RESPONSE 20 20K Hz DISTORTION MIC lt 020 HONO se 005 LINE lt 003
3. 501 PM 7501 Let you adjust the volume of the sound effects AUDIO CONNECTION 1 CONNECTING INPUT A MICROPHONE INPUT a MIG 1 Connect a balanced low impedance 600 ohm XLR type microphone to the XLR receptacles on the upper left comer of the mixer s front panel b MIC 2 Cannect a high quality high impedance iOk ohrm or low impedance 600 ohm microphone with a 1 4 inch plug to 1 4 inch jack on the lower teft comer of the mixer s back panel Set the switch above the volume control of MIC 2 channel to select the input you want to activate Set to when using a high impedance micro phone or LO when using a low impedance microphone BLOW LEVEL AUDIO SOURCE INPUT Connect up 10 two low level audio sources such as magnetic cartridge turntables into PHONO 1 and PHONO 2 NOTE IF you connect a tumtable with a magnetic cartridge connect its ground wire usually black or green to GND C HIGH LEVEL AUDIO SOURCE INPUT Connect up to six high level audio sources such as a tuner cassetle tape deck CD player camcorder or VER to LINE 1 LINE 2 LINE 3 LINE 4 LINE 5 and LINE 6 D GAUTION Da not connect an audio source with HIGH LEVEL OUTPUT into MIG or PH An audio source s output is HIGH LEVEL if you can raise or lower its wolume with its volume control AUDIO CONNECTION 2 CONNECTING OUTPUT OUTPUT To play the mixer s output signal through your speaker systern for events such as parties dances con
4. CHANNEL 1 PHONO 1 LINE 1 CHANNEL 2 PHONO 2 LINE 2 CHANNEL 3 LINE 3 LINE 4 CHANNEL 4 LINE 5 LINE 6 4 T il Sun im 5 009009 9890 2 FUNCTIONS 1 Power ON OFF Push in to turn power on push again to tum power off 2 BNC LAMP ADAPTOR Let you connect 12 3W max lamp to light up the unit 3 DUALLED METER Indicate the output signal level of the master channel 4 MIC 1 XLR INPUT For commenting balanced or unbalanced low impedance XLR type micro phone 5 MIC 1 AUTO TALKOVER Allows you to lowers the sound of the input sources so you can talk over them using the DJ s microphone 6 MIC 1 BASS TONE CONTROL Let you adjust the bass or the primary microphone 1 to improve the DJ s sound 7 MIC 1 TREBLE TONE CONTROL Let you adjust the treble of the primary microphone MIC 1 to improve the DJ s sound 8 MIC 1 LEVEL CONTROL Let you control the microphone s volume level so you can adjust it before mixing in it 9 DUAL RAILED REMOVEABLE CROSSFADER Let you smoothly switch between two input sources 10 CROSSFADER ASSIGN SWITCH Let you quickly and smoothly switch between two assigned sources of each playing channel 11 CHANNEL VOLUME CONTROL Slide upwards 10 increase volume of the channel downwards to decrease 12 INPUT DEVICE SELECTOR Let you sele
5. PYRANIS Stud lio OWNER S MANUAL iii una s 4 2 sua PYRAMID 00 MODEL PM 8501 PM 8001 PM 7501 PM 4001 idcaraudio com www pyramidcal INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the PYRAMID Professional DJ Mixer The Mixer has been designed as a sophisticated control center perfect for mixing sound sources from multiple playback sources or from live performances it offer you the best features to adjust sound levels create the special sound performance and tailor the sound to compensate for environmental conditions or for personal preference FEATURES 1 Power on off 2 BNC Lamp Adaptor 3 Dual LED Meter 4 MIC 1 XLR input 5 1 Talkover 6 MIC 1 Bass Tone Control 7 MIC 1 Treble Tone Control 8 MIC 1 Level Control 9 Dual Railed Removeable 10 Crosstader Assign Switch Crossfader 11 Channel Volume Control 12 Input Device Selector 13 7 Band Frequency Equalizer 14 EQ Bypass Switch 15 MONO STEREO Selector 16 Master Level control 17 CUE Assign Selector 18 CUE Level Control 19 Head Phone Jack 20 CUE MASTER Fader PM 8001 PM 4001 21 ECHO ON OFF Switch PM 8501 PM 8001 22 ECHO DELAY Control PM 8501 PM 8001 23 ECHO REPEAT Control 850 8001 24 ECHO LEVEL Control PM 8501 PM 8001 25 Digital Sound Effect PM 8501 PM 7501 26 Sound Effect SPEED Control PM 8501 PM 7501 27 Sound Effect VOLUME Control PM 8501 PM 7501 28 Input Devices HIorLO Impedance
6. ange fow organ notes and bass drums Reduce rumbles or ather low frequency noise You can also use this control to compensate for poor bass response in a recording or to reduce rumbler or other low frequency deficiencies 150 Hz Adjust the frequencies in the low to middle bass range tuned drums timpani and some low bass instruments 400 Hz Adjust frequencies in the upper bass range An over accentuated upper bass yields a muddy boomey sound Too little upper bass makes the music sound hollow and thin 1K Hz Adjust the range of frequencies in the middle trequency range where the ear is most sensitive vocals Boosting this range enhances the vocals cutting it makes the vocals blend back into the ensemble This effent is often called presence 2 4K Hz Adjusts the range of frequencies in the upper middle frequency range that include vocals and some upper midrange instruments such as clar inet and saxophone Boosing this range presence makes the program sound brighter Hz Adjust the range of teequencies in the lower high frequency range that includes flutes 06065 violine picolols and other treble instruments Boosting this range adds vibraney 10 the upper voices Too much boost can make the music sound harsh 18K Hz Adjust the high frequency sounds such as cymbals and other high frerquency sounds Boosting this range adds brilance to the music Boosting high frequency too much makes the music piercing and unp
7. ct the input source of each playing channel 18 7 BAND FREQUENCY EQUALIZER Allows you to tailor the sound output to your preference FUNCTIONS 14 EQ BYPASS SWITCH Push in to operate equalizer function push out to defeat equalizer function 15 MONO STEREO SELECTOR Push in to get MONO master output push out to get STEREO master output 16 MASTER LEVEL CONTROL Let you control the mixers overall volume level 17 CUE ASSIGN SELECTOR Let you select charnel where the desired audio input source is located 6 you can monitor and prepare it before mixing it in 18 CUE LEVEL CONTROL Let you adjust the headphone s volume level 19 HEAD PHONE JACK 6 3 mm jack head phone connection 20 CUE MASTER FADER PM 8001 PM 4001 Let you adjust the level of monitoring signal between assignd cue and master output 21 ECHO ON OFF SWITCH PM 8501 PM 8001 Set the switch to ON to activate the echo mode 22 ECHO DELAY CONTROL 8501 8901 Let you adjust the delay time of echo 23 ECHO REPEAT CONTROL PM 8501 PM 8001 Let you control the length of time a tohe is repeated 24 ECHO LEVEL CONTROL 8501 0001 Let you control the output level af the echo effect 25 DIGITAL SOUND EFFECTS PM 8501 PM 7501 Let you create the special sound performance fram the six pre programed sound effects 26 SOUND EFFECT SPEED CONTROL PM 8501 PM 7501 Let you adjust the pitches of the sound effects 27 SOUND EFFECT VOLUME CONTROL PM 8
8. e left and right stereo channels separated then sends the signals to the OUTPUT R and L jacks The stereo output signals can be used by a stereo amplifier or tape deck 7 USING THE CROSSF ADEA When two channels are playing at the same time slide CHOSSFADER to A lt A To fade in the input source selected by ASSIGN A and fade out the input source selected by ASSIGN 12 OPERATION B B To fade in the input source selected by ASSIGN and fade out the input source selected by ASSIGN A C The center mix the input source selected by ASSIGN A and ASSIGN eoually amp USING THE ECHO PM 8501 PM 8001 The echo mode is applied 19 the sound after all the inputs are mixed B Set the ECHO ON OFF to ON to turn on the echo mode and activate the DELAY and REPEAT functions C The DELAY control lets you include a measured time delay to simulate an echo Set DELAY towards 10 for a maximum time delay and towards O for a minimum time delay D The REPEAT control lets you control the length of time a tone is repeated reverberation Set REPEAT towards 10 for the langest time and towards O for the shortest time E The LEVEL control lets you control the output level of the echo effect Set LEVEL towards 10 for raising the level and towards 0 for lowering the level 9 USING THE SOUND EFFECT PM 8501 PM 7501 AcThere are six pre programed sound effects for your selection LASER MACHINE GUN TRON BLAST SIREN
9. ferences connect an audio patch cord not supplied from the mixer s AMP and L jacks to your receiver ampli fier s left and right input jacks B REC OUTPUT To record the mixer s output signal connect audia patch cord not supplied from the mixer s REC and L jacks to your tape deck s left and right input jacks C CAUTION To avoid suddon and unusable sound outputs from the audio devices adjust the audio devices contrals ta these settings before you connect the mixer s output jacks to the audio devices input jacks AUDIO DEVICE CONTROL SETTING Tape Deck POWER OFF Amplifier Recsiver POWER OFF TONE FLAT S CONNECTING A LAMP The mixer is equipped with a 12V BNC lamp adaptor for connecting a 12V 3W max lamp so you can see the control panel n a dark place NOTE Use only a lamp with exact same specification as above E deck CO player caseorto opok None Tarento MIC OPERATION AHEAD PHONES To listen in privacy or monitor the audio source inputs so you can locate an exact passage or section before mixing it plug a pair of stereo headphones with a 1 4 inch plug into the PHONES jack on the lower right front corner of the mixer 2 MONITORING THE INPUTS A Set POWER ON OFF to ON lo tum on the mixer s power The POWER LED indicator lights B Turn on the audio input source you want to mix and set it to play or contin ously talk into microphone C Set the CUE ASSIGN to the a
10. leasant Boosting too little causes the program to loss its brliance and dimensionality OPERATION 5 USING THE DJ S MICROPHONE 1 A TALKOVER swizch aTALK Set this switch to TALK all outputs except MIC 1 and MIC 2 attenuated Orly your voice can be heard clearly through MIC 1 bAUTO Set this switch to AUTO MUTE it is a function of AUTO TALKOVER all outputs are automatically attenuated as long as you are Speaking OFF When not using MIG 1 set this switch 10 OFF all ouputs retum to same level This method is useful when paging B BASS and TREBLE Tone controls you can tailor the high and low frequency sounds of MIC 1 processed through the mix to fit the acoustic surroundings and your personal taste using the BASS or TREBLE tone controls Te enhance the sounds rotate BASS or TREBLE towards 10 To reduce them rotate BASS or TREBLE towards 10 To resume normal sound set them to the middle position LEVEL control For a blending of voice and music adjust the MIC 1 LEVEL to increase or decrease the microohone level without affecting the main volume inputs Set MIC 1 LEVEL to 0 when not using the DJ s microphone 8 USING MONO STEREO When you set MONO STEREO to MONO the mixer combines the left and right channels then sends the signals to OUTPUT and L jacks The combineo output signals can be used by a monaural amplifier such as PA amplifier When you set MONO STEREO to STEREO the mixer keeps th
11. udio input sourees MIC CH 1 2 CH 3 or 4 you want to monitor so you can decide when to mix in each input and play them through your amplifier system or record them on your tape deck the GUE LEVEL control to adjust the headphone volume without effect ing the overall mix the CUE MASTER FADER control to adjust the monitoring signal level between the assigned cue source and the master output PM 8001 PM 4001 3 MIXING THE INPUTS A The maximum available audio input sources you can mixing are MIC 2 HI or LO impedance microphone PHONO PHONO 1 and PHONO 2 Ta mix the turntable connected to the PHONO jacks LINE LINE 1 LINE 2 LINE 3 LINE 4 LINE 6 and LINE 6 To mix any high level output audio sources connected to the LINE jacks B Set the selected audio input sources to play C Set the corresponding MIC PHONO and LINE volume controls 10 approxi mately 8 10 D Set the INPUT DEVICE selector as desired MIC 2 HI or LO impedance microphone 1 PHONO 1 or LINE 1 2 PHONO 2 or LINE 2 CH 3 LINE 3 or LINE 4 4 LINE 5 or LINE 6 OPERATION E Rotate the MASTER volume control toward 10 until you get an average read ing of on both output level LED meters NOTE Once you set the MASTER volume control do not move it away from its initial setting The output level of LED meter indicate the total output signal levels both the left and right channels of all the input sources being mi
12. xed F Set EQUALIZER ON BYPASS as desired You can tailor the sound processed through the mixer to match your accoustic surrounding and suit your personal preference with the seven slid ing frequency controls G When adding an audio input source adjust the corresponding MIC PHONO and LINE volume controls so you can get an average reading of O on both output level LED meters H Adjust the receiver amplifiers not the mixers volume control to the desred volume To tum off the mixer set POWER ON OFF to OFF The POWER LED light tum off 4 USING THE 7 BAND FREQUENCY EQUALIZER With the seven sliding frequency controls you can tailor the sound processed through the mixer to compensate for the acoustic surroundings and to suit your personal preference Set the EQ switch to ON to tum on the frequency equalizer Then side the control up to boost the indicated frequency range or down to reduce it Each control varies by 1298 the level of narrow band of frequencies centered around the frequency noted between the controls 80 150 400 tk 2 4k Ok and 15k Hz NOTE If you set the control to the center position the frequency range is unaltered 10 OPERATION In order to provide smooth frequency control the effect of these controls must overlap slightly Thus the 1k Hz control has a slight effect on the range of frequencies covered by the 400 Hz and the 2 4k Hz controls 60 Hz Adjust the frequency in the low bass r
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