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3
JOEM
EEK
rebo
rn –
the
leg
end
grow
s
The
Nex
t G
ener
atio
n of
Joe
mee
k st
udio
pro
cess
ors
repr
esen
ts a
qua
ntum
le
ap in
the
his
tory
of
the
Joem
eek
lege
nd.
Long
reg
arde
d fo
r its
“B
ig S
ound
”,
the
orig
inal
Joe
mee
k ge
ar w
as b
oth
reve
red
and
revi
led
for
its s
omew
hat
“qui
rky”
nat
ure.
Now
we
have
tak
en t
he b
est
of w
hat
mad
e th
e Jo
emee
k pr
oduc
ts s
ound
gre
at,
refin
ed it
, di
still
ed it
, ad
ded
to it
and
rep
acka
ged
it.
Pro
perly
and
rob
ustly
eng
inee
red
for
pred
icta
ble,
con
trol
labl
e pe
rfor
man
ce,
the
new
ran
ge r
etai
ns th
e fa
mou
s Jo
emee
k so
und,
with
its
wid
e, fl
at fr
eque
ncy
resp
onse
ext
endi
ng f
rom
sub
soni
c to
ultr
ason
ic.
It al
so u
ses
genu
inel
y lo
w
no
ise
cir
cuitr
y, w
ith l
ots
of
he
ad
roo
m (
imm
un
ity t
o o
verl
oa
d).
Acc
ura
te
calib
ratio
n an
d m
eter
ing,
tog
ethe
r w
ith c
lear
pan
el la
belli
ng,
give
you
com
plet
e co
nfid
ence
in
wha
t’s g
oing
on.
Whi
le s
ome
equi
pmen
t pa
ys l
ip-s
ervi
ce t
o qu
ality
and
“pr
ofes
sion
al r
ules
” bu
t fa
ils t
o de
liver
, th
e N
ext
Gen
erat
ion
Joem
eek
prod
ucts
are
foun
ded
on g
ood
solid
ele
ctro
nic
and
audi
o en
gine
erin
g,
and
with
stan
d di
rect
com
paris
on w
ith t
he v
ery
best
nam
es i
n m
ixer
s an
d ou
tboa
rd g
ear.
The
Joe
mee
k ra
nge
prov
ides
eve
ryth
ing
you
need
to
get
your
per
form
ance
on
to t
ape/
disc
.
Abou
t th
e De
sign
er
The
Nex
t G
ener
atio
n of
Joe
mee
k ha
s be
en c
ompl
etel
y re
-eng
inee
red
by
reno
wne
d au
dio
elec
tron
ics
cons
ulta
nt A
llan
Bra
dfor
d. W
ith h
is b
ackg
roun
d in
phy
sics
and
30
year
s ex
perie
nce
with
the
des
ign
of i
nstr
umen
ts,
mix
ers,
pr
oces
sors
and
am
plifi
ers,
Alla
n’s
uniq
ue r
ange
of
expe
rtis
e en
sure
s th
at
Joem
eek
rem
ains
at
the
fore
fron
t of
mus
ic t
echn
olog
y.
Joem
eek
is m
anuf
actu
red
and
mar
kete
d un
der
the
dire
ctio
n of
:
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UD
IO G
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UP
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by A
llan
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dfor
d, M
Sc
3
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ents
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54
48V
PH
AN
TO
M P
OW
ER
sw
itch
- f
eeds
48V
pow
er t
o th
e m
icro
phon
e X
LR c
onne
ctor
. M
ost
cond
ense
r m
icro
phon
es r
equi
re p
hant
om p
ower
to
ope
rate
. T
he L
ED
ligh
ts w
hen
activ
e.
IRO
N s
wit
ch -
sel
ects
tran
sfor
mer
cou
plin
g of
the
Mic
(X
LR)
inpu
t. T
he
LED
ligh
ts w
hen
activ
e.
PA
D s
wit
ch -
sel
ects
20d
B a
ttenu
atio
n of
the
Mic
(X
LR)
inpu
t. T
he L
ED
lig
hts
whe
n ac
tive.
LIN
E s
wit
ch
- s
ele
cts
the
Lin
e a
nd
IN
ST
Ru
me
nt
(1/4
” ja
ck)
inp
uts
in
ste
ad
of t
he M
ic (
XLR
) in
put.
The
LE
D li
ghts
whe
n ac
tive.
Ø s
wit
ch -
rev
erse
s th
e ph
ase
of a
ll in
puts
.
INS
TR
um
ent
inp
ut
– hi
gh im
peda
nce
inpu
t. P
lugg
ing
in h
ere
over
rides
an
ythi
ng p
lugg
ed in
to th
e Li
ne in
put.
PR
EA
MP
GA
IN -
set
s th
e am
ount
of
audi
o am
plifi
catio
n. T
oo li
ttle
gain
an
d th
e so
und
will
be
too
quie
t; to
o m
uch
and
the
sign
al c
ould
bec
ome
dist
orte
d.
PE
AK
LE
D -
ligh
ts 6
dB b
elow
clip
ping
.
HP
F -
“hi
gh-p
ass
filte
r”.
Mai
nly
for
use
with
mic
roph
ones
, th
is h
elps
re
mov
e st
age
rum
ble,
han
dlin
g no
ise
and
“pop
s”. T
he L
ED
ligh
ts w
hen
activ
e.
CO
MP
RE
SS
- s
ets
the
leve
l of
sign
al (
or “
Thr
esho
ld”)
abo
ve w
hich
the
si
gnal
sta
rts
to b
e co
mpr
esse
d.
SL
OP
E -
set
s th
e co
mpr
essi
on r
atio
app
lied
to s
igna
ls a
bove
thre
shol
d.
AT
TAC
K -
set
s ho
w q
uick
ly t
he c
ompr
esso
r re
spon
ds t
o pe
aks
abov
e th
resh
old.
RE
LE
AS
E -
set
s th
e tim
e ta
ken
for
the
sign
al to
ret
urn
to it
s no
rmal
siz
e af
ter
com
pres
sion
. In
gen
eral
, th
e lo
nger
the
tim
e, t
he le
ss o
bvio
us t
he
com
pres
sion
.
MA
KE
UP
GA
IN -
res
tore
s th
e le
vel o
f the
sig
nal a
fter
com
pres
sion
.
CO
MP
RE
SS
ION
ME
TE
R -
4-L
ed b
argr
aph
indi
cate
s th
e am
ount
of
gain
red
uctio
n in
dB
, whi
ch is
taki
ng p
lace
at a
ny g
iven
mom
ent.
Co
mp
ress
or
ON
sw
itch
- t
urns
the
com
pres
sor
on.
The
LE
D li
ghts
w
hen
activ
e.
LF
- c
ontr
ols
the
volu
me
of L
ow F
requ
enci
es o
r “B
ass”
in t
he a
udio
sp
ectr
um. 1
5dB
of b
oost
or
cut i
s av
aila
ble
at th
e se
lect
ed fr
eque
ncy.
LF
FR
EQ
- s
ets
th
e f
req
ue
ncy
at
wh
ich
th
e L
F c
on
tro
l o
pe
rate
s,
an
ywh
ere
fro
m 4
0H
z to
65
0H
z.
MID
- c
ontr
ols
the
Mid
dle
freq
uenc
ies
in th
e au
dio
spec
trum
. 15d
B o
f bo
ost o
r cu
t is
avai
labl
e at
the
sele
cted
freq
uenc
y.
MID
FR
EQ
- s
ets
the
freq
uenc
y at
whi
ch t
he M
ID c
ontr
ol o
pera
tes,
an
ywhe
re fr
om 3
00H
z to
5kH
z.
HF
- c
ontr
ols
the
volu
me
of t
he H
igh
Fre
quen
cies
or
“Tre
ble”
in
the
audi
o sp
ectr
um.
15dB
of
boos
t or
cut
is
avai
labl
e at
the
sel
ecte
d fr
eque
ncy.
6kH
z sw
itch
- s
ets
the
freq
uenc
y at
whi
ch t
he H
F c
ontr
ol o
pera
tes,
in
for
6kH
z, o
ut fo
r 12
KH
z. T
he L
ED
ligh
ts w
hen
in.
EQ
ON
sw
itch
- tu
rns
the
Mee
qual
izer
on.
The
LE
D li
ghts
whe
n ac
tive.
OU
TP
UT
GA
IN -
the
volu
me
cont
rol o
r “F
ader
” for
the
outp
ut o
f the
six
Q.
VU
ME
TE
R -
8-L
ed b
argr
aph
show
s th
e ou
tput
sig
nal l
evel
in d
B a
t an
y gi
ven
mom
ent.
+4d
Bu
/-10
dB
v sw
itch
- s
elec
ts t
he o
pera
ting
leve
l of
the
1/4
” ja
ck
ou
tpu
t, e
ithe
r to
th
e p
rofe
ssio
na
l +
4d
Bu
le
vel,
or
to t
he
-1
0d
Bv
sem
i-p
ro le
vel.
sixQ
Con
trol
s at
a G
lanc
e
six q manual.indd 4/7/05, 12:01 PM6-7
76Ov
ervi
ew
The
JO
EM
EE
K s
ixQ
is
like
havi
ng o
ne c
hann
el o
f a
prof
essi
onal
rec
ordi
ng
stud
io i
n on
e bo
x. I
t ta
kes
mic
roph
ones
or
inst
rum
ents
, am
plifi
es t
hem
, co
mpr
esse
s an
d eq
ualiz
es t
hem
rea
dy t
o be
rec
orde
d. S
impl
e to
use
yet
ex
trem
ely
pow
erfu
l, th
e si
xQ w
ill b
ring
out t
he b
est i
n an
y m
icro
phon
e or
inst
ru-
men
t an
d gi
ve t
he g
loss
of
a pr
ofes
sion
al s
tudi
o pr
oduc
tion
to a
ll yo
ur p
erfo
r-m
ance
s. A
s w
ell a
s re
cord
ing
it w
ill a
lso
be fo
und
usef
ul fo
r liv
e w
ork.
Th
ink
of
the
sixQ
as
fou
r se
par
ate
item
s o
f eq
uip
men
t:
• T
he
Pre
amp
lifie
r•
Th
e JO
EM
EE
K O
pti
cal
Co
mp
ress
or
• T
he
Mee
qu
aliz
er•
Th
e F
ader
Prea
mpl
ifie
r
Thi
s is
the
all-
impo
rtan
t fr
ont
end
to t
he s
ixQ
. Its
job
is
to a
ccep
t an
y ty
pe
of m
icro
phon
e, i
nstr
umen
t or
oth
er s
ourc
e of
aud
io s
igna
l, an
d m
ake
it lo
ud e
noug
h. M
icro
phon
es o
ften
need
rat
her
a lo
t of
am
plifi
catio
n, w
hile
gu
itars
, ke
yboa
rds
and
CD
pla
yers
nee
d le
ss.
Mic
s ne
ed t
o be
con
nect
ed
to l
ow i
mpe
danc
e in
puts
, w
hile
ins
trum
ents
pre
fer
high
im
peda
nce
inpu
ts.
To e
nsur
e co
rrec
t im
peda
nce
mat
chin
g, t
he i
nput
s ar
e sp
lit i
nto
an X
LR
conn
ecto
r fo
r M
ics,
and
1/4
” ja
ck “
Line
” an
d “I
NS
TR
umen
t” c
onne
ctor
s fo
r ev
eryt
hing
els
e. A
sw
itch
on th
e fr
ont p
anel
dec
ides
whi
ch in
put c
onne
ctor
is
activ
e, t
he X
LR o
r th
e 1/
4” ja
cks.
The
LE
D n
ext
to t
he s
witc
h lig
hts
to s
how
th
at t
he L
ine
inpu
ts (
jack
s) a
re s
elec
ted.
In
othe
r w
ords
:-
Sw
itch
out
(LE
D o
ff) =
“M
ic”
Sw
itch
in (
LED
on)
= “
Line
” or
“In
str”
Bot
h M
ic a
nd L
ine
inpu
ts a
re e
lect
roni
cally
bal
ance
d. N
ote:
alth
ough
th
e L
ine
in
pu
t is
no
t n
orm
ally
use
d f
or
mic
rop
ho
ne
s, i
t ca
n a
lso
be
su
itab
le fo
r so
me
high
out
put u
nbal
ance
d m
icro
phon
es, s
uch
as b
atte
ry
pow
ered
Ele
ctre
t ty
pes.
The
rea
r pa
nel M
ic in
put
(XLR
) is
bal
ance
d an
d w
ired
as f
ollo
ws:
Pin
2:
+ (
hot)
Pin
3:
- (c
old)
Pin
1:
grou
nd
The
Lin
e in
put
(jack
) is
bal
ance
d an
d w
ired
as f
ollo
ws:
Tip
: +
(ho
t)R
ing:
- (
cold
)S
leev
e: g
roun
d
The
fron
t pan
el In
stru
men
t inp
ut (
jack
) is
bal
ance
d an
d w
ired
as fo
llow
s:T
ip:
+ (
hot)
Sle
eve:
gro
und
(NB
: us
e a
mon
o ja
ck p
lug)
.
Not
e th
at i
f so
met
hing
is
plug
ged
into
the
Ins
trum
ent
inpu
t, an
ythi
ng
plug
ged
into
the
rea
r pa
nel L
ine
inpu
t w
ill b
e cu
t of
f.
Ph
anto
m p
ow
erM
ost
high
-qua
lity
stud
io m
ics
are
“Pha
ntom
pow
ered
”, w
hich
is t
o sa
y th
ey h
ave
elec
tron
ics
insi
de t
hem
, w
hich
get
the
ir po
wer
fro
m t
he p
re-
amp.
Mos
t mic
s re
quire
a s
uppl
y of
48
Vol
ts, s
o P
hant
om P
ower
is o
ften
labe
lled
“48V
”. T
he “4
8V” s
witc
h tu
rns
this
pow
er o
n or
off
and
a re
d LE
D
light
s w
hen
activ
e. W
hen
switc
hing
the
Pha
ntom
Pow
er o
n, q
uite
a lo
ud
thum
p m
ay b
e pr
oduc
ed,
so it
is a
goo
d id
ea t
o tu
rn d
own
the
Out
put
Gai
n (o
r to
mom
enta
rily
sele
ct th
e Li
ne in
put)
, whe
n pr
essi
ng th
e sw
itch.
Whe
n us
ing
dyna
mic
or
ribbo
n m
ics,
do
not
turn
Pha
ntom
Pow
er o
n.
It pr
obab
ly w
on’t
do a
ny h
arm
but
it
cert
ainl
y w
on’t
do a
ny g
ood,
so
leav
e it
off!
Con
sult
the
mic
roph
one
hand
book
if y
ou a
re u
nsur
e w
hat
kind
of
mic
you
hav
e.
The
mai
n co
ntro
l, la
belle
d “I
nput
Gai
n”,
cove
rs a
ran
ge o
f am
plifi
catio
n fr
om 1
0dB
to
60dB
. In
man
y ot
her
prea
mps
the
act
ion
of t
he G
ain
cont
rol
is r
athe
r un
even
, w
ith t
he 4
0dB
to
60dB
ran
ge b
eing
cra
mm
ed in
to t
he la
st
1/6t
h of
a t
urn.
All
Joem
eek
prea
mps
use
a s
peci
ally
des
igne
d co
ntro
l tha
t en
sure
s sm
ooth
ope
ratio
n ov
er t
he w
hole
ran
ge o
f ro
tatio
n. T
he (
0) s
ymbo
l ne
xt t
o th
e 25
dB m
ark,
mea
ns u
nity
gai
n, o
r 0d
B,
for
a si
gnal
in
the
Line
in
put.
Hen
ce f
or L
ine
inpu
ts t
he r
ange
of
gain
adj
ustm
ent
eith
er s
ide
of t
his
mar
k, is
+35
dB,
-15d
B.
The
PE
AK
LE
D l
ight
s 6d
B b
elow
clip
ping
, so
occ
asio
nal
brie
f fla
shes
are
O
K b
ut if
it’s
on
all t
he t
ime
you
need
to
back
the
Inp
ut G
ain
off!
HP
F m
eans
“hi
gh-p
ass
filte
r”.
Mai
nly
for
use
with
mic
roph
ones
, th
is h
elps
re
mov
e st
age
rum
ble,
han
dlin
g no
ise
and
“pop
s”.
The
LE
D l
ight
s w
hen
activ
e.
Tech
nic
al s
tuff
Ver
y lo
w n
oise
- d
oes
it m
atte
r? Y
es a
nd n
o, i
t al
l de
pend
s w
hat
you
are
doin
g -
wha
t re
ally
mat
ters
is “
sign
al-t
o-no
ise
ratio
”. A
ll el
ectr
onic
s pr
oduc
e a
cert
ain
amou
nt o
f bac
kgro
und
nois
e -
it’s
in th
e na
ture
of t
hing
s. P
rovi
ding
th
ere
is o
nly
a re
lativ
ely
smal
l am
ount
of n
oise
, the
sig
nal w
ill c
over
it u
p, o
r “m
ask”
it.
So
prov
idin
g th
e si
gnal
is m
uch
bigg
er t
han
the
nois
e, y
ou w
on’t
be a
war
e of
the
nois
e. In
oth
er w
ords
the
“sig
nal-t
o-no
ise
ratio
” ne
eds
to b
e a
big
num
ber,
idea
lly s
uch
as 8
0dB
or
90dB
.
So
how
do
you
achi
eve
that
in p
ract
ice?
The
tric
k is
to k
eep
the
mic
roph
one
as c
lose
to th
e so
und
sour
ce a
s po
ssib
le w
ithou
t ove
rload
ing
it, s
o as
to g
et
as m
uch
sign
al o
ut o
f it
as p
ossi
ble.
The
n yo
u se
t th
e G
ain
cont
rol t
o gi
ve
only
as
muc
h ga
in a
s is
nee
ded
to g
et a
dec
ent
leve
l int
o th
e re
cord
er.
Of
cour
se w
hen
ther
e is
no
sign
al g
oing
on,
you
may
hea
r th
e ba
ck-
grou
nd n
oise
of
the
elec
tron
ics.
In
that
cas
e, g
iven
the
am
ount
of
gain
in
a ty
pica
l stu
dio
mon
itorin
g sy
stem
, thi
s no
ise
“flo
or”
shou
ld id
eally
be
in t
he r
egio
n of
-80
dBu
or lo
wer
, in
ord
er f
or it
not
to
be n
otic
ed.
The
six
Q m
icro
phon
e pr
eam
plifi
er u
ses
stat
e-of
-the
-art
ele
ctro
nics
and
ha
s an
equ
ival
ent
inpu
t no
ise
of a
roun
d -1
28dB
u (w
ith 1
50oh
m i
nput
lo
ad).
Des
pite
all
the
hype
rbol
ae a
nd o
bfus
catio
n, t
he t
heor
etic
al b
est
poss
ible
per
form
ance
for
sili
con-
base
d el
ectr
onic
s is
abo
ut -
132d
Bu.
S
o th
e pr
eam
plifi
er d
esig
n us
ed i
n th
e si
xQ a
nd a
ll ot
her
Nex
tGen
Jo
emee
k pr
oduc
ts a
ppro
ache
s th
is l
imit.
To
impr
ove
sign
ifica
ntly
on
this
wou
ld r
equi
re h
ighl
y sp
ecia
lised
ele
ctro
nics
and
pro
babl
y a
vat
of
liqui
d N
itrog
en t
o co
ol it
!
The
max
imum
gai
n av
aila
ble
from
the
pre
amp
is 6
0dB
, in
whi
ch c
ase
the
nois
e flo
or w
ill b
e -6
8dB
u. T
his
is a
ctua
lly q
uite
noi
sy -
if y
ou r
ecor
d th
at n
oise
ont
o a
digi
tal
reco
rder
and
pla
y it
back
you
can
def
inite
ly
hear
it. I
n pr
actic
e of
cou
rse,
you
do
not r
ecor
d an
d pl
ay b
ack
“sile
nce”
an
d th
e re
st o
f th
e m
ix w
ill p
roba
bly
be m
ore
than
70d
B l
oude
r th
an
this
noi
se a
nd w
ill m
ask
it co
mpl
etel
y. E
ven
so i
t is
gen
eral
ly a
goo
d id
ea n
ot t
o us
e ga
ins
grea
ter
than
40d
B o
r 50
dB a
nd in
deed
, it
shou
ld
rare
ly b
e ne
cess
ary
to d
o so
.
Inse
rt P
oint
Thi
s is
sim
ply
an u
nbal
ance
d “S
end
and
Ret
urn”
jack
on
the
rear
pan
el.
It al
low
s yo
u to
pat
ch a
ny o
ther
pie
ces
of e
quip
men
t in
to t
he s
igna
l pa
th, s
uch
as a
n ef
fect
s pr
oces
sor
or n
oise
gat
e. T
o us
e it
you
will
nee
d a
“Y”
lead
wire
d as
fol
low
s:
Tip
: se
ndR
ing:
ret
urn
Sle
eve:
gro
und
six q manual.indd 4/7/05, 12:01 PM8-9
9
to g
ive
a ce
rtai
n “f
eel”
to a
pro
duct
ion.
AM
and
FM
rad
io h
owev
er,
is s
till
very
muc
h co
mpr
esse
d to
fit
its r
estr
icte
d dy
nam
ic r
ange
.
5. M
od
ific
atio
nA
com
pres
sor
can
chan
ge t
he d
ynam
ics,
or
“env
elop
e” o
f th
e tr
ack
and
it is
he
re t
hat
the
Joem
eek
Com
pres
sor
exce
ls!
Typ
es o
f C
om
pre
sso
rM
ost
com
pres
sors
wor
k in
ess
entia
lly t
he s
ame
way
: a
volu
me-
cont
rolli
ng
elem
ent
or “
gain
cel
l” is
inse
rted
into
the
aud
io s
igna
l pat
h. T
he le
vel o
f th
e si
gnal
at
any
give
n m
omen
t is
mea
sure
d an
d th
at i
nfor
mat
ion
is u
sed
to
cont
rol t
he g
ain
cell.
So
if th
e si
gnal
get
s bi
gger
, the
vol
ume
is tu
rned
dow
n.
Var
ious
typ
es o
f ga
in c
ell
in c
omm
on u
se i
nclu
de F
ETs
, va
lves
(tu
bes)
, lig
ht-d
epen
dent
-res
isto
rs (
phot
oele
ctric
), d
igita
l po
tent
iom
eter
s an
d vo
ltage
-co
ntro
lled-
ampl
ifier
s, b
ette
r kn
own
as V
CA
s.
The
six
Q C
ompr
esso
r is
a u
niqu
e re
crea
tion
of t
he s
ort
of p
hoto
elec
tric
co
mp
ress
or
use
d b
y re
cord
pro
du
cer
Joe
Me
ek
in t
he
19
60
’s.
Usi
ng
m
od
ern
co
mp
on
en
ts
for
con
sist
en
cy
an
d
relia
bili
ty,
it n
on
eth
ele
ss
rep
rod
uce
s fa
ithfu
lly t
he s
ame
punc
hy s
ound
tha
t w
as s
o ch
arac
teris
tic o
f th
e po
p re
cord
s of
tha
t tim
e.
Co
mp
ress
ion
Rat
ioW
hat?
? O
K, i
t’s s
impl
er th
an it
sou
nds.
If th
e in
put g
ets
10dB
loud
er b
ut th
e ou
tput
onl
y in
crea
ses
by 5
dB t
hen
the
com
pres
sion
rat
io i
s “2
to
1”.
If th
e in
put
goes
up
10dB
but
the
out
put
only
goe
s up
1dB
, th
en t
he c
ompr
essi
on
ratio
is
“10
to 1
”. I
n a
theo
retic
ally
ide
al c
ompr
esso
r, th
is r
atio
is
the
sam
e fo
r an
y si
ze o
f si
gnal
abo
ve t
he t
hres
hold
but
for
tha
t to
be
true
, th
e ga
in
cell
and
its c
ontr
ol c
ircui
try
mus
t be
per
fect
ly li
near
ove
r a
very
wid
e ra
nge.
In
pra
ctic
e on
ly c
ompr
esso
rs b
ased
on
VC
As
and
digi
tal p
oten
tiom
eter
s ar
e lik
ely
to b
ehav
e in
thi
s w
ay.
Som
e co
mpr
esso
rs h
ave
a co
ntro
l to
set
the
rat
io a
nyw
here
bet
wee
n 1:
1 (ie
: no
com
pres
sion
), a
nd 2
0:1
(whi
ch w
ould
be
rega
rded
as
a “b
rick
wal
l
limite
r”).
In
the
sixQ
the
“S
lope
” or
“C
ompr
essi
on R
atio
” is
var
iabl
e fr
om 1
:1 (
ie: n
o co
mpr
essi
on)
to 1
0:1.
Slo
pes
arou
nd 3
:1 a
re g
entle
for
voca
ls w
hile
hig
her
slop
es a
re h
ard
for
drum
s an
d gu
itars
. H
owev
er
that
’s n
ot a
ll th
ere
is t
o it.
Var
iab
le R
atio
In t
he J
oem
eek
optic
al c
ompr
esso
r th
e co
mpr
essi
on ‘t
hres
hold
’ is
not
clea
rly d
efin
ed a
nd t
he c
ompr
essi
on r
atio
var
ies
with
the
am
ount
of
com
pres
sion
app
lied.
Sup
pose
the
‘S
lope
’ co
ntro
l is
set
to
5:1.
For
si
gnal
s on
ly j
ust
exce
edin
g th
resh
old,
the
rat
io i
s lit
tle m
ore
than
1:1
. A
s th
e co
mpr
esso
r is
driv
en h
arde
r, th
e ra
tio r
ises
to 5
:1, a
t lea
st u
p to
a
poin
t. It
is a
feat
ure
of th
e Jo
emee
k co
mpr
esso
r th
at th
e co
mpr
essi
on
ratio
act
ua
lly r
ed
uce
s a
ga
in d
uri
ng
la
rge
tra
nsi
en
ts a
nd
, a
dju
ste
d
corr
ect
ly,
this
hel
ps t
o re
tain
brig
htne
ss t
hat
is o
ften
lost
with
oth
er
type
s of
com
pres
sor.
Thi
s is
why
vin
tage
com
pres
sors
ofte
n so
und
mor
e liv
ely
than
the
ir m
oder
n co
unte
rpar
ts.
Co
ntr
ols
‘CO
MP
RE
SS
’ se
ts t
he l
evel
of
sign
al (
the
“Thr
esho
ld”)
abo
ve w
hich
th
e si
gnal
sta
rts
to b
e co
mpr
esse
d. T
urni
ng t
he c
ompr
essi
on c
ontr
ol
cloc
kwis
e lo
wer
s th
e co
mpr
essi
on th
resh
old,
and
driv
es th
e co
mpr
esso
r ha
rder
.
‘SL
OP
E’
sets
th
e
ave
rag
e
com
pre
ssio
n
ratio
a
pp
lied
to
si
gn
als
a
bo
ve t
hre
sho
ld.
Lo
we
r se
ttin
gs
(an
ti-cl
ock
wis
e)
ha
ve l
ess
eff
ect
. T
urn
ing
th
e c
on
tro
l cl
ock
wis
e i
ncr
ea
ses
the
ra
tio a
nd
ma
kes
the
e
ffe
cts
of
com
pre
ssio
n
mo
re
dra
ma
tic.
At
ma
xim
um
(1
0:1
) th
e
Joe
me
ek
com
pre
sso
r e
ffe
ctiv
ely
be
com
es
a l
imite
r.
8W
hen
no ja
ck is
inse
rted
, th
e so
cket
is in
tern
ally
link
ed,
or “
norm
alle
d”,
so
that
the
sig
nal
flow
s un
inte
rrup
ted.
Not
e th
at t
he I
nser
t P
oint
is
afte
r th
e P
ream
p bu
t be
fore
the
Com
pres
sor
and
EQ
.
ME
TE
RT
he
me
ter
dis
pla
ys o
ne
of
two
th
ing
s, d
ep
en
din
g o
n t
he
se
ttin
g o
f th
e
“PR
E”
switc
h.
With
thi
s sw
itch
out,
the
Met
er s
how
s si
gnal
lev
el a
t th
e ou
tput
s, a
fter
the
Out
put
Gai
n fa
der.
Not
e th
at t
his
is r
elat
ive
to t
he s
elec
ted
oper
atin
g le
vel
of “
+4d
Bu”
or
“-10
dBv”
. In
othe
r w
ords
if y
ou h
ave
sele
cted
“+
4dB
u” a
nd th
e m
eter
rea
ds “
0”,
then
you
hav
e +
4dB
u co
min
g ou
t of
the
1/4
” ja
ck o
utpu
t so
cket
. If
you
have
sel
ecte
d “-
10dB
v” a
nd t
he m
eter
rea
ds “
0”,
then
you
ha
ve -
10dB
v co
min
g ou
t of
the
out
put
jack
.
Pre
ssin
g “P
RE
” al
low
s th
e ou
tput
of
the
prea
mp
to b
e m
eter
ed d
irect
ly,
rath
er li
ke t
he “
PF
L” b
utto
n on
a m
ixin
g co
nsol
e. T
his
is u
sefu
l for
adj
ustin
g th
e ga
in o
f th
e P
ream
p.
Com
pres
sor
The
ha
rdes
t de
vice
to
un
ders
tand
, ye
t on
e of
th
e m
ost
usef
ul,
the
Pho
toO
ptic
al C
ompr
esso
r is
wha
t gi
ves
Joem
eek
prod
ucts
the
ir un
ique
ch
arac
ter.
Its j
ob i
s to
mak
e qu
iet
soun
ds l
oude
r an
d lo
ud s
ound
s qu
iete
r, or
in o
ther
wor
ds t
o re
duce
the
dyn
amic
ran
ge o
f th
e pr
ogra
mm
e m
ater
ial.
It’s
a bi
t lik
e m
anua
lly r
idin
g th
e vo
lum
e co
ntro
l, ex
cept
the
com
pres
sor
does
it a
utom
atic
ally
, re
spon
ding
far
qui
cker
and
mor
e ac
cura
tely
tha
n yo
u ev
er c
ould
by
hand
. T
he c
ompr
esso
r is
app
lied
in s
ever
al w
ays:
1. M
ake
So
un
ds
Sta
nd
Ou
tB
ecau
se c
ompr
esso
rs m
ake
loud
sou
nds
quie
ter,
you
can
boos
t the
vol
ume
of t
he q
uiet
bits
with
out
the
loud
bits
get
ting
even
lou
der.
Tha
t m
eans
you
can
rais
e th
e av
erag
e le
vel o
f an
inst
rum
ent
or v
ocal
in t
he m
ix,
whi
ch
has
the
effe
ct o
f lif
ting
it an
d br
ingi
ng i
t fo
rwar
ds.
Thi
s ca
n ac
tual
ly
impr
ove
voca
ls fo
r ex
ampl
e, b
ringi
ng th
em o
ut in
fron
t of a
mix
, mak
ing
them
sou
nd d
ense
r, m
ore
even
, an
d m
ore
conf
iden
t!
2. C
ran
k U
p T
he
Vo
lum
eR
aisi
ng t
he a
vera
ge v
olum
e of
who
le m
ixes
mea
ns t
hey
can
be h
eard
in
noi
sy e
nviro
nmen
ts,
such
as
vehi
cles
and
fac
torie
s. B
oost
ing
the
aver
age
leve
l is
wha
t mak
es r
adio
sta
tions
sou
nd L
OU
D a
nd th
e sa
me
tech
niqu
e is
use
d on
TV
com
mer
cial
s to
o, w
hich
is
why
the
y al
way
s se
em a
nnoy
ingl
y lo
uder
tha
n th
e m
ovie
you
wer
e tr
ying
to
wat
ch!
3. P
rote
ctio
nF
ast
resp
onse
tim
es a
re g
ener
ally
use
d to
con
trol
brie
f tr
ansi
ents
. In
ot
her
wor
ds i
f an
occ
asio
nal
peak
stic
ks i
ts h
ead
abov
e a
max
imum
pe
rmitt
ed l
evel
, th
e co
mpr
esso
r cl
obbe
rs i
t; th
is i
s kn
own
as l
imiti
ng
and
a co
mpr
esso
r de
sign
ed s
olel
y fo
r th
is p
urpo
se i
s kn
own
as a
Li
mite
r. Li
mite
rs a
re p
rimar
ily u
sed
to p
rote
ct r
ecor
ders
and
mon
itor
syst
ems
from
ove
rload
, ra
dio
tran
smitt
ers
from
ove
rmod
ulat
ion,
etc
. T
he J
oem
eek
com
pres
sor
is n
ot p
rimar
ily i
nten
ded
for
this
pur
pose
a
s th
e A
tta
ck i
s n
ot
rea
lly f
ast
en
ou
gh
to
sa
tisf
y ra
dio
sta
tio
n
requ
irem
ents
, alth
ough
it is
gen
eral
ly g
ood
enou
gh to
pro
tect
rec
orde
rs
and
mon
itors
, w
here
the
effe
ct o
f tr
ansi
ents
is
less
crit
ical
. N
orm
ally
yo
u sh
ould
not
hea
r a
limite
r op
erat
ing
but i
f it i
s dr
iven
har
d co
nsta
ntly
, it
can
rend
er a
mix
som
ewha
t fla
t an
d lif
eles
s.
4. A
cco
mm
od
atio
nT
he d
ynam
ic r
ange
of
the
hum
an e
ar i
s ph
enom
enal
, ex
tend
ing
from
th
e th
resh
old
of h
earin
g (e
g: a
pin
dro
ppin
g on
to s
oft c
arpe
t) to
thre
shol
d of
pai
n (e
g: s
tand
ing
next
to
a je
t ai
rcra
ft) -
som
e 12
0dB
A i
n al
l. B
y co
ntra
st,
viny
l, ca
sset
te t
ape
and
radi
o br
oadc
asts
all
have
a d
ynam
ic
rang
e of
abo
ut h
alf t
hat.
Sin
ce th
e ad
vent
of t
he C
D, t
he d
ynam
ic r
ange
of
the
med
ium
is f
ar le
ss o
f an
issu
e an
d co
mpr
esso
rs a
re u
sed
mor
e
six q manual.indd 4/7/05, 12:01 PM10-11
11
Tech
nic
al s
tuff
Eac
h se
ctio
n of
the
Mee
qual
izer
has
a p
eaki
ng o
r “b
ell”
shap
ed f
re-
quen
cy r
espo
nse,
whi
ch w
ill b
e fo
und
to b
e m
usic
ally
mor
e sa
tisfy
ing
than
con
vent
iona
l “s
helv
ing”
equ
aliz
ers.
The
use
of
bell
curv
es a
t LF
an
d H
F a
lso
avoi
ds b
oost
ing
subs
onic
s an
d ul
tras
onic
s w
hich
can
hav
e ad
vers
e ef
fect
s on
oth
er s
tudi
o eq
uipm
ent,
such
as
reco
rder
s, m
onito
r am
plifi
ers
and
spea
kers
. T
he “
Q”
valu
e of
the
pea
king
filt
ers
is 0
.9 (
or
1.6
octa
ves)
. Z
ero
phas
e di
stor
tion
ensu
res
the
best
pos
sibl
e au
dio
cohe
renc
e.
Outp
ut S
tage
‘OU
TP
UT
GA
IN’.
Thi
s ou
tput
vol
ume
cont
rol
prov
ides
up
to 1
0dB
of
gain
and
als
o go
es r
ight
dow
n to
not
hing
, so
act
ing
as a
fad
er t
o fa
de
a so
und
out
com
plet
ely.
CO
NN
EC
TO
RS
Two
outp
uts
are
prov
ided
, ja
ck a
nd X
LR,
so y
ou c
an s
imul
tane
ousl
y fe
ed (
say)
a r
ecor
der
and
a m
onito
r am
plifi
er. T
he s
witc
h ad
jace
nt to
the
1/4”
jack
sel
ects
the
out
put
oper
atin
g le
vel t
o ei
ther
+4d
Bu
(sui
ts m
ost
prof
essi
onal
stu
dio
equi
pmen
t) o
r -1
0dB
v (s
uits
sem
i-pro
or
hi-f
i equ
ip-
men
t).
The
XLR
out
put
is a
lway
s +
4dB
u. C
heck
with
the
han
dboo
k fo
r w
hate
ver
you
are
feed
ing,
to
find
out
whi
ch le
vel i
s re
quire
d.
The
XLR
out
put
is b
alan
ced
and
wire
d as
fol
low
s:P
in 2
: +
(ho
t)P
in 3
: -
(col
d)P
in 1
: gr
ound
The
jack
out
put
is b
alan
ced
and
wire
d as
fol
low
s:T
ip:
+ (
hot)
Rin
g: -
(co
ld)
Sle
eve:
gro
und
10
‘AT
TAC
K’ s
ets
how
qui
ckly
the
com
pres
sor
reac
ts to
pea
ks a
bove
thre
shol
d.
Tur
n th
is c
ontr
ol a
ntic
lock
wis
e fo
r a
quic
k re
spon
se.
Slo
wer
(cl
ockw
ise)
al
low
s th
e fa
st l
eadi
ng e
dge
of p
ercu
ssiv
e so
unds
to
pass
unc
ompr
esse
d fo
r a
mom
ent,
befo
re
the
com
pres
sor
reac
ts
to
cont
rol
the
gain
. T
his
exam
ple
of “
chan
ging
the
enve
lope
” of
a s
ound
exa
gger
ates
the
perc
ussi
ve
natu
re o
f dr
ums
and
othe
r in
stru
men
ts.
Set
tings
aro
und
mid
-pos
ition
are
us
ed w
here
the
com
pres
sion
nee
ds to
be
less
obv
ious
. Voc
als
for
exam
ple,
re
quire
Atta
ck t
imes
aro
und
10m
sec
for
natu
ral
soun
ding
res
ults
. F
aste
r at
tack
tim
es (a
nti-c
lock
wis
e) in
con
junc
tion
with
larg
e am
ount
s of
com
pres
sion
, re
sult
in e
xtre
me
“pum
ping
” ef
fect
s.
‘RE
LE
AS
E’
sets
how
lon
g th
e co
mpr
esso
r go
es o
n sq
uash
ing
the
soun
d fo
r, on
ce t
he s
igna
l ha
s dr
oppe
d be
low
thr
esho
ld.
If it
stop
ped
inst
antly
th
ere
wou
ld b
e ve
ry n
otic
eabl
e m
odul
atio
n or
“pu
mpi
ng”
of t
he s
ound
. S
o w
e m
ay w
ant
it to
sto
p co
mpr
essi
ng l
ess
abru
ptly
and
tha
t is
wha
t th
e R
elea
se c
ontr
ol i
s fo
r. G
ener
ally
, th
e lo
nger
the
Rel
ease
tim
e, t
he l
ess
obvi
ous
is t
he c
ompr
essi
on.
Of
cour
se s
ome
“pum
ping
” m
ight
act
ually
be
desi
rabl
e as
a s
peci
al e
ffect
and
tha
t is
ano
ther
way
in w
hich
the
env
elop
e of
a s
ound
can
be
mod
ified
. T
he s
ixQ
Rel
ease
is
varia
ble
from
100
mS
up
to 3
sec
onds
giv
ing
a w
ide
varie
ty o
f ef
fect
s.
How
the
com
pres
sor
beha
ves
actu
ally
cha
nges
with
pro
gram
me
cont
ent
and
volu
me.
So
expe
rimen
t with
the
cont
rols
with
diff
eren
t kin
ds o
f mat
eria
l to
disc
over
the
ran
ge a
nd d
epth
of
effe
cts
that
can
be
achi
eved
. T
he ‘C
OM
P’
in/o
ut s
witc
h al
low
s co
mpa
rison
bet
wee
n co
mpr
esse
d an
d un
com
pres
sed
soun
d (b
lue
LED
ligh
ts w
hen
activ
e).
Rem
embe
r th
at t
he ‘M
AK
E U
P G
AIN
’ is
the
re t
o re
stor
e th
e le
vel
of t
he s
igna
l af
ter
com
pres
sion
. C
orre
ctly
ad
just
ed,
ther
e w
ill b
e no
cha
nge
in v
olum
e as
the
Com
pres
sor
ON
sw
itch
is o
pera
ted.
The
Com
pres
sor
is a
fter
the
Pre
ampl
ifier
and
the
Ins
ert
Poi
nt,
and
befo
re
the
Mee
qual
izer
.
Mee
qual
izer
The
six
Q “
Mee
qual
izer
” is
a h
ighl
y ef
fect
ive,
ver
satil
e an
d m
usic
ally
re
war
ding
thr
ee-b
and
equa
lizer
, or
ton
e co
ntro
l sy
stem
. E
ach
stag
e al
low
s bo
ost
or c
ut o
f up
to
15dB
aro
und
the
freq
uenc
y in
que
stio
n.
The
“E
Q”
switc
h tu
rns
the
equa
lizer
on,
and
the
gree
n LE
D li
ghts
whe
n ac
tive.
The
LF
ban
d ca
n be
tun
ed o
r “s
wep
t” a
nyw
here
bet
wee
n 40
Hz
and
650H
z. T
his
effe
ctiv
ely
cove
rs t
he w
hole
ran
ge o
f lo
w f
requ
enci
es.
It m
ay h
elp
to t
hink
of
it as
lik
e a
grap
hic
equa
lizer
, on
ly i
nste
ad o
f lo
ts
of f
requ
ency
ban
ds,
you
have
jus
t on
e, b
ut i
t ca
n be
mov
ed t
o co
ver
any
give
n fr
eque
ncy
band
. Cut
ting
can
be u
sed
to r
educ
e un
wan
ted
LF
nois
e, s
uch
as h
um o
r ru
mbl
e. B
oost
ing
can
brin
g ou
t th
e w
arm
th a
nd
body
of
bass
line
s an
d (e
spec
ially
aro
und
80H
z) k
ick
drum
s.
The
Mid
ban
d ca
n be
tun
ed o
r “s
wep
t” a
nyw
here
bet
wee
n 30
0Hz
and
5kH
z. T
his
effe
ctiv
ely
cove
rs t
he w
hole
ran
ge o
f m
id f
requ
enci
es.
Cut
ting
the
Mid
can
red
uce
sibi
lanc
e, b
oom
ines
s or
oth
er a
nnoy
ing
reso
nanc
es. B
oost
ing
can
brin
g ou
t the
bod
y of
a v
ocal
, or
the
harm
onic
s of
inst
rum
ents
. In
crea
sing
or
redu
cing
the
“pr
esen
ce”
of a
n in
stru
men
t o
r vo
cal
in t
his
wa
y, c
an
ap
pe
ar
to m
ove
th
e s
ou
nd
fo
rwa
rds
or
ba
ckw
ard
s in
a m
ix.
The
HF
or
treb
le s
ectio
n is
cen
tred
at
eith
er 6
kHz
or 1
2kH
z. B
oost
ing
the
12kH
z ba
nd g
ives
a s
ense
of
“air”
or
“spa
rkle
” to
voc
als,
inst
rum
ents
an
d m
ixes
, with
out b
oost
ing
hars
h up
per-
mid
freq
uenc
ies.
Alte
rnat
ivel
y w
ith b
ass
inst
rum
ents
, cu
tting
thi
s ba
nd w
ill r
educ
e H
F n
oise
suc
h as
h
iss
an
d c
rack
le.
Th
e 6
kHz
sett
ing
is
very
eff
ect
ive
at
con
tro
llin
g
sib
ilan
ce a
nd r
educ
ing
hars
hnes
s, o
r in
deed
cre
atin
g it,
for
exa
mpl
e by
boo
stin
g th
e ha
rmon
ics
of e
lect
ric g
uita
rs.
The
Mee
qual
izer
is
afte
r th
e P
ream
plifi
er,
the
Inse
rt P
oint
and
the
C
ompr
esso
r.
six q manual.indd 4/7/05, 12:01 PM12-13
Bal
ance
d o
r U
nb
alan
ced
To r
un t
he X
LR o
utpu
t un
bala
nced
, it
will
be
nece
ssar
y to
gro
und
pin
3 of
the
ca
ble
conn
ecto
r.To
run
the
1/4”
jac
k ou
tput
unb
alan
ced,
jus
t pl
ug i
n a
mon
o ja
ck p
lug.
Eith
er
way
, thi
s in
crea
ses
the
gain
of t
he “
+”
sign
al b
y 6d
B, s
o th
ere
is n
o dr
op in
leve
l co
mpa
red
with
bal
ance
d ge
ar.
All
outp
uts
on a
ll N
extG
en J
oem
eek
prod
ucts
are
pro
perly
bal
ance
d, w
hich
is to
sa
y th
ere
is a
sig
nal o
n bo
th p
ins!
In th
is w
ay th
e m
axim
um p
ossi
ble
com
mon
-m
ode
reje
ctio
n of
inte
rfer
ence
, can
be
achi
eved
at t
he r
ecei
ving
end
.
VU
ME
TE
RT
he
LE
D V
U M
eter
sho
ws
sign
al le
vel a
t th
e ou
tput
s, a
fter
the
Out
put
Gai
n fa
de
r. I
t co
vers
th
e r
an
ge
-2
4d
B t
o +
12
dB
in
eig
ht
ste
ps.
No
te t
ha
t th
is
is r
ela
tive
to
the
sele
cted
ope
ratin
g le
vel
of “
+4d
Bu”
or
“-10
dBv”
. In
oth
er
wor
ds if
you
hav
e se
lect
ed “
4dB
u” a
nd t
he m
eter
rea
ds “
0”,
then
you
hav
e +
4dB
u co
min
g ou
t of
the
out
put
sock
ets.
If
you
have
sel
ecte
d “-
10dB
v”
and
the
met
er r
eads
“0”
, th
en y
ou h
ave
-10d
Bv
com
ing
out
of t
he o
utpu
t so
cket
s.
Digi
tal
Inte
rfac
e
Th
e J
oe
me
ek
Dig
ital
Au
dio
In
terf
ace
pro
vid
es
hig
h q
ua
lity
dig
ital
au
dio
o
utp
uts
com
patib
le w
ith m
ost
digi
tal
reco
rder
s, a
s w
ell
as D
igita
l A
udio
W
orks
tatio
ns a
nd m
ixer
s. S
/PD
IF f
orm
at i
s av
aila
ble
from
the
opt
ical
and
R
CA
ph
on
o c
on
ne
cto
rs.
The
Joe
mee
k D
igita
l Int
erfa
ce h
as h
ighl
y st
able
onb
oard
mas
ter
cloc
ks f
or
low
-jitte
r, hi
-fi r
esul
ts.
Inte
rnal
sam
ple
rate
s of
44.
1kH
z, 4
8kH
z, 8
8.2k
Hz
or
96
kHz
are
se
lect
ed
by
me
an
s o
f re
ar
pa
ne
l sw
itch
es.
44
.1kH
z is
th
e
sta
nd
ard
use
d fo
r au
dio
CD
’s, w
hile
48k
Hz
and
96kH
z ar
e w
idel
y us
ed in
reco
rdin
g st
udio
s. In
gen
eral
, the
hig
her
the
sam
ple
rate
, the
bet
ter
the
audi
o fid
elity
, but
the
mor
e di
sk s
pace
is r
equi
red
for
the
reco
rdin
g. F
or
exam
ple,
rec
ordi
ng a
t 96k
Hz
requ
ires
twic
e as
muc
h st
orag
e as
48k
Hz.
C
onsu
lt th
e m
anua
l of
your
rec
orde
r or
DA
W a
s to
wha
t sa
mpl
e ra
tes
it w
ill a
ccom
mod
ate.
To a
void
dis
tort
ion,
car
e sh
ould
be
take
n no
t to
ove
rdriv
e th
e in
put
to
the
Dig
ital
Inte
rfac
e. T
he r
ed +
12 L
ED
is
labe
led
“PE
AK
FS
D”
whi
ch
stan
ds f
or “
Ful
l Sca
le D
igita
l”. O
ccas
iona
l fla
shes
are
OK
but
if it
is o
n al
l the
tim
e, tu
rn s
omet
hing
dow
n!
Not
e th
at th
e D
igita
l Int
erfa
ce is
a tw
o-ch
anne
l dev
ice,
with
cha
nnel
one
fe
d by
the
six
Q’s
inte
rnal
circ
uitr
y. I
n or
der
to u
tiliz
e th
e se
cond
dig
ital
chan
nel,
an e
xter
nal a
nalo
g in
put i
s pr
ovid
ed in
the
form
of a
bal
ance
d 1/
4” ja
ck o
n th
e re
ar p
anel
wire
d as
follo
ws:
Tip
: + (
hot)
Rin
g: -
(co
ld)
Sle
eve:
gro
und
In th
is w
ay th
e ou
tput
of t
he s
ixQ
and
ano
ther
ana
log
sour
ce c
an b
e fe
d in
to o
ne d
igita
l inp
ut o
f a r
ecor
der
or d
igita
l wor
ksta
tion.
Usin
g th
e si
xQ
GE
TT
ING
CO
NN
EC
TE
D
The
fig
ure
show
s th
e si
xQ b
eing
use
d in
stea
d of
a m
ixin
g de
sk in
a
reco
rdin
g se
tup:
• A
mic
roph
one
is c
onne
cted
to
the
Mic
Inp
ut
• A
gui
tar
is c
onne
cted
to
the
Inst
rum
ent
Inpu
t
• T
he in
sert
poi
nt is
bei
ng u
sed
to d
iver
t the
pre
ampl
ified
sig
nal t
hrou
gh
a
n ex
tern
al e
ffect
s pr
oces
sor
• T
he r
ecor
der
outp
ut i
s co
nnec
ted
to t
he L
ine
Inpu
t fo
r pl
ayba
ck.
P
revi
ousl
y re
cord
ed t
rack
s m
ay a
lso
be r
epla
yed
via
the
Line
Inp
ut,
t
o pe
rmit
com
pres
sion
and
equ
aliz
atio
n
PO
WE
R S
UP
PLY
Con
nect
the
six
Q p
ower
cor
d to
the
AC
con
nect
or o
n th
e re
ar p
anel
an
d sw
itch
on t
he m
ains
sup
ply.
NB
: en
sure
tha
t th
e si
xQ is
set
to
the
corr
ect
mai
ns v
olta
ge f
or y
our
regi
on –
eith
er 1
15V
or
230V
. O
rient
ate
the
fu
se h
old
er
/ m
ain
s vo
ltag
e s
ele
cto
r d
raw
so
th
at
the
re
qu
ire
d
volta
ge
app
ears
at
the
top.
If
in d
oubt
con
sult
a co
mpe
tent
eng
inee
r.
Usin
g th
e Pr
eam
p
Tur
n th
e ‘IN
PU
T G
AIN
’ co
ntro
l to
min
imum
and
con
nect
the
inp
ut
sour
ce.
If yo
u ar
e us
ing
a co
nden
ser
mic
roph
one,
rem
embe
r to
sw
itch
on t
he 4
8V P
hant
om P
ower
. S
et t
he ‘
OU
TP
UT
GA
IN’
to “
0dB
”. T
urn
up t
he ‘
INP
UT
GA
IN’ u
ntil
the
mic
roph
one
soun
d re
gist
ers
on t
he V
U
Met
er,
adju
stin
g it
so t
hat
the
met
er r
eads
bet
wee
n “0
” an
d “+
3” o
n so
und
peak
s. W
hen
the
red
LED
(la
bele
d “P
eak”
) lig
hts,
the
six
Q i
s w
ithin
6dB
of
clip
ping
. O
ccas
iona
l fla
shes
are
OK
but
if it
is o
n al
l the
tim
e, t
urn
the
Inpu
t G
ain
dow
n!
Rem
embe
r yo
u ca
n ch
eck
the
prea
mp
gain
at a
ny ti
me
by p
ress
ing
the
“Met
er P
re”
butto
n.
12
13
six q manual.indd 4/7/05, 12:01 PM14-15
15
Trou
bles
hoot
ing
1) N
o P
ow
er (
no
lig
hts
wo
rk)
• Is
the
pow
er c
ord
plug
ged
in (
both
end
s)?
• Is
the
mai
ns p
ower
on?
• Is
the
mai
ns v
olta
ge s
et c
orre
ctly
for
you
r re
gion
?•
Has
the
mai
ns f
use
blow
n?
2) T
he
mic
rop
ho
ne
do
esn
’t w
ork
• Is
it c
onne
cted
to
the
corr
ect
(XLR
) in
put
on t
he r
ear
pane
l?•
If it
is a
con
dens
er m
icro
phon
e, is
the
pha
ntom
pow
er s
witc
hed
on?
• Is
the
‘Lin
e’ s
witc
h ou
t (L
ED
off)
?•
Is t
he ‘I
nput
Gai
n’ c
ontr
ol t
urne
d up
?•
Is t
he ‘O
utpu
t G
ain’
con
trol
tur
ned
up?
3) T
he
line
inp
ut
do
esn
’t w
ork
• Is
the
sour
ce c
onne
cted
to th
e co
rrec
t (ja
ck)
inpu
t on
the
back
of t
he u
nit?
• Is
the
‘Lin
e’ s
witc
h in
(LE
D o
n)?
• Is
the
‘Inpu
t Gai
n’ c
ontr
ol tu
rned
up?
• Is
the
‘Out
put G
ain’
con
trol
turn
ed u
p?
4) T
he
com
pre
sso
r d
oes
n’t
wo
rk•
Is th
e C
ompr
esso
r ‘O
N’ s
witc
h in
(LE
D o
n)?
• Is
the
‘Com
pres
s’ c
ontr
ol tu
rned
up
enou
gh?
• Is
the
‘Slo
pe’ c
ontr
ol tu
rned
up
enou
gh?
• Is
ther
e en
ough
sig
nal,
as s
et b
y th
e ‘In
put G
ain’
con
trol
, to
driv
e th
e c
ompr
esso
r?
5) T
oo
litt
le o
r to
o m
uch
co
mp
ress
ion
• T
urn
the
‘Inpu
t Gai
n’ c
ontr
ol u
p or
dow
n re
spec
tivel
y, to
adj
ust t
he
sig
nal l
evel
to th
e co
mpr
esso
r
6) T
he
Mee
qu
aliz
er d
oes
n’t
wo
rk.
• Is
the
EQ
‘ON
’ sw
itch
in (
LED
on)
?•
Is ‘I
nput
Gai
n’ c
ontr
ol tu
rned
up?
• Is
‘Out
put G
ain’
con
trol
turn
ed u
p?
7) T
oo
mu
ch n
ois
e•
Is th
e ‘In
put G
ain’
con
trol
too
high
? T
ry m
ovin
g th
e m
ic c
lose
r t
o th
e so
urce
• Is
the
‘Out
put G
ain’
con
trol
too
high
(eg
: whe
n lo
ts o
f com
pres
sion
is
bei
ng u
sed)
? •
Is th
ere
too
muc
h E
Q b
oost
?•
Is th
e no
ise
alre
ady
pres
ent i
n th
e in
put s
igna
l? (
Try
rem
ovin
g th
e in
put)
8) S
ou
nd
s d
isto
rted
• Is
the
‘Inpu
t Gai
n’ c
ontr
ol to
o hi
gh?
• Is
the
‘Out
put G
ain’
con
trol
too
high
?•
Is th
ere
too
muc
h E
Q b
oost
?•
Whe
n us
ing
the
com
pres
sor,
is th
e R
elea
se c
ontr
ol s
et to
o lo
w?
14
Usin
g th
e Co
mpr
esso
r
Sta
rt w
ith t
he C
ompr
esso
r an
d M
eequ
aliz
er o
ff an
d ad
just
the
inp
ut a
nd
outp
ut g
ain
so th
at th
e V
U M
eter
rea
ds a
roun
d 0d
B.
Set
‘CO
MP
RE
SS
ION
’ and
‘AT
TAC
K’ f
ully
ant
i-clo
ckw
ise,
with
‘SLO
PE
’ and
‘R
ELE
AS
E’ a
t m
id-p
ositi
on.
Pre
ss t
he ‘C
OM
P’ p
ush-
butto
n an
d tu
rn u
p th
e ‘C
OM
PR
ES
SIO
N’ c
ontr
ol u
ntil
the
com
pres
sor
GR
met
er s
tart
s to
rea
d 2d
B
or 4
dB o
n au
dio
peak
s. Y
ou s
houl
d no
w b
e ab
le t
o he
ar t
he c
ompr
esso
r w
ork
ing
as
the
vo
lum
e d
imin
ish
es.
Use
th
e ‘
MA
KE
UP
GA
IN’
con
tro
l to
re
sto
re th
e si
gnal
to it
s pr
evio
us (u
ncom
pres
sed)
leve
l. A
lter t
he S
LOP
E a
nd
liste
n to
how
the
sev
erity
of
the
gain
red
uctio
n ch
ange
s. T
ry c
hang
ing
the
Atta
ck a
nd li
sten
for
per
cuss
ive
soun
ds g
ettin
g lo
uder
. R
educ
ing
the
Atta
ck
and
Rel
ease
tim
es s
houl
d em
phas
ise
this
eve
n m
ore
and
the
com
pres
sor
shou
ld s
tart
to “
pum
p” a
udib
ly.
The
ove
rall
resu
lt of
com
pres
sion
dep
ends
on
the
com
bine
d se
tting
s of
the
C
ompr
ess,
Slo
pe,
Atta
ck a
nd R
elea
se c
ontr
ols.
Exp
erim
ent
with
diff
eren
t co
mbi
natio
ns to
dis
cove
r w
hat b
est s
uits
the
mat
eria
l you
wis
h to
com
pres
s.
Wat
ch th
e G
R m
eter
and
don
’t ov
erdo
thin
gs -
it’s
pos
sibl
e to
app
ly 2
0dB
of
gain
red
uctio
n be
fore
you
rea
lise
it!
Use
the
Com
pres
sor
‘ON
’ sw
itch
to m
ake
com
paris
ons
betw
een
com
-pr
esse
d an
d un
com
pres
sed
sign
als.
Usin
g th
e M
eequ
aliz
er
Alw
ays
star
t w
ith t
he M
eequ
aliz
er b
oost
/cut
con
trol
s (L
F, M
ID a
nd H
F)
set
to “
0” (
the
cont
rol k
nobs
set
ver
tical
ly,
in t
heir
cent
re n
otch
es).
Thi
s se
tting
is
als
o kn
own
as “
flat”
.
You
nee
d to
be
care
ful
abou
t to
o m
uch
boos
t or
“lif
t”,
sinc
e bo
ostin
g ta
kes
the
sixQ
clo
ser
to o
verlo
ad.
The
six
Q h
as g
ener
ous
over
load
m
argi
ns b
ut w
hen
a lo
t of
boo
st is
use
d, it
may
be
nece
ssar
y to
com
-pe
nsat
e by
red
ucin
g th
e O
utpu
t G
ain
or t
he I
nput
Gai
n (t
he l
atte
r w
ill
affe
ct th
e C
ompr
esso
r se
tting
thou
gh).
Kee
p an
eye
on
the
VU
Met
er w
hen
adju
stin
g th
e E
Q.
Whe
n th
e re
d LE
D (
labe
led
“PE
AK
FS
D”)
lig
hts,
the
six
Q i
s w
ithin
6dB
of
clip
ping
. O
ccas
iona
l fla
shes
are
OK
but
if
it is
on
all
the
time,
tur
n so
met
hing
do
wn!
The
way
to u
se th
e LF
FR
EQ
and
MID
FR
EQ
con
trol
s, is
to a
pply
qui
te
a lo
t of b
oost
, the
n sw
eep
the
freq
uenc
y un
til y
ou “
tune
in”
to th
e so
und
you
are
inte
rest
ed in
. Onc
e yo
u fin
d it,
adj
ust t
he a
mou
nt o
f boo
st o
r cu
t to
giv
e th
e de
sire
d ef
fect
.
Exp
erim
ent
with
com
bina
tions
of
setti
ngs
of E
Q a
nd t
ry t
o pi
ctur
e ho
w
the
audi
o si
gnal
is
bein
g af
fect
ed.
Use
the
EQ
‘O
N’
switc
h to
mak
e co
mpa
rison
s be
twee
n E
Q’d
and
non
-EQ
’d s
igna
ls.
Usin
g th
e Ou
tput
Sta
ge
Fin
al a
djus
tmen
ts t
o th
e ou
tput
lev
el c
an b
e m
ade
with
the
OU
TP
UT
G
ain
cont
rol,
agai
n ke
epin
g an
eye
on
the
VU
met
er a
nd P
EA
K F
SD
LE
D.
Not
e ho
w t
his
cont
rol
can
also
be
used
to
fade
out
the
sig
nal
com
plet
ely.
six q manual.indd 4/7/05, 12:01 PM16-17
16
Tech
nica
l Sp
ecif
icat
ion
Inp
ut
imp
edan
ces
Mic
: 1.
2koh
m;
Line
: 20
kohm
Pre
-am
p o
vera
ll g
ain
0dB
to
60dB
Co
mm
on
mo
de
reje
ctio
n
70
dB
Eq
uiv
alen
t in
pu
t n
ois
e
-128
.5dB
u (u
nwei
ghte
d)
Dis
tort
ion
0.
001%
(bel
ow C
ompr
esso
r th
resh
old)
Fre
qu
ency
res
po
nse
15H
z to
70k
Hz
(-3d
B)
Max
imu
m i
np
ut
bef
ore
clip
pin
g
Mic
: +
21dB
u; L
ine:
+45
dBu
Hea
dro
om
bef
ore
clip
pin
g
+
21dB
u
Hig
h P
ass
Filt
er
12dB
per
oct
ave
cut
belo
w 8
0Hz
Co
mp
ress
ion
th
resh
old
-6dB
u to
+22
dBu
(var
iabl
e)
Co
mp
ress
ion
rat
io
1:
1 to
10:
1 (v
aria
ble)
Co
mp
ress
or
atta
ck t
ime
1
mse
c to
100
mse
c (a
dapt
ive)
Co
mp
ress
or
rele
ase
tim
e
0.1
sec
to 3
sec
(ad
aptiv
e)
EQ
Bo
ost
& C
ut
+
/-15
dB (
each
ban
d)
EQ
“Q
”
0.
9 (1
.6 o
ctav
es)
LF
Fre
qu
ency
40H
z to
650
Hz
varia
ble
MID
Fre
qu
ency
300H
z to
5kH
z va
riabl
e
HF
Fre
qu
ency
6kH
z/12
kHz
switc
habl
e
No
min
al o
utp
ut
leve
ls
+4d
Bu/
-10d
Bv
Ou
tpu
t im
ped
ance
75
ohm
Ou
tpu
t L
evel
sw
itch
12
dB a
ttenu
atio
n
No
ise
Flo
or
-8
5dB
u (t
ypic
al,
with
~40
dB m
ic g
ain)
VU
Met
er
8
segm
ent
barg
raph
Po
wer
su
pp
ly
11
5V /
230
V a
c m
ains
, 50
/60H
z
Po
wer
co
nsu
mp
tio
n
20W
Mec
han
ical
482W
x 4
4H x
220
D (
over
all)
Wei
gh
t
2
kilo
s
repl
acem
ent
by P
urch
aser
of
any
Pro
duct
or
part
the
reof
sha
ll ex
tend
th
e w
arra
nty
perio
d as
to
the
entir
e P
rodu
ct.
The
spe
cific
war
rant
y on
th
e re
paire
d pa
rt o
nly
shal
l be
in e
ffect
for
a pe
riod
of n
inet
y (9
0) d
ays
fol-
low
ing
the
repa
ir or
rep
lace
men
t of
tha
t pa
rt o
r th
e re
mai
ning
per
iod
of
the
Pro
duct
war
rant
y, w
hich
ever
is g
reat
er.
2. E
xclu
sive
Rem
edy:
Acc
epta
nce:
Pur
chas
er’s
exc
lusi
ve r
emed
y an
d P
MI’s
sol
e ob
ligat
ion
is t
o su
pp
ly (
or
pa
y fo
r) a
ll la
bo
r n
ece
ssa
ry t
o
rep
air
an
y p
rod
uct
fo
un
d t
o b
e d
efe
ctiv
e w
ithin
th
e w
arr
an
ty p
erio
d an
d to
sup
ply,
at
no e
xtra
cha
rge,
new
or
rebu
ilt r
epla
cem
ents
for
de
fect
ive
part
s. If
rep
air
or r
epla
cem
ent f
ails
to r
emed
y th
e de
fect
, the
n an
d on
ly in
suc
h an
eve
nt,
shal
l PM
I ex
chan
ge t
o P
urch
aser
a n
ew o
r re
cond
ition
ed u
nit.
Pur
chas
er’s
fai
lure
to
mak
e a
clai
m a
s pr
ovid
ed i
n pa
ragr
aph
1 ab
ove
or c
ontin
ued
use
of t
he p
rodu
ct s
hall
cons
titut
e an
un
qual
ified
acc
epta
nce
of s
uch
Pro
duct
and
a w
aive
r by
Pur
chas
er o
f al
l cla
ims
ther
eto.
3. E
xcep
tions
to L
imite
d w
arra
nty:
PM
I sha
ll ha
ve n
o lia
bilit
y or
obl
igat
ion
to P
urch
aser
with
res
pect
to
any
Pro
duct
sub
ject
ed t
o ab
use,
impr
oper
us
e, n
eglig
ence
, acc
iden
t, m
odifi
catio
n, fa
ilure
of t
he e
nd-u
ser
to fo
llow
th
e op
erat
ing
and
mai
nten
ance
pro
cedu
res
outli
ned
in th
e us
ers
man
ual,
att
em
pte
d r
ep
air
by
no
n-q
ua
lifie
d p
ers
on
ne
l, o
pe
ratio
n o
f th
e u
nit
ou
tsid
e o
f th
e p
ub
lish
ed
env
ironm
enta
l an
d el
ectr
ical
par
amet
ers,
or
if su
ch p
rodu
cts
orig
inal
iden
tific
atio
n (t
rade
mar
k, s
eria
l num
ber)
mar
king
s ha
ve b
een
defa
ced,
alte
red,
or
rem
oved
. P
MI
excl
udes
fro
m w
arra
nty
cove
rage
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duct
s so
ld A
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and
/or
WIT
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LL F
AU
LTS
and
exc
lude
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ed p
rodu
cts
whi
ch h
ave
not
been
sol
d by
PM
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the
Pur
chas
er.
PM
I al
so e
xclu
des
from
war
rant
y co
vera
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onsu
mab
les
such
as
fuse
s an
d ba
tterie
s, t
ubes
, et
c.
4. P
roof
of p
urch
ase:
The
dea
ler’
s da
ted
bill
of s
ale
mus
t be
reta
ined
as
evid
ence
or
the
date
of
purc
hase
and
to
esta
blis
h w
arra
nty
elig
ibili
ty
Joem
eek
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ited
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rant
y
TH
IS P
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CT
IS
FO
R P
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ION
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PM
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roup
war
rant
s th
at a
ll pr
oduc
ts w
ill b
e fr
ee fr
om d
efec
ts in
mat
e-ria
l or
wor
kman
ship
:
A:
For
a p
erio
d of
(3)
thr
ee y
ears
fro
m t
he d
ate
of p
urch
ase
(her
eina
fter
the
labo
r w
arra
nty
perio
d),
PM
I Aud
io G
roup
will
rep
air
or r
epla
ce t
his
Pro
duct
if
dete
rmin
ed t
o be
def
ectiv
e. A
fter
the
expi
ratio
n of
the
lab
or w
arra
nty
perio
d,
the
Pur
chas
er m
ust
pay
labo
r ch
arge
s.
B:
In a
dditi
on,
PM
I A
udio
Gro
up w
ill s
uppl
y, a
t no
cha
rge,
rep
lace
men
ts f
or
defe
ctiv
e pa
rts
for
a pe
riod
of (
thre
e ye
ars)
from
the
date
of p
urch
ase.
Dur
ing
the
labo
r w
arra
nty
perio
d, t
o re
pair
the
Pro
duct
, P
urch
aser
mus
t re
turn
the
de
fect
ive
Pro
duct
, fr
eigh
t pr
epai
d, o
r de
liver
it
to P
MI
Aud
io G
roup
Ser
vice
C
ente
r. T
he p
rodu
ct t
o be
rep
aire
d is
to
be r
etur
ned
in e
ither
its
orig
inal
car
-to
n or
a s
imila
r pa
ckag
e af
ford
ing
an e
qual
deg
ree
of p
rote
ctio
n. P
MI A
udio
G
roup
will
ret
urn
the
repa
ired
Pro
duct
fre
ight
pre
paid
to
the
Pur
chas
er.
PM
I A
udio
Gro
up is
not
obl
igat
ed t
o pr
ovid
e P
urch
aser
with
a s
ubst
itute
uni
t du
r-in
g th
e w
arra
nty
perio
d or
at
any
time.
Cond
itio
ns1.
Not
ifica
tion
of c
laim
s: W
arra
nty
Ser
vice
: If
Pur
chas
er d
isco
vers
tha
t th
e P
rodu
ct h
as p
rove
n de
fect
ive
in m
ater
ial o
r w
orkm
ansh
ip, t
hen
writ
ten
notic
e w
ith a
n ex
plan
atio
n of
the
clai
m s
hall
be g
iven
pro
mpt
ly b
y P
urch
aser
to P
MI
but a
ll cl
aim
s fo
r w
arra
nty
serv
ice
mus
t be
mad
e w
ithin
the
war
rant
y pe
riod.
If
afte
r in
vest
igat
ion
PM
I de
term
ines
tha
t th
e re
port
ed p
robl
em w
as n
ot c
over
ed
by t
he w
arra
nty,
Pur
chas
er s
hall
pay
PM
I fo
r th
e co
st o
f in
vest
igat
ing
the
prob
lem
at
its t
hen
prev
ailin
g tim
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ials
rat
e. N
o re
pair
or
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Y O
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th
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ser
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to
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tice
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of
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pro
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g o
f th
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r th
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