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User Guide (English)
Introduction
Box Contents
AM2
Power Cable
User Guide
Safety & Warranty Manual
Setup
Quick Start
If you're setting up the AM2 automixer, then this Quick Start is for you. It's intended to get your audio
working quickly.
Plug microphones into the Mic Inputs using standard XLR mic cables. Condenser mics need the Mic
+48V switch position. Use the Mic +0V middle position for dynamic mics. Use the Wireless Mic
position when connecting a wireless receiver output.
Connect the Main Output XLR to your amplifier or powered loudspeaker and select the Line switch
position. If the Main Output feeds a microphone input, select the Mic position.
Start with the gray Output Level knob turned all the way down—fully counterclockwise. One at a time
for each mic, talk very loudly with a microphone at an appropriate distance for the application and
adjust the corresponding black Input Level control so the loudest speech just barely flickers the red
overload (OL) indicators. Once the input gains are set, the AM2 automatically controls the mic mix to
avoid feedback. (You won't need to ride these controls.)
Turn on the amplifier/loudspeaker and turn it up about half way. Also, turn the Output Level knob up
until the volume is appropriate for your application.
If the system feeds back (that horrible squeal), your mics are hearing too much from your
loudspeakers. First try moving the mics farther from the loudspeaker and/or pointing the mics and
loudspeakers away from each other. Next, try turning down the gain on the amplifier or loudspeaker. If
this does not reduce feedback, don't reach for the black Mic Input knobs, instead turn down the
Output Level.
Daisy-chain up to eight AM2s together by connecting Cascade In to Cascade Out. The Main Output
on each AM2 delivers a gain-sharing automix of its Mic Inputs and all upstream Inputs. This means the
mix of all Mic Inputs is on the Main Output of the last AM2 in the daisy-chain. Though each AM2's
Output Level control always adjusts the volume of its respective XLR Output, the last Output Level
affects all Mic Inputs to its Main Output including the RAD Port.
If your AM2(s) connect to a Rane Mongoose or HAL, the last AM2 in the cascade needs its RAD Port
connected with a shielded CAT 5e cable (or better) to one of the Mongoose or HAL's rear panel
Remote Audio Device ports. Some systems may provide a RADX wall plate to connect the RAD Port
cable.
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