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CONTENTS
MASTER SECTION FEATURES ................................15
MAIN MIX FADER ........................................15
METERS ......................................................15
RUDE SOLO.................................................15
STEREO GRAPHIC EQ....................................15
TAPE LEVEL .................................................16
BREAK SWITCH ...........................................16
PHONES LEVEL ............................................16
UTILITY OUT LEVEL ......................................16
SUB FADERS ................................................16
LEFT/RIGHT SUB ASSIGN .............................16
AUX MASTER SEND ......................................17
EFX 1 MASTER SEND ....................................17
EFX 1 RETURN ............................................17
EMAC EFFECTS PROCESSOR ...........................17
EFX 2 SEND .................................................17
TO MAIN MIX .............................................17
EFFECTS TO MONITOR ..................................18
PRESET SELECT ............................................18
TIME/RATE .................................................19
DAMPING/DEPTH .......................................19
WIDE .........................................................19
BYPASS ......................................................19
CLIP ...........................................................19
GENERAL PRECAUTIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS....20
APPENDIX A: Service Info ...................................20
Warranty Service .....................................20
Troubleshooting ........................................20
Repair.....................................................21
APPENDIX B: Technical Info..................................21
Specifications ...........................................21
Block Diagram ..........................................22
Contributors and Colophon .........................23
CFX SERIES LIMITED WARRANTY .........................23
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS.........................................2
INTRODUCTION ...................................................3
ABOUT THIS MANUAL ..........................................3
QUICK START ......................................................5
APPLICATIONS DIAGRAMS ....................................6
PATCHBAY FEATURES............................................8
MIC .............................................................8
LINE IN .........................................................8
INSERT .........................................................8
EFFECTS: SERIAL OR PARALLEL? ...................9
STEREO LINE IN .............................................9
MAIN OUT ....................................................9
SUBWOOFER OUT..........................................9
MAIN INSERT ................................................9
UTILITY OUT ...............................................10
SUB OUT ....................................................10
AUX SEND ..................................................10
EFX SEND ...................................................10
STEREO EFX RETURN ....................................10
TAPE INPUT ................................................11
TAPE OUTPUT ..............................................11
PHONES .....................................................11
EFX FOOTSWITCH ........................................11
LAMP .........................................................11
AC POWER INPUT........................................11
POWER SWITCH ..........................................11
POWER STATUS ...........................................11
CHANNEL STRIP FEATURES ..................................12
PHANTOM POWER ......................................12
TRIM .........................................................12
ZERO LEVEL ................................................12
LOW CUT ....................................................12
AUX...........................................................12
PRE FADER..................................................13
EFX 1 (EXT).................................................13
EFX 2 (INT) .................................................13
EQ .............................................................13
PAN ...........................................................14
MUTE .........................................................14
ASSIGN ......................................................14
FADER ........................................................14
SOLO PFL....................................................14