Roland M-300 Music Mixer User Manual


 
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Compact, Uncompromising Sound and Features
Impressive mixing capacity in a small package
The M-300 V-Mixer is the ultimate solu-
tion for a variety of venues and applica-
tions. It provides a substantial mixing
capacity of 32 mixing channels, 8 aux
buses, 4 matrices, which represent the
highest level in its class. The M-300
V-Mixer seamlessly integrates with
other REAC devices. The user can
directly operate the Digital Snake
preamp, control an M-48 Personal Mixer, and set up the I/O for the S-4000M
REAC Merge Unit. All of these features are contained in a very compact size
of 749mm width x 626mm depth x 229mm height, and at a weight of 9.8kg
(21 lbs 10 oz). The M-300 is the perfect choice for any venue with a limited
set-up area, as well as for mobile sound reinforcement. Optional rack rails
are also available.
Advanced Control Surface Design
The M-380 and M-400 V-Mixers are highly regarded for their ease of use
and the M-300 continues this tradition starting with 17 x 100mm motorized
faders. Central to the M-300s operation is a high-resolution 800x480 pixel
color display. Channel Parameters such as Gain, Pan, EQ and Dynamics
can be comfortably operated from the Channel Edit section located on the
left side of the display. All parameters can be instantly saved and recalled
from Scene Memory. The layers of faders can be easily switched with the
LAYER button. Faders can be accessed and arranged freely, and saved as
a User Layer.
Powerful Built-in Channel Effects
Equalization of channels and dynamics are the foundation of any great mix.
The enhanced sound shaping abilities of the M-300 input channels include
4-band fully parametric EQ as well as gate and compression. A Key-In filter
can be used for the Gate/Compressor to enable more expressive mixing.
The 4 multi-effects processors can be set to use any of 11 different effects
types. In addition to Reverb and Delay, modulation effects such as Chorus
and Phaser are also available. The M-300s busses are also equipped with
8 bands of fully Parametric EQ and Signal Delay on each Aux, Matrix and
Main output. The M-300 is fully equipped with all of the sound adjustment
tools built-in and ready to go.
USB memory recorder/player
Record the output of the M-300 Main, assigned
AUX bus or MATRIX bus directly to a USB
memory drive connected to the built-in USB port.
A mix produced with the M-300 can be saved as
an uncompressed WAV file, without the need for
an external recorder. WAV files on the USB
memory drive can also be played back on the
M-300 and used for background music/tracks.
User settings and mixer data can also be saved
to a USB memory drive.
Cutting Edge Features The M-300 interfaces with a variety of devices
Control remotely from a PC
The M-300 can be controlled remotely in real-time from a PC (Windows) connected via
the USB port. Mixing functions on the M-300 can be operated directly from a PC by
using the M-300RCS dedicated control software which has the same GUI as the M-300
color display. (The M-300RCS can be downloaded from the Roland Systems Group
website.) The M-300RCS can also be operated
in offline mode, allowing data for various
settings to be created in advance and saved to
a USB memory drive. When you get to the
venue, load the settings and jump right into
sound check and rehearsal.
Control remotely using a wireless LAN
By enabling Remote Desktop Connection on a local PC
directly connected to the M-300 via the USB, the
M-300 can be controlled remotely from another PC
using a wireless LAN. A tablet PC can be used to
control the M-300 from a remote location. For example,
you can be seated in the audience to adjust the house
mix during the rehearsal, or stand onstage to adjust the
monitor mix while consulting the stage performer. The
M-300 enables new mixing possibilities that you could
never achieve with an analog console.
V-LINK - Audio and Visual Solution
By connecting the MIDI input/output to the video switcher such as the V-1600HD,
V-LINK automatically synchronizes the audio of the M-300 with the visual images
allowing “audio follows video”.
Compact Size: 749 (W) × 626 (D) × 229 (H) mm Light Weight: 9.8kg
Multi-channel recording to a DAW
Forty channels of 24-bit audio can be recorded directly to a PC (Windows) by
connecting a REAC port to the gigabit Ethernet port on the PC via a single Cat5e
cable. Audio is recorded as individual WAV files using Cakewalk SONAR and can be
mixed after recording using the
powerful digital audio tools and
effects in SONAR.
* To use this feature, the CW-RDK REAC driver
kit is required in addition to SONAR.
A
40ch
40ch
40ch
40ch
4xXLR
4xTRS
4xRCA
4xXLR
4xTRS
2xDigital
Phones
B
32 Mixing Ch
L/C/R Outputs
8 AUX
4 Matrix
Built-in 2 REAC ports allows flexible system configuration