User`s guide

Duet – User’s Guide

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Maestro Control – Levels

Interface Menu

When Duet is properly detected by Maestro, Duet plus the unit’s serial number

appears in this menu.

Identify Unit

Clicking on this button veries that communication is established between Maestro

software and Duet hardware by lighting all top panel LEDs. Click the button again to

return Duet’s LEDs to their normal function.

Input

This menu is used to select the input connector and level:

XLR Line +4dBu – Set Input to XLR Line +4dBu if you’ve connected

a professional level line input, such as a pro mixing console, to the

(XLR) connectors.

XLR Line –10 dBV – Set Input to XLR Line -10dBV if you’ve connected

a consumer level line input, such as a CD player, to the

IN (XLR)

connectors.

XLR Mic – Set Input to XLR Mic if you’ve connected a microphone to the

IN (XLR) connectors. The gain is adjustable between 10 and 75 dB.

Instrument – Set Input to Instrument if you’ve connected a guitar or

keyboard to the IN (1/4”) connectors; gain is adjustable between 0

and 65 dB. It’s also possible to connect CD players and other consumer

level (-10 dBV) devices to these inputs.

When Input is set to XLR Mic or Instrument, the following controls are accessible:

Group – Check either of these boxes to group the gain setting of both

inputs, so that the hardware encoder or one software encoder controls

both input gains simultaneously. If a gain offset is present between inputs

when Group is checked, this offset is preserved.

Input Level Software Encoder – The gain of each input may be

controlled from these software encoders. The gain level is indicated in the

value box to the right of the encoder.

Phase icon – Check this box to reverse the polarity of the input signal.

Under certain circumstances when two mics are used on one source,

reversing the polarity of one mic may result in a fuller sound. For

example, when placing mics over and under a snare drum, a fuller sound

is obtained when the polarity of the bottom mic is reversed.

48V – Check this box to enable 48 volt phantom power on the XLR

connections. Condenser mics require phantom power to operate.

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