User guide

Dugan Model E-3 User Guide
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Figure 4-6 Insert points on most analog mixers are at point B
To properly mute a channel:
• Leave the console faders up, adjust levels while people are talking, and mute a mic
by pressing the Dugan’s mute mode button. Enable the mic when needed by de-
activating the mute button.
Muting mics does not alter the overall ambient sound mix: the Speech System com-
pensates by slightly raising the ambient gains of the other mics to compensate for
the gain subtracted by muting a mic. Note that this behavior is during ambience
without input to any mic; while one or more mics receive speech input, the gain
shifts to the active mics.
- OR -
• Use the bypass switch with the console fader pulled down. This keeps the mic in-
stantly available on the fader but that channel is no longer in the control mix.
Be aware that bypass may generate a click if it interrupts room rumble, whereas
the mute button does a quick-fade. The mute button can be used with the fader up;
bypass is best used with the fader down.
Pre-listening to Muted Channels
If your console allows listening to a mic before the insert point, you can mute on the
Dugan.
If signal through the Dugan is required to pre-listen to a mic, pull the fader down and
put the channel in
bypass mode. When your mic check is done, switch the channel
out of bypass and raise the fader so you will be ready to up-cut automatically.
Control
System
Controller
Console
Mix Bus
Insert
Point A
Insert
Point B
Fader
Microphone
Input
EQ
Gain Control
Insert
Point C