User Manual

10
Connecting a Guitar and Microphone from a Mixer/Preamp to a
PA (Stereo)
This setup includes a preamp or mixer between the microphone and the Vocalist
®
Live 5. Use the ¼” input of the Mic/Line input as the Microphone is running through
a preamp. Turn the Stereo button on the front panel on for stereo operation.
Input Gain
Mic/Line In
9VAC
1.3A
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trademark of 3dB Research
Left Out Right Out
Guitar Thru
Left
Line Out
Right
Line Out
Stereo
Headphone
Expression
Pedal
Guitar In
Ground
Lift
On
Off
Stereo
To Speakers
To Microphone In
1 2 3 4 5 6 L R
To Mixer
To Mixer
1 2 3 4 5 6 L R
or
Stereo
Adjusting the Guitar Sensitivity
While playing the guitar, the Guitar Signal LED Ladder should be bouncing in the
green or amber range. If the Guitar Signal LED Ladder does not light when you
play, or only the bottom green LED of the ladder lights, the guitar signal level may be
too low and the Guitar Sensitivity should be changed to Hi in the Utility menu. If the
Guitar Signal LED Ladder bounces in the red, then the Guitar Sensitivity should be
changed to Lo in the Utility menu (See page 25 for Utility menu).
Tuning Your Guitar
It is important for your guitar to be properly tuned in order for the musIQ®
technology to generate the best sounding harmonies. Alternate tunings (for example,
DADGAD or tuning down) are ne, as long as the built-in tuner shows each string
as in tune. If you are using an external tuner, make sure that the reference is set to
440 Hz.
To use the built-in tuner, press and hold the Effect Footswitch to start the Guitar
Tuner. The Effect LED will ash and the display will show TUNER while the Tuner
mode is active. Tune each string until a star (*) without arrows (>> or <<) appears
in the center of the display for each string, indicating it’s in tune.
Note: For the Tuner to work properly it needs to receive adequate guitar signal
strength, as indicated by the Guitar Signal LED Ladder.