User Manual

MM-1 User Guide and Technical Information

Radio/Television Announcer Position

The MM-1 is used as a microphone preampliﬁer for an announcer’s microphone and can pass a mix-

minus headphone feed to the announcer. Sending a line level signal from the announcer position

to the main mixing console is preferred over sending a mic level signal. When engaged, the limiter

prevents distortion during shouting and high microphone signal levels.

Announcer

In the set-up above the announcer has level control in the headphones of their overall audio level

and the level of the mix-minus feed.

Podium Microphones

Oftenpodiummicrophoneshavelongcablerunsand“see”multipleaudioconsoles.UsinganMM-1

between podium microphones and mixing consoles provides needed isolation for the microphone.

BecausetheMM-1hastransformercouplingforbothinputsandoutputsthepotentialforground

loops is substantially reduced. Driving line level signals to mixing consoles and powering

microphones locally greatly improves the reliability and audio quality of a podium mic feeds. The

microphone is connected directly to the MM-1, which provides gain, microphone power, ﬁltering,

and limiting. In addition, the microphone signal can be veriﬁed using the headphone output of the

MM-1.