Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SM10 Samson
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Owner ’ s Manual ww w .samsontech.com 10-Channel R ack Mount Line Mixer.
Impor tant Safety Inf ormation CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELEC TRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER ( OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE P ARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QU ALIFIED SER VICE PERSONNEL.
Impor tant Safety Inf ormation 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. F ollow all instructions. 5. This apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing liquid and no object lled with liquid, such as a vase, should be placed on the ap- paratus.
T able of C ont ents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 P ackage Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 F eatur es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SM10 Owner's Manual 1 Intr oduction The Samson SM10 rack mount mix er is a versatile tool f or many sound appli- cations. The SM10 mixer fea tures eight independent ster eo line input chan- nels, and includes two channels with XLR microphone pr eamps.
SM10 2 P ackage Con ten ts Unpack the carton and check for all par ts shown. Save the carton and packing material in case you ev er move or need to send the units f or service. If any part of the product appears to be damaged, do not attempt to use it.
SM10 Owner's Manual 3 F ea tures The Samson SM10 rack mount mix er is a comprehensiv e all-in-one solution for x ed installation, live sound , on-stage monitoring, keyboard submix er and recording applica tions.
SM10 4 C ontr ols and F unc tions The follo wing section details each par t of the SM10 controls and functions. 1. VOL UME – T his knob controls the volume of channel inputs and is used to continu- ously adjust the loudness of the various signals being blended together at the Main Outputs.
SM10 Owner's Manual 5 4. EFX (Eects) Send – The EFX send knob allows you to rout e the signal to the EFX outputs. The EFX send is post-fader so the level of the signal is determined by the position of the channel Volume contr ol. These sends are usually used to r oute signal to outboar d eects devices.
SM10 6 11. Output Meter – This six-seg ment meter show s the continuous output level of the Main Mix, MON, EFX, or MIX B, depending on the position of the SOURCE select switch (see #10).
SM10 Owner's Manual 7 Input and Output Connections 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 10 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 10 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16. Mic/Line Inputs (chan- nels 1 and 2) - Use these Combo XLR plus 1/4- inch jacks to connect a microphone or line level signal to channels 1 and 2.
SM10 8 Input and Output Connections 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 10 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 10 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 22. MAIN OUTPUTS 1/4-inch Jacks - In live per formance applications, these outputs can be used to connect the SM10 to a power amp and speakers .
SM10 Owner's Manual 9 SM10 Quick Star t The follo wing section explains the basic operation of the SM10. CONNECTING MICROPHONES AND INSTRUMENTS 1.
SM10 10 SM10 Quick Star t SENDING AN INDEPENDENT MIX T O THE MONITOR SPEAKERS The SM10’ s MON auxiliary send can be used to feed a separa te set of ampliers and loudspeakers for stage monitors .
SM10 Owner's Manual 11 USING AN EXTERNAL EFFEC T If you pr efer to use an e xternal device for eects processing , you can easily connect the unit using the SM10 EFX bus. F ollow the simple steps below to int er face your processor: 1. Connect the EFX OUTPUT to the input of the external eect processor .
SM10 12 SM10 Sy stem Setup SIGNAL FLOW SIGNAL FLOW SIGNAL FLOW SIGNAL FLOW SIGNAL FLOW SIGNAL FLOW SIGNAL FLOW SIGNAL FLOW.
SM10 Owner's Manual 13 C ONNECTING THE SM10 There ar e several wa ys to interface the SM10 to support a variet y of applica- tions. The SM10 features balanced inputs and outputs , so connecting bal- anced and unbalanced signals is possible .
SM10 14 Inputs Microphone XLR balanced (2) Line 1/4” TRS balanced ( Ch 1-8), 1/4” stereo (Ch 9-10) Input Impedance Mic 1.5K Ohms Line 23K Ohms (+4 dBu, Ch 1-8) 40K Ohms (-10 dBV , Ch 1-8) 20K Ohms.
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