Alesis DEQ230D User Manual

Quick Start Guide 

 

While learning the unit, you should play a CD or a multitrack 

source into the equalizer. Choose a song or musical passage with a 

fairly consistent level, so you can take your time experimenting 

with the different features.  

 
1.  Put the mixer’s main faders all the way down so you don’t 

distort the unit by sending it too much signal.  

2.  Select program 00 on the DEQ230. The fastest way to do this 

is to press the [DOWN] and [UP] buttons at the same time. 

This will call up a program with all frequencies set to 0 dB, 

which will allow you to hear the changes you make to the 

audio more easily.  

3.  Begin playing your source material. Bring the mixer’s main 

faders up gradually until the green LED over the word 

 begins to light up on each side. Carefully increase the 

mixer’s output level until the green LEDs are lit most of  the 

time. If  the red LEDs light up at all, back the mixer’s output 

level down until they stop lighting up. This is important, 

because the red LEDs indicate that the signal is clipping on 

that channel.  

4.  Press one of  the [BAND SELECT] buttons to select a 

frequency. One of  the LEDs above that button will begin to 

blink. 

5. Use 

the 

[DOWN] and [UP] buttons on either side of  the 

[POWER] switch to decrease or increase the chosen 

frequency. If  desired, select another frequency and repeat this 

process. 

6. Press 

the 

[BYPASS] button to hear the signal without the 

equalization effect. Press it again to return to the EQ’d signal. 

Once you have created an interesting program, you can save it to 

one of  the 30 User program locations. Here’s how to do this: 

 
1. Press 

the 

[STORE] button to enter Store mode.  

2.   Use the [DOWN/UP] buttons to select the new location for 

the edited program. For your convenience, programs 55-59 

have been left “blank” so you can store your editing 

experiments somewhere without fear of  overwriting a 

program you might want to use later. 

3. Press 

the 

[STORE] button again to store the program to the 

new location. 

 

For a detailed explanation on how to use this mode, see page 38.