Alesis DEQ830 Manual Do Utilizador

Quick Start Guide

Step 2: Try some equalization

Play some signal into the unit

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.

At the factory, we set all of
Program 00’s frequencies to
0 dB. It’s a good idea to leave
Program 00 this way, but if
you have already overwritten
it with some of your own
settings, you can just create
your own program with
“flat” settings for the
purposes of this experiment.

2. Select program 00 on the DEQ830. This will call up a

program with all frequencies set to 0 dB, allowing 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 Channel Meters for Channels 1

and 2 begin to light up. Carefully increase the mixer’s output

level until the meters’ green and yellow LEDs are lit most of

the time. If the red CLIP LEDs at the top of the meters light

up at all, back the mixer’s output level down until they stop

lighting up. This is important, because these red LEDs indicate

that the signal is clipping on that channel.

Remember: if the red CLIP

LED at the top of a Channel
Meter lights up, that means
the signal is clipping. To
prevent this, reduce the level
being sent to the proper
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

[VALUE] encoder 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.

7. Repeat steps 3 – 6 for the other audio sources you have

connected to the DEQ830.

Step 3: Store the Program

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

one of the 100 user program locations. Here’s how to do this:

Programs 25-99 have been
left blank so you have
somewhere to store your
programs right away without
overwriting the factory
presets.

1. Press

the

[STORE] button to enter Store mode.

2. Use the [VALUE] encoder to select the new location for the

edited program. For your convenience, programs 25-99 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

[VALUE] encoder to store the program to the new

location. This will preserve the EQ settings for all eight

channels of audio.

For a detailed explanation of how to use this mode, see page 41.