Rane ME 60 Operator's Manual

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OPERATORS  MANUAL

ME 60

microGRAPHIC EQUALIZER

ME 60 CONNECTION

When first connecting the ME 60 to other components,

leave the POWER switch off until the very last. This gives

you a chance to make mistakes and correct them without

damaging your fragile speakers, ears and nerves.

INPUTS

All three Inputs are wired in parallel and are actively

balanced, except the unbalanced RCA phono. Each works

equally well. Choose strictly from a required hardware point-

of-view, there will be no performance trade-offs. The wiring

convention adheres to American, British and International

standards of pin 2 or tip being hot, pin 3 or ring being return,

and pin 1 or sleeve being shield. It is not necessary to short

any inputs to ground—it doesn’t hurt, it’s just not necessary.

Use pin 1, or the shell, for shield ground. Unbalanced

operation involves using only pin 2 or tip as signal, and pin 1

or sleeve as shield and ground.

OUTPUTS

The Outputs mimic the Inputs. Balanced output requires

using pin 2 or tip, and pin 3 or ring for the signal. It does not

require pin 1 or shield. The signal exists differentially

between the two balanced leads; ground is not involved. For

hum-free systems ground is used only for shielding.

EXPANDING

Expanding and/or daisychaining the Inputs and Outputs

normally uses the ¼" jacks. Three parallel Input connectors

allows driving a second signal processor or amplifier without

special cabling.

SIGNAL LEVELS

Signal levels from -10 dBV to +4 dBu are considered

normal and within range (at least 20 dB of headroom exists

above these levels). Do not directly connect microphones into

the ME 60. These require a mic preamp.

QUICK START

Okay, know-it-all. So you don’t need to read the manual. Well do your mother a favor and just read this section and you

don’t have to read anything else. Ever.

Hook-up is intuitive. Just follow the silkscreened instructions on the rear of the unit. All three Inputs are wired in

parallel (they do not sum); and all three Outputs are wired in parallel. Use any one Input and any or all Outputs. Polarity

convention is per IEC/ANSI/AES standards of pin 2 positive, pin 3 negative and pin 1 shield. The ME 60 does not invert

the signal.

Set the LO CUT and HI CUT controls as necessary to restrict bandwidth. Full frequency response results from posi-

tioning them all the way to the bottom.

Anyone familiar with other graphic equalizers finds the ME 60 just as familiar. Setting curves is as easy as it is on all

Rane graphics thanks to our innovative constant-Q circuitry. If you feel you want more information on setting up your

curves, please see the back page.

There, now was that so bad?

WEAR PARTS This product contains no wear parts.