Z Systems z-Q6 Six-Channel Manual

Summary of z-Q6 Six-Channel

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    Z-q6 manual © 2000, z-systems audio engineering the z-q6 six-channel mastering equalizer controlling filter parameters................................................................................................................................ 3 selecting active channel group .......................

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    Z-q6 manual 2 +00.0 +00.0 0.4 1k00 1k00 0.4 1k00 0.4 1k00 lo 1k00 hi +00.0 +00.0 left/right front +00.0 +00.0 1k00 *0.4 (d) channel select button (j) channel label (k) active band indicator (e) master bypass button (f) dither, sample rate select button (a) l knob (b) m knob (c) r knob (g) presets sc...

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    Z-q6 manual 3 controlling filter parameters +00.0 +00.0 0.4 1k00 3k15 *0.4 1k00 0.4 1k00 lo 1k00 hi +00.0 -02.4 left/right front +00.0 +00.0 1k00 0.4 figure 2 - eq control mode press the eq/volume select button to toggle between eq and volume control modes the display will appear as in figure 2. Not...

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    Z-q6 manual 4 selecting active channel group lrs cen sub lrf figure 3 - channel selection mode the z-q6 can not display the filter parameters for all channels at once, so it uses a "paging" mode where the eq parameters are displayed and controlled one channel group at a time. To change the active ch...

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    Z-q6 manual 5 asterisk will appear by that channel name and the middle knob (as prompted by the display) then controls the level offset for that channel. Press any of the other mode select buttons to exit from volume mode. Bypassing filter bands +00.0 +00.0 0.4 1k00 3k15 0.4 1k00 0.4 1k00 lo 1k00 hi...

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    Z-q6 manual 6 important note: none of the z-q6's controls will work until you return from master bypass mode. Adjusting wordwidth and sample rate 96.0 *lrs 16bits 24dith cen 24dith sub 96.0 96.0 96.0 (m knob) (r knob) 24dith lrf figure 7 - wordwidth/sample rate mode press the wordwidth/sample rate b...

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    Z-q6 manual 7 you will notice that the sample rate for the subwoofer channel can not be controlled directly. This is because the center and subwoofer channels are on the same aes/ebu pair and thus must have the same sample rate. We have, therefore, chosen to lock the sample rate indicators for the c...

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    Z-q6 manual 8 load preset #00 not saved (l knob) (r knob) midi #12 save read dump figure 10 - indication that preset has not been saved to recall a preset, from the screen in figure 8 press the button beneath the load indication. The preset indicated in the display will be loaded and the z-q6 will j...

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    Z-q6 manual 9 to retrieve a collection of 50 presets from a midi sequencer, again make sure you have the z-q6’s midi channel number set to the same channel as the midi sequencer. Press the button below the read message and then begin to play the midi system exclusive stream from your midi sequencer....

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    Z-q6 manual 10 specifications • inputs: 3 aes/ebu (transformer-isolated, 110-ohm terminated), • outputs: 3 aes/ebu (transformer-isolated, 110-ohm terminated), • input/output precision: up to 24-bits • gain control: from -95 db to +12 db • gain resolution: 0.2 db increments from +12 db to -12 db, 1 d...