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Up to eight HR-6 mixing stations can be linked to the HDS-6, depending onLinking HDS-6 to HR-6s
headphone type and impedance, and multiple HR-6s are easily daisy-chained. You
can even plug two headphones into one HR-6. Please note that if you do, both
headphones should be the same brand and model - if they?re not, their listening
levels probably won?t be the same. Every musician plugged into an HR-6 mixing
station can create his or her own custom mix without assistance from the engineer in
the control room.
The HR-6 mixing station is compact, lightweight and designed to clampThe HDS-6 links to your mixer or patch bay via the six TRS 1? phone
onto a mic stand. It provides a volume control for each of its four mono channels,jacks on the right side of the HDS-6 rear panel, as shown on the drawing below.
and a fifth volume control -- assigned to both the left and right -- inputs the stereoYou?ll have four mono jacks for the signals coming from the direct channel out
channel. The stereo pot will most often be used for the main control room mix, orof the busses of your mixer, and two more jacks for the Left and Right stereo
for stereo effects from the console. You can instead choose to use the left and right
inputs on the HDS-6 for two more mixer channels or busses if you wish. Justinputs from your mixer (or two more mono signals).
remember that the listening level of both inputs will be controlled by only one
volume control.
The HR-6 personal mixer provides another very useful feature: the
?Submixes Included/Excluded? button. This button mutes the four monaural
channels. This means every HR-6 user can hear the stereo source only, without
having to alter the HR-6?s four monaural settings. This is very helpful when all
musicians wish to hear playback of a control-room mix.
The left side of the HDS-6 rear panel provides two Ethernet cable connectors,
Connecting the HDS-6labeled ?Blue? and ?Gray,? to link the HDS-6 to the first HR-6 mixer in your chain.
Since the HDS-6/HR-6 system will be used most often for studio tracking
and playback, it is designed to be direct-out patchable with mixing consoles. If your
system has a patch bay, we suggest you connect the HDS-6 to it instead of your
console.
The HDS-6 has balanced TRS inputs, so if your outputs are balanced, that?s
even better. But standard 1? phone-plug cables will work fine too. Just connect the
direct-out of a mixer channel strip or buss to an input of the HDS-6, and connect any
stereo output of the mixer to the stereo inputs on the HDS-6. Remember, you can
instead use the HDS-6 Left-Right stereo inputs for two more mono channels or
busses from your console.The HR-6 mixing station, shown below, links to your HDS-6 with the pair
Please see the drawings on the next page and on pages 5-6.of Ethernet cables you just connected to your HDS-6. Make sure you connect the
?Blue? and ?Gray? Ethernet outputs of the HDS-6 to the ?Blue? and ?Gray? inputs
of the first HR-6 mixer in your chain. When daisy-chaining HR-6 mixers, be sure to
Connecting the HR-6connect the ?Blue? and ?Gray? outputs of one HR-6 to the ?Blue? and ?Gray? inputs
The HDS-6 connects to an HR-6 with two standard (10 base-T UTP)of the next one.
Ethernet cables. Two cables, coded blue and gray and each 25 feet in length, come
with your HDS-6; additional cables are available from Furman. You will need a pair
of these cables in order to connect the HDS-6 to an HR-6, and additional pairs to
connect multiple HR-6s.
Again, please see the drawings on the next page and on pages 5-6. |
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