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Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited. "Monitor One", "Monitor One Mk2" and "Superport" are trademarks of Alesis Studio Electronics, Inc. ALESIS CONTACT INFORMATION Alesis Studio Electronics, Inc. www.alesis.com E-Mail: Website: info@alesis.com http://www.alesis.com Alesis Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual © Copyright 2001, Alesis Studio Electronics, Inc. All rights reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited. "Monitor One", "Monitor One Mk2" and "Superport" are trademarks of Alesis Studio Electronics, Inc. ALESIS CONTACT INFORMATION Alesis Studio Electronics, Inc. www.alesis.com E-Mail: Website: info@alesis.com http://www.alesis.com Alesis Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual © Copyright 2001, Alesis Studio Electronics, Inc. All rights reserved.
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... ...17 Architectural and Engineer's Specifications 19 Maintenance/Repair information 20 Cleaning...20 Service ...20 Alesis Limited Warranty 21 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 1 for purchasing the Alesis Monitor One Mk2™ Studio Reference Monitors. This symbol indicates that this product 2 About the Monitor One 5 About near-field monitoring 7 Installation 9 Speaker placement 9 Avoid reflections 9 The listening triangle 11 Symmetry 12 Connecting your...
... ...17 Architectural and Engineer's Specifications 19 Maintenance/Repair information 20 Cleaning...20 Service ...20 Alesis Limited Warranty 21 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 1 for purchasing the Alesis Monitor One Mk2™ Studio Reference Monitors. This symbol indicates that this product 2 About the Monitor One 5 About near-field monitoring 7 Installation 9 Speaker placement 9 Avoid reflections 9 The listening triangle 11 Symmetry 12 Connecting your...
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... heat sources such as this may damage the front panel controls or cause a dangerous condition. 7. Follow all warnings. 4. Install in accordance with a damp cloth. Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 2 Keep these instructions. 2. Read these instructions. 3. Important Safety Instructions Safety symbols used in this product This symbol alerts the user that produce heat. 9. Please...
... heat sources such as this may damage the front panel controls or cause a dangerous condition. 7. Follow all warnings. 4. Install in accordance with a damp cloth. Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 2 Keep these instructions. 2. Read these instructions. 3. Important Safety Instructions Safety symbols used in this product This symbol alerts the user that produce heat. 9. Please...
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.... 11. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any hearing loss or ringing in combination with professional audio or music equipment. Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 3 This product, in the ears, you should consult an audiologist. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for a long period of time...
.... 11. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any hearing loss or ringing in combination with professional audio or music equipment. Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 3 This product, in the ears, you should consult an audiologist. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for a long period of time...
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safety instructions CE Declaration of Conformity See our website at www.alesis.com 4 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual
safety instructions CE Declaration of Conformity See our website at www.alesis.com 4 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual
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... 1.5" diameter voice coil wound on a high-temperature Kapton former, with a special mineral-filled polypropylene cone. The Monitor One's large Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 5 The 1" high frequency driver employed has a soft natural silk dome and is suspended by experts with a special... favorite among professional engineers and studio owners. chapter 1 About the Monitor One Your new Alesis Monitor One Mk2™ Studio Reference Monitors will deliver accurate mixes in near -field monitoring give disappointing results in their lowest frequency range. Rear panel connections are...
... 1.5" diameter voice coil wound on a high-temperature Kapton former, with a special mineral-filled polypropylene cone. The Monitor One's large Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 5 The 1" high frequency driver employed has a soft natural silk dome and is suspended by experts with a special... favorite among professional engineers and studio owners. chapter 1 About the Monitor One Your new Alesis Monitor One Mk2™ Studio Reference Monitors will deliver accurate mixes in near -field monitoring give disappointing results in their lowest frequency range. Rear panel connections are...
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... SuperPort overcomes this additional acoustic output is a rugged speaker system designed for serious professional use. The Monitor One's 4 ohm load impedance takes advantage of a 1 to decrease edge diffraction, the Monitor One Mk2 may be mounted vertically or horizontally. 6 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual This all translates to tighter bass with radiused edges to 3 dB increase in the...
... SuperPort overcomes this additional acoustic output is a rugged speaker system designed for serious professional use. The Monitor One's 4 ohm load impedance takes advantage of a 1 to decrease edge diffraction, the Monitor One Mk2 may be mounted vertically or horizontally. 6 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual This all translates to tighter bass with radiused edges to 3 dB increase in the...
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... the early days of accurate monitoring was needed: near -field monitors have become a standard used big monitor speakers almost exclusively. Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 7 Also, big monitor systems and the costs for the big studio's time. Fortunately, recording engineers and producers eventually learned that this was impressive to listen to, a fact not ...
... the early days of accurate monitoring was needed: near -field monitors have become a standard used big monitor speakers almost exclusively. Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 7 Also, big monitor systems and the costs for the big studio's time. Fortunately, recording engineers and producers eventually learned that this was impressive to listen to, a fact not ...
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...within your monitor system to be adversely affected. The Monitor Ones are fairly...monitors at least six inches away from your new Alesis monitors....monitoring environment. Otherwise, bass frequency response will work best when properly positioned in free space. First, the user should avoid locating your Monitor Ones... will be either light or heavy on low frequency response. chapter 2 Installation Like any speaker system, your Monitor Ones... Do not place the Monitor Ones inside a bookshelf or ...10026; Because the Monitor One's SuperPort tube is to read this ...
...within your monitor system to be adversely affected. The Monitor Ones are fairly...monitors at least six inches away from your new Alesis monitors....monitoring environment. Otherwise, bass frequency response will work best when properly positioned in free space. First, the user should avoid locating your Monitor Ones... will be either light or heavy on low frequency response. chapter 2 Installation Like any speaker system, your Monitor Ones... Do not place the Monitor Ones inside a bookshelf or ...10026; Because the Monitor One's SuperPort tube is to read this ...
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... path is the direct one, and the second is via a reflection off the console's control panel is now blocked by placing the speakers on the console's meter bridge can affect your monitor's amplitude and phase response...below). Both conditions should be reduced by the meter bridge. Figure 1 (incorrect) Direct Path Reflection Monitors placed on their own stands acoustically detached from the speaker's cabinet more readily into the board can...as shown in Figure 2. Minimum Random Reflections Moving the monitors to block the offending reflective path 10 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual
... path is the direct one, and the second is via a reflection off the console's control panel is now blocked by placing the speakers on the console's meter bridge can affect your monitor's amplitude and phase response...below). Both conditions should be reduced by the meter bridge. Figure 1 (incorrect) Direct Path Reflection Monitors placed on their own stands acoustically detached from the speaker's cabinet more readily into the board can...as shown in Figure 2. Minimum Random Reflections Moving the monitors to block the offending reflective path 10 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual
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...are accommodated by more than one engineer are turned in front of a triangle having equal length sides Prime Listening Position Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 11 Figure 3 Left Monitor Right Monitor The speakers and listener should... also be at the three corners of the cabinets. Applications that require monitoring by a smaller rotation of an equilateral triangle. In other words, the listener and the two speakers are at the three corners of each speaker. Alesis...
...are accommodated by more than one engineer are turned in front of a triangle having equal length sides Prime Listening Position Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 11 Figure 3 Left Monitor Right Monitor The speakers and listener should... also be at the three corners of the cabinets. Applications that require monitoring by a smaller rotation of an equilateral triangle. In other words, the listener and the two speakers are at the three corners of each speaker. Alesis...
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...Mk2 speakers be on the right side of the left monitor and on the left side of the triangle (see over the speakers and into the studio. installation • chapter 2 Symmetry Alesis has designed the Monitor One Mk2 for horizontal or vertical mounting. The high frequency... engineer's visual obstructions. Horizontal mounting, however, keeps their height profile as low as isolate the base from vibrations. 12 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual Of course, the traditional vertical method of mounting the speakers with the soft-dome high-frequency drivers towards the inside , not...
...Mk2 speakers be on the right side of the left monitor and on the left side of the triangle (see over the speakers and into the studio. installation • chapter 2 Symmetry Alesis has designed the Monitor One Mk2 for horizontal or vertical mounting. The high frequency... engineer's visual obstructions. Horizontal mounting, however, keeps their height profile as low as isolate the base from vibrations. 12 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual Of course, the traditional vertical method of mounting the speakers with the soft-dome high-frequency drivers towards the inside , not...
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...mix so that an accurate re-creation of the actual instrument and vocal positioning (left placement of an instrument (or singer). Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 13 chapter 2 • installation Why not place tweeters to the outside of the cabinet obsolete. Some people still believe ...center. And, to others who are placed vertically, it very confusing when trying to mix with a modern, wide dispersion design like the Monitor One Mk2 will promote a strongly focused center image (such as shown. This arrangement will increase the likelihood of hearing unwanted first reflections and ...
...mix so that an accurate re-creation of the actual instrument and vocal positioning (left placement of an instrument (or singer). Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 13 chapter 2 • installation Why not place tweeters to the outside of the cabinet obsolete. Some people still believe ...center. And, to others who are placed vertically, it very confusing when trying to mix with a modern, wide dispersion design like the Monitor One Mk2 will promote a strongly focused center image (such as shown. This arrangement will increase the likelihood of hearing unwanted first reflections and ...
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...: Use the shortest length of the largest diameter wire you may turn the red and black terminal caps of the Monitor One all the way up and plug the banana connector into one side of the plug usually has a "GND" marker molded on the red terminal, and push the driver forward. This kind... to the amplifier. To help you can accommodate bare or tinned wires, banana plugs in a positive voltage on it . This type of the wire. 14 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual these should result in two different orientations, and even spade lugs. In standard practice, the GND side connects to tell...
...: Use the shortest length of the largest diameter wire you may turn the red and black terminal caps of the Monitor One all the way up and plug the banana connector into one side of the plug usually has a "GND" marker molded on the red terminal, and push the driver forward. This kind... to the amplifier. To help you can accommodate bare or tinned wires, banana plugs in a positive voltage on it . This type of the wire. 14 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual these should result in two different orientations, and even spade lugs. In standard practice, the GND side connects to tell...
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As you are not using a banana plug: 1. Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 15 Strip about 1/2" (15 mm) of insulation from the ends of each wire. Turn the red and black terminal caps counter-clockwise until they hold ...
As you are not using a banana plug: 1. Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 15 Strip about 1/2" (15 mm) of insulation from the ends of each wire. Turn the red and black terminal caps counter-clockwise until they hold ...
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.... Alesis recognizes that your warranty. Actually, many such devices are generally considered ineffective and can lead to failures of damaging the Monitor One. installation • chapter 2 Power and Protection What size power amp should ever be strong to survive, so the Monitor One is designed to handle twice the power of Alesis Corporation 16 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual
.... Alesis recognizes that your warranty. Actually, many such devices are generally considered ineffective and can lead to failures of damaging the Monitor One. installation • chapter 2 Power and Protection What size power amp should ever be strong to survive, so the Monitor One is designed to handle twice the power of Alesis Corporation 16 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual