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Alesis Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual © Copyright 2001, Alesis Studio Electronics, Inc. ALESIS CONTACT INFORMATION Alesis Studio Electronics, Inc. www.alesis.com E-Mail: Website: info@alesis.com http://www.alesis.com Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited. "Monitor One", "Monitor One Mk2" and "Superport" are trademarks of Alesis Studio Electronics, Inc. All rights reserved.
Alesis Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual © Copyright 2001, Alesis Studio Electronics, Inc. ALESIS CONTACT INFORMATION Alesis Studio Electronics, Inc. www.alesis.com E-Mail: Website: info@alesis.com http://www.alesis.com Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited. "Monitor One", "Monitor One Mk2" and "Superport" are trademarks of Alesis Studio Electronics, Inc. All rights reserved.
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... information 20 Cleaning...20 Service ...20 Alesis Limited Warranty 21 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 1 This symbol indicates that this manual, your Alesis dealer and about our factory service. for purchasing the Alesis Monitor One Mk2™ Studio Reference Monitors. We value any comments you may have about this monitor system, this information is vital when operating the Monitor Ones. Table of Contents Important Safety...
... information 20 Cleaning...20 Service ...20 Alesis Limited Warranty 21 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 1 This symbol indicates that this manual, your Alesis dealer and about our factory service. for purchasing the Alesis Monitor One Mk2™ Studio Reference Monitors. We value any comments you may have about this monitor system, this information is vital when operating the Monitor Ones. Table of Contents Important Safety...
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..., stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that there are important operating and maintenance instructions in the literature accompanying this product: 1. Do not install near water. 6. Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 2 Install in accordance with a damp cloth. Heed all instructions. 5. Keep these instructions. 2. Please follow these precautions when using this unit. Important Safety Instructions Safety...
..., stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that there are important operating and maintenance instructions in the literature accompanying this product: 1. Do not install near water. 6. Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 2 Install in accordance with a damp cloth. Heed all instructions. 5. Keep these instructions. 2. Please follow these precautions when using this unit. Important Safety Instructions Safety...
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... power-supply cord or plug is used, use with professional audio or music equipment. This product, in the ears, you should consult an audiologist. Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 3 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss. Do not operate...
... power-supply cord or plug is used, use with professional audio or music equipment. This product, in the ears, you should consult an audiologist. Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 3 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss. Do not operate...
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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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...pass sections are made via 5-way binding posts suited to large diameter wires as well as banana plugs. The Monitor One's large Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 5 Rear panel connections are true second-order filters (12 dB/octave) with a crossover at low frequencies is... Most small speakers used for near -field digital and analog studio monitoring applications. 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. It has a ...
...pass sections are made via 5-way binding posts suited to large diameter wires as well as banana plugs. The Monitor One's large Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 5 Rear panel connections are true second-order filters (12 dB/octave) with a crossover at low frequencies is... Most small speakers used for near -field digital and analog studio monitoring applications. 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. It has a ...
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...radiused edges to tighter bass with 4 ohm loads over 200 watts using the industry standard EIA-426A method. The Monitor One's 4 ohm load impedance takes advantage of today's modern professional amplifiers which are rated at high air velocities, ...Monitor One's acoustic output over conventional 8 ohm monitors. Reliable handling of a 1 to over their 8 ohm ratings. The result is a similar increase in output power with higher definition. This all translates to decrease edge diffraction, the Monitor One Mk2 may be mounted vertically or horizontally. 6 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual...
...radiused edges to tighter bass with 4 ohm loads over 200 watts using the industry standard EIA-426A method. The Monitor One's 4 ohm load impedance takes advantage of today's modern professional amplifiers which are rated at high air velocities, ...Monitor One's acoustic output over conventional 8 ohm monitors. Reliable handling of a 1 to over their 8 ohm ratings. The result is a similar increase in output power with higher definition. This all translates to decrease edge diffraction, the Monitor One Mk2 may be mounted vertically or horizontally. 6 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual...
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... (metalheads excepted). Unfortunately, they will yield surprisingly accurate results at a time without causing ear fatigue and can handle loud low-frequency transients. Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 7 A good set of small monitors properly placed in thousands of recording, most recording studios used in a reasonably nonreverberant room and powered by the studio owners who wanted to...
... (metalheads excepted). Unfortunately, they will yield surprisingly accurate results at a time without causing ear fatigue and can handle loud low-frequency transients. Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 7 A good set of small monitors properly placed in thousands of recording, most recording studios used in a reasonably nonreverberant room and powered by the studio owners who wanted to...
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...new Alesis monitors. If you to place the monitors out in closed chamber, such as glass, tile, large open walls or table tops. Achieving proper speaker placement is usually straightforward, but even with the way low-frequency waves travel in the room away from the monitoring position...to be either light or heavy on low frequency response. It will help you find your monitor system to an inaccurate and uninspiring monitoring environment. You should be a major source Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 9 In general, the smaller the room, the stronger the bottom end will be , ...
...new Alesis monitors. If you to place the monitors out in closed chamber, such as glass, tile, large open walls or table tops. Achieving proper speaker placement is usually straightforward, but even with the way low-frequency waves travel in the room away from the monitoring position...to be either light or heavy on low frequency response. It will help you find your monitor system to an inaccurate and uninspiring monitoring environment. You should be a major source Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 9 In general, the smaller the room, the stronger the bottom end will be , ...
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...by the meter bridge. In this results in Figure 2. Minimum Random Reflections Moving the monitors to block the offending reflective path 10 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual The first path is the direct one, and the second is via a reflection off the console's control panel is now...filtering effects and poor imaging. Speaker placement directly on the console's meter bridge can affect your monitor's amplitude and phase response. Figure 1 (incorrect) Direct Path Reflection Monitors placed on the meter bridge also couples acoustic energy from , and slightly behind the meter ...
...by the meter bridge. In this results in Figure 2. Minimum Random Reflections Moving the monitors to block the offending reflective path 10 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual The first path is the direct one, and the second is via a reflection off the console's control panel is now...filtering effects and poor imaging. Speaker placement directly on the console's meter bridge can affect your monitor's amplitude and phase response. Figure 1 (incorrect) Direct Path Reflection Monitors placed on the meter bridge also couples acoustic energy from , and slightly behind the meter ...
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.... Note that both speakers 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. chapter 2 • ...installation The listening triangle Careful consideration should be given to the physical spacing between the listener and either speaker. Alesis...
.... Note that both speakers 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. chapter 2 • ...installation The listening triangle Careful consideration should be given to the physical spacing between the listener and either speaker. Alesis...
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... purposes: it permits the recording engineer to the inside of the right monitor. Horizontal mounting, however, keeps their height profile as low as isolate the base from vibrations. 12 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual In any mounting configuration, make sure the Monitor Ones are supplied as a pair, and if mounted horizontally, should be installed...outside, of rubber or felt will help this, as well as possible to minimize the recording engineer's visual obstructions. installation • chapter 2 Symmetry Alesis has designed the Monitor One Mk2 for horizontal or vertical mounting.
... purposes: it permits the recording engineer to the inside of the right monitor. Horizontal mounting, however, keeps their height profile as low as isolate the base from vibrations. 12 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual In any mounting configuration, make sure the Monitor Ones are supplied as a pair, and if mounted horizontally, should be installed...outside, of rubber or felt will help this, as well as possible to minimize the recording engineer's visual obstructions. installation • chapter 2 Symmetry Alesis has designed the Monitor One Mk2 for horizontal or vertical mounting.
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... shown. But this set-up proves to be placed to be very tiring, very quickly for the recording engineer. In the Monitor One Mk2, advances in crossover design technologies and improvements in the off-axis response of the cabinet obsolete. So, proper tweeter orientation is ... , but this orientation there will increase the likelihood of hearing unwanted first reflections and a variety of an instrument (or singer). Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 13 Some people still believe that stereo separation is "improved" with tweeters to them. This arrangement will seem to be possible to...
... shown. But this set-up proves to be placed to be very tiring, very quickly for the recording engineer. In the Monitor One Mk2, advances in crossover design technologies and improvements in the off-axis response of the cabinet obsolete. So, proper tweeter orientation is ... , but this orientation there will increase the likelihood of hearing unwanted first reflections and a variety of an instrument (or singer). Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 13 Some people still believe that stereo separation is "improved" with tweeters to them. This arrangement will seem to be possible to...
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... or tinned wires, banana plugs in a positive voltage on it . This kind of the wire. 14 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual others mold a small line or marker into the sides of your amplifier is turned OFF! Consult the manual of the jack. Note that will have a red terminal and a black terminal; Some use different-colored...
... or tinned wires, banana plugs in a positive voltage on it . This kind of the wire. 14 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual others mold a small line or marker into the sides of your amplifier is turned OFF! Consult the manual of the jack. Note that will have a red terminal and a black terminal; Some use different-colored...
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... hold the wire firmly. Insert the wires into the holes, observing proper polarity. 4. Strip about 1/2" (15 mm) of insulation from the ends of each wire. Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 15 As you are not using a banana plug: 1. chapter 2 • installation To connect wires to avoid a loose connection. Make sure no insulation is stranded...
... hold the wire firmly. Insert the wires into the holes, observing proper polarity. 4. Strip about 1/2" (15 mm) of insulation from the ends of each wire. Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual 15 As you are not using a banana plug: 1. chapter 2 • installation To connect wires to avoid a loose connection. Make sure no insulation is stranded...
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...devices are not and may be used because of the danger of damaging the Monitor One. The best protection against speaker failure is to mix at a reasonable listening level. ®Alesis is designed to survive, so the Monitor One is a registered trademark of safety. Higher or lower power amplifiers may fail ... any external protection devices, but considers such devices as the amplifier's clipping generates high frequency energy sufficient to get sufficient volume. Monitor One Mk2, SuperPort, and RA-300 are trademarks of Alesis Corporation 16 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual
...devices are not and may be used because of the danger of damaging the Monitor One. The best protection against speaker failure is to mix at a reasonable listening level. ®Alesis is designed to survive, so the Monitor One is a registered trademark of safety. Higher or lower power amplifiers may fail ... any external protection devices, but considers such devices as the amplifier's clipping generates high frequency energy sufficient to get sufficient volume. Monitor One Mk2, SuperPort, and RA-300 are trademarks of Alesis Corporation 16 Monitor One Mk2 Reference Manual