Rane MM 42 - Manual (Page 9)

Manual-
MM 42 Welcome Page
RANE CORPORATION MM 42
PERSONAL MONITOR PROCESSOR
The welcome page displays the device name. This is the
default page on power-up and any time the CANCEL button
is pressed. The Name Device page of the UTIL menu is used to
enter custom text to suit your liking – “MY GOLDEN EARS,” for
example. See page Manual-16 for details.
Basic Navigation & Editing
The Previous  and Next  buttons move the cursor
through each of the parameter fields on a page. Parameter values
are changed by rotating the DATA control.
Repeatedly pressing a button cycles through all pages associ-
ated with a particular function. Each of the five Parametric EQ
filters is a separate page within the EQ section, for example.
In most cases parameter changes happen – and are heard
instantly. In the few cases where they are not (when you are first
prompted to answer a question, for example) the value flashes
until the  ENTER button is pressed. Pressing the

CANCEL button on a flashing parameter automatically
discards that parameter change.
Coarse versus Fine Parameter Adjustment
Parameters covering a large range – frequencies from 20 Hz
to 20 kHz, or a Compressor Threshold from 0 dB to -60 dB for
example – are adjustable in coarse and fine increments. Coarse
adjustments help get you “in the ballpark” quickly, and are
made by turning the DATA control in its normal out position.
Fine adjustments allow you to really hone in on the parameter
of interest (if you prefer the sound of 631 Hz instead of 630 Hz,
for example) and are made by pushing in and holding the DATA
control while turning it.
The steps for coarse adjustment of frequencies follow the
soundperson-friendly, ⅓-octave ISO (International Standards
Organization) values you can probably recite in your sleep:
40, 50, 63, 80, 100, 125, 160, 200, 250…and so on. The steps
for fine value adjustment of frequencies are broken into three
ranges, as follows:
Range Coarse Fine
20 - 999 Hz ISO centers 20 - 800 Hz 1 Hz
1.0 kHz - 9.9 kHz ISO centers 1k - 8k 0.1 kHz
10 kHz - 20 kHz ISO centers 10k - 20k 1 kHz
If a frequency is currently set to a non-ISO value, making a
coarse adjustment bumps the frequency to the next ISO center.
For example, if a frequency is set at the non-ISO value of 75 Hz,
increasing it by one coarse adjustment changes the frequency to
the next ISO center of 80 Hz.
Output Chain Configuration
The MM 42 features four line-level Inputs, labeled A
through D, which are assignable in any combination to either or
both of the output signal chains and the SUB Output. Such an
arrangement allows tremendous flexibility in setting up mixes.
Press the CONFIG button. The default configuration is:
CONFIG | MODE OUTPUT1 OUTPUT2 SUB
| STEREO A B A+B
Output Chain Configuration
Parameter Value Description
MODE
Stereo
Stereo mode; parameters
within each processing
section are automatically
linked as OUT1+2.
2-Mono
Dual mono mode;
parameters within each
processing section are
automatically unlinked
as separate OUT1 and
OUT2.
OUTPUT1
A, B, A+B,
A+C, A+D,
etc. Any Input
or combination
of Inputs (15
options total).
Sets Input assignment
for the Output 1 signal
chain.
OUTPUT2
Sets Input assignment
for the Output 2 signal
chain
SUB
Sets Input assignment for
Sub Output signal chain.
The MODE parameter is highlighted by default. Rotate the
DATA control to select between STEREO and 2-MONO (two
independent mono mixes) mode.
Assign one of the fifteen (!) input combinations to each
output by selecting OUTPUT 1 or OUTPUT 2 and turning
the DATA control to scroll through the various combinations.
Repeat the process for the SUB output, if this output is being
used to drive an external subwoofer or bass shaker.