ART Pro Audio Quadra/Fx - Two Channel Effects Processor - Manual (Page 5)

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QUICK START INSTRUCTIONS
You’ve unpacked your Quadra/FX and you’re in a hurry to get it up and running. You probably would rather play with it
than read the manual. Fair enough. First, check out the basics, outlined here, just to get your Quadra/FX on-line. It
should take only a couple of minutes for you to read through this section and then you’ll be ready to fire up your new
unit. Later, when you want to get into more of the details, check out the rest of the manual.
QUICK SETUP:
Plug the AC adapter into the back of the Quadra/FX and then into a wall socket.
Make sure that both the Input Level and Output Level switches (on the back of the unit) are fully out. You may
need to depress these switches later, after the other setup steps are done.
NOTE: For all input and output connections, always use high quality, shielded cables.
WITH A MIXER:
Connect two cords with ¼” plugs between your mixer’s auxiliary sends and the Quadra/FX’s Inputs #1 and #2.
For a mixer with a mono send, use only Input #1. Connect Outputs #1 and #2 to two input channels or the
returns on your mixer.
The Quadra/FX can be used as two separate, stereo effect-processors. Inputs and Outputs #3 and #4
correspond to the Quadra/FX’s second stereo engine. Again, if your mixer has a mono send, use only Input
#3.
The Quadra/FX can even be used as four completely independent, mono effect-processors. As you would
expect, Inputs #1–4 correspond with Outputs #1–4.
IMPORTANT: If you are patched in a send/return fashion and mixing an instrument’s dry (unprocessed) signal
with processed sound from the Quadra/FX (on separate faders), you will want to remove all dry signal from
the Quadra/FX’s internal mix buss (signal path). This allows the dry signal to only appear once at the mixing