Rane ME 15S User Manual
OPERATORS MANUAL ME 15S
LEVEL LEVELOL OLBYPASS BYPASSRANGE RANGE POWER
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ME 15S
MICROGRAPHIC
EQUALIZER
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microGRAPHIC EQUALIZER
Quick Start
If this is your first equalizer, please do yourself and your speakers a favor and read the complete manual. “An ounce of prevention...,” and all that.
You may use either the XLR or ¼" TRS connectors for
Inputs or Outputs. Hook-up is intuitive. Just follow the silkscreened instructions on the rear of the unit. Polarity convention
is per IEC/ANSI/AES standards of pin 2 positive, pin 3 negative
and pin 1 shield. e ME 15S does not invert the signal. Only
connect one INPUT type per channel. e XLR and ¼" TRS
Inputs do not sum, don’t use both, pick one or the other. You
may, however, use both types of OUTPUTS simultanesously if
desired.
Anyone familiar with other graphic equalizers finds the ME
15S just as familiar. Setting curves is as easy as it is on all Rane
graphics thanks to our innovative constant-Q circuitry. If you
feel you want more information on setting up your curves, please
read on.
If you are familiar with equalizers, then hook-up, plug-in,
turn-on and go!
WEAR PARTS: is product contains no wear parts.
Manual-1
Front Panel Description
LEVEL LEVELOL OLBYPASS BYPASSRANGE RANGE POWER
CHANNEL 1
63010025 40 63 250160 400 6.3k1k 1.6k 2.5k 4k 16k10k 63010025 40 63 250160 400 6.3k1k 1.6k 2.5k 4k 16k10k
ME 15S
MICROGRAPHIC
EQUALIZER
CHANNEL 2
±12±12
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6
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4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 5
1 Filter level slide controls: Each of these sliders controls the output level of each of the bandpass filters. Center position is de-
tented and grounded for guaranteed flat response.
2 Filter RANGE switches: e gain range of the filter sliders is switchable (as a group) from ±6 dB for high resolution, to ±12 dB
for maximum boost/cut capability.
3 BYPASS switches: When the button is pushed and the red indicator is lit, this Channel is in the BYPASS mode: signal is routed
directly from the Input to the Output without passing through any active circuitry (often referred to as “hard-wire bypass”). Use
this switch to compare equalized and unequalized material, or to bypass the equalizer in the event of power loss or unit failure.
4 LEVEL controls and OL indicators: ese control the level of signal coming into the ME 15S. Turn this control down if it’s
OL (OverLoad) lights up steadily (meaning too strong an Input signal). Since actual unity gain depends on varying slider settings
(which is why we have not marked a unity gain position on the front panel), use the BYPASS switch to determine the exact unity
gain position of this LEVEL control by comparing EQ and BYPASS volumes. e OL indicator lights up if any section of the ME
15S is within 3 dB of clipping. Occasional blinking of these LEDs are acceptable, but if they remain on more than intermittently,
turn down either the equalizer’s LEVEL control(s) or reduce the output level of the preceding component to avoid distortion.
5 POWER: As you have astutely surmised by now, when the ME 15S is plugged into 85-240 VAC, this glows yellow.
Manual-2
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