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2—Setting Up
2—Setting Up
Listening to FIZMO
There are essentially two ways to hear the sound FIZMO produces:
• You can listen to FIZMO by connecting its outputs to a mixer or amplifier and listening to the mixer or
amplifier.
• You can listen to FIZMO through headphones.
Connecting FIZMO to a Mixer or Amplifier
To Listen to FIZMO in Stereo
1. Connect one end of a 1/4” audio cable to FIZMO’s rear-panel Left Main Out jack.
2. Connect the other end to an input on your mixer or amplifier.
3. Connect one end of a second 1/4” audio cable to FIZMO’s Right Main Out jack.
4. Connect the other end of the cable to a second input on your mixer or amplifier.
Main Out
Right/Mono Left/Mono
To Listen to FIZMO in Mono
1. Connect one end of a 1/4” mono cable to either of FIZMO’s rear-panel Main Out jacks—when you connect
a cable to a single Main Out jack, FIZMO sends all of its sound out of the connected jack in mono.
2. Connect the other end to an input on your mixer or amplifier.
Tip: You can use 1/4”-to-RCA-type adapters to connect FIZMO to a home stereo, but do so with care, since the
dynamic range of FIZMO is much greater than that of a CD or tape, and can damage your speakers if set to too
high a volume. Follow the guidelines in “Setting FIZMO’s Output Volume” below to avoid damage to your
system.
Connecting FIZMO to Headphones
Phones
1. Connect your 1/4” stereo headphone plug to the Phones jack on FIZMO’s rear panel.
Tip: If your headphones use a mini plug, you can buy an inexpensive mini-to-1/4” adapter that will allow
you to connect the headphones to FIZMO.
Setting FIZMO’s Output Volume
Volume
FIZMO, like all digital equipment, sounds best when its Volume knob is all the way up. If you’ve
connected FIZMO to a mixer or amplifier, use their input level control to find a level for FIZMO that
works with the rest of your gear. When FIZMO is connected to a home stereo, turn FIZMO’s Volume
knob all the way down, power up (described later in this chapter) and, while playing FIZMO’s keyboard
as hard as you plan to, slowly turn up its Volume knob to find a volume that sounds good without
distorting your stereo’s inputs.
Note: Each of FIZMO’s oscillators has its own Amp setting that controls the oscillator’s volume. The Volume
knob described above controls FIZMO’s overall level.
Using FIZMO’s Audio Input
The rear-panel Audio Input jack allows you to connect a microphone or line-level audio
signal to FIZMO in order to control its vocoder or to process external audio through its
onboard insert effects. The input volume is set using the Input Level knob located to its
right (when viewed from the back), as described in the following section.
Audio Input
(Mic or Line)
Input Level
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