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XONE:43C User Guide 

REAR CONNECTORS 

AC Mains Input 
 

IEC cable with moulded mains plug suitable for your local supply. 
 

Important:

   

Read the SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS sheet included with the 

Xone:43C and printed on the rear panel. 
 

Check that the correct mains lead with moulded plug has been supplied with your console. 
The power supply accepts mains voltages within the range 100-240V without changing any 
fuses or settings.  Ensure that the IEC mains plug is pressed fully into the rear panel socket 
before switching on. 
 

Note:

  It is standard practice to turn connected power amplifiers down or off before 

switching the console on or off.  This prevents any potential damage to speaker systems due 
to switch-on transients. 

CH 1, 2, 3 and 4 Phono Input

 

 
Plug in turntables with magnetic cartridges requiring RIAA equalisation.  For non-RIAA turn-
tables plug into the LINE input instead.  Do not plug in line level sources to the phono inputs 
as these will overload the preamp and cause severe high level distortion.   

CH 1, 2, 3 and 4 Line Input 

 
RCA phono.  Connect stereo line level music sources such as CD players. Do not connect 
turntables which require RIAA equalisation. Alternatively, you can connect to jack sources 
using a cable with RCA to jack adapters.  Avoid using low grade cables such as those often 
supplied with domestic equipment as these can quickly prove unreliable in use. 

X:LINK 

 
Connect XONE:K Series Controllers to the XONE:43C Mixer to save using USB ports on 
your computer. 

Summary of Contents for XONE:43C

Page 1: ...Allen Heath 1 XONE 43C User Guide USER GUIDE Publication AP9967_1 ...

Page 2: ...plied warranty of this product Conditions of Warranty The equipment has not been subject to misuse either intended or accidental neglect or alteration other than as described in the User Guide or Service Manual or approved by Allen Heath Any necessary adjustment alteration or repair has been carried out by an authorised Allen Heath distributor or agent The defective unit is to be returned carriage...

Page 3: ...have received the following Safety Sheet Important Read this sheet before starting Retain for future reference Mains Lead Check that the correct mains plug is fitted Xone 43C mixer Spare knobs and buttons Type A B USB Lead To connect the Xone 43C to your computer ...

Page 4: ...self with the controls and setup procedures outlined in this user guide For further information please refer to the additional information available on our website or contact our product support team http www allen heath com Warranty 2 Packed Items 3 Contents 4 Setup Examples 5 Mic Aux Channel Input 6 Phono USB Line Input Channels 7 Filter Section 9 Headphone Section 10 Master Section 11 Crossfade...

Page 5: ...Allen Heath 5 XONE 43C User Guide SETUP EXAMPLES ...

Page 6: ...urce signal levels 5 Channel Equaliser The Mic Aux input channel is equipped with a 2 band EQ stage providing 15dB of boost when fully clockwise and 15dB attenuation when fully anti clockwise 1 Aux Input Dual RCA sockets for connecting an external line level source 7 Channel On Switch Press the Channel On switch to send the channel audio to the main mix 6 Cue Switch Press the Cue switch to listen ...

Page 7: ...frequency LF 310Hz low frequency bass 4 Filter Select Press to route the channel signal through the VCF filter The switch will illuminate to indicate that the channel is being sent to the filter 5 X FX Dry Wet Send Use this control to vary the amount of channel signal that is sent to an external effects device connected to the X FX send return on the rear panel With this control set to dry none of...

Page 8: ...e EQ and pre fader allowing the input level to be displayed even if the EQ is set to off on all bands The channel level control should be set so that the me ter averages around 0 with loudest peaks no higher than 6 Turn down the level control if the 10 indica tor lights 7 Cue Switch Press the Cue switch to listen to the channel pre fade signal in the headphones and see its level on the main meters...

Page 9: ...roduces the classic Xone VCF sound by feeding some of the filter output back to its input The control ranges from mild producing a very subtle effect to wild producing a dramatic phase effect with feedback just short of oscillation 3 HPF Turns on the high pass bass cut filter slope 4 BPF Turns on the band pass bell shaped filter slope 5 LPF Turns on the low pass treble cut filter slope Frequency S...

Page 10: ... overrides just the left channel leav ing the program in the right channel The left monitor meter displays the Cue signal right displays program This is very useful when beat mixing using headphones 3 Cue Mix Control Allows the main mix output to be added to the Cue sig nal Turned fully anticlockwise only the active Cue is heard through the headphones when Cue is active Gradually turning clockwise...

Page 11: ... cued mix audio is pre level to prevent mismatch due to the position of the master lev el control The mixer should be operated with these meters aver aging around 0 with loudest peaks no higher than 6 2 3 Master Level Control A rotary master control adjusts the level of the master mix XLR outputs feeding the house sound system This does not affect the booth output or the meter reading Booth Level ...

Page 12: ...sounds when scratch or cut mixing The crossfader is a VCA controller which affects the level of signals routed via the filters Make sure the switches on the channels you wish to fade are set to X or Y as appropriate CROSSFADER 2 1 Crossfader Curve Control This control adjusts the crossfader curve between dipped dipless and fast cut better suited for scratch or cut mixing 1 2 ...

Page 13: ...his prevents any potential damage to speaker systems due to switch on transients CH 1 2 3 and 4 Phono Input Plug in turntables with magnetic cartridges requiring RIAA equalisation For non RIAA turn tables plug into the LINE input instead Do not plug in line level sources to the phono inputs as these will overload the preamp and cause severe high level distortion CH 1 2 3 and 4 Line Input RCA phono...

Page 14: ...ader or cue system X FX Send Return RCA phono Connect your external effects device and use the X FX dry wet control to send channel signals to the effects unit The signal returns to the mix bus but can be routed to the VCF filter by pressing the X FX button on the front panel filter section This allows the filter to be stacked with an external effects device Chassis Earth Terminal A screw terminal...

Page 15: ...xone43cdrivers When the drivers have downloaded extract them to a folder and click on the dmg file to start installation Click to load the Driver Click Continue Enter your user name and password then click install software Click Install Click Continue Installation When the installation finishes restart your computer when prompted Installation is complete and your computer will connect and recognis...

Page 16: ...hen the drivers have downloaded extract them to a folder and click on the setup file to start installation Choose your language and click OK to continue Click Install the driver During the installation you will twice be asked to unplug and re plug the USB audio cable to your Xone 43C Restart your computer when prompted After restart installation is complete and your computer will now connect and r...

Page 17: ...INE SND_L_4 USB_8 RIAA or LINE SND_R_4 Computer Mixer Output Channel Xone 43C USB_1 USB_RTN_L_1 USB_2 USB_RTN_R_1 USB_3 USB_ RTN _L_2 USB_4 USB_ RTN _R_2 USB_5 USB_ RTN _L_3 USB_6 USB_ RTN _R_3 USB_7 USB_ RTN _L_4 USB_8 USB_ RTN _R_4 USB SOUNDCARD DEFAULT The Xone 43C includes a 16 Channel 8 in 8 out 96kHz 24bit USB Soundcard By default the mixer ships with the soundcard configured to offer the be...

Page 18: ...el Xone 43C No Option Set To USB_1 USB_RTN_L_1 USB_RTN_L_1 USB_2 USB_RTN_R_1 USB_RTN_R_1 USB_3 USB_ RTN _L_2 USB_ RTN _L_2 USB_4 USB_ RTN _R_2 USB_ RTN _R_2 USB_5 USB_ RTN _L_3 USB_ RTN _L_3 USB_6 USB_ RTN _R_3 USB_ RTN _R_3 USB_7 USB_ RTN _L_4 USB_ RTN _L_4 USB_8 USB_ RTN _R_4 USB_ RTN _R_4 The Xone 43C Soundcard can be reconfigured beyond the default shipping configuration To make any changes vi...

Page 19: ... CD with Serato DJ OS X The XONE 43C is class compliant on a Mac however we strongly recommend using the dedicated driver for improved performance See Page 15 for driver installation instructions Windows The XONE 43C with Windows computers requires a dedicated driver See Page 16 for driver installation instructions To connect the XONE 43C to a computer download and install the latest drivers for y...

Page 20: ...es X LINK allowing you to expand your setup by connecting directly to the XONE K Series MIDI Controllers X LINK uses a standard RJ45 connector and distributes power and MIDI data without using additional USB ports The XONE K Series Controllers are pre mapped for use with Serato DJ via X LINK only Using the RJ45 patch lead supplied with the XONE K Series controller connect the RJ45 cable to the X L...

Page 21: ...ed to enable control of various parameters in a DAW such as Ableton Live or Traktor The Default MIDI Channel is 16 Hex 0F You can change MIDI channel by holding down the Mic Aux channel CUE button when powering on the mixer The CUE button will then flash to show you are in MIDI setup mode Channel 1 4 CUE buttons will display the current MIDI channel number in Binary Use the HPF LPF buttons to cycl...

Page 22: ... 12 5 6 7 8 13 14 15 16 MIDI Parameters 43C CHANNEL FADER 1 CC Bn 00 00 7F 2 CC Bn 01 00 7F 3 CC Bn 02 00 7F 4 CC Bn 03 00 7F All MIDI in Hex n MIDI Channel number xx Parameter number Control Change messages CC Bn xx 00 7F Note On Messages 9n xx 7F Note Off Messages 9n xx 00 ...

Page 23: ... On 9n 39 7F Off 8n 39 00 Channel 3 On 9n 25 7F Off 8n 25 00 Channel 4 On 9n 11 7F Off 8n 11 00 Channel Filter XFX Filter Channel 1 On 9n 49 7F Off 8n 49 00 Channel 2 On 9n 35 7F Off 8n 35 00 Channel 3 On 9n 21 7F Off 8n 21 00 Channel 4 On 9n 0D 7F Off 8n 0D 00 X FX On 9n 04 7F Off 8n 04 00 HPF On 9n 01 7F Off 8n 01 00 BPF On 9n 02 7F Off 8n 02 00 LPF On 9n 03 7F Off 8n 03 00 ...

Page 24: ...75 4B 76 4C 77 4D 78 4E 79 4F 80 50 81 51 82 52 83 53 6 84 54 85 55 86 56 87 57 88 58 89 59 90 5A 91 5B 92 5C 93 5D 94 5E 95 5F 7 96 60 97 61 98 62 99 63 100 64 101 65 102 66 103 67 104 68 105 69 106 6A 107 6B 8 108 6C 109 6D 110 6E 111 6F 112 70 113 71 114 72 115 73 116 74 117 75 118 76 119 77 9 120 78 121 79 122 7A 123 7B 124 7C 125 7D 126 7E 127 7F DEC HEX DEC HEX DEC HEX DEC HEX DEC HEX DEC HE...

Page 25: ...Allen Heath 25 XONE 43C User Guide PANEL DRAWINGS Rear Panel Front Panel ...

Page 26: ...se 1kHz Crosstalk 83dB inter channel Residual noise Mix 1 89dBu Booth 93dBu X FX 77dBu Rec 92dBu Mix noise Mix 1 82dBu Booth 84dBu X FX 77dBu Rec 87dBu Channel meters Peak reading 9 LED 20dB to 10dB Main meters Peak reading 9 LED 20dB to 10dB Mic EQ 2 Band 12dB Channel EQ 3 Band 6dB total kill Channel fader 45mm stereo VCA 85dB shutoff Crossfader 45mm stereo VCA replaceable Filters Stereo VCF anal...

Page 27: ...Allen Heath 27 XONE 43C User Guide BLOCK DIAGRAM ...

Page 28: ...s lost when power is removed from the console The LPF is always selected when power is applied The graphs below show the effect on the audio frequency response for the three filter types The range of sweep from low to high frequency is shown together with the effect of adjusting RESONANCE one frequency with several resonance settings shown The vertical scale shows the amount of cut or boost around...

Page 29: ...TY of the sound that pleases the ear not the VOLUME OPERATING LEVELS The diagram below illustrates the operating range of the audio signal NORMAL OPERATING RANGE For normal music the signal should range between 6 and 6 on the meters with average around 0dB This allows enough HEADROOM for unexpected peaks before the signal hits its maximum CLIPPING voltage and distorts It also achieves the best SIG...

Page 30: ...th you are less likely to experience problems Do not remove the earth connection from the console mains plug The console chassis is connected to mains earth through the power cable to ensure your safety Audio 0V is connected to the console chassis internally If problems are encountered with earth loops operate the audio ground lift switches on connected equipment accordingly or disconnect the cabl...

Page 31: ... are unsure of your ability to safely carry out this work then it is advised that you leave it to a qualified service technician Tools you will need T8 Torx screwdriver A small container to keep screws in Have a clean flat work surface ready before starting work Ensure that the power to the unit has been turned off and disconnected completely from the mains Step 1 Remove and retain 2 screws from f...

Page 32: ...CB The console base and front panel can now be separated Step 7 With care unplug the white harness from the connector PCB The cross fader and plate can now be sepa rated Step 8 Remove and retain 2 screws from crossfader plate Note that these 2 screws from the cross fad er plate are a different size length do not mix them up with the other screws Step 6 Remove the crossfader cap Remove and retain 2...

Page 33: ...onal Innofader not supplied The standard crossfader must be fitted to slot 1 and not slot 2 Step 10 Screw the crossfader plate back to the con sole Replace the crossfader cap Connect the white harness from the connect or PCB Step 11 Re assembly of the console is the reverse of steps 1 5 When re assembling the console take great care to refit the wireforms fully into the socket 1 2 ...

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