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MW-1608

USER
MANUAL

MW-2408

SOUNDLINK

HYBRID ANALOG/DIGITAL MIXERS

Summary of Contents for SoundLink MW-1608

Page 1: ...1 MW 1608 USER MANUAL MW 2408 SOUNDLINK HYBRID ANALOG DIGITAL MIXERS ...

Page 2: ... an AC power output MAINS with a protective grounding earthing connection 13 Where a main AC connection MAINS or appliance coupler such as power strip is used as the disconnect device the disconnect device shall remain readily operable 14 Only use attachments accessories speciﬁed by the manufacturer 15 Clean only with dry cloth 16 This product must be disposed of correctly This symbol indicates th...

Page 3: ... that inevitably happen in live mixing but with the power of high quality digital where it counts Youhavemadeagood choice We are glad that you have chosen a KORG SoundLink MS mixer Here are some of the highlights Truehybriddesigndevelopedwithmixer designlegendsGregMackieandPeter Watts 24x8x2or16x8x2models PeterWatts designedHiVoltmic preamps withmoreheadroomthan anycomparably pricedmixer 16 5V int...

Page 4: ...gear you will be using during a sound mixing session R The right cables to hook your sound sources to the mixer We go into more detail about connectors later on R Monitor speakers or head phones Let s begin Plug your SoundLink mixer into a wall socket Set a channel s GAIN volume too low and there will be noise hiss in that channel even when no voice or instrument is present If GAIN volume is set t...

Page 5: ... mic or play an instrument at the volume the musician or presenter will be using during a per formance Press Channel 1 s PFL Pre Fader Listen button The orange LED just above the button should light up While watching the Main Level Display at the right of the mixer turn Channel 1 s GAIN knob clockwise until the LED above 0 ﬂickers occasionally but not very often Okay Here s the less than fun news ...

Page 6: ... 25 Afewmoretipsonequalization 25 Furtherreadingaboutmixing 25 MasterControlSection 26 AuxMaster 26 AuxMasterAFLbuttonsandindicator 26 Musician sPhones 26 AtraditionalMonitorMixvs abetterway 27 Talkback 27 FXMasterSection 28 Metersection 28 STEREOINknob 28 MONITORsection 28 BREAKbutton indicator 29 GroupMasterSection 29 MAINMIX L R fader 29 SelectingchannelsforaMuteGroup 30 Howthebandissetuponthem...

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Page 8: ...ecause hooking stuﬀ up is the ﬁrst thing you re going to want to do And most all of the connec tions are on the back connections are identical All the drawings and photos in this man ual are of the MW 1608 because this PDF ﬁts small screens better We ll start with a guided tour of the SoundLink back panel then somesamplehook upsforvari ousapplications Hook up Back panel Analog Controls Digital Con...

Page 9: ...HANTOM power on oﬀ Turn this on if you re using a device that operates using phan tom power such as a condenser mic or a direct box If this is on the 48V indicator just below the L R meter is lit and DC 48V is supplied to the MIC IN XLR jack of each input channel Before turning phantom power on oﬀ reduce the GAIN knob or fader of each channel to 0 The noise that occurs when phantom power is turned...

Page 10: ...are medium level to begin with such as those from keyboards or MP3 devices etc The connector on the end of an unbalanced TS Tip Sleeve jack has two sections A balanced cable has three conductors in the connector and three wires in the cable Because 1 2 Balanced versus unbalanced what s the deal here Hooking up your SoundLink Hook up Back panel Analog Controls Digital Controls devices such as DVD p...

Page 11: ...htningtoUSB3camera adaptor WhenconnectinganiPhone iPad werecommendthatyouenable airplanemode USBIn The signal that is input from the connected device is sent to the right most stereo input channel Channels 23 24 on the MW 2408 Channels 15 16 on the MW 1608 The signal is input before the channel EQ You can use the channel EQ to adjust the tone USBOut This is sort of a digital duplicate of the MAIN ...

Page 12: ...t the same time In other words four total outputs Hooking up your SoundLink Monitor Out Connect these to your studio monitor or amps pow ering your passive monitors if you are using the SoundLink in a studio situation Use the MONITOR knob to adjust the level Normally this out put if fed by the MAIN L R bus When the AFL PFL function is enabled this outputs the signal of a speciﬁc channel or bus to ...

Page 13: ...re explanation further on in this manual MusicianPhones AUXOUT3OR4 L RINJECT This is a unique Greg Mackie fea ture that lets two musicians per fect their monitor mixes without having to upset the AUX setting of all the channels Described in detail farther on Channel25 26 orChannels17 18 andPhones 1 8 input for MP3 players jack for headphones In review to build a Sub Group Use the small buttons to ...

Page 14: ... examples are just that examples They are intended to show various options that are possible with Sound Link Chances are you won t use every input and output like we have shown But you could 14 Hooking up your SoundLink TYPICAL BAND Hook up Back panel Analog Controls Digital Controls ...

Page 15: ...15 Hooking up your SoundLink SMALL to MEDIUM CHURCH or LARGE CHURCH ACTIVITY HALL Hook up Back panel Analog Controls Digital Controls ...

Page 16: ...Hooking up your SoundLink CORPORATE PRESENTATION or EVENT CENTER 16 Hook up Back panel Analog Controls Digital Controls ...

Page 17: ...Hooking up your SoundLink 8 CHANNEL RECORDING 17 Hook up Back panel Analog Controls Digital Controls ...

Page 18: ...Hooking up your SoundLink ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE 18 ...

Page 19: ...if you re perform ing outside herds of stampeding elephants among other things Rumble can suck a lot of pow er from your PA system Even if your system is capable repro ducing under 100Hz sound it s generally boomy unpleasant and muddles your overall PA sound If your system doesn t do well reproducing ultra low frequen cies HPF lets the PA sound better above 100Hz While helping edit this manual Gre...

Page 20: ...too large Compressors remedy this by reducing a sound s dynamic range compression reduces the level diﬀerences between the quieter mumbled and un mum bled words making it easier to ﬁnd a single fader setting that works The compressor does this by turning down or compress ing the louder signals so that they match the quieter signals more closely an automatic vol ume control A similar trick works fo...

Page 21: ...equency dis tribution of SoundLink mono channel EQ There two con trols for MID Because they adjust diﬀerent things One knob for amount 15dB and one knob for FREQ frequency Its center frequency can be moved anywhere from 250Hz to 5 000Hz which makes it much more useful At 250Hz it can work on the tone of guitar approach to equalization is to listen carefully to the so loed track and come up with a ...

Page 22: ...nel strip s signal into one of four separate buses and then route those mixes to various plac es The most common use is to create monitor mixes for the musicians You can add whatev er combination and amount of various channels and then route this mix through an AUX MASTER level control and through one of post fader AUX for on air broadcasts assisted listen ing church crying rooms and foyers club a...

Page 23: ...e the MUTE button is a standard feature on small mix ers we have seriously enhanced it with Mute Groups See page 30 Mute Groups for a complete explanation of this extremely useful function OL Overload LED This indicator lights when the channel s input signal gets within 3dB of clipping level Clipping is a term for a signal that exceeds that capability of the internal circuitry resulting in audible...

Page 24: ...l ones Differentthan MonoChannels Q TRSstereoLineinputs Q Mic Lineswitch Q NoCompressorfunction Q 2 bandﬁxedMIDEQ Q Sharedchannelcontrols 9 10 11 12 combinedetc SameasMonoChannels Q InputGain Q HiEq Q LoEq Q AuxSends Q FX Q Pan Q Mute Q OL 20LEDs Q BusAssignswitches Q 60mmfader Q PFLswitch SourceMic Line stereo channels Switches the channel setting according to the input jack s used Set this to MI...

Page 25: ...ng can be improved with equaliza tion At least TRY various settings Q Equalize with your ears Don t stare at the EQ knob close your eyes and listen Q Focus on the overall mix You re far better oﬀ EQ ing your channels so that every instrument has its own place in the mix rather than trying to make each instrument sound good in isolation Q Cut ﬁrst boost second Q In a live setting very few people wi...

Page 26: ...l strip determine how much of that channel goes into an AUX bus The AUX MASTER controls de termine the levels that are out put to the AUX OUT jacks on the mixer back AuxMasterAFLbuttons andindicator Enables or disables the AFL function When this is enabled the sig nals that have been adjusted by the AUX MASTER 1 4 knobs can be monitored via MONITOR or PHONES When AFL is enabled the orange LED ligh...

Page 27: ...just the level at which the MAIN L R bus signal is mixed into the AUX 3 4 buses This is mixed both into the AUX 3 4 output and into the MUSICIAN S PHONES out put Remember that AUX 3 and AUX 4 are sepa rate so you can create a stereo mixer Talkback This knob adjusts the volume and selects the destination of the microphone plugged into the TALKBACK jack on the back of the SoundLink You can send Talk...

Page 28: ...ignal source of the monitor bus that is shown in the level meter Lit The signal of the channel or bus for which PFL or AFL is enabled Unlit The signal of the MAIN MIX bus 48V indicator lights when the MIC phan tom power supply is on STEREOINknob Adjusts the vol ume of the front panel STEREO IN jack The signal ad justed by this knob is sent directly to the MAIN OUT output jacks It is not muted by B...

Page 29: ...of the rear panel GROUP OUT jacks SUB GROUP ASSIGN TO L R switches These switches send the signal of each group to the MAIN L R bus SUB GROUP MASTER faders Adjusts the output level sent to the Main L R if assigned and to the Sub Master Outputs PFL switches indicators These switches let you audition each group s signal in the moni tor When they are enabled the signal that has been adjusted by each ...

Page 30: ... Here s a example application where you re mixing a whole band most of the time but for a couple of slow songs there s just a vocalist an acoustic guitar through a direct box and a snare drum The last thing you want to do is reduce each fader volume to 0 because you lose your care fully set levels Instead you press NINE mute buttons Nine mute buttons turn red Nine channels are removed from the mix...

Page 31: ...re ready for the whole band to play the next song Eighteen button pushes in rapid succession You could get calluses pushing all those buttons or more likely delay the next song while you punch lots of MUTE buttons MUTEGROUPSTOTHE RESCUE Press and momentarily hold down MUTE GROUP button A It will blink orange which means it s ready to be programmed 3 Now press the nine MUTE buttons Un doingthe push...

Page 32: ...ssion Press MUTE GROUP A and nine channels are instantly muted You ve pressed one button instead of nine buttons Mute Groups have a lot of uses because in many mixing situa tions some of the channels are not being used And when a chan nel isn t being used it should be oﬀ For example muting parts of the band when they re not playing Or selecting just a few channels like in our mic guitar ProgramaMu...

Page 33: ...gs you can have Mute Groups for any occasion Hardmuting This is a name for when you just directly mute a channel The Mute indicator for that channel turns red CreatingaMuteGroup Press and hold a MUTE GROUP button A through D until it starts blinking 3 Mutethechannelsyouwant intheMuteGroup Each channelindicatorwillblink orangeafteryoupressit Press the designated MUTE GROUP button It will turn oﬀ Th...

Page 34: ...nking channel to turn it oﬀ or press a new channel MUTE button to add it to the Mute Group Press the designated blink ing MUTE GROUP button It will turn oﬀ The Mute Group is now edited You can turn on more than one Mute Group at the same time in effect temporarily adding to the Group Press and HOLD is only needed to program or modify re program a Mute Group Pick the Mute Group that you want to edi...

Page 35: ...mply going to create a Mute Group Press and hold a MUTE GROUP button until it starts blinking orange The red Hard Muted indicators will turn oﬀ 3 Select channels for your Mute Group They will blink orange Press the MUTE GROUP button The red Hard Mute indicators come back on The Mute Group has been created Hook up Back panel Analog Controls Digital Controls ...

Page 36: ...O VIEW MAIN L R AUX 2 AUX 1 MAIN L R AUX 2 AUX 1 MENU EXIT DYNA AMICS U MU AMICS A LT L L IBA DI AND D L IGITA R L PAR A AGRA E E PHIC E LIZER EQ QUAL SEL ON SoundLink mixer s digital sec tion packs a lot into a modest space It has more direct hands on buttons and controls than most mixers so that you can quickly assign and adjust more things For example just below the LCD screen are 9 buttons tha...

Page 37: ...rm Provides the reverberation of a small room Rev Room Warm provides a warm tone P05 Rev Vocal P06 Rev Vocal Warm Provides reverberation suitable for vocals Rev Vocal Warm provides a warm tone P07 Rev Stage P08 Rev Stage Warm Provides the reverberation of a mid sized stage Rev Stage Warm provides a warm tone P09 Rev Plate P10 Rev Plate Warm Provides the reverberation of a plate reverb unit Rev Pla...

Page 38: ...the eﬀect sent to the Main L R or Auxes Editinganeffect You can edit the eﬀect parame ters to adjust the eﬀect The result of editing the parame ters will diﬀer depending on the eﬀect type For details refer to the chart on the previous page Select an eﬀect type 3 Press the function button indicated as Edit Use the function buttons to select a parameter Turn the encoder knob to make adjustments 1 To...

Page 39: ...You can use the TAP button for the following eﬀects O Delay Analog O Tape Echo O Delay Standard O Delay SDD3000 Select a delay eﬀect type 3 The TAP button blinks at intervals of the time param eter setting Repeatedly press the TAP button at the interval that you want to specify The time is speciﬁed according to the average value of the intervals between button presses SavingaDigitalEffects setting...

Page 40: ...hewhole frequencyspectrum O WhiteorPinkNoise How they are best used is be yond the scope of this manual To blatantly borrow from Wikipedia A spectrum ana lyzer measures the magnitude of an input signal versus frequency within the full frequency range of the instrument By analyzing the spectra of electrical signals domi nant frequency power distortion harmonics bandwidth and other spectral componen...

Page 41: ...ION O 9 bandEQWide Q MainL R Q AUX1 Q AUX2 O 9 31 bandEQNarrow Q MainL R Q AUX1 Q AUX2 By 9 31 band EQ we mean that you can single out and boost cut nine speciﬁc bands out of 31 They can be close togeth er or sprinkled through out the whole 63 to16k range This per fect for notching out persistent feedback FEEDBACKSUPPRESSOR O MainL R O AUX1 O AUX2 There are no speciﬁc adjust ments for the Feedback...

Page 42: ... FEEDBACK EQUALIZER DFX INFO VIEW AUX 2 MAIN L R AUX 2 AUX 1 MENU EXIT DYNA AMICS U MU AMICS A LT L L IBA DI AND D L IGITA R L PAR A AGRA E E PHIC E LIZER EQ QUAL SEL ON MAIN L R AUX 1 HYBRID ANALOG DIGITAL MIXER GLOBAL SETUP ANTI FEED OVERVIEW ANALYZER SELECT TAP RESET REV HALL P01 02 REV ROOM P03 04 REV VOCAL P05 06 REV STAGE P07 08 REV PLATE P09 10 REV SPRING P1 1 12 DELAY P13 16 MOD FX P17 20 ...

Page 43: ...U MU AMICS A LT L L IBA DI AND D L IGITA R L PAR A AGRA E E PHIC E LIZER EQ QUAL SEL ON MAIN L R AUX 1 OFF 43 1 To change a parameter press one of the two but tons under either Attack or Sens One of the parame ters will illuminate 4 Rotate the encoder wheel to set the parameter value 2 Press down on the encoder wheel to enter and conﬁrm the parameter value 1 Push the button under Edit Now the Limi...

Page 44: ...MICS EQUALIZER AUX MAIN AUX AUX DYNA U AMICS MU AMICS A LT L L IBA AND A GRA E E PHIC E LIZER EQ QUAL MAIN AUX SAMPLE DI D L IGITA R L PARAG 44 SavingaDynamics setting After you have made your adjustment to dynamics parameters press the MENU button which will light up green 3 On screen you will see Save User Type and Erase User Type options Use the button under Select to pick Save as User Type Scr...

Page 45: ...lization Digital Controls Graphic EQ Main L R Aux 1 and Aux 2 can have your choice of two diﬀerent types of digital equalization 9 band Graphic Wide The bandwidth approximately two octaves 31 9 band Graphic Narrow This unique SoundLink feature lets you choose nine 1 3 oc tave bands Wide 9 band equalization is good for general shaping of PA or monitors 31 band of equalization allows removing precis...

Page 46: ... SelectingNarroworWide 9 bandequalization The 9 band equalization mode has two diﬀerent bandwidths wide forvoicing and tonality and narrow for poblem solving which increases its usefulness in contouring monitor feeds and your main PA You can use the Equaliza tion section in Narrow or Wide modes but not both at the same time In other words you can not use one band of the EQ as Wide band and another...

Page 47: ...P1 1 12 DELAY P13 16 MOD FX P17 20 TEST SOUND P21 24 MULTIBAND DIGITAL PARAGRAPHIC EQ DYNAMICS FEEDBACK EQUALIZER DFX INFO VIEW AUX 2 AUX 2 AUX 1 EXIT DYNA U AMICS MU AMICS A LT L L IBA DI AND D L IGITA R L PAR A AGRA E E PHIC E LIZER EQ QUAL SEL ON MAIN L R AUX 1 MENU MAIN L R HYBRID ANALOG DIGITAL MIXER GLOBAL SETUP ANTI FEED OVERVIEW ANALYZER SELECT TAP RESET REV HALL P01 02 REV ROOM P03 04 REV...

Page 48: ... REV SPRING P1 1 12 DELAY P13 16 MOD FX P17 20 TEST SOUND P21 24 MULTIBAND DIGITAL PARAGRAPHIC EQ DYNAMICS FEEDBACK EQUALIZER DFX INFO VIEW AUX 2 AUX 2 AUX 1 EXIT DYNA U AMICS MU AMICS A LT L L IBA DI AND D L IGITA R L PAR A AGRA E E PHIC E LIZER EQ QUAL SEL ON MAIN L R AUX 1 MENU MAIN L R 48 AdjustingEQNarrow ModeEQ 31 9 band Follow the steps for select ing Narrow or Wide band EQ Make sure that N...

Page 49: ...ntinued 2 Push down on the encoder knob to select that 1 3 oc tave frequency The screen will revert to the 9 band display Rotate the encoder knob to boost or cut the frequency Press down on the encoder knob to return to the 31 9 Narrow EQ mode and view the results of your adjustment Shows there the EQ is assigned Main L R Aux 1 or Aux 2 Amount of boost or cut Visual represen tation of boost or cut...

Page 50: ...EQ settings being fed to ﬂoor wedges or in ears recall instead of resetting On the following page is how to recall equalizer settings that you saved 50 Saving Equalizer settings You can save and recall up to 6 EQ settings as User Types Press the MENU button The settings menu appears 3 Turn the encoder knob to select Save as User Set ting and then press down on the encoder You can also select and c...

Page 51: ...V VOCAL P05 06 REV STAGE P07 08 REV PLATE P09 10 REV SPRING P1 1 12 DELAY P13 16 MOD FX P17 20 TEST SOUND P21 24 MULTIBAND DIGITAL PARAGRAPHIC EQ DYNAMICS FEEDBACK EQUALIZER DFX INFO VIEW AUX 2 1 MAIN L R AUX 2 AUX 1 MENU EXIT DYNA U AMICS MU AMICS A LT L L IBA DI AND D L IGITA R L PAR A AGRA E E PHIC E LIZER EQ QUAL SEL ON MAIN L R AUX 51 RecallinganEqualizer Setting continued In the EQUALIZER se...

Page 52: ...uppression KORG has gone far beyond our competitors to create an actual feedback natural suppressor What you CAN control is what the Feedback Suppressor acts upon Main L R AUX 1 or AUX 2 or all three at once Applying the Feedback Sup pressor on the Main L R makes perfect sense to reduce unex pected feedback from mic posi tion or not so exact initial level setting If you are using Aux 1 and Aux 2 f...

Page 53: ...cated as Freq Lock to switch the setting between Locked locked and Un locked not locked If the feedback suppres sor is disabled or if this unit s power is turned off the setting automatically switches to Unlocked 3 Next specify the bus that uses the feedback suppres sor by pressing the FEED BACK section s button The feedback suppressor s setting screen appears Lockingthestateofthe feedbacksuppress...

Page 54: ...evious settings of the digital section dynamics and equalizer etc are maintained or reset when this unit is powered on Memorize The previous settings are maintained Reset Resets the settings If the power is turned off immediately after this operation approximately 10 seconds the settings might not be saved LCD Contrast Adjusts the display contrast brightness in a range of 1 26 Level Meter Mode Spe...

Page 55: ...cene RecallingaGlobalScene Press the GLOBAL button 3 Select Load Scene by scrolling with and or the encoder knob Press then Select Scroll through your saved scenes with and or the encoder knob Select an existing User Scene OtherGLOBALoptions While you ll probably use Save Scene Load Scene and Erase Scene the most the scrolling GLOBAL menu gives you access to many other options Memorize Mode speciﬁ...

Page 56: ...c ture of your outgoing signal to the PA Connect a measurement microphone and the display can show you how the room is reacting to the PA Feedback can be ﬁxed Bass response can be made less boomy Slow and Fast Normal and Slow and Fast Peak deﬁnitely be have diﬀerently The Spectrum Analyzer in Fast mode reacts so quickly that it might not be useful in locating bumps and dips in the overall response...

Page 57: ...tory defaultsettings You can also return this unit to its factory set condition by turning the POWER switch on ON while holding down the farthest left function button and the EXIT button simultaneously Notes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Digital Controls Other Global Options Hook up Back panel Analog Controls Digital Controls ...

Page 58: ...hannel is enabled Use the PFL switch of the corresponding channel to disable the PFL function The sound is ex tremely quiet or is distorted or noisy Gain or faders are not adjusted appropri ately Use the appropriate channel s GAIN knob and channel fader the SUB GROUP MASTER faders or the MAIN MIX L R fader to adjust the levels The output level of an external device connected to this unit is not ap...

Page 59: ... a typical 31 band rack mounted EQ DFX digital effect Type Details Parameter effect P01 Rev Hall P02 Rev Hall Warm Provides the reverberation of a hall Rev Hall Warm provides a warm tone Time Time that the reverberation continues HiDamp High frequency attenuation of the reverberant sound P03 Rev Room P04 Rev Room Warm Provides the reverberation of a small room Rev Room Warm provides a warm tone P0...

Page 60: ...ntionally a default value of INF silence is speciﬁed when you select this type P22 Sweep Slow This is a test tone swept sine wave P23 Sweep Fast Sweep Slow changes slowly and Sweep Fast changes faster P24 Noise This is a test tone white pink noise Color Type of noise Level Signal level To prevent sound from being pro duced unintentionally a default value of INF silence is speciﬁed when you select ...

Page 61: ...61 2 2 2 Block Diagram ...

Page 62: ...1 Signal monaural balanced STEREO IN 2k Ω 600 Ω 3 dBV Form 3 5 mm phone jack TRS Signal stereo unbalanced Crosstalk Between input and output MAIN L R 70 dBu 1 kHz Bandpass Filter Between adjacent input channel strips 95 dBu 1 kHz Bandpass Filter Analog output speciﬁcations Impedance Output level Connector speciﬁcations Output Rated im pedance Nominal Maximum MAIN OUT 75 Ω 600 Ω 4 dBu 26 dBu Form X...

Page 63: ...point LE peak hold function Levels OL 15 12 9 6 3 0 3 6 9 12 15 ANALYZER 24 band spectrum analyzer peak hold function Feedback suppressor Three high speed feedback suppressors Bus selection function operation lock function Mute control MUTE GROUP Programmable mute groups Memories 4 mute groups BREAK Mutes all bus routes of the input section Except for MONITOR PFL route Scene memory Save and recall...

Page 64: ...onsider cabling and ventilation and make sure that there is suﬃcient space Two or more adults must work together when installing this unit in a rack Allow sufficient space 10 cm or more around the unit to ensure ventilation and to prevent heat buildup inside the unit If other equipment is also installed in the rack leave 1U or more of space between this unit and other units Heat buildup might caus...

Page 65: ...spective holders MW 2408 Rack Mounting IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS This product has been manufactured according to strict specifications and voltage requirements that are applicable in the country in which it is intended that this product should be used If you have purchased this product via the internet through mail order and or via a telephone sale you must verify that this product is intended...

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