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CHANNEL INSERTS

STEREO EFX RETURNS

MAIN

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PHONES

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Guitar Effects

Drum 

Machine

Keyboard, or other line-level input

Keyboard, or other line-level input

Stereo

Power Amplifier

Stereo

Power Amplifier

Right PA Speaker

Left PA Speaker

CD Player

Stereo EQ

Stereo EQ

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Compressor

Stereo Compressor

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Stage Monitor

Stage Monitor

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Reverb

Digital Delay

CFX12 MKII — Small Club Gig 

TWEAK THE MIX:

1.

   Engage 

MUTE

 on all channels except your 

rhythm section (drums & bass). 

2.

   Adjust the rhythm section’s channel faders 

to get a good balance of levels.

3.

   Un-mute the other active channels and 

adjust their faders.

4.

   Now that you have a rough mix going, turn 

up the 

MAIN MIX

 Fader to a comfortable 

listening level.

5.

   If the overall mix has an equalization 

problem, make adjustments to the 

STEREO 

GRAPHIC EQ

. If an individual channel is 

the problem, use its 

EQ

 instead.

6.

   Using channel 

EFX 2 (INT)

 and the 

EMAC 

EFFECTS PROCESSOR

, experiment with 

adding some effects.

7.

   Depending on how much time you’ve got, 

keep tweaking. Walk the room to see how it 
sounds away from your mixer. Keep tweaking. 

KNOW THESE THINGS:

•  Never listen to loud music for prolonged 

periods. Please see “Safety Instructions” on 
page 2 for information on hearing protection. 

• Never 

plug 

amplifi er outputs into anything 

except passive speakers. 

•  Never use guitar cables to connect ampli-

fi ers to speakers.

•  Before making connections to an external 

amp or reconfi guring an amp’s routing, turn 
the amp’s level (gain) controls down, turn 
the power off, make the changes, turn the 
power back on, and then turn the level con-
trols back up. The same is true for powered 
speakers.

•  When you shut down your equipment, turn 

off any external amplifi ers and/or powered 
speakers fi rst. When powering up, turn on 
the amplifi ers and/or speakers last.

•  Save the shipping box and packing mate-

rial! You may need them someday.

APPLICATIONS DIAGRAMS

Summary of Contents for CFX MKII

Page 1: ...20 10 OO 40 50 5 5 U 60 10 SOLO PFL dB 30 20 10 OO 40 50 5 5 U 60 10 dB 30 20 10 OO 40 50 5 5 U 60 10 dB 30 20 10 OO 40 50 5 5 U 60 10 dB 30 20 10 OO 40 50 5 5 U 60 10 dB 30 20 10 OO 40 50 5 5 U 60 10...

Page 2: ...e of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons Le symbole clair avec point de fl che l int rieu...

Page 3: ...circles like this Every feature on the CFX mixer has one of these numbers assigned to it Whenever a feature is mentioned described or illustrated its number will be right next to it Thank you for cho...

Page 4: ...RATIONS 20 APPENDIX A Service Info 20 Troubleshooting 20 Repair 21 APPENDIX B Technical Info 21 SpecificationsCFX12 CFX16 CFX20 MKII 21 CFX MKII SERIES LIMITED WARRANTY 22 BLOCK DIAGRAM 23 IMPORTANT S...

Page 5: ...rip GAIN AUX EFX and Fader down 3 STEREO GRAPHIC EQ sliders centered 4 MASTER AUX and EFX SENDS and EFX RETURNS down 5 Channel strip EQ and PAN controls cen tered 6 Channel strip ASSIGN 1 2 and MUTE s...

Page 6: ...comfortable listening level 5 If the overall mix has an equalization problem make adjustments to the STEREO GRAPHIC EQ If an individual channel is the problem use its EQ instead 6 Using channel EFX 2...

Page 7: ...eless Microphone Receivers Stereo EQ Stereo Power Amplifier Left Right Chapel Cassette or DAT Recorder CFX16 MKII Large Club Gig or Auditorium using a Subwoofer CFX20 MKII Church Sound Reinforcement w...

Page 8: ...INE IN INSERT MIC 2 MIC 3 MIC 4 MIC 5 MIC 6 MIC 7 MIC 8 At the risk of stating the obvious this is where you plug everything in microphones line level instruments effects headphones and the ultimate d...

Page 9: ...eo signal enters the real world The XLR balanced outputs will add 6 dB when connected to balanced inputs thereby elevating signal from the noise floor by that amount The TRS balanced outputs offer the...

Page 10: ...utputs is post fader only so they cannot be used as traditional stage monitor cues They re intended to patch into effects device inputs hence the name EFX See EFX 1 EXT and EFX 2 INT for more informat...

Page 11: ...ee the Safety Instructions on page 2 for information on hearing protection EFX FOOT SWITCH You can connect a normally open foot switch to this connector to duplicate the function of the BYPASS switch...

Page 12: ...ranges from off through unity the center detent position on up to 15 dB of extra gain fully clockwise The line level stereo channels AUX knobs control a mono sum of the channel s stereo signals For in...

Page 13: ...EVEL EFX 1 EFX 2 Pre vs Post Auxiliary Signal Flow Diagram MID 400Hz L R PAN 1 2 dB 10 LOW 12k HI HI MID 3k 80Hz LOW EQ U 15 15 U 15 15 U 15 15 U 15 15 ASSIGN 11 12 MUTE example boosting the LOW EQ kn...

Page 14: ...ependently of the rest of the mix SUB Faders SUB ASSIGN and MAIN MIX Fader will explain this further FADER Although the most self explanatory item on a mixer we ll explain it anyway The fader is the m...

Page 15: ...ults try to keep your peaks between 0 and 7 You may already be familiar with 4 4 dBu 1 23V and 10 10 dBV 0 32V operating levels Basically what determines the oper ating level is the relative 0 dB VU o...

Page 16: ...mixer via its TRS jacks and SUB ASSIGN sends it to the MAIN MIX Fader LEFT RIGHT SUB ASSIGN As discussed in ASSIGN the only way to get channel outputs to the main mix is via the sub mixes and this sw...

Page 17: ...EFFECTS PROCESSOR FOR THE IMPA TIENT Set EFX 2 SEND and TO MAIN MIX at the center U mark Assuming you have your basic mix up and run ning turn up the EFX 2 INT per channel This feeds in individual amo...

Page 18: ...ng pre delay and late reflections Tails are very warm with some additional high end reflections imitating the stone walls of a cathedral A very dramatic effect that works well with wind instruments su...

Page 19: ...ramatic effect to vocals particularly group harmonies and choirs The channel s EFX 2 INT should be set halfway or higher Rate is adjust able from 0 5 Hz to 30 Hz Depth is adjustable from 0 to 100 FLAN...

Page 20: ...ab that you put underneath the center screw that holds the AC outlet faceplate in place This center screw must be grounded You can check it by connecting the adapter to the outlet and then plugging in...

Page 21: ...Adjacent Inputs or Input to Output 90 dB 1 kHz Fader Off 90 dB 1 kHz Mute Switch and Break Switch Mute 80 dB 1 kHz Input Gain Control Range Mono Channels Mic In 5 dB to 50 dB Line In 15 to 30 dB Stere...

Page 22: ...LOUD authorized reseller or dealer The Product Warranty will not extend to anyone other than the original purchaser of the product hereinafter Customer you or your For products purchased outside the...

Page 23: ...FX 1 EFX 2 PRE POST PAN MAIN GAIN LEFT RIGHT SOLO 1 2 MUTE EFX RETURN 1 SUBWOOFER OUT 1 2 3 63 125 250500 1K 2K 4K 8K 16K TAPE OUT RIGHT BREAK MAIN LEVEL MAIN INSERT LEFT ASSIGN RIGHT ASSIGN SUB 1 OUT...

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