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MIXING CONSOLE

Owner’s Manual

Making the Most Of Your Mixer

MG10_E.book Page 1 Monday, May 26, 2003 1:52 PM

Summary of Contents for MG10/2

Page 1: ...MIXING CONSOLE Owner s Manual Making the Most Of Your Mixer Pages 6 to 16 E MG10_E book Page 1 Monday May 26 2003 1 52 PM...

Page 2: ...his unit and AC adaptor be dropped or the cabinet be damaged turn the power switch off remove the power plug from the AC outlet and contact your dealer If you continue using the unit without heeding t...

Page 3: ...e owners This applies only to products distributed by Yamaha Kemble Music U K Ltd 2 wires Connector pin assignments Replacement of Consumable Parts Interference from Cell Phones Always turn the power...

Page 4: ...rent effectors into different channels Input channels 1 and 2 are each equipped with both an XLR mic input jack and a TRS phone type line jack Input channels 7 8 and 9 10 are each equipped with both a...

Page 5: ...lug the adaptor from the outlet when not using the mixer or when there are lightning storms in the area To avoid generating unwanted noise make sure there is adequate distance between the power adapto...

Page 6: ...ddle the controls and away you go right Well if you ve done this before you won t have any problems but if this is the first time you ve ever used a mixer you might want to read through this little tu...

Page 7: ...r gear The Versatile Phone Jack The name phone jack arose simply because this configuration was first used in telephone switchboards Phone jacks can be tricky because you can t always tell what type o...

Page 8: ...ong line level runs The ambient electromagnetic noise level will be the ultimate deciding factor but balanced is best How Do Balanced Lines Reject Noise Skip this section if technical details make you...

Page 9: ...rofessional audio gear usually has line inputs and outputs with a nominal level of 4 dB You should always feed 10 dB inputs with a 10 dB signal If you feed a 4 dB signal into a 10 dB input you are lik...

Page 10: ...ass and treble con trols or a full blown 4 band parametric EQ When boost is applied the EQ stage also has gain You can actually overload the input channel by applying too much EQ boost It s usually be...

Page 11: ...in mind is that the amount of noise added by each stage is usually not dependent to any significant degree on the level of the audio signal passing through the circuit This means that the bigger the...

Page 12: ...thin a good range and this will depend on the dynamic range of your program material 1 Start by setting all level controls to their minimum master fad ers channel faders and input gain controls Also m...

Page 13: ...ce 4 pre post A pre fader signal is taken from a point before the channel fader so the send level is affected only by the AUX send level control and not by the channel fader Pre fader sends are most c...

Page 14: ...although they can be used with just about any type of in out processor Channel insert jacks must be used with a special insert cable that has a TRS phone jack on one end and mono phone jacks on the s...

Page 15: ...bass and drums to support the overall sound Example2 Funky R B Groove The approach will be totally different if you re mixing a funky R B number that centers on the groove In this case most engineers...

Page 16: ...ments more air Listen and if things don t sound clear and clean try using cut to remove frequencies that are cluttering up the mix rather than trying to boost the mix into clarity One of the biggest p...

Page 17: ...AUX2 bus The volume of the feed increases as you move the knob away from the position If you set the knob exactly to the posi tion the mixer will not send the signal to either of the AUX buses Note t...

Page 18: ...fiers or powered speakers before turning this switch on or off 2 RETURN Control Adjusts the level of the signal sent from the RETURN jacks L MONO and R to the Stereo bus If you supply a signal to the...

Page 19: ...r the odd numbered channel inputs the L signal and the even numbered channel inputs the R signal Each channel offers a choice of two jack types phone jack and RCA pin jack All of these jacks are unbal...

Page 20: ...out put jack Connector Polarities These jacks will also accept connection to monaural phone plugs If you use monaural plugs the connection will be unbalanced 1 AC ADAPTOR IN Connector Connects to the...

Page 21: ...u may use either one of these jacks but you may not use both at the same time Please connect to only one of these jacks on each channel 3 To avoid causing damage to speakers power up the devices in th...

Page 22: ...rallel with the micro phone pole down to the base of the stand Leave ample free space around the stand 1 Turn the mixer upside down and hold the microphone stand adaptor BMS 10A sold separately agains...

Page 23: ...PUT ST OUT 50 dB ST CH LINE INPUT ST OUT 41 dB ST CH LINE INPUT AUX SEND1 PRE 47 dB ST CH LINE INPUT AUX SEND2 POST 26 dB ST CH INPUT ST OUT 12 dB AUX RETURN ST OUT 23 8 dB 2TR INPUT ST OUT Monaural S...

Page 24: ...dBu 0 775 mV 40 dBu 7 75 mV XLR 3 31 type balanced 16 28 dBu 30 9 mV 16 dBu 123 mV 10 dBu 245 mV ST CH LINE INPUT CH3 L CH4 R CH5 L CH6 R 34 10 k 600 line 46 dBu 3 88 mV 34 dBu 15 5 mV 14 dBu 155 mV...

Page 25: ...Appendix MG10 2 25 Dimensional Diagrams 251 290 5 65 Unit mm MG10_E book Page 25 Monday May 26 2003 1 52 PM...

Page 26: ...Appendix MG10 2 26 Block Diagram and Level Diagram MG10_E book Page 26 Monday May 26 2003 1 52 PM...

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