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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

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: ...this 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 this instruction fire or electrical shock may result If you notice any abnormality such as smoke odor or noise or if a foreign object or liquid gets inside the unit turn it off imme diately Remove the...

Page 3: ...ve 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 off when the mixer is not in use Even when the power switch is in the STANDBY position electricity is still flowing to the mixer at the minimum level When you are not using the mixer for a long time ...

Page 4: ...erent 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 TRS line input jack and an RCA line input jack This wide assortment of connectors enables connection to many different devices from microphones to line level devices to stereo output synthesizers Yo...

Page 5: ...plug 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 adaptor and the mixer Press the mixer s power switch to the ON position When you are ready to turn the power off press the power switch to the STANDBY position Note that trace current continues to flow whi...

Page 6: ...iddle 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 tutorial and pick up a few basics that will help you get better performance and make better mixes MG10_E book Page 6 Monday May 26 2003 1 52 PM ...

Page 7: ...ar 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 of signal they re designed to handle just by looking at them It could be unbalanced mono unbalanced stereo balanced mono or an insert patch point The connector s label will usually tell you what type ...

Page 8: ...Long 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 queasy Balanced lines work on the principle of phase cancellation if you add two identical signals out of phase i e one signal is inverted so its peaks coincide with the troughs in the other signal ...

Page 9: ...Professional 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 likely to overload the input You should always feed 4 dB inputs with a 4 dB signal A 10 dB signal is too small for a 4 dB input and will result in less than optimum performance Many professional and sem...

Page 10: ...bass 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 better to cut than boost 3 Channel Peak LED Fader The channel peak LED is your most valuable tool for setting the input gain control for optimum performance Note that it is located after the head amp a...

Page 11: ...p 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 desired signal the smaller the added noise will be in relation to it In tech speak this gives us a better signal to noise ratio often abbreviated as S N ratio All of this leads to the following basic...

Page 12: ...ithin 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 make sure that no EQ is applied no boost or cut and that all effects and dynamic processors included in the system are defeated or bypassed 2 Apply the source signal to each channel one at a time have...

Page 13: ...nce 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 commonly used to provide monitor mixes A post fader signal is taken from a point after the channel fader so its level will be affected by both the AUX send level control and the channel fader Post fad...

Page 14: ...l 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 split Y end One of the mono phone jacks carries the send signal to be fed to the input of the external processor and the other carries the return signal from the output of the pro cessor Channel Fader...

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 will start with the drums and then add the bass The relation ship between the drums and bass is extremely important to achieve the drive or groove the music rides on Pay particular attention to how t...

Page 16: ...uments 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 problems with too much boost is that it adds gain to the signal increasing noise and potentially overloading the subsequent cir cuitry 5 4 Ambience Judicious application of reverb and or delay via the...

Page 17: ...e 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 that the signal to the AUX1 bus is a pre fader signal and is not affected by the channel fader The signal to the AUX2 bus is a post fader signal and will always pass through the channel fader before m...

Page 18: ...ifiers 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 RETURN L MONO jack only the mixer outputs the identical signal to both the L and R Stereo buses 3 2TR IN Control Adjusts the level of the signal sent from the 2TR IN jack to the Stereo bus 4 ST Maste...

Page 19: ...ir 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 unbalanced Where a channel provides both a phone jack and an RCA pin jack you may use either one of these jacks but you may not use both at the same time Please connect to only of these jacks on each chan...

Page 20: ...e 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 included PA 10 power adaptor see page 5 Use only the PA 10 adaptor included with this mixer Use of a different adaptor may result in fire or electric shock 2 POWER Switch Use this switch to set mixe...

Page 21: ...ou 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 the following order Peripheral devices mixer power amps or powered speakers When shutting the system down turn off the power in the opposite order Power amps powered speak ers mixer peripheral devices ...

Page 22: ...arallel 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 against the bottom of the mixer so that the screw holes are aligned 1 Screw the adaptor firmly into place with the two screws 2 2 Turn the mixer right side up and mount it onto your micro phone stand 3 Loo...

Page 23: ...INPUT 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 Stereo Input Gain Control 44 dB variable Monaural Stereo High Pass Filter 80 Hz 12 dB octave Crosstalk 1 kHz 70 dB between input channels 70 dB between input output channels CHs 1 to 6 Monaural Stere...

Page 24: ...V 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 kΩ 600 Ω line 46 dBu 3 88 mV 34 dBu 15 5 mV 14 dBu 155 mV Phone jack unbalanced 10 2 dBu 0 616 V 10 dBu 2 45 V 30 dBu 24 5 V ST CH INPUT CH7 L CH8 R CH9 L CH10 R 10 kΩ 600 Ω line 22 dBu 61 6 mV 10 dBu 245 mV 10 dBu 2 45 V Phone jack unbalanced RCA pin jack CH INSERT ...

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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