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MIXING CONSOLE

MIXING CONSOLE

Owner’s Manual

Owner’s Manual

Making the Most Of Your Mixer

Pages 6 to 14

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Summary of Contents for MG8/2FX

Page 1: ...MIXING CONSOLE MIXING CONSOLE Owner s Manual Owner s Manual Making the Most Of Your Mixer Pages 6 to 14 EN...

Page 2: ...precautions include but are not limited to the following Remove the electric plug from the outlet when the device is not to be used for extended periods of time or during electrical storms When remov...

Page 3: ...TION U S A 1 IMPORTANT NOTICE DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT This product when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual meets FCC requirements Modifica tions not expressly approved...

Page 4: ...crophone Stand 21 Appendix 22 Specifications 22 Dimensional Diagrams 24 Block Diagram and Level Diagram 25 Features Input Channels page 18 With up to four mic line inputs or up to three stereo inputs...

Page 5: ...standard household power outlet Be sure to unplug the adaptor from the outlet when not using the mixer or when there are light ning storms in the area To avoid generating unwanted noise make sure ther...

Page 6: ...sn t used much these days besides it s too easily confusable with phone jacks below RCA pin jacks are always unbalanced and generally carry a line level signal at 10 dB nominal You re most likely to u...

Page 7: ...asically confined to your desktop and all connections are no more than a meter or two in length then unbalanced lines are fine unless you re surrounded by extremely high levels of electromagnetic nois...

Page 8: ...ustic sound pressure levels as well as electronic signal levels To make matters worse there are a number of variations dBu dBV dBm Fortunately you don t need to be an expert to make things work Here a...

Page 9: ...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...

Page 10: ...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 t...

Page 11: ...nal to each channel one at a time have singers sing players play and playback devices play back at the loudest expected level Gradually turn up the input gain control while the signal is being applied...

Page 12: ...you set the amount of reverb that you want to add to the channel by using the EFFECT control for example you can use the channel fader to raise or lower the overall channel level while maintaining th...

Page 13: ...the 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 engin...

Page 14: ...ost is that it adds gain to the signal increasing noise and potentially over loading the subsequent circuitry 5 4 Ambience Judicious application of reverb and or delay via the mixer s effect busses ca...

Page 15: ...type base frequency and maximum cut boost for each of the three bands 5 EFFECT Controls Adjusts the level of the signal sent from the channel to the EFFECT bus Note that the signal level to the bus i...

Page 16: ...NO 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 Master LEVEL Cont...

Page 17: ...ntrol knob These parameter values are retained even after power off ON Switch Switches use of the internal effect on or off The inter nal effect is applied only if this switch is turned on The switch...

Page 18: ...e jack to an effector If using the jack to output to an external device however please be aware of possible phase conflicts with other signals 3 Channel Input Jacks CH 7 8 Each of these channel pairs...

Page 19: ...ral and will propagate the identical signal on both L and R jacks 0 PHONES Jack Connector for headphones This is a balanced phone type output jack A FOOT SWITCH Jack This phone input jack can connect...

Page 20: ...k and a LINE INPUT jack you 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 To avoid causing damage to speakers po...

Page 21: ...the cables so that they run parallel with the microphone pole down to the base of the stand Leave ample free space around the stand Turn the mixer upside down and hold the micro phone stand adaptor B...

Page 22: ...CH MIC INPUT to ST OUT 76 dB CH MIC INPUT to REC OUT 64 2 dB CH MIC INPUT to EFFECT SEND 70 dB ST CH MIC INPUT to ST OUT 76 dB ST CH LINE INPUT to ST OUT 50 dB ST CH LINE INPUT to EFFECT SEND 41 dB ST...

Page 23: ...CH6 R 60 3 k 50 600 mic 72 dBu 0 195 mV 60 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...

Page 24: ...ional Diagrams Unit mm REVERB HALL 1 REVERB HALL 2 REVERB ROOM 1 REVERB ROOM 2 REVERB STAGE 1 REVERB STAGE 2 REVERB PLATE DRUM AMBIENCE KARAOKE ECHO VOCAL ECHO CHORUS 1 CHORUS 2 FLANGER PHASER AUTO WA...

Page 25: ...Appendix MG8 2FX 25 Block Diagram and Level Diagram...

Page 26: ...MG8 2FX 26 MEMO...

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Page 28: ...al Instrument Division Yamaha Corporation 2004 Yamaha Corporation WC70700 408CRAP12 3 01A0 Printed in China Yamaha Pro Audio global web site http www yamahaproaudio com Yamaha Manual Library http www2...

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