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MIXING CONSOLE Owner’ s Manual Making the Most Of Y our Mixer Pages 6 to 16 E MG10_E.book Page 1 Monday, May 26, 2003 1:52 PM.
MG10/2 2 Precautions — For safe operation — W ARNING ● Connect this unit’ s AC po wer adaptor only to an A C outlet of the type stated in this Owner’ s Manual or as marked on the unit. Failure to do so is a fire and electrical shock hazard.
Precautions MG10/2 3 — For correct operation — ● XLR-type connectors are wired as follows Pin 1: ground; Pin 2: hot (+); Pin 3: cold (–). ● INSER T TRS phone jacks are wired as follows Sleev e: ground; T ip: send; Ring: return.
MG10/2 4 Intr oduction Thank you f or your purchase of the Y AMAHA MG10/2 mixing console. This mixing console combines ease of operation with suppor t f or multiple usage en vironments.
Introduction MG10/2 5 (1) Be sure that the mixer’ s power switch is in the ST ANDBY position. Use only the P A-10 adaptor included with this mixer . Use of a different adaptor may result in equipment damage, overheating, or fire.
MG10/2 6 Making the Most Of Y our Mix er An Introduction Y ou’ve got yourself a mixer and now you’re ready to use it. Just plug everything in, twiddle the controls, and away you go … right? W el.
Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 7 A Place For Everything and Everything In Its Place 1-1. A Plethora Of Connectors—What Goes Where? Questions you’re likely to encounter when setting up a system for the first time might include “Why all these different types of connectors on the back of my mixer?” and “What’ s the difference?”.
Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 8 1-2. Balanced, Unbalanced—What’ s the Difference? In a word: “noise.” The whole point of balanced lines is noise rejection, and it’ s something they’re very good at.
Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 9 1-3. Signal Levels—Decibel Do’ s and Don’ts From the moment you start dealing with things audio, you’ll have to deal with the term “decibel” and its abbreviation, “dB”.
Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 10 Where Y our Signal Goes Once It’ s Inside the Box At first glance the block diagram of even a modest mixer can look like a space-station schematic. In reality , block diagrams are a great aid in understanding how the signal flows in any mixer .
Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 11 The First Steps in Achieving Great Sound Before you even consider EQ and effects, or even the overall mix, it is important to make sure that levels are properly set for each individual source.
Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 12 3-2. Level Setup Procedure For Optimum Performance Now that we know what we have to do, how do we do it? If you take another quick look at the mixer block diagr.
Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 13 External Ef fects and Monitor Mixes 4-1. AUX Buses For Monitor Sends and Overall Ef fects There are a number of reasons why you might want to “tap” the sign.
Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 14 4-2. Channel Inserts for Channel-specific Processing Another way to get the mixer ’ s signal outside the box is to use the channel inserts. The channel inserts are almost always located before the channel fader and, when used, actually “break” the mixer ’ s internal sig- nal path.
Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 15 Making Better Mixes 5-1. Approaching the Mix—Where Do Y ou Start? Mixing is easy , right? Just twiddle the faders around until it sounds right? W ell, you can do it that way , but a more systematic approach that is suited to the material you’re mixing will produce much better results, and faster .
Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 16 Spread them Out! Position your instruments so they have room to “breathe,” and connect in the most musical way with other instruments. Sometimes, however , you’ll want to deliberately pan sounds close together , or even right on top of one another , to emphasize their relationship.
MG10/2 17 Fr ont & Rear P anels 1 GAIN Control Adjusts the input signal lev el. T o get the best balance between the S/N ratio and the dynamic range, adjust the lev el so that the peak indicator ( 2 ) comes on only at about maximum input lev el. The –60 to –16 scale indicates the MIC input adjustment lev el.
Front & Rear Panels MG10/2 18 1 PHANT OM +48 V Switch This switch toggles phantom power on and of f. If you set the switch on, the mixer supplies po wer to all channels that provide XLR mic input jacks (CHs 1, 2, 3/4, 5/6). Set this switch on () when using one or more condenser microphones.
Front & Rear Panels MG10/2 19 1 Channel Input Jacks (CHs 1, 2, 3/4, 5/6) • MIC jacks These are balanced XLR-type input jacks (1:Ground; 2:Hot; 3:Cold). • LINE jacks These are balanced phone-type input jacks. Y ou can connect either balanced or unbalanced phone plugs to these jacks.
Front & Rear Panels MG10/2 20 8 SEND Jacks • A UX1, A UX2 These are impedance balanced phone-type output jacks. These jacks output the signals from A UX1 and A UX2, respectiv ely . Y ou use these jacks, for example, to connect to an effector or monitor system.
MG10/2 21 Setting Up (1) Before connecting to microphones and instruments, be sure that all devices are turned of f. Also be sure that all of the chan- nel controls and all of the controls in the Master Control sec- tion are turned to their minimum settings.
Setting Up MG10/2 22 • When using the mixer on a microphone stand, be sure to set the stand on a level and stable surface. Do not set up the stand in locations subject to vibrations or wind. • Note that mixer may be damaged if the stand should fall over .
MG10/2 23 Appendix ■ General Specifications Where 0 dBu = 0.775 V and 0 dBV = 1 V 1 Measured with 12.7 kHz, –6 dB/oct. low pass filter (equivalent to 20 kHz, – ∞ filter). (CH MIC INPUT to ST , AUX, EFFECT SEND) 2 T ur ning P AN/BAL to left or right.
Appendix MG10/2 24 ■ Input Speci fi cations Where 0 dBu = 0.775 V and 0 dBV= 1 V * Input sensitivity: the lowest lev el that will produce the nominal output level when the unit is set to maxim um gain.
Appendix MG10/2 25 Dimensional Diagrams 251 290.5 65 Unit: mm MG10_E.book Page 25 Monday, May 26, 2003 1:52 PM.
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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