page 15 User guide MX-8
Limiter
• Can be enabled separately for each channel, reliably protects the sound system from
sudden, unexpected increases in signal level that can lead to amplifier clipping or loud-
speaker damage
Preset (set of programmable parameters)
• Available number of presets: 20
• Preset parameters: master volume, output on/off, preset name
VU meter and master volume indicator
• VU meter for one channel (freely selectable), headphone connection (for monitoring)
renders the selected channel
• VU meter range: 0 to -50 dB, 14 bars (0 dB corresponds to the peak output level of the
DSP output)
• Volume bar: renders graphic representation of the master volume
User Interface
• Display: 2 lines of 20 characters each, user input via two rotary encoders with integrated
pushbuttons
• All settings are adjusted directly on the instrument by menu-driven user guidance (i.e.
without external PC or laptop)
• Separate parameter domain (EQs, delays, etc.) and user domain (master volume, preset,
channel on/off)
• The parameter domain is safeguarded against unauthorised access, the safety
mechanism works without a password (eliminates the problem of forgotten passwords)
• The user domain can be protected against accidental change of settings
• Freely definable welcome message upon power-up (2 lines of 16 characters each)
• For each channel a name can be freely defined (up to 7 characters) which appears in all
relevant menus on the display
DSP internals
• ADC / DAC resolution and sampling rate: 24 bit, 96 kHz
• DSP internal accuracy: 48 bit, entire data path
• DSP audio clock frequency: 96 kHz, entire data path (thus, EQs are very precise at high
frequencies)
• DSP internal overload reserve: 48 dB (renders a DSP internal overload in conventional
applications virtually impossible)
Line
• Maximum level: 100 mV (max. gain), 3 V (min. gain)
• Gain: 8 mV (-40 dBu) / 430 mV (-5 dBu)
Microphone
• Maximum level: 2.5 mV (max. gain), 200 mV (min. gain)
• Input impedance: 0.6 mV (-62 dBu) / 45 mV (-25 dBu) ±1 dB
• CMMR: > 60 dB at 1 kHz
• THD level: 10 dB
• Hi-pass-filter: 100 Hz, 6 dB/oct
• Phantom power: + 48 V
Tape/CD
• Impedance tape: 16 kΩ
• Impedance CD: 28 kΩ
• Input sensitivity tape: -12 dBu
• Input sensitivity CD: -7 dB
Outputs
• Output impedance OUT 1, 2, 3, 4: 140 Ω balanced; 70 Ω unbalanced
• Output level Out 1, 2, 3, 4: 0 dBu (with master volume at 82 %)
• Output level OUT 1, 2, 3, 4: +9 dBu (with master volume at 100 %)
• Output impedance Direct-OUT: 140 Ω balanced; 70 Ω unbalanced
• Output level Direct-OUT: +6 dBu (variable potentiometer)