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P O W E R
P le as e do n ot c on nec t mic roph one s to th e mi xer ( or th e s ta ge box /wallb ox ) a s lon g a s th e
pha ntom p ower s upply in s witc hed on. C onnec t th e mic ro-P hone s befo re y o u s witc h o n
th e po wer s upply. IN a ddition, the m on ito r/PA lou ds peak e rs s hou ld be mu ted befo re yo u
ac tiv ate the p hanto m po wer s upply. A fter s witc hing o n, wai t a ppr ox . one min ute in ord er
to a llow s y s te m s tabiliz a tio n.
The blue POWER LED indicates that the console in powered on.
L E V E L I ND IC AT OR
The high-precision 4-segment display accurately displays the relevant signal level.
2. 4 M a i n s ec ti o n
The red +48 V LED lights up when phantom power is turned on. Phantom power is required to operate
condenser microphones and is activates using the +48 V switch located above the +48 V LED.
+48 V
TAPE
TO MIX
TAPE
TO CTRL
FX
TO CTRL
+ 48 V
POWER
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- + 15
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L R
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CLIP
MAIN MIX
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PHANTOM
F ig. 2 . 4: C ontrol e lements o f the m a in s e c tion
C aution ! You mus t nev er us e unba la nc ed X L R c onn ec tor s (P IN 1 to 3 c onn ec ted) on the
MIC input c on nec tor s if y ou wa nt to us e the pha ntom po wer s upply.
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When the TAPE TO MIX switch is depressed, the 2-track input is assigned to the main mix providing
an additional input for tape machines, MIDI instruments or other signal sources that do not require any
processing.
C D/TA P E T O M IX
Press the CD/TAPE TO CTRL ROOM/PHONES switch if you want to monitor the 2-track input via the CTRL
ROOM OUT. This provides an easy way to monitor signals coming back from tape to ensure that they are
recording correctly.
C D/TA P E T O C T R L
If you are record
ing a s ignal via the CD/TAP E OUTPUT and wis h to listen to this simultaneous ly via
the CD/TA PE INPUT, do not us e the CD/TA PE TO MIX s witch. Doing this would create a feedback
loop, s inc e the s ignal would be routed, via the main mix, back to tape via the CD/TA PE OUTPUT.
To monitor the CD/TA PE INPUT, us e the CD/TA PE TO CT R L R OOM switch to as s ign the tape s ignal
to the monitor(s ) or headphones . This will avoid the tape s ignal being routed to the CD/TA PE
OUTPUT.
F X T O C T R L
If you want to monitor only the FX send signal in your headphones or monitor speaker(s), press the
FX TO CTRL switch. Now the signal of the effects processor can be monitored alone, and the main mix
and/or CD/tape signal is no longer present on the phone and control room outputs.
L E V E L S E T T IN G
To correctly set the gains of the channels, first set the LEVEL controls of the input channels to their center
positions (0 dB) Then use the TRIM controls to increase the input amplification until signal peaks show 0 dB
on the level meter.
When recording to digital recorders, the recorder s peak meter should not go into overload. While analog
recorders can be overloaded to some extent, creating only a certain amount of distortion (which is common
and often desirable), digital recorders distort quickly when overloaded. In addition, digital distortion is not only
undesirable, but also renders your recording completely useless.
The peak meters of your MX dis play the level virtually independent of frequenc y. A recording
level of 0 dB is rec ommended for all s ignal types .
When recording to an analog device. the VU meters of the recording machine should reach approx. +3 dB
with low-frequency signals (e.g. kick drum). Due to their inertia VU meters tend to display too low a signal level
at frequencies above 1 kHz. This is why, for example, a Hi-Hat should only be driven as far as -10 dB. Since
drums should be driven to approx 0 dB.
MA IN M IX
Use the MAIN MIX fader to adjust the volume of the main out.
P HO NE /C O N T R O L R O O M
Use the PHONE/CONTROL ROOM control to adjust the signal level of the CONTROL ROOM and PHONES
outputs.
MX-6-FX / MX-8-FX
MX-6-FXU / MX-8-FXU
MX-6-FX / MX-8-FX
MX-6-FXU / MX-8-FXU
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