Xenyx XL1600 User Manual - page 3
XENYX XL1600/XL2400/XL3200
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Foreword
Dear Customer,
Welcome to the team of
BEHRINGER users, and
thank you very much for
expressing your confi-
dence in us by purchasing
this device.
Writing this foreword for
you gives me great plea-
sure, because it repre-
sents the culmination of
many months of hard
work delivered by our en-
gineering team to achieve
a very ambitious goal: to
present these live mix-
ing consoles that give
you maximum flexibility
and performance with a
unique sound character
and broad range of striking functions. The task to design these
mixing consoles certainly meant a great deal of responsibility,
which we assumed by focusing on you, the discerning user and
musician. Meeting your expectations also meant a lot of work
and night shifts. But it was fun, too. Developing a product usually
brings a lot of people together. What a great feeling it is when all
who participated in such a project can be proud of what they’ve
achieved.
It is our philosophy to share our enjoyment with you, because you
are the most important member of the BEHRINGER team. With
your highly competent suggestions for new products you’ve made
a significant contribution to shaping our company and making it
successful. In return, we guarantee you uncompromising quality
as well as excellent technical and audio properties at an extremely
reasonable price. All of this will enable you to give free rein to your
creativity without being hampered by budget constraints.
We are often asked how we manage to produce such high-quality
devices at such unbelievably low prices. The answer is quite
simple: it’s you, our customers! Many satisfied customers mean
large sales volumes, enabling us to get better purchasing terms
for components, etc. Isn’t it only fair to pass this benefit on to you?
Because we know that your success is our success, too!
I would like to thank everyone who has made the XENYX pos-
sible. You have all made your own personal contributions, from
the developers and the many other employees at this company,
to you, the BEHRINGER user.
My friends, it’s been worth the effort!
Thank you very much,
Uli Behringer
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ......................................................................... 4
1.1 Before you get started ................................................. 4
1.1.1 Shipment .........................................................................4
1.1.2 Initial operation ...............................................................4
1.1.3 Online registration ...........................................................4
1.2 The user manual .......................................................... 4
2. Quick start ........................................................................... 5
2.1 Hook-up example (inputs and inserts) ......................... 5
2.2 Hook-up example (outputs) ......................................... 6
3. Installation ........................................................................... 7
3.1 Rack mounting (XL1600 only) ..................................... 7
3.2 Audio connectors ......................................................... 7
4. Connectors .......................................................................... 8
4.1 Power supply ............................................................... 8
4.2 Mono inputs ................................................................. 8
4.3 Stereo inputs ................................................................ 9
4.4 Main mix outputs .......................................................... 9
4.5 Subgroup connectors ................................................... 9
4.6 CD/tape connectors ..................................................... 9
4.7 FX/Mon/Aux sends ...................................................... 9
4.8 Aux returns .................................................................. 9
4.9 Light and headphone connectors ................................ 9
5. Control elements .............................................................. 10
5.1 Mono channels .......................................................... 10
5.1.1 FX, MON, AUX send paths ...........................................10
5.1.2 Channel fader, pan control, mute control, etc. ..............11
5.2 Stereo channels ..........................................................11
5.2.1 Equalizer stereo channels ............................................11
5.2.2 Stereo channel FX/MON/AUX send paths ....................11
5.2.3 Channel fader, pan control, mute switch, etc. ...............11
5.3 Main section ............................................................... 12
5.3.1 MAIN A section .............................................................12
5.4 Level meters .............................................................. 12
5.5 Subgroups ................................................................. 12
5.6 Further functions of the master section ..................... 13
5.6.1 Talkback ........................................................................13
5.6.2 SOLO ............................................................................13
5.6.3 CD/TAPE ......................................................................13
5.6.4 PHONES/SPEAKER section ........................................13
5.7 FX master section ...................................................... 13
5.8 Monitor send section .................................................. 14
5.9 AUX master section ................................................... 14
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6.1 Mon/Aux sends > post-EQ ......................................... 14
6.2 Direct Out > pre-fader ................................................ 14
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8. Warranty ........................................................................... 17