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Yamaha 2FX Owner's Manual

Manual is about: Yamaha MG8/2FX Audio Mixers: Owners Manual

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    Mixing console mixing console owner’s manual owner’s manual making the most of your mixer pages 6 to 14 en.

  • Page 2: Precautions

    Mg8/2fx 2 precautions please read carefully before proceeding * please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference. Warning always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, fire or ot...

  • Page 3: Fcc Information (U.S.A.)

    Mg8/2fx 3 always turn the power off when the device is not in use. Even when the power switch is in the “standby” position, electricity is still flowing to the device at the minimum level. When you are not using the device for a long time, make sure you unplug the power cord from the wall ac outlet....

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Introduction mg8/2fx 4 introduction thank you for your purchase of the yamaha mg8/2fx mixing console. The mg8/2fx is a compact unit offering up to eight input channels and incorporating high-quality internal digital effects. The mixer combines ease of operation with support for multiple usage enviro...

  • Page 5: Before Turning On The Mixer

    Introduction mg8/2fx 5 before turning on the mixer be sure that the mixer’s power switch is in the standby position. Use only the pa-10 adaptor included with this mixer. Use of a different adaptor may result in equipment damage, overheating, or fire. Connect the power adaptor to the ac adaptor in co...

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    Mg8/2fx 6 making the most of your mixer making the most of your mixer ■ an introduction you’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? Well, if you’ve done this before you won’t have any problems, but if this is the...

  • Page 7: ■ The Sturdy Xlr

    Making the most of your mixer mg8/2fx 7 ■ the sturdy xlr this type of connector is generally referred to as “xlr-type,” and almost always carries a balanced signal. If the corresponding circuitry is designed properly, however, xlr-type connectors will also handle unbalanced signals with no problem. ...

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    Mg8/2fx 8 making the most of your mixer a balanced cable has three conductors: 1) a ground conductor which carries no signal, just the “ground” or “0” reference against which the signal in the other con- ductors fluctuates. 2) a “hot” or “+” conductor which carries the normal-phase audio signal. 3) ...

  • Page 9: ■ Input Channel

    Making the most of your mixer mg8/2fx 9 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. Here’s a greatly simplified block diagram of a generic mixer to hel...

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    Mg8/2fx 10 making the most of your mixer 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. This can’t be stressed enough—initial level setup is vitally important for achieving optimum perfor- mance ...

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    Making the most of your mixer mg8/2fx 11 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 diagram you’ll notice that there’s a peak indicator located right after the head amplifier and eq stages...

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    Mg8/2fx 12 making the most of your mixer 4-1. Effect bus for convenient effect control there are a number of reasons why you might want to “tap” the signal flowing through your mixer at some point before the main outputs: the two most common being to create a monitor mix and to process the signal vi...

  • Page 13: Do You  Start?

    Making the most of your mixer mg8/2fx 13 5-1. Approaching the mix—where do you start? Mixing is easy, right? Just twiddle the faders around until it sounds right? Well, you can do it that way, but a more sys- tematic approach that is suited to the material you’re mixing will produce much better resu...

  • Page 14: 5-3. To Eq Or Not To Eq

    Mg8/2fx 14 making the most of your mixer ■ 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 empha- ...

  • Page 15: Front & Rear Panels

    Front & rear panels mg8/2fx 15 front & rear panels channel control section 1 gain control adjusts the input signal level. To get the best balance between the s/n ratio and the dynamic range, adjust the level so that the peak indicator (2) comes on only at about maximum input level. The –60 to –16 sc...

  • Page 16: Master Control Section

    Front & rear panels mg8/2fx 16 master control section 1 phantom +48 v switch this switch toggles phantom power on and off. If you set the switch on, the mixer supplies power 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 con- dens...

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    Front & rear panels mg8/2fx 17 • parameter control adjusts the parameter (depth, speed, etc.) for the selected effect. The mixer saves the last value used with each effect type. When you change to a different effect type, the mixer automatically restores the value that was previously used with the n...

  • Page 18: Input/output Section

    Front & rear panels mg8/2fx 18 input/output section 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. You can connect either balanced or unbalanced phone plugs to these jac...

  • Page 19: Rear Section

    Front & rear panels mg8/2fx 19 6 st out (l, r) jacks these are impedance-balanced phone-type output jacks. These jacks output the mixed signal whose level is con- trolled by the st master level control. You use these jacks, for example, to connect to the power amplifier driving your main speakers. 7...

  • Page 20: Setting Up

    Setting up mg8/2fx 20 setting up setup procedure before connecting to microphones and instruments, be sure that all devices are turned off. Also be sure that all of the channel controls and all of the controls in the master control section are turned to their minimum settings. For each connection, c...

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    Setting up mg8/2fx 21 mounting to a microphone stand • 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. Attach the co...

  • Page 22: Appendix

    Appendix mg8/2fx 22 appendix specifications ■ electrical characteristics where 0 dbu = 0.775 v ■ general specifications where 0 dbu = 0.775 v conditions min typ max unit total harmonic distortion (mic to st out) (thd+n) 20 hz - 20 khz @+14dbu 10k ohms (ch1, 2) with signal input ch level control and ...

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    Appendix mg8/2fx 23 ■ input specifications where 0 dbu = 0.775 v and 0 dbv= 1 v * input sensitivity: the lowest level that will produce the nominal output level when the unit is set to maximum gain. ■ output specifications where 0 dbu = 0.775 v and 0 dbv= 1 v specifications and descriptions in this ...

  • Page 24: Dimensional Diagrams

    Appendix mg8/2fx 24 dimensional 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 wah distortion 251 290.5 65.

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    Appendix mg8/2fx 25 block diagram and level diagram.

  • Page 26: Memo

    Mg8/2fx 26 memo.

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    For details of products, please contact your nearest yamaha representative or the authorized distributor listed below. Pour plus de détails sur les produits, veuillez-vous adresser à yamaha ou au distributeur le plus proche de vous figurant dans la liste suivante. Die einzelheiten zu produkten sind ...

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