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Yamaha MG 6FX Owner's Manual

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    Mixing console owner’s manual making the most of your mixer pages 6 to 18 e mg16-6fx.Book page 1 saturday, january 25, 2003 10:13 am.

  • Page 2: Precautions

    Mg16/6fx 2 precautions —for safe operation— warning ● connect this unit’s ac power adaptor only to an ac 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. ● do not allow water to enter this unit or allow the unit to bec...

  • Page 3: Fcc Information (U.S.A.)

    Precautions mg16/6fx 3 —for correct operation — ● xlr-type connectors are wired as follows pin 1: ground; pin 2: hot (+); pin 3: cold (–). ● insert trs phone jacks are wired as follows sleeve: ground; tip: send; ring: return. ● the performance of components with movable contacts—such as switches, ro...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Mg16/6fx 4 introduction thank you for your purchase of the yamaha mg16/6fx mixing console. This mixing console combines ease of operation with support for multiple usage environments, and is ideal for sr setups, installed systems, and many other such applications. Please read through this owner’s ma...

  • Page 5

    Introduction mg16/6fx 5 (1) be sure that the mixer’s power switch is in the standby position. Use only the pa-30 adaptor included with this mixer. Use of a different adaptor may result in equipment damage, overheating, or fire. (2) connect the power adaptor to the ac adaptor in con- nector ( 1 ) on ...

  • Page 6: An Introduction

    Mg16/6fx 6 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 first time you’ve ever used a ...

  • Page 7

    Making the most of your mixer mg16/6fx 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 mix...

  • Page 8

    Making the most of your mixer mg16/6fx 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. Any length of wire will act as an antenna to pick up the random electromagnetic radiation we’re...

  • Page 9

    Making the most of your mixer mg16/6fx 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”. Things can get confusing because decibels are a very versatile unit of measure used to desc...

  • Page 10

    Making the most of your mixer mg16/6fx 10 where your 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. Here’s a greatly ...

  • Page 11

    Making the most of your mixer mg16/6fx 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. This can’t be stressed enough—initial level setup is vitally impo...

  • Page 12

    Making the most of your mixer mg16/6fx 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 diagram you’ll notice that there’s a peak indicator located right after the head amplifier and eq stage...

  • Page 13

    Making the most of your mixer mg16/6fx 13 external effects, monitor mixes, and groups 4-1. Aux buses for monitor sends and overall effects 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 ...

  • Page 14

    Making the most of your mixer mg16/6fx 14 4-2. Using groups group buses and faders can greatly simplify the mixing process—particularly in live situations in which changes have to be made as quickly as possible. If you have a group of channels that need to be adjusted all together while maintaining ...

  • Page 15

    Making the most of your mixer mg16/6fx 15 4-3. 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 inte...

  • Page 16

    Making the most of your mixer mg16/6fx 16 making better mixes 5-1. Approaching the mix—where do you start? Mixing is easy, right? Just move the faders around until it sounds right? Well, you can do it that way, but a more systematic approach that is suited to the material you’re mixing will produce ...

  • Page 17

    Making the most of your mixer mg16/6fx 17 5-2. Panning for cleaner mixes not only does the way you pan your individual channels determine where the instruments appear in the stereo sound field, but it is also vital to give each instrument it’s own “space” so that it doesn’t conflict with other instr...

  • Page 18

    Making the most of your mixer mg16/6fx 18 5-4. Ambience judicious application of reverb and/or delay via the mixer’s aux busses can really polish a mix, but too much can “wash out” the mix and reduce overall clarity. The way you set up your reverb sound can make a huge difference in the way it meshe...

  • Page 19: Front & Rear Panels

    Mg16/6fx 19 front & rear panels 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 scale indicates the mic-input adjustment le...

  • Page 20

    Front & rear panels mg16/6fx 20 5 aux1 and aux2 controls the aux1 knob controls the signal level that the channel sends to the aux1 bus; the aux2 knob controls the signal level to the aux2 bus. These knobs should generally be set close to the position. If you are using stereo channels, the signals f...

  • Page 21

    Front & rear panels mg16/6fx 21 1 st master fader adjusts the signal level to the st out jacks. 2 group faders (1-2, 3-4) adjust the signal level to the group out 1 to 4 jacks. 3 to st switch if this switch is on ( ), the mixer sends the signals processed by the group faders ( 2 ) onto the stereo bu...

  • Page 22

    Front & rear panels mg16/6fx 22 8 level-meter signal switches these level-meter switches, together with the channel pfl switches, select the signal that is sent through the c-r/phones control to the c-r out jacks, the phones jack, and the level meter. The following illustration shows how the switch ...

  • Page 23

    Front & rear panels mg16/6fx 23 1 channel input jacks • mic jacks (chs 1 to 8, 9/10, 11/12) these are balanced xlr-type input jacks. • line jacks (chs 1 to 8) these are balanced phone-type input jacks. You can connect either balanced or unbalanced phone plugs to these jacks. Where an input channel p...

  • Page 24

    Front & rear panels mg16/6fx 24 6 c-r out jacks these are impedance-balanced phone-type output jacks. These jacks output the mixed signal whose level is adjusted by the c-r/phones control. Output is in stereo (l and r). These jacks are typically used to connect to a monitor system. The signal monito...

  • Page 25: Setting Up

    Mg16/6fx 25 setting up (1) before connecting to microphones and instruments, be sure that all devices are turned off. Also be sure that all of the mixer’s channel faders and master control faders are set all the way down. (2) for each connection, connect one end of the cable to the rele- vant microp...

  • Page 26

    Setting up mg16/6fx 26 ■ sound reinforcement for live performance st aux 1 st di microphones monitor speakers (internal) power amp effector synthesizer effector bass guitar cd, cassette, or dat recorder microphones headphones guitar main speakers (external) example of speaker arrangement audience (e...

  • Page 27

    Setting up mg16/6fx 27 ■ mounting (1) two metal rack-mount supports are screwed onto the unit. Use a screwdriver to remove these supports. (2) turn the supports over, and fasten them into place again using the same screws. (3) mount the unit into the rack, and fasten it into place. If you wish you m...

  • Page 28: Appendix

    Mg16/6fx 28 appendix ■ general specifications where 0 dbu = 0.775 v and 0 dbv = 1 v 1 rs = 150 ohms measured with 12.7 khz, –6 db/oct. Low pass filter (equivalent to 20 khz, – ∞ filter). (ch mic input to st, group out/aux, effect send) 2 turning pan/bal to left or right. 3 shelving turnover/rolloff ...

  • Page 29

    Appendix mg16/6fx 29 ■ 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...

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    Appendix mg16/6fx 30 dimensional diagrams 393 31.5 309.6 d 416.6 h 108 101.3 3 w 423 428 27.5 480 when mounted on rack unit: mm mg16-6fx.Book page 30 saturday, january 25, 2003 10:13 am.

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    Appendix mg16/6fx 31 block diagram and level diagram mg16-6fx.Book page 31 saturday, january 25, 2003 10:13 am.

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