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Yamaha MG10 Owner's Manual
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Mixing console owner’s manual making the most of your mixer pages 6 to 16 e mg10_e.Book page 1 monday, may 26, 2003 1:52 pm.
Page 2: Precautions
Mg10/2 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 becom...
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Precautions mg10/2 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, rota...
Page 4: Introduction
Mg10/2 4 introduction thank you for your purchase of the yamaha mg10/2 mixing console. This mixing console combines ease of operation with support for multiple usage environments. Please read through this owner’s manual carefully before beginning use, so that you will be able to take full advantage ...
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Introduction mg10/2 5 (1) 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. (2) connect the power adaptor to the ac adaptor in con- nector ( 1 ) on th...
Page 6: An Introduction
Mg10/2 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 mi...
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Making the most of your mixer mg10/2 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 mixer...
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Making the most of your mixer mg10/2 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 c...
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Making the most of your mixer mg10/2 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 descri...
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Making the most of your mixer mg10/2 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 si...
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Making the most of your mixer mg10/2 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 import...
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Making the most of your mixer mg10/2 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 stages,...
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Making the most of your mixer mg10/2 13 external effects and monitor mixes 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 1) to creat...
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Making the most of your mixer mg10/2 14 4-2. 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 intern...
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Making the most of your mixer mg10/2 15 making better mixes 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 systematic approach that is suited to the material you’re mixing will produce...
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Making the most of your mixer mg10/2 16 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 emphasize ...
Page 17: Front & Rear Panels
Mg10/2 17 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 leve...
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Front & rear panels mg10/2 18 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 condenser microphones. When this ...
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Front & rear panels mg10/2 19 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 jacks. Where an input cha...
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Front & rear panels mg10/2 20 8 send jacks • aux1, aux2 these are impedance balanced phone-type output jacks. These jacks output the signals from aux1 and aux2, respectively. You use these jacks, for example, to connect to an effector or monitor system. 9 return l (mono), r jacks these are unbalance...
Page 21: Setting Up
Mg10/2 21 setting up (1) before connecting to microphones and instruments, be sure that all devices are turned off. Also be sure that all of the chan- nel controls and all of the controls in the master control sec- tion are turned to their minimum settings. (2) for each connection, connect one end o...
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Setting up mg10/2 22 • 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 connection cables care- fully so t...
Page 23: Appendix
Mg10/2 23 appendix ■ general specifications where 0 dbu = 0.775 v and 0 dbv = 1 v 1 measured with 12.7 khz, –6 db/oct. Low pass filter (equivalent to 20 khz, – ∞ filter). (ch mic input to st, aux, effect send) 2 turning pan/bal to left or right. 3 shelving turnover/rolloff frequency: 3 db before max...
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Appendix mg10/2 24 ■ 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 o...
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Appendix mg10/2 25 dimensional diagrams 251 290.5 65 unit: mm mg10_e.Book page 25 monday, may 26, 2003 1:52 pm.
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Appendix mg10/2 26 block diagram and level diagram mg10_e.Book page 26 monday, may 26, 2003 1:52 pm.
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U.R.G., pro audio & digital musical instrument division, yamaha corporation © 2003 yamaha corporation wa03930 312crcr1.3-08e0 printed in china yamaha manual library http://www2.Yamaha.Co.Jp/manual/english/ hyo4.Fm page 28 thursday, december 11, 2003 9:24 am.