Yamaha MG10/2 manual

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    MIXING CONSOLE Owner’ s Manual        Making the Most Of Y our Mixer Pages 6 to 16 E MG10_E.book Page 1 Monday, May 26, 2003 1:52 PM[...]

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    MG10/2 2 Precautions — For safe operation — W ARNING ● Connect this unit’ s AC po wer adaptor only to an A C 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 w ater to enter this unit or allow the unit to become wet. Fire or electrical sho[...]

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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 (–). ● INSER T TRS phone jacks are wired as follows Sleev e: ground; T ip: send; Ring: return. ● The performance of components with mov able contacts—such as switches, rotary controls, faders, and connec[...]

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    MG10/2 4 Intr oduction Thank you f or your purchase of the Y AMAHA MG10/2 mixing console. This mixing console combines ease of operation with suppor t f or multiple usage en vironments. Please read through this Owner’ s Manual carefully bef ore beginning use, so that y ou will be able to tak e full advantage of this mix er’ s super lativ e feat[...]

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    Introduction MG10/2 5 (1) Be sure that the mixer’ s power switch is in the ST ANDBY position. Use only the P A-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 ADAPT OR IN con- nector ( 1 ) on the rear of the mixer , and then turn the f[...]

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    MG10/2 6 Making the Most Of Y our Mix er An Introduction Y ou’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? W ell, if you’ve done this before you won’t have any problems, but if this is the first time you’ve ever used a mixer you might want to read throug[...]

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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?” and “What’ s the difference?”. L[...]

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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 constantly surrounded by: radio and[...]

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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 describe acoustic sound pressure levels[...]

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    Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 10 Where Y our 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 simplified block diagram of a generic mi[...]

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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 important for achieving optimum performance from yo[...]

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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, and therein lays our answer! Although the e[...]

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    Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 13 External Ef fects and Monitor Mixes 4-1. AUX Buses For Monitor Sends and Overall Ef fects 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 create a monitor mix that is separate from the m[...]

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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 internal sig- nal path. Unlike the AUX send[...]

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    Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 15 Making Better Mixes 5-1. Approaching the Mix—Where Do Y ou Start? Mixing is easy , right? Just twiddle the faders around until it sounds right? W ell, you can do it that way , but a more systematic approach that is suited to the material you’re mixing will produce much better results, and faster . There a[...]

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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 their relationship. There are no hard- an[...]

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    MG10/2 17 Fr ont & Rear P anels 1 GAIN Control Adjusts the input signal lev el. T o get the best balance between the S/N ratio and the dynamic range, adjust the lev el so that the peak indicator ( 2 ) comes on only at about maximum input lev el. The –60 to –16 scale indicates the MIC input adjustment lev el. The –34 to +10 scale indicates[...]

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    Front & Rear Panels MG10/2 18 1 PHANT OM +48 V Switch This switch toggles phantom power on and of f. If you set the switch on, the mixer supplies po wer 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 switch is on, the mix er supplies DC +48 V p[...]

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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. Y ou can connect either balanced or unbalanced phone plugs to these jacks. Where an input channel provides both a MIC jac k and a LINE[...]

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    Front & Rear Panels MG10/2 20 8 SEND Jacks • A UX1, A UX2 These are impedance balanced phone-type output jacks. These jacks output the signals from A UX1 and A UX2, respectiv ely . Y ou use these jacks, for example, to connect to an effector or monitor system. 9 RETURN L (MONO), R Jacks These are unbalanced phone-type input jacks. The signal [...]

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    MG10/2 21 Setting Up (1) Before connecting to microphones and instruments, be sure that all devices are turned of f. 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 of the cable to the rele- vant microphone or instr[...]

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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 that the cables will not catch on the equip- m[...]

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    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 T ur ning P AN/BAL to left or right. 3 Shelving turnover/rolloff frequency: 3 dB before maximum cut or boost. Specifications [...]

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    Appendix MG10/2 24 ■ Input Speci fi cations Where 0 dBu = 0.775 V and 0 dBV= 1 V * Input sensitivity: the lowest lev el that will produce the nominal output level when the unit is set to maxim um gain. ■ Output Speci fi cations Where 0 dBu = 0.775 V and 0 dBV= 1 V Specifications and descriptions in this owner’ s manual are for information [...]

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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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    For details of products, please contact your nearest Y amaha representativ e or the authorized distributor listed below . Pour plus de détails sur les produits, v euillez-vous adresser à Y amaha ou au distributeur le plus proche de v ous figurant dans la liste suiv ante. Die Einzelheiten zu Produkten sind bei Ihrer unten aufgeführten Niederlass[...]

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    U .R.G., Pro Audio & Digital Musical Instrument Division, Y amaha Corporation © 2003 Y amaha Corporation W A03930 312CRCR1.3-08E0 Printed in China Y amaha Manual Library http://www2.yamaha.co .jp/manual/english/ Hyo4.fm Page 28 Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:24 AM[...]