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Getting Started

The following steps will help you set up your mixer, and get the

levels and adjustments just right.

ZERO THE CONSOLE:

1. Turn everything off, including the mixer’s POWER

switch and PHANTOM POWER switch.

2. Turn down the channel strip GAIN, AUX 1, AUX 2,

and LEVEL controls.

3. Center the channel strip EQ and PAN controls.

4. Turn down the AUX RETURNS, CONTROL ROOM,

and PHONES controls.

5. Turn down the MAIN MIX control.

CONNECTIONS:

1. Connect your speakers to your ampliﬁ er’s outputs

(unless, of course, you have powered speakers).

2. Plug all the sound system components into suitable

AC outlets, properly grounded and capable of

delivering adequate current.

3. Using TRS cables, make connections from your

mixer’s MAIN OUT to your ampliﬁ cation system’s

line inputs.

4. Connect your microphones and instruments to the

mixer: Connect microphones to the mono channel

MIC jacks. (For condenser microphones, engage

the PHANTOM POWER switch.) Connect high-

impedance line-level instruments (electric guitar,

bass guitar) to the mono channel INST IN, or other

line-level signal source to the stereo channel LINE

IN jacks.

Note: Normally, you would plug in only one

microphone or one instrument into each mono

channel.

5. Zero the console, as shown above.

6. Turn all the power switches on, leaving the

ampliﬁ er’s switch for last.

7. Turn up the MAIN MIX control to the 9 o’clock

position, for now. We’ll crank it up later on.

8. Now you are ready to set the levels.

SET THE LEVELS (Channels 1 and 2):

1. Choose one of the microphones or instruments

you connected to the mono MIC or INST input.

Make some noise. If it’s a microphone, sing at your

normal singing volume. If it’s an instrument, play it

at its normal output level.

2. While making noise, turn up that channel’s GAIN

until the adjacent LEVEL SET LED starts blinking.

3. Raise that channel’s LEVEL to unity gain (U label).

You should be hearing your noise now.

4. If necessary, apply channel EQ changes. (You may

need to compensate for level changes afterward

with the channel LEVEL control.)

5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 for the other Mic/Line

channel.

6. Stop making noise. Everyone: start making music.

7. Now turn up the MAIN MIX control to a

comfortable listening level.

SET THE LEVELS (Channels 3/4 and 5/6):

1. Make some noise with the mono or stereo

instrument connected to the LINE IN jacks on

Channels 3/4. Play it at its normal output level.

2. Raise that channel’s LEVEL control until it

is approximately equal in volume to the

microphones or instruments connected to

channels 1 and 2.

3. If necessary, apply channel EQ changes. (You may

need to compensate for level changes afterward

with the channel LEVEL control.)

4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 for Channels 5/6.

TWEAK THE MIX:

1. If you are using an external processor connected

between the AUX SEND 2 and the AUX RETURN jacks,

use each channel’s AUX 2 FX control to send signal

to the processor, and add the processor’s signal to

the mix using the AUX RETURN TO MAIN MIX control.

2. Now that you have a rough mix going, you

may need to readjust the MAIN MIX control to

a comfortable listening level. The LED VU meters

should indicate by lighting most of the green LEDs

when music is playing, and occasionally light the

yellow LEDs.

3. Depending on how much time you have, keep

tweaking. Walk the room to see how it sounds

away from your mixer. Keep tweaking.

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