Alesis 8FX Making Audio Connections, Connecting a CD or Tape Player, Connecting External Effects

GIGAMIX OWNER’S MANUAL

Before making any power connections, make sure the GigaMix’s power switch is turned off.

•Plug the female end of the power cable into the GigaMix’s power socket.

•Plug the male (plug) end into a properly grounded power outlet.

Making Audio Connections

Start by making sure the GigaMix’s power switch is turned off. Then use either 1/4” or XLR cables to connect your instruments and microphones to the GigaMix. After this, you may connect speakers to the GigaMix. There are several ways to do this:

•Main (house) speakers. Connect two cables from the GigaMix’s two rear outputs to a matched set of speakers. For optimal power output, the total rated load of the speakers attached to these outputs should be 4 ohms.

Note: the front panel Main Output jack(s) are not powered, and may be used to run the Main mix into another mixer for recording purposes.

•Powered monitors (GigaMix 6FX and -8FX only). If you want to use the GigaMix to send a separate amplified signal to your monitors, first you must make sure that the front- panel Power Amp Mode switch is set to MAIN-MON. Then connect a cable from the GigaMix’s rear-panel Speaker Output 2 directly to the monitor speaker. It will carry the Monitor mix level.

Note: You may daisy-chain several speakers, if necessary, as long as the total rated load of the speakers attached to this output is no lower than 4 ohms.

•Unpowered monitors (all models). If you want to use an external amplifier to power your monitors, connect a cable from the GigaMix’s front-panel Monitor Output jack to a high-quality amplifier. Then connect the output of that amplifier to one or more monitor speakers according to the instructions in the amplifier’s manual.

Connecting a CD or Tape Player

To run pre-recorded music through the GigaMix to the main outputs, plug the left and right audio outputs of your source device into the 2-Track Return jacks. Control the level of the music with the 2-TRACK RETURN LEVEL knob in the Main section.

To capture the performance on a recording device, connect two cables from the 2-Track Send jacks to the audio inputs of the destination device. Adjust the recording level using the destination device’s input controls.

Connecting External Effects

To use an external effects device such as a reverb or chorus, connect an audio cable from the Effects Send jack of the GigaMix to the input of the external effects device. Then run an audio cable from the output of the effects device to one of the Effect Return input jacks on the GigaMix. If your external effects device has stereo outputs, use two cables to connect the left and right outputs of that device to the Effect Return jacks on the GigaMix.

The level sent to the external device is controlled by each channel’s EFFECT knob. The amount of external effect coming back to the GigaMix is controlled by a combination of the controls on the external effects device and the EFFECT RETURN controls for the Main and Monitor sections of the GigaMix.

Note: Plugging a cable into the Effect Send jack will disable the built-in digital effects of the GigaMix.

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