Korg ZERO4 manual

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THANKYOUforpurchasingyourKorgZERO4.Beingadigitalmixer,itisespeciallyimportanttoobservepropergainstagingthroughoutthe

signalpathtoachieveoptimalsoundquality.Tohelpyouweofferthefollowingsuggestions.

TheZERO4isdesignedtobeabletoacceptaverystrongsignaloninput,sobesuretotakefulladvantageofthishighceilingforeach

channel:

1. SettheMasterandBoothvolumesto“0”(Otherwiseyoumightoverloadyourspeakers.Wewilladdresstheoutputstagenext)

2. Selectaninputsourceforthechannelyou’refeedingsignaltoandbeginplayingaudio.Yoursourceshouldbeatmaximum

volume

3. Forgainadjustments,usethegainknobatthetopofthechannel.IftheLEDunderthegainknobstartstoblink(indicating

clipping),lowerthegainjustbelowthatpoint*

4. Repeatthisprocessforallconnectedsoundsources

*Ifyouarestillseeinglowinputlevelspleaserefertowww.korg.com/ZERO4forthelatestoperatingsystemupgrade!Inadditiontoother

improvements,thisprovidesa+12dBinputpre‐gainlevelsettingforthelineinputs.

MasterandBoothOutputs–Thebestsignal‐to‐noiseratioandhottestpossibleFireWireaudiosignalwilloccurbysettingtheMaster

Volumetomaximumandthenattenuatingthespeakers/amplifiertoreachthedesiredlisteningvolume:

1. Startwithyourspeakers/ampatthelowestpossiblesetting/level

2. SettheMasteroutputonthemixertomaximum

3. Slowlybringyourspeakers/ampuptotheideallisteninglevel

Ifyourequiremorevolumecontroloveryourmonitorsinastudioenvironment,usetheBoothoutputforyourmonitorsandleavethe

Masteratmaximum.

Outputs/masterlevelselectonZERO4–Understandingtheoutputlevelsandtypesofcablesthataremeanttoaddressthoselevelswill

assurethebestpossiblesignallevel:

‐ MasterXLRoutputsat+4dB

‐ Booth¼”outputsat+4dB–Usebalanced(Tip/Ring/Sleeveor“TRS”)cablestoassureoptimalsignal

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WehopeyouenjoyyourZEROMixer!

Ifyouhaveanyquestionsonsetup,pleasecontactyourlocalKorgSupportcenter.Alistingisavailableat

http://www.korg.co.jp/English/Distributors/.

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