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STEREO GRAPHIC EQ

CFX12 MIXER

12 CHANNEL COMPACT INTEGRATED LIVE SOUND MIXER

ZERO THE CONSOLE:

1. Turn everything off, including the mixer’s

POWER switch and PHANTOM POWER

 

EFX

 

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(INT)

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UEQ

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12k

 

CUSTOM 32-BIT PRECISION

 

PHANTOM POWER

DIGITAL STEREO EFFECTS PROCESSOR

 

 

 

CLIP

EFX 2 (INT) RETURN MASTERS

 

 

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RIGHT

 

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Channel strip TRIM, AUX, EFX, and

 

Fader down.

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STEREO GRAPHIC EQ sliders centered.

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MASTER AUX and EFX SENDS, and EFX

 

RETURNS down.

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Channel strip EQ and PAN controls

 

centered.

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Channel strip ASSIGN 1-2and MUTE

 

switches down.

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Channel strip LOW CUT, PRE FADER, and

 

ASSIGN 3-4switches up.

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SUB 1 ASSIGN LEFT, SUB 2 ASSIGN

 

RIGHT down; all other SUB ASSIGN

 

switches up.

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MAIN MIX and SUB Faders down.

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REVERSE

 

 

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CATHEDRAL

 

 

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DELAY 4

 

 

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CHORUS

 

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FLANGE

 

 

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1.Connect your amp’s outputs to your speaker inputs (unless, of course, you have powered monitors).

2.Plug all the sound system components into suitable AC outlets, properly grounded and capable of delivering adequate current.

3.Using XLR or TRS cables, make connec- tions from your mixer’s MAIN OUT to your amplification system’s line inputs.

4.Make connections from your microphones and instruments to the mixer: Connect balanced microphones to the mono channel MIC jacks. (For condenser microphones, engage the PHANTOM POWER switch, located just above the meters.) Connect line-level instruments (synthesizers, guitar effects, direct boxes) to the mono or stereo channel LINE IN TRS jacks.

5.Turn all the power switches on, leaving the amplifier’s switch for last.

6.Turn up the MAIN MIX Fader to the

“–30” label, for now. We’ll crank it up later on.

7.Turn up SUB Faders 1 and 2 to unity gain (“U” label).

SET THE LEVELS:

1.Choose one of the microphones or instru- ments you connected. Make some noise. If it’s a microphone, sing at your normal singing volume. If it’s a synthesizer, play it at its normal output level.

2.While making noise, turn up that channel’s TRIM until the adjacent ZERO LEVEL starts blinking.

3.Disengage (up) that channel’s MUTE.

4.Raise that channel’s fader to unity gain (“U” label). You should be hearing your noise now.

5.If necessary, apply channel EQ changes. (You may need to compensate for level changes with the channel fader.)

6.Repeat steps 1 through 5 for the remaining active channels.

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

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