QUICK START

We know you can’t wait to get the show on the road. Who has time to read a booooring manual? That’s fine — the DFX Mixer is designed to set up quickly and operate intuitively — but please, read the Safety Instructions on page 2, and then read these two pages!

First you will zero the console, then make the connections, set the levels and tweak the mix.

1. 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 and AUX 2 knobs, and faders.

3.Center the channel strip EQ and PAN controls.

4.Push the channel strip MUTE switches down.

5.Set the channel strip LOW CUT switches up.

6.Center the STEREO GRAPHIC EQ sliders.

7.Turn down the MASTER AUX SEND knobs, and the AUX RETURN faders.

8.Turn down the MAIN MIX faders.

9.Now you are ready to make the connections, see the next page.

1

2

3

 

4

5/6

7/8

9/10

11/12

 

RETURN

 

AUX SEND

MAIN OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

STEREO AUX

R

 

 

MIC

MIC

MIC

 

MIC

MIC

MIC

 

 

1

 

 

LEFT

RIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(MONO) 2

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EFX

 

 

BAL/UNBAL

BAL/UNBAL

BAL/UNBAL

 

BAL/UNBAL

BAL/UNBAL

BAL/UNBAL

BAL/UNBAL

BAL/UNBAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD/TAPE

TAPE

 

EFX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

L

L

L

 

IN

OUT

 

 

 

LINE IN

 

LINE IN

LINE IN

LINE IN

 

 

FOOT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(MONO)

(MONO)

(MONO)

(MONO)

L

 

L

SWITCH

 

BAL/UNBAL

 

 

 

 

 

LINE IN

LINE IN

LINE IN

LINE IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INSERT

 

INSERT

INSERT

INSERT

R

R

R

R

 

 

 

 

 

PHONES

RR

LEVEL

1

SET

MIC

 

U

LEVEL MIC

SET U

2

LEVEL

MIC

3 LEVEL

MIC

4 LEVEL

MIC

5/6 LEVEL

MIC

7/8 LEVEL

 

9/10 LEVEL

11/12

SET

U

SET

U

SET

U

SET

U

SET

U

SET

U

DFX·12

12 CHANNEL INTEGRATED LIVE SOUND MIXER

POWER

MIN-20dB +30dB +50

GAIN

LOW CUT

75 Hz

UEQ

HI

12k

-15 +15

U

LOW

80Hz

-15

+15

 

AUX

 

1

 

U MON

OO

+6

 

U EFX2

OO

+6

LPAN R

MIN-20dB +30dB +50

GAIN

LOW CUT

75 Hz

UEQ

HI

12k

-15 +15

U

LOW

80Hz

-15

+15

 

AUX

 

1

 

U MON

OO

+6

 

U EFX2

OO

+6

LPAN R

MIN-20dB +30dB +50

MIN-20dB

+30dB +50

MIN-20dB

+20dB +40

MIN-20dB

+20dB +40

-20dB

+20dB

-20dB

+20dB

 

GAIN

 

GAIN

 

GAIN

 

GAIN

 

GAIN

 

GAIN

LOW CUT

 

LOW CUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

75 Hz

 

 

75 Hz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U

EQ

 

U

EQ

 

U

EQ

 

U

EQ

 

U

EQ

 

U

EQ

 

 

HI

 

 

HI

 

 

HI

 

 

HI

 

 

HI

 

 

HI

 

 

12k

 

 

12k

 

 

12k

 

 

12k

 

 

12k

 

 

12k

-15

+15

 

-15

+15

 

-15

+15

 

-15

+15

 

-15

+15

 

-15

+15

 

 

U

 

 

U

 

 

U

 

 

U

 

 

U

 

 

U

 

 

 

LOW

 

 

LOW

 

 

LOW

 

 

LOW

 

 

LOW

 

 

LOW

 

 

80Hz

 

 

80Hz

 

 

80Hz

 

 

80Hz

 

 

80Hz

 

 

80Hz

-15

+15

 

-15

+15

 

-15

+15

 

-15

+15

 

-15

+15

-15

+15

 

 

 

AUX

 

 

AUX

 

 

AUX

 

 

AUX

 

 

AUX

 

 

AUX

 

U

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

MON

 

 

U MON

 

 

U MON

 

 

U MON

 

 

U MON

 

 

U MON

OO

+6

 

OO

+6

 

OO

+6

 

OO

+6

 

OO

+6

 

OO

+6

 

 

U 2

 

 

U 2

 

 

U 2

 

 

U 2

 

 

U 2

 

 

U 2

 

 

EFX

 

 

EFX

 

 

EFX

 

 

EFX

 

 

EFX

 

 

EFX

OO

+6

 

OO

+6

 

OO

+6

 

OO

+6

 

OO

+6

 

OO

+6

 

L PAN R

L PAN R

L PAN R

L PAN R

L PAN R

L PAN R

+12

 

 

 

 

 

+12

0

 

 

 

 

 

0

–12

250

1K

 

 

–12

60

 

3.5K

12K

 

MAIN

 

EQ

BYPASS

 

AUX 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL STEREO

BYPASS

 

EFFECTS PROCESSOR

 

LEVEL SET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U

REVERSE

 

 

 

DELAY 1

OO

+6

GATE

 

 

 

DELAY 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

CATHEDRAL

 

 

 

DELAY 3

(EFFECTS TO

 

 

 

 

 

STAGE MONITOR)

LG. HALL

 

 

 

DELAY 4

 

 

MD. HALL

 

 

 

CHORUS

 

 

LG. PLATE

 

 

 

FLANGE

 

MD. PLATE

 

 

 

PHASER

 

SM. ROOM

 

 

 

SPRING

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOCAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

ELIMINATOR

 

U

 

 

U

 

 

OO

+6

 

OO

+6

 

BREAK

 

 

SWITCH

AUX 1/MON SEND

AUX 2/EFX SEND

(MUTES ALL MIC CHANNELS)

PHANTOM POWER +48V

LEFT RIGHT

CLIP 16

12

8

4

NORM 0

4

8

12

16

20

24

30

0 = +4dBu

OO

MAX

PHONES

1 MUTE

dB

10

OL

5

U

5

10

20

30

40

50

60

OO

2 MUTE

dB

10

OL

5

U

5

10

20

30

40

50

60

OO

3 MUTE

4 MUTE

5/6 MUTE

7/8 MUTE

9/10 MUTE

11/12 MUTE

AUX 1

MUTE

AUX 2/EFX

MUTE

CD/TAPE

MUTE

RETURN

RETURN

RETURN

dB

dB

dB

dB

dB

dB

dB

 

dB

 

dB

 

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

 

10

 

10

 

OL

OL

OL

OL

OL

OL

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

 

5

 

5

 

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

 

U

 

U

 

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

 

5

 

5

 

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

 

10

 

10

 

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

 

20

 

20

 

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

 

30

 

30

 

40

40

40

40

40

40

40

 

40

 

40

 

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

 

50

 

50

 

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

 

60

 

60

 

OO

OO

OO

OO

OO

OO

OO

 

OO

 

OO

 

MAIN MIX

LEFT RIGHT

dB

10

5

U

5

10

20

30

40

50

60

OO

Zeroing the console

4

Key to the control settings