Yamaha 12/4 Making the Most Of Your Mixer

MG16/4, MG12/4

Making the Most Of Your Mixer

An Introduction

You’ve got yourself a mixer and now you’re ready to use it.

Just plug everything in, twiddle the controls, and away you go … right?

Well, if you’ve done this before you won’t have any problems, but if this is

the ﬁrst time you’ve ever used a mixer you might want to read through this

little tutorial and pick up a few basics that will help you get better

performance and make better mixes.

Contents

Main MG16/4, MG12/4 Precautions For safe operation Operation WARNING CAUTION For correct operation Connector pin assignments Replacing abrasive parts Inuence on cell phone usage IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM Connecting the Plug and Cord Introduction Features Contents Introduction Turning the Power On Before Turning on the Mixer Making the Most Of Your Mixer An Introduction A Place For Everything and Everything In Its Place 1-1. A Plethora Of ConnectorsWhat Goes Where? The Venerable RCA Pin Jack The Versatile Phone Jack The Sturdy XLR 1-2. Balanced, UnbalancedWhats the Difference? To summarize: How Do Balanced Lines Reject Noise? A balanced cable has three conductors: 1-3. Signal LevelsDecibel Dos and Donts 2-1. Greatly Simplied Mixer Block Diagram 1234 5 Input Channel 1Head Amp 2Equalizer The First Steps in Achieving Great Sound 3-1. The Head Amplier Gain Control Is the Key! 3-2. Level Setup Procedure For Optimum Performance 1 2 4 3 External Effects, Monitor Mixes, and Groups Pre/PostWhats the difference? 4-1. AUX Buses For Monitor Sends and Overall Effects 4-2. Using Groups 4-3. Channel Inserts for Channel-specic Processing Making Better Mixes 5-1. Approaching the MixWhere Do You Start? Faders Down Example1: Example2: 5-3. To EQ Or Not To EQ Cut For a Cleaner Mix Boost With Caution 5-4. Ambience Reverb/Delay Time Front & Rear Panels 1GAIN Control 4 5 5 99 Page 1ST Master Fader 2GROUP 1-2 Fader 3TO ST Switch 4Master SEND (AUX1 and AUX2 Controls) Master Control Section B 76 A 8 5 21 Page 1Channel Input jacks 2INSERT I/O Jacks 3Channel Input jacks 4GROUP OUT (1, 2) Jacks Rear Input/Output Section 4 15 6 37 8 AB 9 0 2 MG16/4, MG12/4 23 8RETURN L (MONO), R Jacks 9REC OUT (L, R) Jacks 02TR IN Jacks APOWER Switch Setting Up Home Recording Setup Procedure Setup Examples Setting Up MG16/4, MG12/4 25 Sound Reinforcement for Live Performance Setting Up Mounting the MG16/4 Mounting the MG12/4 Rack Mounting MG16/4, MG12/4 27 Appendix General Specications Specications Appendix Input Specications Output Specications Appendix MG16/4, MG12/4 29 MG16/4 When mounted on rack 102.6 2 Page CANADA U.S.A. MEXICO BRAZIL NORTH AMERICA CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA EUROPE AFRICA MIDDLE EAST ASIA OCEANIA