Yamaha MG 6FX, MG16 Making the Most Of Your Mixer

MG16/6FX

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.

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Contents

Main Precautions In case an abnormality occurs during operation Operation CAUTION WARNING For correct operation FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.) Connector pin assignments Replacement of Consumable Parts Introduction Features Contents Introduction Turning the Power On Before Turning on the Mixer Making the Most Of Your Mixer An Introduction The Sturdy XLR The Versatile Phone Jack The Venerable RCA Pin Jack 1-1. A Plethora Of ConnectorsWhat Goes Where? 1-2. Balanced, UnbalancedWhats the Difference? A balanced cable has three conductors: How Do Balanced Lines Reject Noise? To summarize: 1-3. Signal LevelsDecibel Dos and Donts Master Section Input Channel 2-1. Greatly Simplied Mixer Block Diagram Where Your Signal Goes Once Its Inside the Box Page 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: 5-2. Panning For Cleaner Mixes Spread them Out! 5-3. To EQ Or Not To EQ Cut For a Cleaner Mix Boost With Caution 5-4. Ambience Reverb/Delay Time Reverb Tone Reverb Level 5-5. Built-in Effects & EQ Front & Rear Panels Channel Control Section 5AUX1 and AUX2 Controls 6PRE Switch 7EFFECT Control 8PAN Control (CHs 1 to 8) PAN/BAL Control (9/10 and 11/12) BAL Control (13/14 and 15/16) 9ST Switch Master Control Section 4 2 1 8 8Level-Meter Signal Switches 9C-R/PHONES Control 0Level Meter APOWER Indicator BST GRAPHIC EQUALIZER Rear Input/Output Section 9 4 15B 6A 37 8 2 Page MG16/6FX 25 Setting Up Home Recording Setup Procedure Setup Examples Setting Up Sound Reinforcement for Live Performance Setting Up MG16/6FX 27 Mounting Rack Mounting Appendix General Specications Specications Appendix Output Specications Input Specications Appendix Dimensional Diagrams Unit: mm When mounted on rack 309.6 D 416.6 Page HEAD OFFICE AUSTRALIA OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES NORTH AMERICA OCEANIA CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA EUROPE AFRICA MIDDLE EAST