Yamaha MG124CX - Manuals

Mixer Basics 6 MG124CX/MG124C Owner’s Manual Quick Guide We begin by connecting a pair of speakers and generating some stereo output. Note that oper-ations and procedures will vary somewhat according to the input devices you are using. Getting Sound to the Speakers ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON PAN 1 ,...

7 Mixer Basics Quick Guide MG124CX/MG124C Owner’s Manual 1 Be sure that your mixer is turned offand that all level* controls are turnedall the way down. * STEREO OUT Master Fader, Channel Fader, GROUP 1-2 Fader, Gain Control, etc. NOTE Set the equalizer and the pan controls to their t posi- tions. 2...

8 Mixer Basics MG124CX/MG124C Owner’s Manual Making the Most of Your Mixer 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 yo...

9 Mixer Basics Making the Most of Your Mixer MG124CX/MG124C Owner’s Manual To EQ or Not to EQ In general: less is better. There are many situations in which you’ll need to cut certain frequency ranges, butuse boost sparingly, and with caution. Proper use of EQ can eliminate interference between inst...

10 Making the Most of Your Mixer Mixer Basics MG124CX/MG124C Owner’s Manual Ambience Your mixes can be further refined by addingambience effects such as reverb or delay. The MG’sinternal effects can be used to add reverb or delayto individual channels in the same way as externaleffects processors. (...

MG124CX/MG124C Owner’s Manual 11 Reference Setup DI Foot Switch (YAMAHA FC5) Recorder Synthesizer CD Player Microphone Powered Speakers Powered Monitor Speakers Bass Headphones Guitar Effect Processor Effect Processor (exciter) Powered Monitor Speaker MG124CX Reference

12 MG124CX/MG124C Owner’s Manual Reference Front & Rear Panels The following applies to both the MG124CX and MG124C. In cases where different features need to be described for each model, the MG124CX feature will be described first, followed by the MG124C feature in brackets: MG124CX (MG124C). C...

Front & Rear Panels MG124CX/MG124C Owner’s Manual 13 Reference 7 Switch (High Pass Filter) This switch toggles the HPF on or off. To turn the HPF on,press the switch in ( ). The HPF cuts frequencies below 80 Hz (the HPF does not apply to the line inputs of stereo inputchannels 34 ). 8 COMP Contr...

14 MG124CX/MG124C Owner’s Manual Front & Rear Panels Reference Master Control Section 1 2TR IN Jacks These RCA pin jacks can be used to input a stereo soundsource. Use these jacks when you want to connect a CDplayer directly to the mixer. You can adjust the signal level using the 2TR IN con-trol...

Front & Rear Panels MG124CX/MG124C Owner’s Manual 15 Reference 8 PHONES Jack Connect a pair of headphones to this stereo phone jack. ThePHONES jack outputs the same signal as the MONITOROUT jacks. 9 PHANTOM +48 V Switch This switch toggles phantom power on and off. When the switchis on the mixer...

16 MG124CX/MG124C Owner’s Manual Front & Rear Panels Reference DIGITAL EFFECT *Only the MG124CX has digital effects. 1 FOOT SWITCH Jack A YAMAHA FC5 foot switch (sold separately) can be connected to thisjack and used to toggle the digital effects ON and OFF. 2 PROGRAM Dial Selects one of the 16 ...

Front & Rear Panels MG124CX/MG124C Owner’s Manual 17 Reference Digital Effect Program List * “LFO” stands for Low Frequency Oscillator. An LFO is normally used to modulate another signal, determining the modulation speed and waveform shape. Jack List * These jacks will also accept connection to ...

Reference 18 MG124CX/MG124C Owner’s Manual Troubleshooting * The MG124CX feature is described first, followed by the MG124C feature in brackets: MG124CX (MG124C). ■ Power doesn’t come on. ❑ Is the supplied power adaptor properly plugged into an appropriate ACwall outlet? ❑ Is the supplied power adap...

MG124CX/MG124C Owner’s Manual 67 Reference Specifications ■ Electrical Specifications ■ General Specifications All faders are nominal if not specified.Output impedance of signal generator: 150 ohms* The MG124CX feature is described first, followed by the MG124C feature in brackets: MG124CX (MG124C) ...

68 MG124CX/MG124C Owner’s Manual Specifications Reference ■ Input Specifications Where 0 dBu = 0.775 Vrms and 0 dBV= 1 Vrms* Sensitivity : The lowest level that will produce an output of +4 dB (1.23 V), or the nominal output level when the unit is set to the maximum level. (All faders and level cont...

Specifications MG124CX/MG124C Owner’s Manual 69 Reference ■ Dimensional Diagrams 346.2 436.6 86.1 79.6 2 433.9 Unit: mm

70 MG124CX/MG124C Owner’s Manual Specifications Reference ■ Block Diagram and Level Diagram HA HA HPF COMP 3-Stage EQ BA BA SUM SUM BA HA BA BA HPF HA HA 3-Stage EQ 3-Stage EQ 2-Stage EQ HA INV 2-Stage EQ INV INV INV SUM SUM SUM SUM SUM SUM SUM SUM BA BA BA BA DR DR INV INV INV INV BA BA BA BA CH F ...