Yamaha MG10 - User Manual

Introduction MG10/2 5 (1) Be sure that the mixer’s power switch is in the STANDBY position. Use only the PA-10 adaptor included with this mixer.Use of a different adaptor may result in equipment damage, overheating, or fire. (2) Connect the power adaptor to the AC ADAPTOR IN con- nector ( 1 ) on the...

MG10/2 6 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 mi...

Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 7 A Place For Everything and Everything In Its Place 1-1. A Plethora Of Connectors—What Goes Where? Questions you’re likely to encounter when setting up a system for the first time might include “Why allthese different types of connectors on the back of my mixer?...

Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 8 1-2. Balanced, Unbalanced—What’s the Difference? In a word: “noise.” The whole point of balanced lines is noise rejection, and it’s something they’re verygood at. Any length of wire will act as an antenna to pick up the random electromagnetic radiation we’recon...

Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 9 1-3. Signal Levels—Decibel Do’s and Don’ts From the moment you start dealing with things audio, you’ll have to deal with the term “decibel” and itsabbreviation, “dB”. Things can get confusing because decibels are a very versatile unit of measure usedto describe...

Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 10 Where Your Signal Goes Once It’s Inside the Box At first glance the block diagram of even a modest mixer can look like a space-station schematic. In reality,block diagrams are a great aid in understanding how the signal flows in any mixer. Here’s a greatly sim...

Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 12 3-2. Level Setup Procedure For Optimum Performance Now that we know what we have to do, how do we do it? If you take another quick look at the mixerblock diagram you’ll notice that there’s a peak indicator located right after the head amplifier and EQstages, a...

Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 13 External Effects and Monitor Mixes 4-1. AUX Buses For Monitor Sends and Overall Effects There are a number of reasons why you mightwant to “tap” the signal flowing through yourmixer at some point before the main outputs: thetwo most common being 1) to create a...

Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 15 Making Better Mixes 5-1. Approaching the Mix—Where Do You Start? Mixing is easy, right? Just twiddle the fadersaround until it sounds right? Well, you can do itthat way, but a more systematic approach that issuited to the material you’re mixing will producemuc...

Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 16 Spread them Out! Position your instruments so they have room to“breathe,” and connect in the most musical waywith other instruments. Sometimes, however,you’ll want to deliberately pan sounds closetogether, or even right on top of one another, toemphasize their...

MG10/2 17 Front & Rear Panels 1 GAIN Control Adjusts the input signal level. To get the best balance betweenthe S/N ratio and the dynamic range, adjust the level so that thepeak indicator ( 2 ) comes on only at about maximum input level. The –60 to –16 scale indicates the MIC input adjustment le...

Front & Rear Panels MG10/2 18 1 PHANTOM +48 V Switch This switch toggles phantom power on and off. If you set theswitch on, the mixer supplies power to all channels that provideXLR mic input jacks (CHs 1, 2, 3/4, 5/6). Set this switch on( ) when using one or more condenser microphones. When this...

Front & Rear Panels MG10/2 19 1 Channel Input Jacks (CHs 1, 2, 3/4, 5/6) • MIC jacks These are balanced XLR-type input jacks (1:Ground; 2:Hot;3:Cold). • LINE jacks These are balanced phone-type input jacks. You can connecteither balanced or unbalanced phone plugs to these jacks. Where an input c...

Front & Rear Panels MG10/2 20 8 SEND Jacks • AUX1, AUX2 These are impedance balanced phone-type output jacks.These jacks output the signals from AUX1 and AUX2,respectively. You use these jacks, for example, to connect toan effector or monitor system. 9 RETURN L (MONO), R Jacks These are unbalanc...

MG10/2 21 Setting Up (1) Before connecting to microphones and instruments, be sure that all devices are turned off. Also be sure that all of the chan-nel controls and all of the controls in the Master Control sec-tion are turned to their minimum settings. (2) For each connection, connect one end of ...

Setting Up MG10/2 22 • When using the mixer on a microphone stand, be sure to set the stand on a level and stable surface.Do not set up the stand in locations subject tovibrations or wind. • Note that mixer may be damaged if the stand should fall over. Attach the connection cables care-fully so that...

MG10/2 23 Appendix ■ General Specifications Where 0 dBu = 0.775 V and 0 dBV = 1 V 1 Measured with 12.7 kHz, –6 dB/oct. low pass filter (equivalent to 20 kHz, – ∞ filter). (CH MIC INPUT to ST, AUX, EFFECT SEND) 2 Turning PAN/BAL to left or right. 3 Shelving turnover/rolloff frequency: 3 dB before max...

Appendix MG10/2 25 Dimensional Diagrams 251 290.5 65 Unit: mm MG10_E.book Page 25 Monday, May 26, 2003 1:52 PM

Appendix MG10/2 26 Block Diagram and Level Diagram MG10_E.book Page 26 Monday, May 26, 2003 1:52 PM