Yamaha MG10 Owner's Manual

MIXING CONSOLEOwner’s ManualMaking the Most Of Your MixerPages 6 to 16E MG10_E.book Page 1 Monday, May 26, 2003 1:52 PM

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

Making the Most Of Your Mixer MG10/2 11 The First Steps in Achieving Great Sound Before you even consider EQ and effects, or even the overall mix, i

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 y

Making the Most Of Your MixerMG10/213 External Effects and Monitor Mixes4-1. AUX Buses For Monitor Sends and Overall EffectsThere are a number of reas

Making the Most Of Your MixerMG10/2144-2. Channel Inserts for Channel-specific ProcessingAnother way to get the mixer’s signal outside the box is to us

Making the Most Of Your MixerMG10/215 Making Better Mixes5-1. Approaching the Mix—Where Do You Start?Mixing is easy, right? Just twiddle the fadersaro

Making the Most Of Your MixerMG10/216Spread them Out!Position your instruments so they have room to“breathe,” and connect in the most musical waywith

MG10/217Front & Rear Panels1 GAIN ControlAdjusts the input signal level. To get the best balance betweenthe S/N ratio and the dynamic range, adjus

Front & Rear Panels MG10/2 181 PHANTOM +48 V Switch This switch toggles phantom power on and off. If you set theswitch on, the mixer supplies pow

Front & Rear PanelsMG10/2191 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).

MG10/2 2 Precautions —For safe operation— WARNING ● Connect this unit’s AC power adaptor only to an AC outlet of thetype stated in this Owner’s Manu

Front & Rear PanelsMG10/2208 SEND Jacks• AUX1, AUX2These are impedance balanced phone-type output jacks.These jacks output the signals from AUX1 a

MG10/221Setting 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

Setting UpMG10/222• When using the mixer on a microphone stand, besure to set the stand on a level and stable surface.Do not set up the stand in locat

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 2

AppendixMG10/224 Input SpecificationsWhere 0 dBu = 0.775 V and 0 dBV= 1 V* Input sensitivity: the lowest level that will produce the nominal output le

AppendixMG10/225Dimensional Diagrams251290.565Unit: mmMG10_E.book Page 25 Monday, May 26, 2003 1:52 PM

AppendixMG10/226Block Diagram and Level DiagramMG10_E.book Page 26 Monday, May 26, 2003 1:52 PM

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Precautions MG10/2 3 —For correct operation — ● XLR-type connectors are wired as followsPin 1: ground; Pin 2: hot (+); Pin 3: cold (–). ● INSERT TRS

MG10/2 4 Introduction Thank you for your purchase of the YAMAHA MG10/2 mixing console. This mixing consolecombines ease of operation with support for

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 o

MG10/2 6 Making the Most Of Your Mixer An IntroductionYou’ve got yourself a mixer and now you’re ready to use it. Just plug everything in, twiddle th

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 y

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 nois

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