IMITED ARRANTY This product has been manufactured in the UK by ALLEN & HEATH and is warranted to be free from defects in materials or workmanship for period of one year from the date of purchase by the original owner. To ensure a high level of performance and reliability for which this equipment has been designed and manufactured, read this User Guide before operating.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS This symbol, wherever it appears, alerts This symbol, wherever it appears, you to the presence of uninsulated alerts you to important operating and dangerous voltage inside the enclosure maintenance instructions that may be sufficient to constitute a risk accompanying literature.
x DAMAGE REQUIRING SERVICE: The appliance should be serviced by qualified service personnel when: the power supply cord or the plug has been damaged: or objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled into the appliance: or the appliance has been exposed to rain; or the appliance does not appear to operate normally or exhibits a marked change in performance;...
NTRODUCTION The WZ16:2DX and WZ12:2DX continue ALLEN & HEATH’s commitment to high quality audio mixing consoles, engineered to meet the exacting requirements of today’s audio business. They bring you the latest in high performance technology and offer the reassurance of over two decades of console manufacture and customer support.
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VERVIEW The WZ16:2DX and WZ12:2DX offer the professional user uncompromised features and performance for live sound engineering and recording. Built on the established tradition of innovative British design and manufacture you get a console that is both solidly reliable for a hard life on the road, and uniquely versatile to adapt to any audio mixing application.
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- WZ12:2DX RONT ANEL AYOUT 0L[:L]DUG POWER O N GAIN GAIN PHANTOM 48V O N -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN FACTORY PRESETS - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10...
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- WZ16:2DX RONT ANEL AYOUT POWER ON PHANTOM 48V ON -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10...
– WZ16:2DX ANEL AYOUT MIC/LINE INPUTS INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT SENDS EF F ECTS EF F ECTS MIDI FOOTSWITCH W AR NING - THIS APPAR ATUS MUST BE E AR THE D. TO RE DUCE THE RISK O F FIR E O R ELECTR IC SHO CK SEND RETURN...
NSTALLING THE ONSOLE The Mix Wizard Series features the ALLEN & HEATH Quick Change Connector (QCC) system. The rear connector pod may be hinged and locked into either of two positions: Rear connectors for desktop operation with the control panel sloped at a convenient 15 degrees, or underside connectors for 19" rack mounting in a compact 10U space.
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Connecting Mains Power Refer to the SAFETY WARNING on page 5 of this Guide. Check that the correct mains lead with moulded plug has been supplied with your console. Read and understand the warnings W AR NING - THIS APPAR ATUS MUST BE E AR THE D. TO R E DUCE THE RISK O F FIR E O R E LE CTRIC SHO CK DO NO T EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO R AIN O R MO ISTUR E.
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LUGGING YSTEM The Mix Wizard series uses professional grade 3-pin XLR, 1/4" TRS jack and RCA PHONO sockets. The applications diagrams on page 26 illustrate typical equipment interconnections. To ensure best performance, we recommend that you use high quality audio cables and connectors, and take time to check for reliable and accurate cable assembly.
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’ LUGGING YSTEM CONT ’ ONNECTING HANNEL NPUTS CONT ONNECTING TO HANNEL NSERTS You do not need to plug anything into the channel insert socket for normal operation. You may, however wish to insert a signal processor such as a compressor/limiter or noise gate into the channel signal path to prevent excessive peaks or to cut down source noise.
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LUGGING UP THE UTPUTS LR Mix Inserts Use these sockets if you wish to insert external signal processing equipment into the L-R mix post- mix amp and pre-L-R fader. This lets you check the effect of the inserted equipment using the console headphones or local monitor.
NPUT HANNEL PAD - Attenuates the input signal by 30dB. Affects both the XLR and jack inputs. Press this -30dB switch when the input signal is too high even with the GAIN control backed off. GAIN GAIN - Use this control with the PAD switch to adjust the channel input sensitivity to match the - 10 connected source (-60 to +10dBu) to the console operating level (0dBu).
– TEREO NPUT CHANNEL WZ12:2DX ONLY GAIN DUAL INPUTS A & B - The stereo input channel features a dual input on RCA Phonos (A) and TRS jacks (B). This is ideal for fast switching between stereo sources without having to repatch the console or mixing two stereo sources together.
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TEREO ETURNS Two stereo return inputs ST1 and ST2 are provided giving you a total of 20 inputs to the L-R mix on the WZ16:2DX, or 16 inputs on the WZ12:2DX. These may be used POWE R ON for returning the processed signal from the effects devices, monitoring and replaying PHANTO M 48V O N your 2-track recording, expander or submix inputs, or for stereo intermission replay.
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A-B O UTPUT The A-B output is an additional stereo/mono output that can be uniquely configured as either a separately controllable mix output, or a local POWER ON loudspeaker monitor feed. PHANTOM 48V O N MODE SWITCH - This switch is recessed under the panel to prevent accidental operation.
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IGITAL TEREO FFECTS The WZ12:2DX and WZ16:2DX are provided with a built-in stereo digital effects processor. This can be configured as a single dual stereo effect (eg reverb + echo) fed from aux 5 or as two independent stereo effects fed respectively from aux 5 and aux 6.
The effects processor provides two independent stereo effects programs. The first from Aux 5 and the second from Aux 6. The effects programs available to Aux 5 correspond to programs 1-8 in the following list and those available to Aux 6 are described in programs 9-16 below: PROGRAM 1-8 PROGRAM 9-16 NAME...
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FX parameter changing: The FX presets may be edited via the MIDI connector. The following parameters may be adjusted on each of the FX processors as shown: Parameters Key to FX types: FX1 Processor FX2 Processor CH – Chorus FL – Flange PH –...
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FX Type Selection via MIDI Note that the 32 FX program types may be changed using MIDI Control Change No 31 as follows: Parameters Description H or W Type type* Code Name Range Name Range Name Range Name Range Chorus Speed 0-99 Depth...
HEET WZ16:2DX Copy and use this page to record mixer settings 0L[:L]DUG POWER ON PHANTOM 48V ON -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN...
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HEET WZ12:2DX Copy and use this page to record mixer settings 0L[:L]DUG PO WER O N G AIN G AIN PHANTO M 48V O N -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB -30dB G AIN G AIN G AIN G AIN G AIN G AIN G AIN...
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Applications Examples House of Worship: Music FOH system driven from LR mix Congregation PA with delays fed from AB Aux sends 1-4 give musicians/choir monitors Aux sends 5/6 used as internal FX sends ST2 used as a tape relay input Engineer checks using headphone output Stage Monitor: 4 Floor wedges from auxes 1-4...
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PTIONS The MixWizard Series WZ16:2 and WZ12:2DX have a versatile architecture designed to satisfy most live sound or recording applications you may encounter without modification. However, the following internal options are offered to provide alternative settings for those applications that may demand them.
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0L[:L]DUG 45=5 DQG#49=5 PHANTOM + 48V ON PEAK MASTER DISABLE 4 BAND EQUALISER AUX SENDS 1-6 INPUT 2= + AUX OUT GAIN LO-CUT FADER FILTER TIP= + -30dBu AUX MIX BALANCED TIP= + TO MONITOR + 4dBu BAL OPTION -2dBu IMPEDANCE BALANCED TIP= SEND INSERT...
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