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24 Channel Digital Mixer
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ASHLY AUDIO INC.
847 Holt Road
Webster, NY
14580-9103 Phone: (585) 872-0010
Toll-Free: (800) 828-6308 Fax: (585) 872-0739
ashly.com
All Trademarks referred to herein are the property of their respective owners
2016 Ashly Audio, Inc. • All rights reserved worldwide
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- Page 1 ASHLY AUDIO INC. 847 Holt Road Webster, NY 14580-9103 Phone: (585) 872-0010 Toll-Free: (800) 828-6308 Fax: (585) 872-0739 ashly.com All Trademarks referred to herein are the property of their respective owners 2016 Ashly Audio, Inc. • All rights reserved worldwide...
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Page 2: Important Safety Instructions
Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer Important Safety Instructions Consignes de sécurité à lire attentivement The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, Le symbole de la flèche dans un triangle équilateral symbolisant la foudre is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous est prévu pour sensibiliser l’utilisateur à... -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Unpacking As a part of our system of quality control, every Ashly product is carefully inspected before leaving the factory to ensure flawless appearance. After unpacking, please inspect for any physical damage. Save the shipping carton and all packing materials, as they were carefully designed to reduce to a minimum the possibility of transportation damage should the unit again require packing and shipping. -
Page 4: Introduction
In order to quickly understand the features of the digiMIX24, please read this entire manual as you explore the controls, touch- screen, and network capabilities of your mixer. -
Page 5: Mixer Controls
Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer 2 MIXER CONTROLS 2.1 Input Trim This controls the gain of the analog mic or line input preamplifier. For analog inputs, this is the most important control for set- ting up proper gain structure in the mixer. Properly set, it helps to avoid clipping and maintains low noise. A good rule is that with typical input signal present on a channel, adjust the trim control to allow 20dB headroom between the expected signal's peak level and when it clips. - Page 6 Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer 2.7 Line 1 2 Level Control & Line1 and line2 level controls adjust the level of inputs 17- 18 and 19-20 to the main mix. Line inputs can be assigned to the main, aux, sub, and FX bus using the Assign button and touchscreen (sec.
- Page 7 Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer 2.12 FX 1 2 Level Controls, Send, and Mute Button & This mixer has built-in effects including reverbs, delay, chorus, flanger, tremolo, plus various combinations. Up to 104 effects can be custom configured, saved, and loaded from mixer memory (sec. 2.44). Only two effects can be used at a time.
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Page 8: Solo Button
Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer 2.19 Solo Button Use the solo button for listening to one or more isolated signals in the headphones. Select an input, output, subgroup, FX, or DCA group, then press the solo button to include that signal in the solo bus. The default solo setting is post-fader, meaning the solo signal level depends on the solo channel's fader position. - Page 9 2.31 Save, Load, and Copy Buttons There are four different types of user presets that can be saved/loaded on the digiMIX24. 1) Scene - Scene presets are the most inclusive, capturing all audio settings in the mixer. Up to 24 scene presets are available.
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Page 10: Stereo Link
Above the PEQ box is a smaller unlabeled box which turns bright green when the mixer is connected on the network to an iPad running the digiMIX24 app. It turns black when the connection is lost. - Page 11 Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer Assigned routing paths turn blue when pressed. Signal level sent to Aux and FX buses must be adjusted individually using the touchscreen parameter adjust fader on the right side of the display, or by using the adjust parameter knob (sec. 2.27). There are many quick links to other mixer functions from within the assign window.
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Page 12: Rear Panel Features
Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer 3 REAR PANEL FEATURES 3.1 Combo Jack Inputs, Channel 1-16 There are 16 mic/line channels that use a combo jack. The female XLR connector is for a balanced mic input, and the TRS (tip- ring-sleeve) phone jack is for balanced line level input. -
Page 13: Control Room Output
3.15 Digital Audio Module Option Ashly offers optional field-installable Dante or multi-track USB audio modules for the digiMIX24 mixer. To install the module, first remove the mixer from power, then remove the two screws holding the blank plate to the back panel option slot, then care- fully seat the Dante-32 or USB-32 module into the two card-edge guides on either side of the module slot as shown before finally pressing the module fully into the internal card-edge connector. -
Page 14: Getting Started
Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer 4 GETTING STARTED 4.1 Typical Application The above illustration shows a typical band setup with instrument and vocal inputs, four separate monitor mixes, stereo main speakers, and remote control from a laptop. Use the following procedure to safely and quickly set up the system. - Page 15 Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer 7) Adjust PEQ (sec. 2.40), expander/gate (sec. 2.42), and compressor/limiter (sec. 2.43) on each input channel as needed. For greater details and examples of how to use these functions, see sections 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4.
- Page 16 Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer 4.3 GEQ Graphic EQ The 31-band GEQ graphic equalizer is only available on the Main, Aux, or Sub outputs. It is not available for use with any input or FX channels. Adjust GEQ filters by selecting and dragging them up and down on the touchscreen, or use the up/down/left/right but- tons and Adjust Parameter knob.
- Page 17 Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer 4.5 Compressor/Limiter This compressor/limiter has adjustable gain, threshold, at- tack time, release time, and ratio. The controls will only work when the ON button is pressed. The green bar above the ON button indicates when gain reduction is occuring.
- Page 18 Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer 4.6 FX (Effects) This mixer includes 12 different effects and effect combinations. Only two effects can be used at one time. Up to 104 different ef- fects can be created, saved, and loaded as FX presets (sec. 2.31).
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Page 19: System Functions
Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer 5 SYSTEM FUNCTIONS 5.1 LCD Brightness Press and drag the LCD brightness control bar to adjust. 5.2 Fader Calibration The motorized fader speed can be reduced and quieted by pressing <Fader Calibration>. The fader will begin to travel up and down at the currently assigned speed. - Page 20 Device Name - Press and hold the "Device Name" text box in the upper right hand corner of the system screen to bring up the keyboard, then type in the desired name for the mixer and press "Enter". The default name is "digiMIX24".
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Page 21: Ez-Mode
Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer 6 EZ-MODE EZ-Mode offers a simplified and secure user control interface for non-technical people to control the mixer with the same ease of use as if they were operating lighting dimmers. All signal routing, levels, EQ, FX, DCA groups, and Aux sends are configured ahead of time in the main mixer before using EZ-Mode. -
Page 22: Dante-32 Digital Audio Module (Optional)
Press the <Channel Mapping> touchscreen button to view the fixed ASIO/Dante input channel mapping (see 7.3a below). These mappings cannot be changed, use the Dante Controller matrix to assign Dante outputs (transmitter) to digiMIX24 inputs (receiver). A single transmitter channel can be assigned to multiple receivers, but each receiver can have only one transmitter channel as an input source. -
Page 23: Usb-32 Digital Audio Module (Optional)
Ashly website digiMIX24 product page. Install the device driver on the PC before connecting it to the digiMIX24. The device driver will appear as an "ASIO" type device in the audio software's device list. -
Page 24: Ipad Control
EZ-Mode. 9.1 iPad Setup steps: 9.1a) Configure the iPad Wi-Fi to be on the same network subnet as the digiMIX24. 9.1b) Download, install and launch the digiMIX24 app on an iPad with the mixer turned on and connected to the network. -
Page 25: Troubleshooting
Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer 10 TROUBLESHOOTING 10.1 No sound Is the mic/line input cable plugged in and wired properly? If the mic is a condenser mic, is phantom power on? Is there activity on the input LED meter? Is the input muted or its fader turned down? Is the input assigned or sent to the proper output? Is the... -
Page 26: Specifications
Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer 11 SPECIFICATIONS 0dBu = 0.775Vrms Microphone Input ........Class-A discrete balanced, 6.8k Ohm input impedance Frequency response to main output . - Page 27 Remote control........iPad , with digiMIX24 app from iTunes App Store ®...
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Page 28: Dimensions
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Page 29: Block Diagram
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Page 30: Warranty
ASHLY AUDIO, INC. warrants to the owner of this product that it will be free from defects in workmanship and mate- rials for a period of FIVE years from the original-date-of-purchase, with the exception of touch-screen displays and motorized faders which are warrantied for THREE years from the original-date-of-purchase. - Page 31 Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer...
- Page 32 Fax: (585) 872-0739 Toll Free (800) 828-6308 www.ashly.com 2016 Ashly Audio, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. Ashly Audio is a division of Jam Industries, Ltd. All features, specifications, and graphical representations are subject to change or improvement without notice. DM24 1016...