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Ashly digiMIX18 Operating Manual

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18 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
2018 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 2018 Ashly Audio, Inc. • All rights reserved worldwide...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    Operating Manual - digiMIX18 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 And Important Digimix Tips

    The digiMIX18 also comes with racks-ears that allow the mixer to be installed in a standard 19" equipment rack.
  • Page 5 Connection - The mixer does not provide its own Wi-Fi signal, an Ethernet connection to a network ► with Wi-Fi is required. Only one iPad at a time can connect to digiMIX18. If more than one digiMIX18 is discovered, a drop-down list of all available mixer IP addresses is displayed on start-up. The iPad app and mixer touchscreen will both display a solid green box in the upper left corner when successfully connected.

  • Page 6: Mixer Controls

    Operating Manual - digiMIX18 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 7 Operating Manual - digiMIX18 Digital Mixer 2.9 Sends Mixer Press this button to open the sends mixer overview screen, where the mixer's main L/R, aux1-8, and FX1-2 channel assignments or send levels can be quickly viewed and changed. 2.10 Aux Faders Press this button when any aux1-8 output is selected to view current aux1-8 fader position.

  • Page 8: Solo Button

    Operating Manual - digiMIX18 Digital Mixer 2.16 DCA Set and Clear Button Digital controlled amplifiers (DCA1-6) are used to combine multiple inputs, aux, or FX outputs into one mix group for unified control of that group. DCA groups allow the relative fader position of each member to be preserved while adjusting their overall combined level as a group.

  • Page 9: Pan Control

    2.31 Load, Copy, Save Buttons There are four different types of user presets that can be saved/loaded on the digiMIX18. 1) Scene - Scene presets are the most inclusive, capturing all audio settings in the mixer. Up to 24 scene presets are available.
  • Page 10 Operating Manual - digiMIX18 Digital Mixer SAVE: To save a mixer preset, first press the save button, then use the touchscreen to select one of the four preset types. Next, select a preset number to use, then press the preset name box, type in a preset name, press enter, then press Save on the touchscreen to write to memory.

  • Page 11: Stereo Link

    Operating Manual - digiMIX18 Digital Mixer 2.35 Stereo Link The stereo link button is used to link two adjacent input channels or aux outputs together so that all level, DSP, and assignment parameters are equally applied to both channels. Channel pairs can only be linked where the odd numbered channel is first, i.e.

  • Page 12: Rear Panel Features

    Operating Manual - digiMIX18 Digital Mixer 2.44 Comp/Lim Press the Comp/Lim button to engage the compressor/limiter function on a selected input, main L/R, FX1-2, or aux1-8 output. Use this feature to reduce the dynamic range of a signal (compressor) or to limit how loud a signal can go (limiter). Touchscreen con- trols include on/off, threshold, attack time, release time, ratio, and post gain.

  • Page 13: Control Room Output

    (sec. 2.12). They have single-ended signal with balanced impedance. * If plugging a digiMIX18 output into a powered speaker or other mixer input, phantom power must be turned off on that input. 3.7 Control Room Output The balanced stereo control room outputs use the same signal as the main L/R outputs, but with a separate volume control.

  • Page 14: Getting Started

    Operating Manual - digiMIX18 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 L/R speakers, and remote control from a laptop and iPad. Use the following procedure to safely and quickly set up the system.
  • Page 15 Operating Manual - digiMIX18 Digital Mixer 7) Adjust PEQ (sec. 2.41), expander/gate (sec. 2.43), and compressor/limiter (sec. 2.44) on each input channel as needed. For greater details and examples of how to use these functions, see sections 4.2, 4.4, and 4.5.
  • Page 16 Operating Manual - digiMIX18 Digital Mixer 4.3 GEQ Graphic EQ The 31-band GEQ graphic equalizer is only available for main L/R and aux1-8 outputs, not on inputs or FX1-2. 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 - digiMIX18 Digital Mixer Threshold - This sets the input level above which gain reduction is used to compress the signal. Threshold range is from -30dB to +20dB. Attack Time - The rate at which gain reduction occurs to the input signal when it exceeds threshold, from 10ms to 150ms.
  • Page 18 Operating Manual - digiMIX18 Digital Mixer 4.7 Input Channel Linking, Aux Send Linking, and the Pan Control The following examples show how input channel and aux stereo linking work together with the Pan control using typical Assign and Aux Send applications.
  • Page 19 Operating Manual - digiMIX18 Digital Mixer 4.8 FX (Effects) This mixer includes 12 different effects and effect combinations. Only two effects can be used at one time. Up to 104 different effects can be created, saved, and loaded as FX presets (sec.

  • Page 20: System Functions

    EZ-Mode, as well as for the "Ashly digiMIX" iPad app when connected to the mixer. Entering a password is only the first step when making security changes, you must still lock or unlock features using that password.

  • Page 21: Firmware Update Procedure

    A firmware update may be occasionally released to fix bugs or update features. Press the mixer's System button to view the cur- rently installed firmware (see figure 5), then refer to the ashly website for the latest digiMIX18 firmware version.

  • Page 22: Other Mixer Functions (Firmware Update, Preset Backup/Restore, Factory Reset, Ez-Mode, Automixer, Crossfade)

    Figure 6.1c: Firmware Update Status 6.2 digiMIX18 Preset Utility The digiMIX18 uses a stand-alone application to bulk-copy all presets from the mixer to a computer or from computer to mixer. Download the application from the Ashly website for Windows or MAC.
  • Page 23 The <EZ-Mode Password>, <Lock Icons>, and <Lock Faders> buttons turn red when activated. Figure 6.4d: EZ-Mode Icon Menu EZ-Mode is also offered on the Ashly digiMIX app for iPad for remote digiMIX18 control using a local wireless network connection (sec.
  • Page 24 The following procedure is recommended for setting up most multi-microphone speech applications. The live mixing environment must already be set up, with all mics wired to the mixer, assigned in the digiMIX18 to the main L/R outputs, placed where they will be used, mic input gain controls set properly, and amplifiers/speakers all set up.

  • Page 25: Digital Audio Options (Dante-3018, Usb-3018)

    With the optional Dante-3018 module installed, the digiMIX18 can be integrated 7.1 Dante-3018 Module into a Dante digital audio network. The Dante-3018 resolution & sampling rate is 24bit / 48KHZ.
  • Page 26 The USB multi-channel ASIO Windows device driver can be downloaded from the Ashly website digiMIX18 product page download section. Install the device driver on the PC before connecting it to the digiMIX18. The device driver will appear as an "ASIO" type device in the audio software's device list.

  • Page 27: Rack Ear Installation

     8 RACK EAR INSTALLATION The digiMIX18 comes with rack ears that replace the molded plastic side pieces, allowing the mixer to be mounted to a standard 19" equipment rack. Each plastic side is fastened with four 2.5mm Allen head screws. Before removing the plastic sides and installing the rack ears, unplug the AC cord from the back of the mixer.

  • Page 28: Ipad Remote Control

    A free remote control iPad app called "Ashly digiMIX" is available from the iTunes App Store. This app is used for all Ashly digiMIX products. Most mixer touchscreen controls are duplicated on the app for wireless remote control of the mixer, including EZ-Mode.

  • Page 29: Troubleshooting

    The last iPad connected always has control. 4) What are the digiMIX18 Network communication settings? ● Default static IP is 192.168.2.1 ● Set for automatic DHCP configuration ● Uses Port 5000 ● Uses both UDP and TCP/IP...

  • Page 30: Specifications

    Operating Manual - digiMIX18 Digital Mixer  11 SPECIFICATIONS 0dBu = 0.775Vrms Microphone Input ......... . Class-A discrete balanced, 7.3k Ohm input impedance Frequency response to main L/R output .
  • Page 31 DigiMIX18 digital in, ch1-18 (pre-DSP)......On/Off, level control +10dB to -70dB, off, fixed channel mapping...

  • Page 32: Dimensions

    Operating Manual - digiMIX18 Digital Mixer  12 DIMENSIONS...

  • Page 33: Block Diagram

    Operating Manual - digiMIX18 Digital Mixer...

  • Page 34: 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.
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  • Page 36 Fax: (585) 872-0739 Toll Free (800) 828-6308 ashly.com 2018 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. DM18 R01 0118...

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