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Ashly digiMIX24 Operating Manual

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24 Channel Digital Mixer
Operating Manual
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
2016-2018 Ashly Audio, Inc. • All rights reserved worldwide
*This owner's manual corresponds to digiMIX24 mixers with firmware version v5.0 or higher installed.

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  • Page 1 Toll-Free: (800) 828-6308 Fax: (585) 872-0739 ashly.com All Trademarks referred to herein are the property of their respective owners 2016-2018 Ashly Audio, Inc. • All rights reserved worldwide *This owner's manual corresponds to digiMIX24 mixers with firmware version v5.0 or higher installed.

  • 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

    Table of Contents 1 Introduction and Important digiMIX24 tips....4 2 Mixer Controls ........6 3 Rear Panel Features .

  • Page 4: Introduction And Important Digimix24 Tips

    ® nection, and much more, the compact and powerful digiMIX24 offers all the right tools to manage your sound job with confidence. In order to thoroughly understand the features of the digiMIX24, please read this entire manual as you explore the controls, touchscreen, and remote control capabilities of your mixer.
  • Page 5 ► with Wi-Fi is required. Only one iPad at a time can connect to digiMIX24. If more than one digiMIX24 is discovered on the network, a list of all available mixers is displayed on start-up. The iPad app and mixer touchscreen will both display a solid green box in the upper left corner when properly connected.

  • Page 6: Mixer Controls

    (sec. 2.9). USB audio output uses the main L/R output signal. Audio resolution & sampling rate for 2-track USB audio on the digiMIX24 is 16 bit @ 48kHz. 2.5 Headphone Out Plug in headphones here for monitoring the main outputs or selected solo channels. Use the Headphones Level control to adjust volume 2.6 Meter/Solo Button...
  • Page 7 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 8 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 combinations. Up to 104 effects can be custom configured, saved, and loaded from mixer memory. Only two effects can be used at a time.

  • Page 9: 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 pre-fader, meaning the selected channel's solo level is not affected by its fader position.
  • Page 10 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.

  • Page 11: Stereo Link

    ► TIP: Above the PEQ box is a smaller unlabeled box which turns green when the mixer is connected to digiMIX24 app for iPad. It turns black when the iPad connection is lost. ► TIP: The channel name can be edited by pressing and holding the "Name"...
  • Page 12 Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer Assigned outputs appear blue when selected. Signal level sent to aux and FX buses must be adjusted individually using the touch- screen parameter adjust fader on the right side of the display, or by using the adjust parameter knob (sec.

  • Page 13: Rear Panel Features

    These four phone jacks are pseudo-balanced outputs for aux1-4 (sec. 2.10). They have single-ended signal with balanced impedance. * If plugging any digiMIX24 output into a powered speaker or other mixer input, phantom power must be turned off at that input.

  • Page 14: Control Room Output

    (sec. 2.11) * If plugging any digiMIX24 output into a powered speaker or other mixer input, phantom power must be turned off at that input. 3.9 Control Room Output The balanced stereo control room outputs use the same signal as the main outputs, but with a separate volume control.

  • Page 15: 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 and iPad. Use the following procedure to safely and quickly set up the system.
  • Page 16 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, 4.4, and 4.5.
  • Page 17 Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer 4.3 GEQ Graphic EQ The 31-band GEQ graphic equalizer is available on the Main, Aux, or Sub outputs only, not 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 18 Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer Attack Time - The rate at which gain reduction occurs to the input signal when it exceeds threshold, from 10ms to 150ms. Release Time - The rate at which gain reduction ends once the signal falls back down below threshold, from 10ms to 1000ms.
  • Page 19 Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer 4.6c - Channel 1 and 2 Linked, plus Sub1/Sub2 Linked: 1) In this example Ch1-2 are linked and Sub1-2 are also linked. Ch1-2 are assigned to Sub1-2 but not to the main outputs. The Adjust knob (or motorized fader) controls the level of the two linked input channels when either channel is selected.
  • Page 20 Operating Manual - digiMIX24 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 21: System Functions

    Press the "Password Settings" button to enter a new password, delete the current password, or reset the password. The same pass- word is always used for both system and EZ-Mode, as well as for the "Ashly digiMIX24" iPad app when connected to the mixer.

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

    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".
  • Page 23 Figure 6.1c: Firmware Update 6.2 digiMIX24 Preset Utility The digiMIX24 uses a separate utility program to bulk-copy all mixer presets to a computer or from computer back to mixer. Download the Win or Mac version of <digiMIX24 Preset Utility> from the Ashly website Software/digiMIX downloads section.
  • Page 24 (sec. 9). If a password is to be used on the digiMIX24 iPad app, it must first be entered into the mixer. ► TIP: Only one iPad at a time can be used to control the digiMIX24.
  • Page 25 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 digiMIX24 to the main outputs, placed where they will be used, mic input gain controls set properly, and amplifiers/speakers all set up.

  • Page 26: Dante-32 Digital Audio Module (Optional)

    With the optional Dante-32 module installed, the digiMIX24 can be integrated into a Dante digital audio network. The Dante-32 resolution & sampling rate Dante-32 Module is 24bit / 48KHZ.

  • Page 27: Usb-32 Digital Audio Module (Optional)

    The USB multi-channel ASIO Windows device driver can be downloaded from the Ashly website Software > digiMIX Downloads section. 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 28: Ipad Control

    Wi-Fi signal, so an existing network with Wi-Fi must be available for the iPad. Only one iPad at a time can be used to control the digiMIX24. IMPORTANT: digiMIX24 for iPad Ver. 5.0 or later can only be used with a digiMIX24 mixer running firmware update V5.0 or...

  • Page 29: Troubleshooting

    Several mixers can be connected to the same network for remote iPad control, however the digiMIX24 app can only connect to one mixer at a time. Make sure you are connected to the right mixer. On start-up, the digiMIX24 app discovers and lists all available mixers by their IP address/mixer name.

  • Page 30: 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 31 Remote mixer control app for iPad ......<Ashly digiMIX24> app, free on iTunes App Store ®...

  • Page 32: Dimensions

    Operating Manual - digiMIX24 Digital Mixer  12 DIMENSIONS...

  • Page 33: Block Diagram

    Operating Manual - digiMIX24 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 www.ashly.com 2016-2018 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. DM24 R05 0418...

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