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Welcome! Thank you very much for purchasing our products! Before installing and officially using this product, please read this manual thoroughly to fully understand this device and be proficient in how to use it properly. After you have read this manual, please keep it in a safe place for future reference.
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Attention! Warning! In order to avoid possible personal injury due to electric shock, short circuit,damage, fire or other dangers, be sure to observe the following basic precautions.These precautions include but are not limited to the following cases: Important Safety Matters Do Not Open •...
Introduction This digital mixer is designed with professional live performance as the standard. It is used for sound amplification in ballrooms, music halls, stage performances, live audio program recording and other application environments, with powerful featuresto meet the needs of the most demanding professionals.
INTERFACE DESCRIPTION 1. Combined input interface It is used to connect a microphone or balanced analog line input signal. The XLR interface is used to connect a microphone, and the 6.35mm TRS in-line interface is used to connect balanced line signals. These interfaces can provide + 48Vphantom power. This mixer has 12 combined input interfaces.
OPERATION PANEL DESCRIPTION 1. Main encoder knob It is used to quickly adjust the selected corresponding function parameters (such as EQ gain, dynamic parameters, channel-sent parameters, etc.). Most of the adjust able parameters of the mixer can be adjusted through the main encoder knob when selected. 2.
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5. Quick adjustment knob of the channel parameter It is used to quickly adjust common parameters in the channel editing interface.In the channel editing interface of the input channel, the knobs adjust channel Gain, EQ low-cut filter Low Cut, channel threshold value Gate, and channel pressure limit Comp from top to bottom. 6.
Software control SOFTWARE UPDATE You can contact the distributor of this product to obtain the latest software version. Software upgrade method: (USB flash drive upgrade) 1. Copy the upgrade package file (extension: .upk) to the root directory of the USBflash drive; 2.
FACTORY RESET The mixer provides 2 levels of restoring settings. One is to restore the setting parameters of all channels, and the other is to clear all user data and completely restore the factory settings. Restore all channel settingsL: Click Setting Reset on the menu-global interface of the mixer to restore the settings of all channels of the mixer, including all input channels, bus channels and effector channels.
Monitoring Settings This product includes a professional monitor selection system. The built-in monitor bus of the mixer sends signals to the MONITOR PHONES headphone monitor socket on the panel and the MONITOR OUTPUT speaker monitor socket on the back panel. You can obtain the signal of the monitor bus through these sockets.
Digital Output Channel Settings The digital output channel of this product can choose different source signals. You can send the signal of BUS7 & 8 or MASTER channel to the specified digital output channel and recording channel (AES / EBU, USB sound card, USB flash drive recording) as the source signal on the MENU-Digital page.
Account Settings This product has a built-in account password system, which can prevent playing accidents caused by accidentally touching the mixer. This product has no password by default. To set a password, you can click the Set Password button on the Menu-Password page. After the password is set successfully, the mixer will jump to the password entering page.
Network Connections You can use the mobile terminal to connect through the WIFI of the mixer, or directly connect to the computer with a network cable through the LAN port of the mixer to achieve remote control of the mixer. After connecting, enter the mixer's IP address in the browser on the mobile terminal or computer to load and use the control software on the web page.
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On the CONFIG page of the network, you can set the wireless / wired network connection of the mixer on the Wireless and Wired sub-pages. After setting, click the Save button to save. Wireless connection On the wireless connection page, you can set the WIFI network name (SSID) and network password (Security) of the mixer, and adjust the channel of the mixer.
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This product provides 11 wireless channels from 2.412GHz to 2.462GHz for your use. According to different management domains, multiple channels can be selected in the Wi-Fi wireless spectrum range, for example, Europe (ETSI) is 13 and North America (FCC) if 11. Third-party software can help choose a Wi-Fi channel.
Operation Login Interface When you set a password, the mixer will first enter the password entering page after startup, and you can use it normally after you enter the password correctly. For details on password settings, refer to 4. Software Control-Account Settings. Overview Interface This is the channel overview page that the mixer first enters.
MENU Setting Interface After pressing the MENU button, you will enter the menu setting page. This page includes the Global, Monitor, Digital, Password, and Network subpages, and you can update or reset the mixer, adjust monitoring settings, adjust digital output sources, set mixer passwords, and adjust network connection settings on these pages.
PRESET / Snapshot Interface When pressing the PRESET button, you will enter the preset / snapshot interface. This interface displays all the presets of the mixer. Select the preset on the left and press Load to apply the preset; click the Save button to save the current settings of the mixer;...
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After pressing the Import button, you will enter the list of USB flash drive storage presets. You can press the Load button to directly apply the preset from the USB flash drive to the mixer, or you can press the Import button to import the preset file to the mixer for later use.
Channel Copy Interface After pressing the COPY button, you will enter the channel copy interface. You can copy the channel settings from the list on the left to the channels on the right. First select the channel on the left list, and the right list will display the channel that can accept the pasted channel.
EFX Effector Setting Page After pressing the EFX button, you will enter the effector settings page. Click the RESET button to restore the parameters of each effector to their recommended values; click the EFFECT button to enter the effector selection interface, and enter the 7 effector and deactivation options (i.e., the NONE button) provided by the mixer.
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This product contains 4 kinds of reverb effectors, namely HALL reverb, ROOM reverb, PLATE reverb and CHURCH reverb. HALL reverb usually brings a sense of huge space; its high frequency attenuation is very obvious, and the attenuation time is usually the longest; ROOM reverb brings more intuitive sense of space, making people feel the existence of space clearly;...
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3. Chorus Chorus combines two or more signals, one of which is unaffected, while the pitch of the other signal changes very slightly over time, resulting in rich and full sound. Chorus is often used to thicken the soundtrack and increase the texture of the guitar. Chorus can also be used carefully to thicken vocal tracks.
Record and Play Interface Press the REC / PLAY interface in the upper right corner, you will enter the record and play interface. When a USB flash drive is inserted, the list on the left side of the interface will display the music files in the USB flash drive (mp3, wav format).
Mixer Channel The IN1-8 layer contains 8 MIC / LINE IN analog input channels. The IN9-16 layer contains 4 MIC / LINE IN analog input channels and 4 LINE IN analog input channels.
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The ST IN layer contains 2 pairs of stereo analog input channels, a PLAY USB flash drive play channel, 1 SPDIF input channel, 1 USB sound card input channel, and 2 FX effector channels. The BUS1-8 layer contains 8 buses. All buses can be set as single-channel AUX output or linked as stereo SUB channel output.
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DCA Marshalling Function:Press the BUS/DCA button for the second time to enter the operation page of DCA1-4 channel and press the selection button of corresponding DCA channel. Any input or output channels controlled by each DCA channel can be organized and managed, and the unified management of this DCA channel can be accepted, making the operation easier and more convenient for users.
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In addition to its own EQ function, the MASTER channel also has an independent 31-band GEQ graphic equalizer function. Click the GEQ button to enter the function interface as above. Click ON to enable the graphic equalizer, click PRESET to save and import the graphic equalizer presets, and click RESET to reset the graphic equalizer settings.
DSP Function When you click a channel on the screen or press the channel's SEL button, you will enter the editing page of the channel. This page contains the most basic editing functions and DSP functions of the channel. Channel page The Channel page contains an Input column, a Main column, and a Send to column.
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Gate page The Noise Gate page displays the noise gate parameters of the channel. The noise threshold uses a threshold to determine its "open" (over Threshold) or "closed" (below Threshold) status. When the door is closed, the signal level is reduced or cut off completely. The threshold can be used to reduce the ambient noise picked up by the microphone when the sound source (instrument / vocal) is silent.
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EQ page The EQ page displays the equalizer parameters of the channel. An equalizer adjusts the amplitude of an audio signal at a specific frequency. The EQ processing function of the input channel consists of a four-band parametric equalizer and a high-pass filter (HPF).
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The EQ processing function of the input channel consists of a four-band parametric equalizer and a high-pass filter (HPF). ON: Equalizer switch. RESET: Reset to the default value (that is, the equalizer "returns to zero", and the frequency and Q value are reset to the default values).
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Compressor page The compressor page displays the compressor parameters of the channel. The compressor will reduce the signal level over a certain threshold. ON: Noise gate switch. RESET: Reset to the default value. PRESETS: Call up the standard preset management pop-up box to save / load the compressor presets.
MUTE and Mute Group There is a MUTE button above each channel fader, which can mute the corresponding channel. Each channel can be programmed into the corresponding mute group in the channel editing interface - Channel page - Main column. When the mute group button on the bottom left of the mixer is lit, the channels in the group are muted.
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