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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Catalogue Introductions..........................2 Features............................2 Panel ............................Rear Panel ............................5 Output Channel ..........................Mic Channel ........................... Input Stage Subpage ........................EQ Subpage ..........................Dynamics Subpage ........................Bus Send Subpage........................Output Stage Subpage ........................Stereo and DCA Channel ....................... BUS Page .............................

  • Page 3: Introductions

    Introductions Soundking enters the digital mixing console market with a full featured compact digital mixing console that combines the advantages of high-end hardware/touch slide control and 485 operation. It features fourth-generation 40-bit SHARC floating-point processor, 24-bit/192kHz A/D and D/A conversion, 8 built-in...

  • Page 4: Panel

    PANEL SENDS COPY PASTE M.G1 9-16 IN ST M.G2 USER1 USER2 SOLO MUTE VIEW...
  • Page 5 1. Gain knob: Adjusts the gain of the corresponding input channel in the range 0-60dB 2 Screen Edit and control the mixer via the touch screen 3 Function key Setup system function FX effect A, B C D self-defined function VIEW 4 Adjust parameter knob: Operates with a touch screen to adjust parameters 5 16 level meter display main output level.

  • Page 6: Rear Panel

    1. Outputs 1-8: 8 XLR output interface for analog signals to external devices via XLR connection cables. Outputs 7-8 output the master channel signal by default. 2. Input 1-16: 16 input interface for connecting a line or microphone to an audio signal source.

  • Page 7: Output Channel

    Input Channel DX20 has 12-channel mono inputs, 2 analogue stereo inputs, 1 stereo S/PDIF input channel and 1 stereo USB input. INPUT 1-8 and INPUT 9-12 ST-USB buttons are for input page up/page down. INPUT 1-8 covers 8 channels MONO input channel CH1~CH8, INPUT 9-12 ST-USB covers 4 mono inputs (CH9~CH12), 2 analogue stereo input channels, 1 stereo S/PDIF input and 1 stereo USB input.

  • Page 8: Input Stage Subpage

    Input Stage subpage ① 48V phantom power Press the key, to enable the 48V phantom power. Press again to disable it. The default is set as disabled. ② Switch channels Press the key, to choose previous or next channel within a same layer ③...

  • Page 9: Eq Subpage

    EQ Sub Page Switch Channels ① Single press the key to switch between previous or next channel on the same layer Bypass ② Single press the key to enable Bypass, i.e. bypassed the EQ, press again to bring the EQ back. The default is set as disabled.

  • Page 10: Dynamics Subpage

    ⑦ Library Save or load user's EQ settings. Single press the dropdown button and select a library file from a popped-up list, in order to load the EQ setting. Single press the “S ave button after you have done with EQ settings, ”...
  • Page 11 Compressor ④ IN: Press the key to enable Compressor, press again to disable it. The default is set as disabled. Compressor: Threshold modifies breakpoint's position on the curve, Ratio modifies the bending rate of the curve above the breakpoint, Gain controls the vertical position of the diagonal. Parameter Adjustment: To adjust the parameter of Gate by dragging the slider, or turning the main Encoder on the control panel (fine tuning can be activated when pressed the knob down).

  • Page 12: Bus Send Subpage

    Bus Send Sub-page The input channel can send signal into 4-channel mono bus, 4-channel stereo bus and L/R master output bus. ① Channel Switch Single press the key to switch between previous or next channel on the same layer. Bus-send enable ②...

  • Page 13: Output Stage Subpage

    Output Stage Sub-page The sub-page mainly contains PAN, Solo, Mute, fader control and signal level display. ① Swtich Channel Single press the key to switch between previous or next channel on the same layer. ② PAN control The default is set as 50|50, the PAN value can be tuned by touch knob, or physical knob on the control panel. Double press the parameter frame to set it back to default.

  • Page 14: Stereo And Dca Channel

    Stereo channel and DCA The ST1 and ST2 input channels are the same as the Mono channel, and also include four modules: Input Stage, EQ, Bus Send and Output Stage. Click a module to pop up the corresponding sub page; Click the Close button on the sub page to exit the sub page. DCA part On the DCA page there are six groups which can be controlled as needed.
  • Page 15 Double click to enter DCA, Fader page Switchable DCA channel Can control whether the selected channel is muted Fader can control the transmission volume of the selected channel...

  • Page 16: Bus Page

    ① Input Stage The module shows the setup of output and effect insert which are assigned from the bus. ② EQ The module shows the EQ curve of the bus. ③ Input Source The module shows the channel info sent to the bus ④...
  • Page 17 ① Switch Channel Single press the button to switch between previous or next channel on the same layer ② Bus send enable Single press a bus button, to send channel signal to the bus, press again to disable. ③ PreFader/PostFader toggle selection The default is PreFader.

  • Page 18: Output Stage Subpage

    EQ Subpage This Subpage is the same as EQ Subpage of the MIC channel, please refer to MIC channel EQ page. Output Stage Subpage The page contains Delay, PAN, Solo, Mute, fader level control and signal level display. (the output of Bus5~Bus8 and L&R bus is similar with Bus1~Bus4).

  • Page 19: Setup Page

    Setup page The page contains Information, Sample Rate, Delay Unit, System, WiFi, Remote, Brightness and Time & Date. ① Scenes Shows the name of scenes. ② Information System Version shows the version of APK, DSP, Fader and other softwares on this console. IP Address shows the IP address of the console.

  • Page 20: Routing Page

    Routing Page Routing page local subpage Local input routing, input signals can be allocated to any single or multiple input channels Local output routing, the output signal can be allocated to any single or multiple output channels...
  • Page 21 Routing page multi track recording card subpage After the expansion is inserted, the input signal can be allocated to any single or multiple input channels of the expansion card Reset key, restore the default value After the expansion is inserted, theoutput signal can be allocated to any single or multiple output channels of the expansion card...

  • Page 22: Meter Page

    Meter Page The page contains two parts: signal level from input processing channel and outputs. Signal level of input processing channel has three modes IN, Pre Fader and Post Fader with Pre Fader as the default. To select signal level mode to be displayed through single pressing the button.The signal level of output has two modesPre Fader and Post Fader with Pre Fader as the default.

  • Page 23: Modulation Subpage

    The Effects have 8 modules, which are 2 Modulation, 2 Delay, 2 Reverb and 2 15-band GEQ. All the modules can be inserted to input processing channel or bus processing channel, for one time only. Note, input processing channel can only be inserted with one effect module, while the bus can have two. ①...

  • Page 24: Delay Subpage

    Freq ranges from 20 Hz to 200 Hz, with a default @ 100 Hz. Adjust the Frequency by turning the main Encoder or on the touch screen (fine tuning can be activated by pressing the main Encoder knob). Double press the parameter frame to set it as default. ⑤...
  • Page 25 ① Module Selection Single press left right selection button, to choose FX module: Modul1-Modul2-Delay1-Delay2-Reverb 1-Reverb2-GEQ1-GEQ2). ② Type Single press dropdown button, then choose a wanted type from the dropdown listOne Echo 1/4 Two Echo 1/8 Three Echo 1/16 Three Echo 1/16 Delayed Four Echo 1/16 One Echo 1/4 with 4 Reflect. ③...

  • Page 26: Reverbsubpage

    Chart 1 Factor Ratio to BPM 1/32 1/24 1/16 1/12 Feedback: to return output delay into input, so as to generate echo from amplitude attenuation. Ranges from 0 to 90, with a default @ 0. To adjust by turning the main Encoder or dragging slider on the touch screen (fine tuning can be activated by pressing the main Encoder knob).
  • Page 27 ① Module Selection Single press left right selection button, to choose FX module: Modul1-Modul2-Delay1-Delay2-Reverb Reverb2-GEQ1-GEQ2). ② Type Single press dropdown button, then choose a wanted type from the dropdown list Hall Bright/Hall Warm/ Room Bright/ Room Warm /Plate Bright/ Plate Warm. ③...

  • Page 28: Geq Subpage

    GEQ Subpage Double press “GEQ 1 or 2” in the FX Subpage, access to Subpage of GEQ parameter tuning, as showed in the picture below. ① Module Selection Single press left right selection button, to choose FX module: Modul1-Modul2-Delay1-Delay2-Reverb Reverb2-GEQ1-GEQ2. ②...

  • Page 29: Scenes Page

    Scenes Page The page contains Scene List and operations for scenes. ① Scene List Scene List contains number(No) selection(Sel) name(Name) and creat/update time(Time). To select a certain scene through single pressing option frame in the Sel column. ② Operation Delete Delete scenes. When select a scene, single press the button, a dialog pops up Are you sure you “...

  • Page 30: Media Page

    Media Page Player ① The player can display the name of selected soundtracks and playback progress, includes 8 function buttonsstop ( ) play/pause ( ) previous( ) rewind ( ) forward ( ) next ( play mode ( ) and record ( Meter display of playback and record ②...

  • Page 31: Monitor Page

    Monitor Page The page mainly contains settings for Oscillator, Monitor / Phones and Solo. ① Oscillator Oscillator of the console used for system test and calibration. On/Off Swtich: Single press the button to switch on (ON) Oscillator, press again to switch off. The default is disabled.

  • Page 32: Custom Page

    Custom Subpage Custom Shortcuts Subpage The shortcut keys on the panel can be edited freely in this interface Custom Layer Settings In this interface, you can edit any channel of the self defined layer...

  • Page 33: Group Mute Subpage

    As shown in the following figure, (input output and DCA are displayed in one page) Set Mute Group Select the MG1 option to enter the group configuration page. The mute group configuration is empty by default and the settings can be changed as required...

  • Page 34: Dimension Drawing Page

    Dimension Drawing...

  • Page 35: Signal Flow Diagram

    Signal Flow Diagram...

  • Page 36: Technical Parameters

    Input channel Stereo bus Effect 2 modulation, 2 delay, 2 reverb, 2 GEQ DCA group Mute group Self-defined key Support Self-defined layer Support Sampling rate 24bit 48kHz Local mic input 12 x XLR+4xCOMBO Local digital input 1 x S/PDIF Local output 8 x XLR Local digital output 1xAES EBU...

  • Page 37: Console Software Upgrade Introductions

    Instructions for Upgrading the Mixing Console Software Save the updated APK zip file to a blank USB drive, insert the USB drive into the USB port on the mixing console panel. Click the Setup button on the panel to enter the settings interface. Then click the Maintenance button on the interface to enter the maintenance page.

  • Page 38: Wifi Connection Introductions

    WIFI Connection Instructions Click the Setup button on the panel to enter the settings interface. Then click the Setupwifi button on the interface to enter the wifi settings page. Click the Setupwifi button on the Setup interface to open the WIFI page. The network connection provides LAN and Work mode hotspot two methods: LAN is suitable for fixed places with WIFI, and the optional wireless router is selected according to distance requirements.
  • Page 39 Remote access through a computer or tablet, connect the computer or tablet to the same network as the mixing console, open a browser (Google Chrome browser is recommended), and enter the IP Address in the URL bar, as shown in the above figure, 192.168.168.108:8888. Then press Enter to enter the remote control page (the red part must be the IP of the current console controlled;...

  • Page 40: Usb2.0 Expansion Card Instructions

    USB2.0 Expansion Card Instructions ① ② USB TYRE B port used to connect PC. ① Used to upgrade pluggable rear module firmware. ② USB 2.0 pluggable rear module for real-time recording/playback of 16 in and 16 out. Attention: This module needs to be inserted into the mixer before power on. When plugging (IN or OUT) the card, please power off the mixer first.
  • Page 41 All rights reserved to SOUNDKING. No part of this manual may be reproduced, translated or photocopied by any means for any purpose, without the written permission of SOUNDKING. The information involved in this manual is subject to change without notice.

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