Alto AMX-100 Owner's Manual
Compact mixer with digital effect
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- Page 1 OWNER'S MANUAL AMX-100/AMX-100FX COMPACT MIXER WITH DIGITAL EFFECT www.altoproaudio.com Version 2.0 NOV. 2007 English...
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Page 2: Important Safety Instruction
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTION CAUTION WARNING To reduce the risk of electric shock RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK and fire, do not expose this equipment DO NOT OPEN to moisture or rain. TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER OR Dispose of this product should THE BACK PANEL OF THIS EQUIPMENT. -
Page 3: In This Manual
The 2TK input usually used for Tape of CD sources even comes with its own volume control and this feature is hard to find in a mixer of this size. Use it for small Gigs, for Computer Audio. AMX-100(FX) also is a flexible tool for your Multimedia presentations. -
Page 4: Digital Effects
MIC 1 MIC 2 PHONES MAIN MIX OUTPUT 2-TRACK IN/OUT -100 J.T. J.T. J.T. J.T. AUX SENDS LEFT 10-CHANNEL MIXING CONSOLE DIGITAL EFFECTS WITH TAPE IN TAPE OUT RIGHT BAL OR BAL OR BAL OR BAL OR UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL STEREO AUX RETURNS CTRL ROOM OUTPUT... - Page 5 HOOK SMALL GIG HOOKUP DIAGRAM ACTIVE SPEAKERS (ALTO PS4 HA) MIC 1 MIC 2 CD PLAYER DAT OR TAPE RECORDER MIC 1 MIC 2 MAIN MIX OUTPUT 2-TRACK IN/OUT PHONES -100 J.T. J.T. J.T. J.T. AUX SENDS LEFT 10-CHANNEL MIXING CONSOLE...
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Page 6: Ready To Start
Before disconnecting your AMX-100(FX) please turn-off the power switch first. d. Do not use solvent to clean your AMX-100(FX) using dry and clean cloth will be fine. e. Before turning on your AMX-100(FX), you shall connect it to a power amplifier and turn-on the AMX-100(FX) BEFORE the power amplifier . -
Page 7: Control Elements
4. CONTROL ELEMENTS 1 MONO MIC/LINE CHANNELS MIC 1 Your AMX-100(FX) is equipped with 2 low-noise microphone preamplifiers with optional phantom power, 44dB of Gain and over 100dB of S/N ratio. J.T. J.T. You can connect almost any type of microphone. - Page 8 4. CONTROL ELEMENTS EQUALIZATION Y ou have three EQ control for each mono and stereo input channel each providing +/-15dB of boost and cut (-MID is 12kHz +/-12dB). The signal will be unaffected when the controls are on center position. Y ou may use an external equalizer to make up a mix properly but a master equalizer will not have effect on a single channel and you may overload the signal easily.
- Page 9 LEVEL signals getting into your AMX-100(FX). Connect a microphone or an instrument to your AMX-100(FX) and sing/play at normal volume. Set the LEVEL control of that channel so that the PEAK LED lights-up only occasionally. If this LED is always on, you will experience a lot of distortion and you should turn the level control down.
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Page 10: Power Led
4. CONTROL ELEMENTS 14 POWER LED This LED indicated when your AMX-100(FX) switched-on. 2TK IN 2TK TO CTRL ROOM 15 PH LED This LED indicates when the PHANTOM AUX RTN 2TK TO MIX POWER is engaged. TAPE 16-17 2-TRACK signal path... -
Page 11: Aux Sends
4. CONTROL ELEMENTS INPUT/OUTPUT CONNECTORS 22 TAPE IN 2-TRACK IN/OUT Use the Tape input to connect a CD Player , Tape, DAT, iPOD or any other line-level source. Y ou can send this signal either to CONTROL ROOM OUTPUT and / or to the MAIN MIX OUTPUT using the relative 2TK TO select buttons. -
Page 12: Peak Led
4. CONTROL ELEMENTS BIT DIGITAL MULTIEFFECT FOOTSWITCH This section regards only AMX-100FX 28 PRESETS CONTROL This knob will select one of the 16 Factory Presets. These include several different reverbs, chorus, flanger , delay and combinations of the above. 29 VARIATIONS CONTROL For each of the 16 Factory Presets you can apply up to 16 variations, so in total your AMX-100FX offers 256 PRESETS... -
Page 13: Quick Start And Connections
5. QUICK START AND CONNECTIONS OK. you have got to this point and you are now in the position to successfully operate your AMX-100(FX): However , we advise you to read carefully the following section to get the best out of your AMX-100(FX). -
Page 14: For The Experts Who Want To Know More
6. FOR THE EXPERTS WHO WANT TO KNOW MORE As we have told you previously in this manual, the AUX SEND control both on mono and on stereo channels is factory wired as POST-FADER. If you have some skill in electronic components soldering you can modify this setting and have all your AUX SENDS configured as PRE-FADER. - Page 15 7. PRESET LIST (For AMX-100FX Model) Controllable parameter NO. Preset Description Parameter Variable range 0.8~1.1s Decay time VOCAL 1 Simulate a room with small delay time. 0~79ms Pre-delay 0.8~2.5s Decay time Simulate a small space with slight decay time. VOCAL 2 0~79ms Pre-delay Decay time...
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Page 16: Block Diagram
8. BLOCK DIAGRAM SEND SEND AUX-1 AUX-1 RIGHT-BUS RIGHT-BUS LEFT-BUS LEFT-BUS... -
Page 17: Technical Specification
9. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION Mono input channels Electronically balanced, discrete input configuration Microphone input Frequency response 10 Hz to 55 kHz, +/ 3 dB Distortion (THD & N) 0.005% at 4 dBu, 1kHz 0 dB to 44 dB (MIC) Gain range SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio) 115 dB electronically balanced... -
Page 18: Warranty Registration Card
10. WARRANTY 1 WARRANTY REGISTRATION CARD To obtain Warranty Service, the buyer should first fill out and return the enclosed Warranty Registration Card within 10 days of the Purchase Date. All the information presented in this Warranty Registration Card gives the manufacturer a better understanding of the sales status, so as to provide a more effective and efficient after-sales warranty service. - Page 19 NO. 1, Lane 17, Sec. 2, Han Shi West Road, Taichung 40151, Taiwan http://www.altoproaudio.com Tel: 886-4-22313737 email: alto@altoproaudio.com Fax: 886-4-22346757 All rights reserved to ALTO. All features and content might be changed without prior notice. Any photocopy, translation, or reproduction of part of this manual without written permission is forbidden. Copyright 2007 Seikaku Group NF01655-2.0...