The Zaxcom Deva Mix-8/Mix-12 are control surfaces for the embedded digital audio mixer in a Deva IV, Deva V, Deva 5.8, Deva 16, Fusion 10 and Fusion 12 location recorders. The Mix-12 is fully digital. All mixing is performed in the digital domain using a floating point DSP ensuring the highest quality audio.
Zaxcom Control Surfaces User’s Manual _____________________________________________Chapter 1 Getting to Know your Mix-8 LINEAR fader One complete channel strip consisting of: TRIM knob TRIM (#2), Meter (#3) and LINEAR fader (#1) Pre-fader input meter (CLIP, +10, 0 -10) Power connector Serial port – RS-422 Ports...
4. Connect the 12 VDC power input. 5. Turn ON the Mix-12’s power switch. DC Power The supplied AC-to-DC power convertor provides the proper voltage to the Mix-12. However, if a DC power source is used, it must supply 8 to 16 Volts @ 0.25 amps.
NOTE: When it is necessary to update parameter values, you can use the front panel numeric keypad, an attached keyboard and/or the keypad on the attached Mix-12. To enter a negative number while entering data manually, enter a zero (0) before entering the value.
LINEAR fader, view the Home page on your recorder. To get the best possible signal, the input should read between 0dB and +6dB. In the Home page and Cue page, pressing the “M” key toggles the Mix-12 metering between pre-fader input bus metering and disk mix metering.
Chapter 3_____________________________________________ Zaxcom Control Surfaces User’s Manual Adjusting the Meter Brightness You can adjust the meter brightness on the Mix-12 to one of eight levels. The brightest setting (8) allows the meters to be seen in direct sunlight. Use the Meter Brightness button in the Mix12 Setup page (MENU key >...
PFL function. Only the headphone use is effected by the PFL function. Multiple inputs can be selected when using the PFL function by pressing each key in turn. When the metering is changed (by pressing the M key, on the Mix-12’s keyboard or an attached keyboard) the PFL key’s illumination is inverted.
Chapter 3_____________________________________________ Zaxcom Control Surfaces User’s Manual Figure 3-3 Input (#) – EQ page (Analog/Digital) Pressing any other channel’s EQ key displays the new channel’s EQ page and illuminates only that channel’s CH key.. NOTE: If you press and hold the EQ key, when you release the key you will exit the EQ page.
BUS page – Pressing the CH key toggles the cross point. Linear fader To use the faders on the Mix-12, you must set up the audio to be routed to the output busses post fader. They cannot be used when the recorder audio is routed using the pre-fader option.
Chapter 3_____________________________________________ Zaxcom Control Surfaces User’s Manual Unassigned - This essentially disables the Tone key. TALK1, TALK2 and SLATE keys NOTE: The SLATE, TALK1 and TALK2 keys can be pressed at the same time to talk to each destination at the same time.
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