A-16 Personal Mixer Console Personnelle User Guide 9301 1006 0001F rev 2.02 © 2013 Aviom, Inc.
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Table of Contents Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Conventions Used in this Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Button Presses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Making a Mix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 The Editing Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Setting Channel Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linking Channels. . . . . . . . . . .
Welcome Thank you for purchasing the A-16II Personal Mixer, a member of Aviom’s Pro16® Series of digital products. All Pro16 products are powered by A-Net®, Aviom’s proprietary data transmission protocol designed especially for the unique demands of live streaming audio. This User Guide is designed to familiarize you with your new product and to have your system up and running in no time.
Conventions Used in this Document Button Presses When indicating a button on the front panel of the A-16II Personal Mixer, a special typeface is used. For example, “when selecting a Preset, press the Recall button, followed by a numbered button”. AN-Series The AN-16/i Input Module, AN-16/i-M Mic Input Module, and AN-16/o Output Module are referred to generically as the AN-Series of products.
Package Contents The A-16II Personal Mixer box includes: •• One A-16II Personal Mixer •• Documentation Options for your personal mixing system include: •• PS-120 Power Supply •• Cat-5e/Cat-6 interconnect cables •• MT-1a Mic Stand Mount •• EB-1 Extension Bracket •• D800, A-16D, or A-16D Pro A-Net Distributors Also included with the system is a Warranty Registration, found within this User Guide. Be sure to fill out the form and return it to Aviom, Inc. via mail or fax as soon as possible.
Compatibility The A-16II Personal Mixer is compatible with Pro16, Pro16e, and Pro64 A-Net devices as detailed below. Pro16 Products The A-Net Out from the following Pro16 devices may be connected to the A-16II Personal Mixer’s A-Net In port: •• AN-16/i v.
About Category 5 The term Category 5 (also referred to as Cat-5) is broadly used to describe a type of high performance network cabling used for data transmission purposes to connect computer networks and other devices. A standard patch cable consists of four twisted pairs of copper wire terminated by RJ45 male connectors. The cable assembly is used to provide connectivity between any two Cat-5 female RJ45 jacks.
Cable Lengths For Pro16 applications—connecting one Pro16 device to another—the Cat-5e cables used with your Aviom products may be up to 500 feet (approximately 150 meters) in length between devices. For example, connecting an AN-16/i-M Mic Input Module to an AN-16/o Output Module is a Pro16-to-Pro16 connection.
AC Line Conditioning Aviom products are digital devices and as such are sensitive to sudden spikes and drops in the AC line voltage. Changes in the line voltage from lightning, power outages, etc. can sometimes damage electronic equipment. To minimize the chance of damage to your equipment from sudden changes in the AC line voltage, you may want to plug your equipment into a power source that has surge and spike protection.
Cleaning and Maintenance Information The exterior of your Aviom products should be cleaned with a dry, soft, lint-free cloth. For tougher dirt, you can use a cloth slightly dampened with water or with a mild detergent. When cleaning your Aviom products, never spray cleaners directly onto the product surfaces. Instead, spray a small amount of the cleaning solution onto a clean cloth first. Then use the dampened cloth to clean the product.
A-16II Personal Mixer Front Panel Components 4 1 2 7 5 6 3 9 8 10 11 12 13 14 1 A-Net Active LED 8 Group button 2 Channel Pan control and LEDs 9 Solo button 3 Channel Volume control and LEDs 10 Mute button 4 Bass tone control 11 Label strip 5 Treble tone control 12 Channel select LED 6 Master volume control 13 Channel Mute LED 7 Recall button (for Save, hold Recall and Group) 14 Channel select button A-16II Personal Mixer User Guide 9
Rear Panel Components Phones/Lines Out Out DC Power 18-24 VDC Regulated 500 mA 1 T-Left R-Right S-Ground 1 Headphones/Line output 2 DC power jack 3 A-Net Out jack 4 A-Net In jack A-16II Personal Mixer User Guide A-Net In 2 3 4 10
Monitor System Setup Configuring a monitor mixing system requires only a few steps. Start with all devices turned off. When all power, network, and audio connections have been made, you can then power up all the components in your system. Power up the personal mixers and any amplifiers or powered speakers last to avoid unwanted pops or noises. Power Connection Connecting a Cat-5e cable from an A-Net distributor such as the A-16D Pro will supply DC power to run the A-16II Personal Mixer unit.
Any combination of A360, A-16II and A-16R Personal Mixers as well as other Pro16 output devices can be used to create a system. When using an A-Net Distributor, additional Personal Mixers can be daisy chained from a Personal Mixer that is being over the Cat-5 cable powered from one of the distributor’s ports. Each additional Personal Mixer added will require a separate power supply. Only one device may be powered from each distributor port.
A-16II Features This section describes the controls, modes, and functions of the A-16II Personal Mixer.
P Note: A Preset is saved when the numbered button is released. Global Controls The three knobs in the upper right section of the A-16II Personal Mixer affect your overall mix volume and tone directly. The Bass, Treble, and Master volume controls are always active, regardless of the state of the current mix or selected Preset. These are analog controls and their settings are not stored as part of a mix preset.
P Note: Always use caution when adjusting any audio system component to avoid potential hearing damage. Button Behaviors There are various combinations of lighted and unlighted buttons on the A-16II Personal Mixer. Here is an overview: •• Channel buttons have two LEDs, an upper and lower. The upper button is red and indicates that the channel is selected. The lower button is yellow; it indicates that the channel is muted. Channel buttons will light solid or flash. •• The Recall button has one red LED.
Basic Navigation When the Personal Mixer is powered up, Preset 1 is automatically selected. On the Personal Mixer, one channel is always selected for editing. You can tell that a channel is selected because the upper LED in its button is lit. The sixteen channel buttons have two LEDs in each, an upper and a lower. The red upper LED indicates that the channel is selected; you can change its volume and panning.
DC Power Input Connect the optional PS-120 DC power supply to the jack on the rear of the Personal Mixer. Use only power supplies designed for your Aviom products. Audio Outputs The audio outputs on the rear of the A-16II Personal Mixer can be used with headphones, in-ear monitors, powered speakers, or any other device that can accept a line level audio output. Stereo, dual-mono, and mono outputs are available by using the appropriate cables.
This test happens only once when the plug is initially inserted. Avoid using a Y-cord splitter to achieve mono. Note that saved mixes are not permanently altered. The panning changes are made seamlessly in software. P Note: You may notice a very brief delay in audio playback when a plug is initially inserted into the output jack on the rear of the A-16II. This delay is normal; the A-16II mutes audio while the plug is being analyzed.
Setting Channel Volume When you change the volume of a channel on the Personal Mixer, the LEDs in the Volume section of the mixer surface will indicate the level in real time. When a new channel is selected, its current volume is instantly indicated on the LEDs. When no LEDs are lit, channel volume is at its minimum setting. The Pan and Volume Controls for the selected channel To make changes to a channel: •• Select a channel by pressing its numbered button—the button’s upper LED will light.
Linking Channels For stereo input sources such as keyboards, CD players, submixes, etc., Pro16 input modules provide a convenient method of controlling these two-channel sources. It’s called a Stereo Link. Linking two channels is done from the input device or digital console card. Each pair of inputs has a corresponding Link switch. When the switch is positioned to the left, the two channels are independent. When the switch is moved to the right, the channels become linked.
to hear alone. Its red button LED should be lit. Now press the Solo button, found in the pair of buttons in the upper right corner of the Personal Mixer. The channel is now heard solo. You can make changes to volume and panning when a channel is in Solo mode. All changes happen immediately. Consider Solo mode as a temporary state only. You cannot save a Preset with a channel in Solo mode. Only one channel, linked pair, or Group can be in solo at a time.
You can also exit Held Solo Mode by pressing the Recall, Group, or Mute buttons. Remember that the Personal Mixer can only enter Held Solo Mode from the normal Mix Mode. If you currently have a channel temporarily soloed (the Solo LED is lit solid), you must exit the single channel Solo Mode (by hitting another channel button or the Solo button) before you can enter Held Solo Mode.
Unmute a Channel Once a channel is muted, you can follow this simple procedure to clear the mute: •• Select the muted channel. (It should have the yellow LED in its button lit.) •• Press the Mute button. •• The yellow LED will go out. •• To clear mutes on other channels, continue selecting channels, pressing the Mute button to clear each mute. Save the Preset with the mutes, if desired. P Note: Solo mode will temporarily override a mute. This guarantees that you will always hear the channels you solo.
Press the Group button to create or edit a group. To create a Group: •• Start by selecting a channel that you want to be included in the Group. •• Press the dedicated Group button on the left side of the A-16II Personal Mixer. •• The red Group LED will begin to flash indicating that you can now edit the Group. •• Double-click the channel buttons to include a channel in the Group. •• Channels that are added to the Group will flash their upper red LED to indicate that they are now part of the Group.
Creating Additional Groups Three Groups can be created and saved in each Preset in a Personal Mixer. Each Group can be created and/ or edited as needed while live audio is playing through the system. The instructions in the previous section describe how to create and save the first Group in a mix. Creating additional Groups follows the same procedure. Use these steps to create a second and/or third Group. •• Select a channel that is not currently part of an existing Group.
making changes as needed. Remember, volume and pan changes only affect the channel whose LED is lit solid. Press the Group button again to exit Group Mode. Save the mix Preset. One channel in a Group is always available for editing, indicated by a flashing LED; press any other channel in the Group to change its pan or volume. Removing Channels From a Group When in the Group edit mode (the Group LED is flashing), changes can be made to the channels included in existing Groups.
Muting Groups Groups can be muted if necessary while creating a mix or editing. The procedure is the same as for muting a single channel. To mute a Group: •• First select one of the channels that is part of the Group. •• The upper (red) LED in each channel button that is part of a Group will be lit solid. •• To mute the Group, press the Mute button. •• The lower (yellow) LEDs in all channel buttons contained in the Group will light, indicating that the channels are now muted.
Hold Group and then press Mute to use the Global Trim function. Saving a Preset When you select a channel by pressing its corresponding numbered channel button, the current settings for channel volume and panning are indicated instantly in the Volume and Pan LED readouts. When a channel is selected, you can always make real-time changes to its settings. These changes are temporary until the mix is stored as a Preset. Each channel button on the A-16II front panel also serves as a memory location.
To save a Preset, hold Recall and Group simultaneously and then press a channel button. All 16 channel LEDs flash to indicate a successful Preset save. Verify a Mix Memory Location When creating and editing mix Presets, it is useful to know which Preset was the last one to be stored in order to avoid overwriting Presets accidentally. When preparing to save a mix in the A-16II, the software will display the last mix Preset that was recalled when the Recall and Group buttons are held simultaneously.
Applications This section describes how to set up and use the Pro16 Monitor Mixing System in a variety of contexts. Pro16 mic- or line-level input modules such as the AN-16/i v.2 and AN‑16/i-M can be used as well as console cards from Aviom and third-party manufacturers. Most of the applications described below apply equally to analog and digital consoles. However, this document cannot cover third-party digital console cards and the configuration of the consoles that can accept them.
There are some special ways that the input module can be used to allow this flexible processing. The exact layout of your existing main mixer will influence how many of these techniques you can use. Y Cable Insert The Pro16 analog input module can be used with a console’s insert send/return loop just as if it were an effects processor.
Playback Monitoring In the studio, performers also need to listen back to tracks they have just recorded. If each performer is using a different mix while recording, playback of the track will be different in each set of headphones. If you can dedicate two inputs on the Pro16 input module for playback, you can easily provide the performers with a high-quality playback of the track they have just recorded.
If you are using direct outputs from channels to send instrument and mic signals into the input module, you need to dedicate two channels to the mics that are picking up the ambient sound. It is not necessary that these live mics be sent into the front of house mix. Silent Session There is no requirement that a mixing console be used with the Pro16 Monitor Mixing System, especially when you have an analog input module.
Troubleshooting Before contacting Customer Service, check the following list of common problems and solutions for help. Problem: No audio from Personal Mixer outputs Possible Solutions: •• No input audio from the main mixing console. Check the levels of the main mixing board that the system is connected to. •• Check the cables and connections between the main audio mixer and the personal monitor system.
Problem: Can’t hear a channel that is part of a Group Possible Solutions: •• The Group might be muted. Check the lower (yellow) LED in the channel buttons. A lit yellow LED indicates the channel is muted. To unmute it, press the Mute button while the Group is selected. The yellow LED must be unlit in order to hear the audio on that channel. •• The channel volume is all the way down. In Group edit mode, select the channel and check the level for that channel by looking at the LEDs in the Volume indicator.
Problem: In Group mode, can’t select a new channel. Possible Solutions: •• If you already have three Groups defined and attempt to create a new Group, the button press is ignored. Creating a new Group would exceed the limit of three Groups per Preset. Edit or delete an existing Group to continue. Problem: Mono line-level output is weak Possible Solutions: •• If you connect the TRS output of the A-16II Personal Mixer to a balanced mono powered speaker, you must use a properly configured cable.
A-16II Personal Mixer Specifications Audio Outputs 1/4” TRS stereo, headphone or line level Line/Headphone TRS Output Tip: Audio Left; Ring: Audio Right; Sleeve: Ground Auto-detects mono plugs A-Net I/O 1 A-Net In, 1 A-Net Out; RJ45 connectors D/A Conversion 44.
Personal Mixer Mounting Options The A-16II can be mounted to standard mic stands with the MT-1a, which attaches to the bottom of the Personal Mixer. Mic Stand Mount The MT-1 attaches to the Personal Mixers using three machine screws, size 6-32, 1/4-inch long. Adding an EB-1 bracket allows the Personal Mixer to be attached to the side of a mic stand, music stand or drum hardware. The EB-1 attaches to the mic stand mount so that a Personal Mixer may be connected to a mic stand.
A-Net Pan Digital mixer A-16II Personal Mixer User Guide Volume D/A converter 2-band EQ Master volume R Stereo audio out L Block Diagram 39
Dimensions A-16II Personal Mixer User Guide 40
Index A A-16D 2 A-16D Pro 2 A-16D Pro A-Net Distributor 3, 4, 7, 11 A-16II Personal Mixer 4 A-16R Personal Mixer 12 A-16R Rack-mount Personal Mixer 4 A360 Personal Mixer 3, 12 AC Line Conditioning 7 Adding Effects 31, 32 Adding Live Ambience 32 All Volumes Zero 15 AN-16/i 30 AN-16/i Input Module 4 AN-16/i-M Mic Input Module 2, 4, 6 AN-16/i v.
E EB-1 37 EB-1 Extension Bracket 3 Editing Groups 25 Editing Interface 18 EQ 14 tone control 9 EtherCon 5 Ethernet 3 Link 23 linked channels 16, 19 Linking Channels 20 Live Ambience 32 Local Area Network 3 M headphones 17 Headphones/Line output 12 Held Solo Mode 20, 21 Master volume 14 Master Volume 13, 14, 18 Master volume control 9 maximum cable length 6 Maximum Level 37 memory location 28 memory locations 13 Mic Input Module 2 Mic Stand Mount 3 Mix Memory Location 29 Mix Mode 13 modes 13 Monitor with
Playback Monitoring 32 Plug Detection stereo/mono 17 Plug Size DC Power 7 Polarity DC Power Supply 7 Power Connection 11 power over Cat-5 12 power supply 17 Power Supply 37 PS-120 7 replacing 7 Preset 16, 18 Memory Location 28 save 14, 28, 34 Preset 1 28 Pro16 1, 3, 4 Pro16e 3 cable length 6 Pro64 4 PS-120 Power Supply 3, 7, 11, 17, 37 R Recall button 9, 15 Recall Mode 13, 15 Record a Mix 33 red LED 15, 18, 24, 25 Removing Channels From a Group 26 replace the power supply 7 RJ45 5 router 5 S Save 9 save a
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