User guide

Dugan-MY16 User Guide

7. During the event, adjust the faders to refine your mix.

There is usually no need to adjust the Dugan-MY16’s controls during the event.

Since the Dugan Speech System manages gain, there is no need to mute live mic

channels (on the mixer or Dugan-MY16) unless there is disturbing noise.

NOTE: If clipping occurs on a channel, turn down that channel’s input gain, and increase the

channel’s weight setting to re-establish the ambient noise balance.

Muting Mics on an LS9

If you have an LS9 mixer with firmware V1.21, or earlier, it does not allow post-fader

inserts. You must use the Dugan Control Panel to operate with the Dugan-MY16.

Mics must be muted by using the Dugan’s mute buttons. Pulling a fader down on the

console will not properly mute a channel. Although that mic is no longer audible in

the mix, it still contributes to the automatic mixing gain computations, and causes

ambient noise fluctuation. At worst, a noise at this mic could cut off another speaker.

To properly mute a channel:

•Leave the console faders up, adjust levels while people are talking, and mute a mic

by pressing the Dugan’s mute mode button. Enable the mic when needed by acti-

vating the auto button. You can use the Master PRESET button as a panic button

to unmute all mics.

Muting mics does not alter the overall ambient sound mix: the Speech System com-

pensates by slightly raising the ambient gains of the other mics to compensate for

the gain subtracted by muting a mic.

- OR -

•Use the bypass button with the console fader pulled down. This keeps the mic in-

stantly available on the fader but removes that mic from automatic mixing.