User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- A few words from Greg Mackie.
- Selecting channels for a Mute Group.
- MAIN MIX (L/R) fader.
- Group Master Section.
- BREAK button/indicator
- MONITOR section
- STEREO IN knob
- Meter section.
- FX Master Section.
- Talkback.
- A better way.
- A traditional Monitor Mix.
- Musician's Phones.
- Aux Master AFL buttons and indicator.
- Aux Master.
- Master Control Section
- Further reading about mixing.
- A few more tips on equalization.
- MID EQ (stereo channels)
- Source Mic / Line (stereo channels).
- PFL switch / indicator
- Same as Mono Channels
- Different than
- Channel fader
- Bus Assign switches
- —20 (Signal present) LED.
- Mute button/ indicator.
- Pan.
- FX Send.
- Aux PRE Switch.
- Aux Sends
- EQ (Equalization), Mono Channels
- Comp (Compressor) and indicator.
- Gain Control.
- Mono Channel Strips.
- Channel 25-26 (or Channels 17-18) and Phones
- Musician Phones (AUX OUT 3 OR 4 + L/R INJECT)
- Aux Out.
- Group Out (sub buses).
- Monitor Out.
- Main Out.
- Talkback input.
- Foot Switch input.
- USB Out
- USB In
- USB input / output.
- Stereo input channels.
- Mono input channels.
- Power input connector
- POWER switch
- Power supply section
- Why do we start with the back of the mixer?
- How the band is set up on the mixer.
- The "pusha-bunch-'0' buttons" approach to creating a mute group.
- Un-doing the "pusha-bunch-'0' buttons" approach to creating a mute group.
- Program a Mute Group…
- Rack mounting (MW-2408 only)
- Settings that can be saved
- More on Factory Reset (restoring the factory default settings).
- Other GLOBAL options.
- Recalling a Global Scene
- Saving a Global Scene
- Global menu (scene memory, settings, initialization).
- Locking the state of the feedback suppressor
- Feedback Suppressor: Seting routing options.
- Recalling an Equalizer Setting (continued)
- Recalling an Equalizer Setting.
- Saving Equalizer settings.
- Adjusting (Narrow Mode) Continued
- Adjusting EQ Narrow Mode EQ (31 /9-band).
- Adjusting 9-band EQ (Wide Mode).
- Selecting Narrow or Wide 9-band equalization.
- Recalling a Dynamics preset.
- Saving a Dynamics setting.
- FEEDBACK SUPPRESSOR
- EQUALIZATION
- SoundLink Signal Processing*
- Gee, they don't sound like effects!
- Recalling a DFX preset.
- Saving a Digital Effects setting.
- Using the TAP button to set the delay time.
- Editing an effect
- Applying a Digital Effect
- Selecting the DFX type
- Digital Effects (DFX).
- Saving and Recalling Mute Groups.
- Combining Hard Mutes and Mute Groups.
- Adding to or subtracting channels from a Mute Group.
- Creating a Mute Group.
- "Hard muting".
- OL (Overload) LED.
Hook-up/Back panel Analog Controls Digital Controls
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Specifications
Frequency response
20 Hz – 20 kHz +0.5/-1.5 dB Nominal output, 1 kHz reference
Total harmonic distortion (THD
+ N)
MAIN OUT 0.004 % 1 kHz +24 dBu, GAIN=minimum
Noise
(A-weighted)
Equivalent input
noise
INPUT to MAIN
OUT
-128 dBu MIC IN, GAIN=maximum
Residual noise
MAIN OUT -94 dBu
Master fader: minimum
SUB GROUP OUT
-102 dBu
AUX OUT -93 dBu
Bus noise
MAIN OUT -70 dBu
Master fader: nominal
Bus assign switches: o
SUB GROUP OUT
-80 dBu
AUX OUT (1–2) -64 dBu
Master knob: nominal
AUX SEND knob: minimum
AUX OUT (3–4) -69 dBu
Analog input
specifications
Impedance Input level Connector specifications
Input Applicable
source
Nominal
level
Maximum
level
MIC IN
(channel)
3k Ω 50 –600 Ω -10 to -60
dBu
+12 to -38dBu Form: XLR-3-31
Signal: monaural (balanced)
LINE IN
(channel)
30k Ω 600 Ω +10 –
-40 dBu
+32 to -18 dBu
Form: 6.3 mm phone jack (TRS)
Signal: monaural (balanced)
MIC IN
(TALKBACK)
1.1k Ω 50 –600 Ω -55 dBu -18 dBu Form: XLR-3-31
Signal: monaural (balanced)
STEREO IN
2k Ω 600 Ω - -3 dBV
Form: 3.5 mm phone jack (TRS)
Signal: stereo (unbalanced)
Crosstalk
Between input
and output
(MAIN L/R)
-70 dBu 1 kHz, Bandpass Filter
Between adjacent
input channel
strips
-95 dBu 1 kHz, Bandpass Filter
Analog output
specifications
Impedance Output level Connector
specifications
Output Rated im-
pedance
Nominal Maximum
MAIN OUT
75 Ω 600 Ω +4 dBu +26 dBu Form: XLR-3-32, 6.3 mm phone
jack (TRS)
Signal: monaural (balanced)
SUB GROUP OUT
75 Ω 10k Ω +4 dBu +22 dBu Form: 6.3 mm phone jack (TRS)
Signal: monaural (impedance
balanced)
MONITOR OUT
75 Ω 10k Ω +4 dBu +22 dBu Form: 6.3 mm phone jack (TRS)
Signal: monaural (impedance
balanced)
PHONES OUT
110 Ω 32 Ω - 100 mW
@32 Ω
Form: 6.3 mm phone jack (TRS)
Signal: stereo (unbalanced)
AUX OUT
75 Ω 600 Ω +4 dBu +26 dBu Form: XLR-3-32
Signal: monaural (balanced)
MUSICIAN'S
PHONES OUT
110 Ω 32 Ω - 100 mW
@32 Ω
Form: 6.3 mm phone jack (TRS)
Signal: stereo (unbalanced)
Digital input/output
specifications
Applicable stan-
dards
Audio format Connector
specifications
USB IN/OUT
USB Audio Class 1.0 44.1/48 kHz, 16/24-bit,
stereo
Form: USB Type-B
Signal: USB 2.0