XENYX 1622FX/1832FX/2222FX/2442FX User Manual
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XENYX 1622FX/1832FX/2222FX/2442FX User Manual
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T erm in al s ma rk ed w ith t hi s sy mb ol c ar ry e le ctr ic al c ur re nt o f
su cient magnitude to constitute risk of electric shock . Use
only high-quality commercially-available speaker cables with ¼" TS
plugs pre-installed. All other installation or modi cation should be
per formed only by quali ed personnel.
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Th is s ym bo l , w he r ev er i t ap pe ar s, a le rts y ou t o th e pr es en ce o f
un in su la te d da ng er ou s v ol tag e in si de t he e nc lo su re - v ol ta ge t ha t
may be su cient to constitute a risk of shock.
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Th is s ym bo l , w he r ev er i t ap pe ar s, a le rts y ou t o im po rta nt o pe ra ti ng
and maintenance instructions in the accompan ying literature.
Please read the manual.
Caution !
T o re du ce t he r is k o f el ec tri c sh oc k, do n ot r em o ve t he t op c ov e r
(or the rear section). No user serviceable par ts inside. Ref er ser vicing
to quali ed personnel.
Caution !
T o re du ce t he r is k o f re o r el ect ri c sho ck , do no t ex po se t hi s
appliance to rain and moisture . The apparatus shall not be exposed
to d ri pp in g or s pla sh in g li qu id s an d no o bje ct s l le d w it h li qu id s,
such as vases, shall be placed on the appara tus.
Caution !
These service instructions are for use by quali ed ser vice personnel
on ly . T o r ed uc e th e ris k of e le ctr ic s ho ck d o n ot p erf or m an y
servicing other than that contained in the operation instructions.
Repairs have to be performed by quali ed ser vice personnel.
Read these instructions.
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Keep these instructions.[2]�
Heed all warnings.[3]�
F ollow all instructions.[4]�
Do not use this apparatus near water .[5]�
Clean only with dry cloth.[6]�
Do not block any ventilation openings . Install in accordance [7]�
with the manufacturer ’ s instruc tions.
Do not install near any heat sourc es such as radiators, heat
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registers , stoves, or other appar atus (including ampli ers) that
produce heat.
Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or
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grounding- type plug . A polarized plug has two blades with one
wider than the other . A grounding-type plug has two blades
and a third grounding pr ong. The wide blade or the third pr ong
are provided f or your safety . If the provided plug does not t
in t o y o ur o ut let , c on su lt an e le ctr ic ia n f or r ep la ce me nt o f th e
obsolete outlet.
Place the pow er cord so that it is protected from being w alked
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on and sharp edges. Be sure that the pow er cord is protected
particular ly at plugs, c onvenience r eceptacles and the point
where it exits from the appar atus.
Th e ap pa ra tu s sh al l be c on ne ct ed t o a MA IN S so ck et ou tl et
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with a protective earthing connection.
Wh er e t he M AI NS p lu g o r an a pp li an ce c ou pl er i s us ed a s
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th e di sc on ne ct de vi ce , t he d isc o nn ect d ev ic e sh al l r e ma in
readily operable.
On ly u se a tt ac hm en ts /a cc es so ri es sp ec i ed b y th e
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manufacturer .
Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket,
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or table speci ed by the manufacturer , or
sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used,
us e ca ut io n wh en mo v in g t he c art /a pp ar at us
combination to av oid injur y from tip-over .
Un pl ug t hi s ap par a tu s du rin g li gh tn in g
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storms or when unused for long periods of time.
Re fe r al l se rvi ci ng t o qu al i ed se rvi ce p er so nn el . Se rvi cin g is
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required when the appara tus has been damaged in any way ,
su ch a s po w er su pp ly c or d o r plu g is d am ag ed , li qu id h as b ee n
spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus , the apparatus
has been exposed to rain or moisture , does not operate
normally , or has been dropped.
EN
INTRODUCTION 1.
XENY X Mic Preamp
T he m ic r op ho ne c ha nn el s f ea t ur e h ig h-e nd X EN Y X Mi c
P r ea mp s th at co mp ar e w e ll w it h c os tl y ou tb oa r d pr e am ps
in t e rm s of s ou nd q u al ity a n d dy na mi cs a nd bo as t th e
following f eatures:
130 dB dynamic range for an incr edible amount of ◊
headroom
A bandwidth ranging from belo w 10 Hz to over 200 ◊
kH z f or c ry st al -cl ea r r ep r od uct io n of ev e n th e n es t
nuances
The extremely low -noise and distor tion-free cir cuitr y ◊
gu ar a nt e es a bs ol ut e ly n at u ra l an d t ra ns pa r en t s ig na l
reproduction
T he y ar e p erf ec tl y ma t ch ed t o e ve ry c on c ei va bl e ◊
mi cr o ph on e wi t h up t o 60 dB g ai n an d +4 8 v ol t
phantom pow er supply
T he y en ab le yo u t o us e th e g re a tl y e xte nd e d dy na mi c ◊
range of your 24-bit/192-kHz HD rec order to the full,
thereby maintaining optimal audio quality
“British EQ”
The equalizers used f or the XENYX Series are based on
the legendar y circuitry of top-notch consoles made in
Britain, which are renowned thr oughout the world for their
in cr e di bl y w ar m an d mu si ca l s ou nd c ha ra ct er . E ve n w it h
ex tr em e g ai n se tt in gs th es e eq ua li z er s en su r e ou ts ta nd i ng
audio properties.
Multi-eec ts proc essor
A dd it io na ll y , yo ur XE NY X m ix in g co ns o le h as a n
e e cts pr oc e ss or w it h 24 - bi t A/ D an d D/ A
conv er ters included, which g ives you 100 presets
producing rst-class reverb , delay and
mo du la t io n e e cts pl us n um er o us m ul ti -e e ct s in e x ce l le nt
audio quality .
T he X EN Y X mi xi ng c o ns ol es a r e eq ui pp ed w i th a
state- of-the -art switched-mode power supply
(SMPS ) . Un l ik e co n v en ti on al c i rc ui try a n S MP S
provides an optimum supply curren t regardless of
th e in p ut v ol t ag e. An d th an ks t o i ts c o ns id er ab ly hi gh er
e ci en cy a s wi tc h ed -m od e po w er s u pp ly u se s le ss e n er gy
than conv entional power supplies.
FBQ F eedback Detection System
T he F BQ F eed ba ck D et e cti on S y st e m in t eg ra t ed
in t o th e g ra ph ic E Q o f yo ur 18 32 FX i s on e o f th is
mixer’ s most outstanding f eatures.
T hi s in ge ni ou s c ir cu it ry le t s yo u i mm ed ia te l y re c og ni z e
an d el i mi na te fe ed b ac k fr e qu en ci es . T he FB Q F e ed ba ck
De te ct io n S ys t em u se s th e LE Ds in t he f r eq ue ncy b an d
fa de rs of t he g r ap hi c EQ t o i nd ic at e t he c ri ti ca l f re qu en c ie s.
T hi s wa y , w ha t o nc e us ed to b e a la b or -i nt e ns iv e s ea rc h f o r
f ee db ac k fr e qu en ci e s is n ow an a cti vi ty t ha t e ve n a c hi ld
could master .
V oic e Canceller
W e h a ve a d de d an ot he r us ef u l fe a tu r e to t he
XENYX 1832FX: the V oice Canceller .
T he V o i ce C a nc el le r i s a l te r c ir cu it ry th a t l te r s
ou t v oc al p ort io n s fr om a tr ac k. T he r ef o re , t hi s m ix in g
c on so le i s id ea l ly s ui te d f or u s e as a ka ra o ke m ac hi ne . T h is
f ea tu r e is a ls o a n op ti ma l so l ut io n f or s in ge rs w ho ne ed
accompanying music f or their rehearsals.
USB/Audio in ter face
T h e U S B i n t e rf a c e s u p p li e d w i th t h e u n i t i s a p e r f e c t m a t ch f or
t h e X E N Y X S e r i e s a n d s e r v e s a s a p o w e rf u l r e c or di n g i nt e rf a c e
to your PC or M AC®. It suppor ts the digital transmission of
s i g n a l s o n u p t o f ou r ch a n n e l s w i t h m a x . 4 8 k H z a n d e xt r e m e l y
l o w l a t en c y . W h e n w i r e d t o t h e CD / T A P E I N P U T a n d O U T PU T
connectors, the interface transfers the ster eo mix from the
c o n s o l e d i r e ct l y t o a co m p ut e r . B o t h t h e r ec o r d i n g s i g n a l a n d
t h e p l a y b ac k s i g na l fr om t h e co m p ut e r c a n b e m o n i t or ed a t t h e
s a m e t i m e . I n t h i s w a y , y ou c an u s e s e v er a l r ec o r d i n g r u n s t o
produce complet e multi-track recordings .
CA UTION! !
W e s h ou ld l ik e t o dr a w y ou r a tt en t io n to t h e fa ct th a t ◊
e xtr e me v o lu me s ma y d am ag e y ou r he a ri ng a nd /o r
y ou r he ad ph o ne s or l ou ds pe a ke rs . T ur n th e M AI N MI X
fa de rs an d ph on es c o nt r ol i n th e m ai n se cti on fu ll y
down befor e you switch on the unit. Alw ays be careful
to set the appropriat e volume.
General mixing console functions 1.1
A mixing console fulls three main functions:
Si gn al pr oc e ss in g: •
Preamplication
Microphones conv er t sound waves in to voltage that has
t o be a mp li e d s ev er a l- f ol d; t he n, t hi s v ol ta ge is t ur ne d
in t o so un d th a t is r e pr o du ce d in a lo ud sp ea ke r . B ec au se
micro phone capsules are ver y delicate in their construc-
tion, output voltage is very low and theref ore susceptible
to interference . Therefor e, mic signal voltage is amplied
di r ect ly at t he m ix e r in p ut t o a h ig he r si gn a l le ve l t ha t is
less prone to int er ference . This higher , in ter fer ence -safe
si g na l le v el h as t o b e ac hi ev e d th r ou gh a mp li c a ti on
us in g a n am pl i er o f t he h ig he st q ua l ity i n o rd er t o
am pl if y t he s ig n al a nd a dd a s li t tl e no is e t o it a s po ss ib l e.
T he X EN Y X Mic P r e am p pe rf orm s t hi s r ol e be au ti fu ll y ,
leaving no traces of noise or sound c oloration. Inter fer-
en c e th at c o ul d ta ke p la c e at t h e pr ea m pl i ca ti on l e ve l
could aect signal quality and purity , and would then
be passed on to all other devices, r esulting in inaccurate
sounding program during r ecording or playback.
Impor tant Safe ty Instruc tions