User manual NADY PMX-1600

[. . . ] POWERED MIXERS OWNER'S MANUAL PMX SERIES PMX-600 -- 6 Channel Powered Mixer w/DSP Effects PMX-1600 --16 Channel Powered Mixer w/DSP Effects Powered Mixer with DSP Effects PMX SERIES Congratulations on your choice of the NADY AUDIO PMX Series powered console mixer -- you have purchased one of the finest powered mixing units on the market today. This unit was developed using the expertise of professional sound engineers and working musicians. You will find that your new PMX Series powered mixer has superior performance and greater flexibility than any other powered mixer in its price range. Please read this manual carefully to get the most out of your new unit. [. . . ] Cutting the High control can reduce unwanted sibilance, hiss, cymbals, or high frequency feedback, while attenuating the Mid or Low can also eliminate feedback or clear up a muddy sounding mix. The Mid Freq control can also be used to reduce any feedback from 250Hz to 6Khz. Cutting the High and Low, then pushing up the Channel Fader (13) is equivalent to mid range boost![Note: Always reset a channel's input Trim Control (4) (or external device's output level) after altering the amount of equalization. ] The key to successful equalization is to avoid excess. Too much equalization on the input channels will result in a mix that is smeared together with nothing specifically defined. During rehearsals, experiment with the equalizer controls on various instruments, vocals and combinations of these mixed together to become familiar with various equalizer settings. (8) AUX 1 CONTROL (PRE-FADER) The channel Aux 1 control is mono, post-EQ, and pre-fader meaning the signal level sent to the Aux Send 1 bus will be unaffected by the channel fader setting. This configuration is ideal for almost all monitoring purposes: for example, for a separate stage monitor mix in live performances or a studio room 6 monitor in recording applications, such as for a headphone cue system. (9) AUX 2 / EFFECT CONTROL (POST-FADER) This control adjusts the level of signal sent to the Aux Send 2 or the internal DSP Echo Effects. The channel Aux 2 control is mono, post-EQ, and post-fader meaning the signal level sent to the Aux 2 bus will be affected by the channel fader setting. For almost all effects send purposes, you will want to use the post-fader Aux 2, so that when a fader level is adjusted, any reverb send from that channel follows the fader. Otherwise, when the fader is pulled down, the reverb from that channel would still be audible. You can also use this Aux 2 send to feed inputs of a multi-track recorder or any other unbalanced line level application. On the other hand, for cueing purposes and monitor amplifiers, use the pre-fader Aux 1 (i. e. The Aux 2 Effect Send controls also adjust the level sent by each channel to the internal DSP (Digital Sound Processor) Echo Effects. Either the Aux Send 2 or internal Echo Effects can be selected with the Aux 2 / Eff Enable Button (15). (10) PAN The channel Pan positions the output of the channel in the left/right stereo field of the Master mix and also pans between 1 and 2 in the Group mix. Its constant-power design ensures there are no level discrepancies whether a signal is hard-panned, center-stage, or somewhere in-between. (11) L-R SELECT SWITCH When the L-R switch is selected (button depressed), the post fader channel signal is fed to the Master Stereo Volume Faders (24). (12) GROUP SELECT SWITCH When the G1-2 switch is selected (button depressed), the channel signal is fed to the G1-2 bus, controlled by the Group 12 Volume Faders (22). This signal is post channel fader and the stereo placement is adjusted by the Pan control. The Group bus offers you a second stereo submix with its own stereo G1-2 submaster faders. [. . . ] (34) CONTROL ROOM L-R OUTPUTS These separate Left and Right 1/4" jacks output the line level signals from the Headphone/Control Room (28). (35) GROUP 1 & 2 OUTPUTS These 1/4" jacks output the Group 1 and 2 line level signals. (36) MAIN OUTPUTS These balanced XLR and unbalanced 1/4" jacks output the final Master/Main Mix line level signals. 8 CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS (38) (40) (39) 5. REAR PANEL (41) (37) (37) SPEAKER OUTPUTS · RIGHT - These two 1/4" speaker output jacks are paralleled together for the Master Right output signal and can deliver up to 200W RMS to a 4 load. [. . . ]