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MIXING CONSOLE
Owner’s Manual
MG32/14 FX
MG24/14 FX
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• Explanation of Graphical Symbols The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to CAUTION alert the user to the presence of uninsulated RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK “dangerous voltage” within the product’s DO NOT OPEN enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF triangle is intended to alert the user to the pres- ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NO
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PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference. WARNING Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, fire or other hazards. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following: Power supply/Power cord Water warning • Only use the voltage specified as correct for the device. The • Do not expose the device to
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XLR-type connectors are wired as follows (IEC60268 standard): pin 1: ground, pin 2: hot (+), and pin 3: cold (–). Insert TRS phone jacks are wired as follows: sleeve: ground, tip: send, and ring: return. Yamaha cannot be held responsible for damage caused by improper use or modifications to the device, or data that is lost or destroyed. Always turn the power off when the device is not in use. The performance of components with moving contacts, such as switches, volume controls, and connectors,
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MG32/14FX, MG24/14FX 5
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Introduction Thank you for your purchase of the YAMAHA MG32/14FX or MG24/14FX mixing console. This console offers excellent cost-performance and is ideal for use as the main mixer in an SR setup or as part of an installed system. Please read through this Owner’s Manual carefully before beginning use, so that you will be able to take full advantage of the mixer’s superlative features and enjoy trouble-free operation for years to come. Be sure to retain this manual in a safe place. Features Conten
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Introduction Connecting to Power Setting Up (1) Be sure that the mixer’s power switch is off ( ). (1) Before connecting to microphones and instruments, be sure (2) Connect the socket end of the power cord to the AC IN connec- that all devices are turned off. Also be sure that all of the tor on the rear of the mixer. mixer’s channel faders and master control faders are set all the way down. (2) For each connection, connect one end of the cable to the rele- vant microphone or instrument and c
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Front & Rear Panels Front Panel 7 6 5 11 8 9 10 8 1 2 4 3 Note: Within this manual, all panel illustrations show the MG32/14FX panel. Channel Control Block Master Control Block MONAURAL CHANNELS Section (p. 10) STEREO/MONO Section (p. 13) 1 3 STEREO CHANNELS Section (p. 10) GROUP Section (p. 14) 2 4 SEND Section (p. 14) 5 RETURN Section (p. 15) 6 INTERNAL DIGITAL EFFECTS Section (p. 16) 7 METER/PHONES Section (p. 17) 8 2TR INPUT Section (p. 17) 9 TALKBACK Section (p. 18) 10 LAMP Jack (p. 18) 1
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Front & Rear Panels Rear Panel 13 12 Note: Within this manual, all panel illustrations show the MG32/14FX panel. Rear Input/Output Block CHANNEL I/O Section (p. 19) 12 MASTER I/O Section (p. 20) 13 MG32/14FX, MG24/14FX 9
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Front & Rear Panels 1 PAD Switch Channel Control Block When this switch is on ( ), the mixer attenuates the input signal by 26 dB. ■ MONAURAL CHANNELS Section 2 GAIN Control STEREO CHANNELS Section Adjusts the gain applied to the input signal level. To get the best balance between the S/N ratio and the dynamic range, Monaural Channels Stereo Channels 1 to 24 (MG32/14FX) 25/26 to 31/32 (MG32/14FX) adjust the gain so that the PEAK indicator (B) comes on just 1 to 16 (MG24/14FX) 17/18 to 23/24 (M
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Front & Rear Panels 5 AUX Controls (AUX1 to AUX6) 0 ON Switch These knobs adjust the channel’s signal levels into AUX buses Sets the channel on or off. To turn the channel on, press the 1 to 6. Each knob controls the signal into the corresponding switch in ( ) so that it lights up orange. Be sure to turn on all AUX bus. the channels that you wish to use. If you set the channel off ( ), you cut off all of its signal feed into the ST, GROUP, For AUX1 to AUX4, you use the PRE switch (6) to select A
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Front & Rear Panels G PHANTOM +48 V Switch • Be sure to leave these switches off ( ) if you do Toggles phantom power on or off to a set of eight adjacent not need phantom power. Humming or damage channels. The MG32/14FX has three of these switches: for may result if you connect to an unbalanced device CHs 1 to 8, for CHs 9 to 16, and for CHs 17 to 24. The or to an ungrounded transformer while this switch MG24/14FX has two: for CHs 1 to 8 and for CHs 9 to16. If is on ( ). But note that the switch
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Front & Rear Panels 5 LPF (MONO) Master Control Block • LPF Switch Set this switch ON to apply a low-pass filter to the signal out- put from the MONO output jack, or OFF to turn this LPF off. ■ STEREO/MONO Section If the switch is ON, the LPF will cut frequencies that are You use this section to independently adjust the levels of the out- above the cutoff set by the Frequency Adjustment dial. puts from the ST bus. You can independently adjust the main stereo •Frequency Adjustment Dial output, t
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Front & Rear Panels ■ GROUP Section ■ SEND Section This section adjusts the level and controls the flow of the signals This section adjusts the levels and controls the flow of the signals from the four GROUP buses. While the signal from each GROUP from the six AUX buses and the two EFFECT buses. Each of these bus is always fed into the corresponding GROUP OUT jack (see signals flows to the corresponding SEND output jack (to page 20), you are also free to use the TO ST and AFL switches to AUX1–AUX6,
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Front & Rear Panels ■ RETURN Section This section adjusts the levels of the input from the RETURN 1 and RETURN 2 jacks (see page 20). For each RETURN, you can set independent levels for feeds into the ST bus and AUX buses 1 to 4. 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 AUX Mix Controls (1 to 4) Each knob adjusts the level of the signal from the correspond- ing RETURN jack into the corresponding AUX bus (AUX1 to AUX4). If you are inputting a stereo signal, the L and R signals are mixed before moving to the AUX buses. 2 ST
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Front & Rear Panels ■ INTERNAL DIGITAL EFFECTS Section 3 AUX PRE Controls (1 to 4) Each knob adjusts the level of the effected sound into the corre- You use this section to control the dual internal effects processor: to sponding AUX bus (AUX1 to AUX4). select the two effect types, to set the effects on or off, and to adjust the related signal levels and flows. 4 TAP Button and Indicator This feature lets you set the delay time for internal EFFECT 2 by tapping on the button. The feature only work
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Front & Rear Panels ■ METER/PHONES Section 5 PHONES Jack and Control • PHONES Jack You use these meters to view various signal levels: the levels to the An unbalanced stereo phone output jack, for connection to ST OUT jacks, the PFL and AFL levels, and the levels to the headphones. GROUP OUT jacks. The PFL or AFL signals indicated by these meters can be monitored through the PHONES jack. • PHONES Control Controls the level of the signal output to the PHONES jack 1 for monitoring. 2 3 The PFL-AFL
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Front & Rear Panels ■ TALK BACK Section ■ LAMP Jack 1 2 LAMP Jack An XLR3 pin-type output jack, for connection to a lamp. 3 Supported lamps: 12V (AC or DC), max. 5W. NOTE Supplies 12V to Pins 2 and 3. Pin 1 is not con- nected. 4 IMPORTANT: Please read carefully before con- necting a lamp. • Do not use a lamp that grounds Pin 2 or Pin 3 to the shell (body). Use of the wrong lamp type may result in damage to the mixer. Recommended lamps: Littlite's X-HI series of goose- 1 MIC Jack neck lamps. An
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Front & Rear Panels L Rear Input/Output Block ■ CHANNEL I/O Section 2 3 1 1 Monaural-Channel Input Jacks 3 Stereo-Channel Input Jacks (MG32/14FX: CHs 1 to 24, MG24/14: CHs 1 to 16) (MG32/14FX: CHs 25/26, 27/28, 29/30, 31/32) (MG24/14FX: CHs 17/18, 19/20, 21/22, 23/24) • INPUT A These are balanced XLR input jacks. • Phone jacks (MG32/14FX: CHs 25/26, 27/28, 29/30, 31/32) • INPUT B (MG24/14FX: CHs 17/18, 19/20, 21/22, 23/24) These are balanced phone input jacks. You can connect either These are u
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Front & Rear Panels ■ MASTER I/O Section BA87 1 C 0 9 6 5 4 3 2 1 RETURN Jacks (1, 2) 4 SEND Jacks These are unbalanced phone input jacks. The signal into each •AUX Jacks (1 to 6) These are impedance-balanced phone jacks. These jacks out- of these jacks feeds into the ST bus and into AUX buses 1 to 4. put the signals from AUX1 to AUX6, respectively. You use These jacks are typically used to receive a return signal from an these jacks, for example, to connect to a monitoring system, external effe
