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OWNER’S MANUAL
MXE-612
6 Channel Mic/Line Mixer with Internal DSP Effects
MIXERS
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MXE-612 6 Channel Mic/Line Mixer with Internal DSP Effects Congratulations on your choice of mixers — you have purchased Date of Purchase ____________________________________ one of the finest compact mixing consoles on the market today. Dealer’s Name ______________________________________ This unit was developed using the expertise of professional sound engineers and working musicians. You will find that your new City _______________________________________________ NADY AUDIO MXE-612 has superi
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WARNING An equilateral triangle enclosing a lightening flash/arrowhead symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure which may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock. ATTENTION: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR An equilateral triangle enclosing an exclamation point is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and service instructions in the literature enclosed
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FEATURES The MXE-612 is compact, versatile console or rackmountable mixers with 16 built-in selectable DSP echo and reverb effects that is ideal for any small venue live sound reinforcement applications where ultimate performance, advanced features, and affordability are needed. • Road-tough all steel construction. Optional rack ears available. • Superb performance with low noise and smooth, transparent audio across the full audio spectrum and natural sounding • Ultra-compact 2-bus mixer selecta
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INSTALLATION To ensure years of enjoyment from your NADY AUDIO MXE-612 mixing console, please read and understand this manual thoroughly before using the unit. 1. INSPECTION Your NADY AUDIO MXE-612 was carefully packed at the factory in packaging designed to protect the units in shipment. Before installing and using your unit, carefully examine the packaging and all contents for any signs of physical damage that may have occurred in transit. [Please note: Nady Systems is not responsible for ship
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CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 1. MONO INPUT SECTION (1) MIC INPUT The Mic input is an electronically balanced XLR type designed to accept signals from any balanced low impedance (Low Z) (1) microphone. To accommodate condenser microphones, this input is also equipped with +48VDC phantom power globally switchable to all XLR input jacks with the Phantom Power switch (22) on the front panel. Dynamic or ribbon-type microphones do not require phantom powering. It will be necessary to adjust the channel ga
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CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS (4) EQUALIZER CONTROLS (7) PEAK LED INDICATOR All mono input channels are fitted with a three-band EQ. All three The Peak LED illuminates when a channel is going into overload. bands have up to 15 dB of cut and boost, with a center detent for It detects the peak level after the EQ and will light at 3 dB before "off". The frequency response is flat when all three EQ knobs are clipping to warn that the signal is approaching overload. You do in the center detent position.
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CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 2. STEREO INPUT SECTION (13A) L (MONO) LINE INPUT On stereo input channels 3-6, the 1/4" line inputs are designed for stereo or mono line-level signals such as those from keyboards, (13A) drum machines, CD players, tape decks, or samplers. However, these inputs can also be used as standard mono line inputs by connecting the signal to the L (MONO) line in. This signal will be routed equally to the BAL control and the left and right outputs in the same way as the standard
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CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 3. MASTER SECTION (10) (11) (9) (15) (16) (17) (12) a. AUX Sends/Returns Function and Operation monitors. Get a pair of headphones and listen in stereo and in (9) STEREO AUX RETURNS (LEFT/MONO, RIGHT) reverse stereo, just in case you have any significant hearing (18) AUX RETURN CONTROL discrepancies. Sometimes you might want to narrow the stereo The Aux Return jacks are the mono or stereo returns for Aux width of a reverb field. To do this you will have to come back
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CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS (18) (19) (20) (25) (22) (26) (27) (23) (24) (21) (31) (32) (28) (29) (33) The output level routed to the Stereo Outputs and REC Outputs is prevent overload distortion. The 10-stage LED Output Meter (21) determined ultimately by the setting of the Master Mix Gain displays the Master Mix output level. Control (29). The Master Mix (signal on the master bus) is the sum of the signals routed from all the channels and also the c. Digital Echo Effects Function and Operation i
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CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS (34) (35) Back panel either direction through the 16 presets. The numeric Effects MONO INPUT SECTION, MIC INPUTS). When this switch is in the Display (27) will indicate which of the 16 effect presets has been “ON” position, The Phantom Power On LED Indicator (25) will selected. The DSP processes the signal on the EFFECTS bus, light , and +48VDC will be provided between pins 2 and 3 on all which is the sum of the 4 mono and 8 stereo channel inputs the mono Mic input XLR c
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CONNECTIONS This NADY AUDIO mixer uses 4 different types of audio connectors for the various input/output connections: (1) XLR balanced; (2) 1/4” TRS phone jacks for balanced, unbalanced, stereo, or in/out inserts; (3) 1/4” TS unbalanced; (4) RCA pin unbalanced Figures 1. Balanced XLR input/output connections 2. Stereo headphone connection with 1/4" TRS plug 3. 1/4" mono (TRS) plug used as unbalanced input/output 4. 1/4" stereo (TRS) plug used as balanced input/output 5. 1/4" TRS plug used as I
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SPECIFICATIONS 1. INPUT SECTION Input Connector Input Impedance Nominal Level Max Level MONO CH MIC XLR >1.3K Ω +2 dBm +14 dBm MONO CH LINE 1/4” TRS >10K Ω +4 dBm +22 dBm STEREO CH LINE 1/4” TRS >10K Ω +4 dBm +22 dBm TAPE IN RCA PIN JACKS >10K Ω +2 dBm +22 dBm AUX RETURNS 1/4” TRS >10K Ω +4 dBm +22 dBm 2. OUTPUT SECTION Output Connector Output Impedance Nominal Level
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BLOCK DIAGRAM 14
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SERVICE FOR YOUR NADY AUDIO PRODUCT (U.S.) Should your NADY AUDIO product require service, please contact the Nady Service Department via telephone at (510) 652-2411, or e-mail at service@nady.com. (International) For service, please contact the NADY AUDIO distributor in your country through the dealer from whom you purchased this product. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SERVICE THIS UNIT YOURSELF AS IT CAN BE DANGEROUS AND WILL ALSO VOID THE WARRANTY. NADY SYSTEMS, INC. • 6701 SHELLMOUND STREET, EMERYVILLE,
