User Guide / Owners Manual

Set-up
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Some of you have been summing for awhile now and know how to set the box you own. But in this case we would like to
go through the setting up process with you using the Mix Factory.
First, you will need to set your signal levels on the Mix Factory after you have plugged in all your cables. (External Power
Supply and 2 XLRs from your DAW)
You will need to run a signal tone from your DAW at +4 (line level) to the Mix Factory.
The suggested setting on the Mix Factory will be as follows:
1. All 18 gain knobs be set to 3:00 O'clock +/- and check with your tone to confirm what goes in will be the same as
what is coming out. Never set the gain to full. if you do then you have nowhere to go and the gain just becomes a
Pad at that point. You want room to move up or down.
2. Set each Pan knob to hard left and hard right for stereo or center for mono depending on what you need for that
track. Most tracks will be in Stereo.
3. Set your Master Gain 1-8 and 9-16 all the way up to max.
4. Set the Grand Master Gain (which controls ALL the other Gains) to Max.
5. Now that you have done all this you can run your tone into the Mix Factory and adjust the Channel Gains
(channels 1-16), for total gain out to match your DAW output.
6. Once you have adjusted your levels you are now ready to run your tracks, groups or stems into the Mix Factory.
7. The Inserts you have available on the back and controls on the front are for hardware compressors and or EQs.
There are 3 Inserts connections via XLRs on the back. Each Insert connectors are labeled 1-8 / 9-16 and Main
Sum Out Insert. There are switches on the front panel to activate each Insert. You can also use external
Compressors and EQs on the main XLR outs to enhance your total mix at one time
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A-DESIGNS AUDIO INC. PRO-AUDIO
P.O. Box 4255
West Hills, CA 91304 USA [phone] www.adesignsaudio.com