User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- A few words from Greg Mackie.
- Selecting channels for a Mute Group.
- MAIN MIX (L/R) fader.
- Group Master Section.
- BREAK button/indicator
- MONITOR section
- STEREO IN knob
- Meter section.
- FX Master Section.
- Talkback.
- A better way.
- A traditional Monitor Mix.
- Musician's Phones.
- Aux Master AFL buttons and indicator.
- Aux Master.
- Master Control Section
- Further reading about mixing.
- A few more tips on equalization.
- MID EQ (stereo channels)
- Source Mic / Line (stereo channels).
- PFL switch / indicator
- Same as Mono Channels
- Different than
- Channel fader
- Bus Assign switches
- —20 (Signal present) LED.
- Mute button/ indicator.
- Pan.
- FX Send.
- Aux PRE Switch.
- Aux Sends
- EQ (Equalization), Mono Channels
- Comp (Compressor) and indicator.
- Gain Control.
- Mono Channel Strips.
- Channel 25-26 (or Channels 17-18) and Phones
- Musician Phones (AUX OUT 3 OR 4 + L/R INJECT)
- Aux Out.
- Group Out (sub buses).
- Monitor Out.
- Main Out.
- Talkback input.
- Foot Switch input.
- USB Out
- USB In
- USB input / output.
- Stereo input channels.
- Mono input channels.
- Power input connector
- POWER switch
- Power supply section
- Why do we start with the back of the mixer?
- How the band is set up on the mixer.
- The "pusha-bunch-'0' buttons" approach to creating a mute group.
- Un-doing the "pusha-bunch-'0' buttons" approach to creating a mute group.
- Program a Mute Group…
- Rack mounting (MW-2408 only)
- Settings that can be saved
- More on Factory Reset (restoring the factory default settings).
- Other GLOBAL options.
- Recalling a Global Scene
- Saving a Global Scene
- Global menu (scene memory, settings, initialization).
- Locking the state of the feedback suppressor
- Feedback Suppressor: Seting routing options.
- Recalling an Equalizer Setting (continued)
- Recalling an Equalizer Setting.
- Saving Equalizer settings.
- Adjusting (Narrow Mode) Continued
- Adjusting EQ Narrow Mode EQ (31 /9-band).
- Adjusting 9-band EQ (Wide Mode).
- Selecting Narrow or Wide 9-band equalization.
- Recalling a Dynamics preset.
- Saving a Dynamics setting.
- FEEDBACK SUPPRESSOR
- EQUALIZATION
- SoundLink Signal Processing*
- Gee, they don't sound like effects!
- Recalling a DFX preset.
- Saving a Digital Effects setting.
- Using the TAP button to set the delay time.
- Editing an effect
- Applying a Digital Effect
- Selecting the DFX type
- Digital Effects (DFX).
- Saving and Recalling Mute Groups.
- Combining Hard Mutes and Mute Groups.
- Adding to or subtracting channels from a Mute Group.
- Creating a Mute Group.
- "Hard muting".
- OL (Overload) LED.
Hook-up/Back panel Analog Controls Digital Controls
20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20k
LO MIDRANGE HI
20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20k
LO MIDRANGE HI
Analog Controls
25
MID EQ
(stereo channels)
Stereo channel
MID equaliza-
tion consists
of two controls
with fixed band
centers: .kHz
high Mid and
Hz low Mid.
That makes it different than
mono channel
MID EQ.
Whereas mono MID is one
band that can be "slid" around,
stereo EQ is just two separate
fixed bands, one at the high and
one at the low end of the mid-
range band.
Stereo Channel Midrange Equalization
Mono Channel Midrange Equalization
A few more tips on
equalization.
■ Almost everything can be
improved with equaliza-
tion. At least TRY various
settings.
■ Equalize with your ears.
Don't stare at the EQ knob:
close your eyes and listen.
■ Focus on the overall mix.
You’re far better off EQ-ing
your channels so that every
instrument has its own
place in the mix, rather
than trying to make each
instrument sound good in
isolation.
■ Cut first; boost second.
■ In a live setting, very few
people will be hearing
both left and right speak-
ers equally so it’s best not
to pan things dead left or
right.
Further reading about
mixing.
https://www.liveabout.com/the-basics-
of-live-sound-1817739
https://www.behindthemixer.com/
eighteen-live-audio-mixing-tips-
tricks/
https://ledgernote.com/columns/mix-
ing-mastering/audio-mixing-for-dum-
mies/