User's Manual

Hook-up/Back panel Analog Controls Digital Controls
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Table of Contents
If you’re a beginner…
…it’s a good idea to read through
this whole manual. We’ve tried
to use non-techy language, and
explain stuff most other manuals
don’t.
The biggest mistake beginners
make is to not take advantage
of all the time-saving, prob-
lem-solving, make-you-sound-
better features on their mixer.
Well, the second biggest mis-
take; the first is not doing proper
level setting.
We hope that this manual can
help you get the best perfor-
mance possible. Read on!
If you’re experienced…
…SoundLink has some features
and twists you don’t usually find
in mixers at this price point. For
the “Been there, done that” crowd,
we’ve marked these in the Table
of Contents like this...
The nav bars
are clickable.
A few words from Greg Mackie. ............. 3
Why do we start with the back of the
mixer? ...................................................8
Power supply section ......................................... 9
POWER switch ..................................................... 9
Power input connector....................................... 9
Mono input channels. ......................................... 9
Stereo input channels. ....................................... 9
USB input / output............................................. 11
USB In ................................................................. 11
USB Out .............................................................. 11
Foot Switch input. .............................................. 11
Talkback input. ................................................... 11
Main Out. ............................................................ 12
Monitor Out. .......................................................12
Group Out (sub buses). ......................................12
Aux Out. .............................................................. 13
Musician Phones ............................................... 13
Channel 25-26 (or Channels 17-18)
and Phones ........................................................13
Mono Channel Strips. ...........................19
Gain Control. ......................................................19
Comp (Compressor)
and indicator. .....................................................19
EQ (Equalization), Mono Channels .................. 20
Aux Sends ...........................................................22
Aux PRE Switch. .................................................22
FX Send. ..............................................................22
Pan. .....................................................................23
Mute button/indicator. ...................................... 23
OL (Overload) LED. ............................................. 23
—20 (Signal present) LED. .................................23
Bus Assign switches ...........................................23
Channel fader ..................................................... 23
Dierent than Mono Channels ............ 24
Same as Mono Channels ...................... 24
PFL switch / indicator....................................... 24
Source Mic / Line (stereo channels). ............... 24
MID EQ (stereo channels) .................................. 25
A few more tips on equalization.......................25
Further reading about mixing. .........................25
Master Control Section ....................... 26
Aux Master. ........................................................ 26
Aux Master AFL buttons and indicator. .......... 26
Musician's Phones. ........................................... 26
A traditional Monitor Mix vs. a better way. .....27
Talkback..............................................................27
FX Master Section. .............................. 28
Meter section. ................................................... 28
STEREO IN knob ................................................ 28
MONITOR section .............................................. 28
BREAK button/indicator .................................. 29
Group Master Section. ........................ 29
MAIN MIX (L/R) fader. ...................................... 29
Selecting channels for a Mute Group. ............. 30
How the band is set up on the mixer. .............. 30
The "pusha-bunch-'0' buttons" approach to
creating a mute group. ....................................30
MUTE GROUPS TO THE RESCUE. ...........31
Un-doing the "pusha-bunch-'0' buttons"
approach to creating a mute group. ...............31
Program a Mute Group…...................................32
"Hard muting". ...................................................33
Creating a Mute Group. .....................................33
Adding to or subtracting channels
from a Mute Group. .......................................... 34
Combining Hard Mutes and Mute Groups. ......35
Saving and Recalling Mute Groups. ................ 36
Digital Eects (DFX). ........................... 37
Selecting the DFX type ......................................37
Applying a Digital Eect ................................... 38
Editing an eect ................................................ 38
Using the TAP button to set the delay time. ... 39
Saving a Digital Eects setting. ....................... 39
Recalling a DFX preset. ...................................40
Gee, they don't sound like eects! ..................40
SoundLink Signal Processing* ..........................41
Equalization ........................................ 41
Feedback Suppressor ........................................41
Saving a Dynamics setting. .............................. 44
Recalling a Dynamics preset. ..........................44
Selecting Narrow or
Wide 9-band equalization. ...............................46
Adjusting 9-band EQ (Wide Mode). ................. 47
Adjusting EQ Narrow Mode EQ (31 /9-band). .48
Adjusting (Narrow Mode) Continued ..............49
Saving Equalizer settings. ................................ 50
Recalling an Equalizer Setting. ........................50
Recalling an Equalizer Setting (continued) ....51
Feedback Suppressor: Routing o ptions. .........52
Locking feedback suppressor state ..................53
Global menu .......................................54
Saving a Global Scene ...................................... 54
Recalling a Global Scene ...................................55
Other GLOBAL options. .....................................55
More on Factory Reset (restoring the factory
default settings). ................................................ 57
Reference
Specification.....................................................58s
Block Diagram ...................................................60
Settings that can be saved ............................... 60
Rack mounting (MW-2408 only) ......................64