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
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Audio channels
Input
Channels Monaural strips 8 (8 ch)
Stereo strips MW-2408: 8 (16 ch)
MW-1608: 4 (8 ch)
Auxiliary inputs STEREO IN 1 (2 ch)
TALKBACK 1
Internal buses
MAIN 2 ch
SUB GROUP 8 ch
AUX 4 ch
FX 1 ch
MONITOR 2 ch
Specifications
Output
Line MAIN 2 ch
SUB GROUP 8 ch
AUX 4 ch
MONITOR 2 ch
Headphones MUSICIAN'S PHONES 2
PHONES 1
USB
USB IN 1 (2 ch)
USB OUT 1 (2 ch)
Master functions, System functions
Signal
monitor
Level meter 2-row x 12-point LE, peak hold function
Levels: OL, 15, 12, 9, 6, 3, 0, -3, -6, -9, -12, -15
ANALYZER 24-band spectrum analyzer, peak hold function
Feedback suppressor
Three high-speed feedback suppressors
Bus selection function, operation lock function
Mute control
MUTE GROUP Programmable mute groups
Memories: 4 mute groups
BREAK Mutes all bus routes of the input section
* Except for MONITOR (PFL) route
Scene memory
Save and recall digital section and mute settings
Memories: 10 user scenes
Power supply
Rated input voltage
AC100 – 240 V, 50/60 Hz
Maximum power consumption
45 W
Phantom power supply
+48 V
Recommended operating temperature range
0˚ C to 40˚C / 32˚F to 110˚F