Aviom A-16II manual

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R E A D T H I S F I R S T I m p o r t a n t S a f e t y I n s t r u c t i o n s 1 . Rea d the se in st r uc tion s. 2. Kee p the se in st r uc tion s 3. Heed a ll wa r ni ngs. 4. F ollow al l in st r uct ion s. 5. Do not u se th is ap pa rat u s nea r wate r . 6. Clea n only w ith a d r y cloth . 7 . Do n ot block any venti lat ion ope ni ngs. I ns[...]

Av i o m , I n c . L i m i t e d Wa r r a n t y A viom , I nc. war ra nts t h is pro duc t agai n st defec ts i n ma te ri als a nd work ma n ship fo r a pe rio d of one year f r om th e dat e of the o rig in al r et ail pu r cha se. T his wa r r ant y d oes no t apply i f the e qu ipme nt ha s bee n da ma ged du e to m isu se, abu se, a ccide nt, [...]

TO R EDUCE TH E D A NGER OF ELECT R ICAL SHOCK D O NOT R EMO V E CO V ER S. NO U SER SER V ICEA BLE P A RTS INSI DE R EFE R SER V ICI NG TO QU A LI FI ED SER VICE PERSON N EL ON L Y ■ T o re duc e the r isk of f i re or ele ct r ical shock , do not exp ose t his p rodu ct to r ai n or othe r t yp es of moist u re. ■ T o avoid the ha za rd of el[...]

T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Welcom e ............................................................... 1 Feat ures ............................................................. 1 C o n v e n t i o n s U s e d i n t h i s D o c u m e n t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant y Informat ion ..........................................[...]

Solo a C hannel .............................................. 23 Held S olo Mode ............................................. 2 4 Mute a Channel .............................................. 25 Unmute a Channel .......................................... 2 5 Creating G roups .................................................. 26 Creating Ad dition[...]

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1 We l c o m e T han k you for pu rch asi ng the A v iom Per sonal Mon itor M i x in g Syst em . T his Use r Guid e is desig ned t o fam il ia ri ze you wit h your ne w prod uct a nd to h av e you up a nd r u nn i ng in no t i me. F e a t u r e s Y ou r Person al Mon itor Mi x ing Syst em provid es a host of profes sional feat u re s desig ned t o [...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 2 Wa r r a n t y I n f o r m a t i o n Please r ecor d the followi ng i nfor ma tion for f ut u re r eferenc e: Y ou r Author i zed A v iom Deale r: N a m e : _____________________________ A d d r e s s : _____________________________ _____________________________ P h o n e : _______________________[...]

3 P a c k a g e C o n t e n t s Che ck the c ontent s of the sh ippi ng box ca ref ul ly before ma k ing c on nec - tion s an d cont inu ing w ith i nst al lat ion. T he A- 1 6I I Per sonal M ixer c ont ain s: • On e A -1 6I I Pers onal M ixer • DC Pow e r supply for t he A- 1 6I I Per sonal M i xer • On e Categor y 5 i nte rcon ne ct ca ble [...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 4 C h a n n e l L a b e l s F or w r it ing ch an nel i nfor m ation or n ame s on th e A -1 6I I Pers onal M ixer lab el su rf ace or “sc r ibble st r ip” , we suggest t he u sing a ch in a ma rker or othe r ea sily re mov ed m ar ki ng dev ice. A chi na m arke r is de signe d for mar k - ing o[...]

5 W h a t i s C a t e g o r y 5 ? Cat egor y 5 (somet ime s refer re d to a s Cat-5 ) de scr ib es a com mon ly u sed t y pe of high p er for ma nce ne t w or k cabli ng. It is use d mai n ly for dat a t ra nsm ission pu r p ose s to con ne ct com pute rs, mo dem s and ot her d evice s. A st and a rd Cat egor y 5 patch c able con sists of fou r t w[...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 6 Note : W he n pu rcha sing C ategor y 5 ca bles, be s u re to buy on ly st and a rd Cat- 5 c ables, not t hose sold a s cros sover c ables. A cro ssover cable is u sed for f i le tr a nsfer be t ween t wo comput ers . It is not co mpat ible wit h your A viom e quip ment. Inpu t Modul e A-16 II Pe [...]

7 A b o u t A - N e t A viom ’ s A-Net is an u lt ra-fa st da ta t r an smi ssion prot ocol. It is cap able of send i ng and r eceiv ing h igh -q ual it y aud io usin g rea dily avai lable Cat egor y 5 cables. T he A-Net te ch nology is a p ropr iet ar y syst em developed by A viom . A-Net is bas ed on Et her net , a Lo cal A r ea Net work (or LA[...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 8 P o w e r S u p p l i e s Y ou r A v iom pro duct u ses a D C power sup ply that h as a t wo- prong p ow er cord . Th e prongs on t he power su pply ar e ident ical, m ean i ng th at the re is no nee d to or ient t he plug i n a spe cif ic d ir ect ion i n the p ow e r outlet. So me pro duct s wit[...]

9 C l e a n i n g a n d M a i n t e n a n c e I n f o r m a t i o n T he exte rio r of y ou r A viom pro duct s hould be clea ned w ith a d r y , sof t, li nt-fr ee cloth. For toug her d i r t, you ca n use a cloth sl ightly d amp ene d wit h wate r or wit h a mi ld dete rgent . W hen clea ni ng you r A v iom prod uct s, never sp ray clea ner s di [...]

Avi om A - 16 Pe r so nal Mon it or M ixi ng Sys tem 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 1 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 T h e A -16 I I P e r s o n a l M i x e r Save 1 2 Select Mute 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Personal Mixer A -16 19[...]

11 P e r s o n a l M i x e r C o m p o n e n t s 1 A-Net In ja ck ( r ear p anel) 2 A-Net Out ja ck ( r ea r panel) 3 A-Net Active LED 4 Cha n nel Pan c ont rol and LED s 5 Cha n nel V olu me cont rol a nd LEDs 6 DC power jack (re ar pa nel) 7 Head phones / Li ne out put (rea r pa nel) 8 Bas s tone co ntr ol 9 T re ble tone cont rol 10 Mast er volu[...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 12 S y s t e m S e t u p Sta r t w ith al l devic es t u r ned of f. W hen al l power and a udio c onn ect ions have bee n mad e, you can t hen p ow er u p all t he com ponent s i n your sys tem. P o w e r C o n n e c t i o n T he comp onent pa r t s of y ou r Pers onal Mon itor M ix ing Syst em u s[...]

13 Before power i ng up the s yste m, t u r n t he Mas ter volum e cont rol on the Perso nal M ixer t o its m in imu m se tt i ng ( f ul l lef t ) to e ns ur e th at unwa nte d hig h-v olu me aud io is not ac cident al ly sent i nto your m onito rs whe n the syst em is p ow e red up. T he Ma ste r v olu me cont rol is t he one i n th e uppe r r igh[...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 14 A - 16 I I F e a t u r e s T his s ect ion des cr ibe s the c ont rols, mo des, a nd f u nct ions of t he A- 1 6I I Perso nal M ixer. The b asic comp onent s of the f ront p anel i nclude: • Sixt ee n light ed Ch an nel but to ns (they a re al so the P re set select b utt ons) • Cha n nel lab[...]

15 select ed C han nel (or G roup) is aud ible while t he re st of the mi x is mut ed. T w o Solo mod es a re availa ble; the st a nda rd Solo Mode works w ith one ch an nel at a t i me. Pre ssi ng any ot her int er fa ce but ton ex its Solo Mode. Held Solo mode re mai ns i n Solo as ch an nels a re sele cte d. Pr essi ng th e S OLO but ton ag ai n[...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 16 pro ced ur e; t u r n the T R EBLE k nob r ight t o add h igh s, lef t to d im in ish t hem . T he Bass a nd Treble EQs i n the Per sona l Mi xer ar e both sh elving t y p e. T here i s +/- 1 2d B of cut or b oost avai lable for each . Bas s EQ 1 60H z shelvi ng T re ble EQ 9k H z shelvi ng +12dB[...]

17 • T he S OLO but ton h as one L ED . It wi ll l ight when p res sed , in dicat i ng th at the s electe d Cha n nel or G roup is now bei ng aud itione d wit h all ot her C ha nn els bei ng mute d. T wo Solo mode s ar e available. • T he M UTE but t on has n o LED in it . Pre ssi ng the M UT E but- ton w ith a C han nel sele cte d wi ll cau se[...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 18 T he low er yellow LED i n ea ch Cha n nel but ton i ndic ate s the C han nel’ s mute s tat u s. A lit LED i nd icate s th at th e Cha n nel is mute d. A ny num ber of Cha n nels ca n be mut ed . P e r s o n a l M i xe r R e a r P a n e l On t he re ar of th e Person al Mi xer you wi ll f i nd [...]

19 r ight mono sig nal s. Th en con ne ct a st and a rd mono ca ble to the au dio i nput of the lef t and t he r ight a mpli f ier for t he spe ake rs. Mono T o u se a mono a mplif ie r, pow e red sp ea ker, etc., con nec t a sta nd ar d audio int erc on nect c able ( t ip an d sleeve “ g uit a r cord” t y p e ) f ro m the au dio out put on th [...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 20 9 or 1 0 o ’ clock should b e safe. Send a udio i nto t he syst em; t hi s could b e a ba nd playi ng live or aud io f rom a t ape de ck or oth er mult i-t r ack aud io devic e. Rai se the levels t o a com for table level af te r you hav e au dio playi ng th ro ugh t he syst em. T he proc ess o[...]

21 LEDs i n t he V olu me sec tion of th e mi xer su r fac e wil l in dicat e the level i n rea l ti me. T here a re t welve LEDs i n the V olume i nd icator, ea ch capable of di splayi ng t wo lev els , for a tot al of twent y-four v isible lig hted st ep s. W hen a C han nel i s select ed , the cu r r ent volume is i n sta ntly i ndic ated o n th[...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 22 F ollow t hese st ep s: • Pr ess t he de sire d Cha n nel but ton — it s upp er re d LED wi ll lig ht. • T u r n t he V OL UME k nob clock w ise to r ais e the volume of the s elect ed Ch an nel u nti l you hear it i n t he monit ors. Y ou should s ee th e v olu me cha nges you’ r e ma ki[...]

23 W hen C han nel s ar e li nke d, t hey ac t as one so ur ce on t he A- 1 6I I Per sonal Mi xer. Whe n you select eith er of the t wo li n ked Ch an nels on t he Mi xer, bot h LEDs w il l light u p, ind icat ing t hat t hey a re li n ked. V olume ch ange s af fect b oth Ch an nels si mult a neou sly . Cha n nels t hat a re l in ked at t he i nput[...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 24 select ed C han nel a lone wit hout di st u rbing t he re st of the m ix. T wo ty pe s of Solo mode a re avail able; one f u nct ions on a ch an nel by cha n nel basi s, the othe r (calle d Held So lo) rem ain s i n force u nti l the u ser ex its it . Solo mode work s on the c ur r ently s electe[...]

25 Reme mber t hat t he syst em ca n on ly ente r Held Sol o Mod e fr om the n or mal Mi x Mode. If you cu r r ently have a Ch an nel te mpor ar i ly soloed (the Solo LED is l it solid) , y ou mus t exit the t emp ora r y Solo Mode ( by hit ti ng ano the r Cha n nel but ton or t he S OLO bu tt on) before you can e nter Held Solo Mode. M u t e a C h[...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 26 Note : Solo mod e wil l te mpor ar i ly o ver r ide a mut e. Th is g u ar ant ee s tha t you wil l always hea r th e Cha n nels you solo . W he n you exit Solo mode, t he Ch an nels a re r et u r ned t o thei r prev ious s tat e. C r e a t i n g G r o u p s W hen you nee d cont rol over more t ha[...]

27 T o Save your G roup, si mply pres s the G RO UP but ton a gai n. T he G roup LED goes ou t and you a re ret u r ne d to you r cu r rent P re set a nd live mi x. In t he cu r r ent Pr ese t, you wil l now see a ll Ch an nel LED s asso ciat ed wit h a Gr oup lig ht whenever you pre ss a Ch an nel but to n tha t is in cluded i n your saved Gr oup.[...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 28 M a k i n g C h a n g e s t o a G r o u p On ce you have creat ed a G roup, you ca n edit it i n a nu mber of ways. Y ou ca n add or d elete Ch an nels f r om the G rou p, and cha nge i ndiv idua l Cha n nel vo lu me a nd pa n set t ings . T o ch ange a G roup, st a r t by select ing a C ha n nel[...]

29 Reme mber t hat a lthoug h you have edit ed an d saved cha nges to you r Gr oup, you must st il l save the P rese t if you want to r eca ll t he Pr eset w ith t he new Gr oup con f ig u rat ion int ac t. M u t i n g G r o u p s Gr oups c an be mu ted i f nece ssa r y wh ile cr eat ing a m i x or ed iti ng. Th e pro ced ur e is th e same a s for [...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 30 • W hi le sti ll holdi ng t he G ROUP bu tt on, p ress t he M UT E but ton once. • T he mi x is t r im me d by 6d B on al l cha nn els • Per for m add ition al t r im s as ne eded . • Set t he vo lu me s on the cu r r ent m ix a s nee ded. • Save the m ix a s a Pre set t o pre ser ve th[...]

31 • Al l six tee n Cha n nel but ton s wi ll f la sh br ief ly to i ndica te th at the S av e op er ate wa s succ essf u l. • Releas e the R ECA LL an d G ROUP but t ons. Ve r i f y a M i x M e m o r y L o c a t i o n W hen e dit ing m ix P re set s, it is u sef ul to k now wh ich Pr eset wa s the l ast one to b e rec alle d in or der t o av o[...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 32 A p p l i c a t i o n s T his s ect ion des cr ibe s how to set up a nd u se th e P e rson al Mon itor Mi x ing Syste m in a va r iet y of context s. C r e a t e a M i x W i t h C o n s o l e D i r e c t O u t p u t s T he di re ct out put of a live or re cord ing c onsole al lows y ou t o ta ke [...]

33 Using a fa irly t y pical layout of a cons ole with fou r Au x Send s, he re is what you cou ld do to se nd aud io to t he inpu t modu le to cr eat e a monit or mi x. Aga in , reme mbe r tha t you can u se any of the d if fere nt t yp es of aud io sign als avai lable on your p ar t icu lar au dio m ixer t o cre ate a mon itor m i x (di rect o ut[...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 34 au xi lia r y send s, you ca n use t he sa me te ch niqu es as d esc r ibed for l ive aud io monit or mi xes. P l a y b a c k M o n i t o r i n g In t he st ud io, pe rfor me rs a lso ne ed to l ist en back t o t ra cks t hey have just rec orde d. If e ach pe r for mer is u sing a d if fere nt mi[...]

35 W hen t he musici an s are c ut ti ng t ra cks, h ave them sele ct P rese t #1 . Re cord t ra cks a s usu al , wit h each mu sician l ist en ing t o thei r pe rs onal cu sto m - iz ed cue m i x. W hen you want t o list en ba ck to a re cord ed t ake, have th e pe rfor me rs s witc h to Pr eset #1 6. T hey now hea r the e ngi nee r’ s m ix. A l[...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 36 now include s the ef fect . Y ou d o not hea r the ef fect i n t he mon itors . Mo nitor w ith the e ffe ct: • Remove the ca ble fro m the I n jack of the I nput mo dule. • Plug it into t he in pu t of the effe ct. • Con ne ct a cable f rom t he out p ut of the ef fect to t he I nput modu l[...]

37 day , a nd th en us e a combi nat ion of aux se nds , di re ct out put s and c onsole bus ou tp uts a nothe r day w ithout r each i ng beh in d an eq uipm ent ra ck. T his s et up is de signe d for a patc h bay tha t is not no rm alled . A nor mal led pat ch bay is one t hat aut omat ical ly send s t he sign al f rom one ja ck of the pat ch bay [...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 38 sign als i nto t he I nput modu le, you need t o ded icat e two cha n nels to t he mic s tha t are pick i ng up th e ambient so und . It is not nec ess ar y t hat t he live mic s be sent i nto t he f ront of hous e mi x. S i l e n t J a m S e s s i o n T here i s no req ui reme nt th at a mi xer [...]

39 Use the M ast er volume c ont rol to set a level th at doe s not di stor t t he i nputs of t he rec order. Using t his t ech n ique you ca n quick ly cr eate a va r iet y of reco rded t r ack s for rehe ar sal s, etc. by r ecord i ng the d if fere nt Pre set m ixes s aved on your Perso nal M ixer.[...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 40 T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g Before cont ac ti ng C ust omer Se r vice, ch eck t he following l ist of com mon problem s and s olution s for help. Pro ble m : No au dio f rom Per sona l Mi xer o ut put s Possible Solution s: • No inp ut audio f r om the m ai n mi xi ng con sole. Check t he lev[...]

4 1 devic e. It does not i nd icate t hat a ll dev ices i n a syst em a re prop erly con ne cte d, however . I f you hav e t wo Person al Mi x - er s con nec ted t ogeth er, the se cond Per sonal M i xer’ s A-Net LED w ill l ight be cau se th e f ir st Per sona l Mi xer is cor r ect ly con ne cte d to it. Ch eck th at ea ch devic e in t he cha in[...]

Avi om A - 16II P er s on al M ixe r Us er Gu ide 42 Pro ble m : I do n ’t thin k my Pr ese t was sa ve d. Possible Solution s: • W hen s aving a P re set, m ake s ur e th at the R ECA LL a nd G ROUP b utt ons a re b oth held dow n before pr essi ng a memor y locat ion but ton . The P re set is saved whe n you relea se your f inge r f rom t he [...]

43 A -16 I I P e r s o n a l M i x e r S p e c i f i c a t i o n s Digital to Analog Conversion: Bit Depth 24 bit Sample Rates 44.1kHz to 48kHz +/-10% Signal to Noise Ratio (Referenced to 0dB) -103dB EQ: T reble (shelving) +/- 12dB at 9kHz Bass (shelving) +/- 12dB at 160Hz Output: Headphone driver W orks with 30 - 600 ohm headphones Maximum Levels [...]

Index A A-Net 7 A-Net Active LED 1 1 A-Net Connectors 18 A-Net In 1 1, 18 A-Net LED 40 A-Net Out 1 1, 18 AC Line Conditioning 3 Adding Effects 35, 37 Adding Live Ambience 37 All V olumes Zero 17 Audio Connections, Outputs 12 Audio Outputs 18 Automatic Plug Detection 19 Aux Send 32 B Basic Navigation 17 Bass 15, 19 Bass and T reble knobs 15 Bass ton[...]

D daisy chain 12 DC Power 12, 18 DC Power supply 3 default EQ setting 19 default mix 17 Direct Output 32 E Editing Groups 28 Editing Interface 20 Effects Sends 32 EQ 16 tone control 1 1 F Front Panel 14 G Global Controls 15 global tone controls 19 Global T rim 29 Group 26, 27, 28, 40 Group - Making Changes 28 Group button 16 Group Mode 14 H headpho[...]

linked Channels 17, 21 Linking Channels 22 Live Ambience 37 M Master V olume 14, 16, 19 Master volume control 1 1 memory location 30 Mix Memory Location 31 Mix Mode 14 modes 14 Monitor with effects 36 Mono 19, 21, 22 Mono/Stereo Plug Detection 19 Mono vs. Stereo output 18 Mute 1 1, 17, 19, 23 mute all 17 Mute a Channel 25 Mute button 17 mute status[...]

R Recall button 16 Recall Mode 14, 17 Record a Mix 38 red LED 16, 20, 26, 27 Removing Channels From a Group 28 replace the power supply 8 RJ45 connector 5 S Save a Preset 30 Save Mode 15, 16 scribble strip 4 Solo 1 1, 17, 23 Held Solo 24 Solo a Channel 23 Solo button 17, 24 Solo Mode 14 Spread Control 23 stereo headphones 18 stereo input 21 stereo [...]

R Recall button 16 Recall Mode 14, 17 Record a Mix 38 red LED 16, 20, 26, 27 Removing Channels From a Group 28 replace the power supply 8 RJ45 connector 5 S Save a Preset 30 Save Mode 15, 16 scribble strip 4 Solo 1 1, 17, 23 Held Solo 24 Solo a Channel 23 Solo button 17, 24 Solo Mode 14 Spread Control 23 stereo headphones 18 stereo input 21 stereo [...]

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