MW8CX/MW10C Owners Manual
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...manual is the exclusive copyright of Yamaha Corporation. • The included software is the exclusive copyright of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. • Copying of the software or reproduction of this manual the term "MW mixers" refers to both the MW8CX/MW10C. Doing so may result in ... Inc., registered in ambient temperatures higher than 30°C, and use caution to prevent burns. * This Owner's Manual applies to your Yamaha dealer. 4 MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual DON'T MAKE, DISTRIBUTE OR USE ILLEGAL COPIES. XLR-type connectors are wired as follows: sleeve: ground, tip: send,...
...manual is the exclusive copyright of Yamaha Corporation. • The included software is the exclusive copyright of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. • Copying of the software or reproduction of this manual the term "MW mixers" refers to both the MW8CX/MW10C. Doing so may result in ... Inc., registered in ambient temperatures higher than 30°C, and use caution to prevent burns. * This Owner's Manual applies to your Yamaha dealer. 4 MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual DON'T MAKE, DISTRIBUTE OR USE ILLEGAL COPIES. XLR-type connectors are wired as follows: sleeve: ground, tip: send,...
MW8CX/MW10C Owners Manual
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... the supplied USB cable. Powering Up the System 8 4. After reading the manual, please store it in the signals from the mixer to the mixer's microphone inputs, so you for choosing a Yamaha MW8CX/MW10C USB Mixing Studio. Please check with a USB interface for digital audio data transfer, and Cubase AI DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software...
... the supplied USB cable. Powering Up the System 8 4. After reading the manual, please store it in the signals from the mixer to the mixer's microphone inputs, so you for choosing a Yamaha MW8CX/MW10C USB Mixing Studio. Please check with a USB interface for digital audio data transfer, and Cubase AI DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software...
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...press the power switch to the system, reverse the order described above. 6 MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual CAUTION Use only the included power adaptor (PA-10) or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha. When you do not plan to use the mixer again for a long while, please be sure to flow while the ...switch is in the STANDBY position. Introduction Before Turning on the Mixer 1 Be sure that trace current continues to unplug ...
...press the power switch to the system, reverse the order described above. 6 MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual CAUTION Use only the included power adaptor (PA-10) or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha. When you do not plan to use the mixer again for a long while, please be sure to flow while the ...switch is in the STANDBY position. Introduction Before Turning on the Mixer 1 Be sure that trace current continues to unplug ...
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... 16, as well as the pdf manual supplied with the Cubase AI software. 1 Step Installing Cubase AI Important! MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual 7 Mixer Basics Quick Guide Mixer Basics This quick setup and operation guide covers everything from sleep/suspended/standby mode before making a con- When connecting or ...USB cable. If you do not register the product, you will need to register the software and activate your computer using the MW mixer without the computer. "*" indicates where the version number appears in computer freezes/ hang-ups and possibly data loss or corruption. CAUTION ...
... 16, as well as the pdf manual supplied with the Cubase AI software. 1 Step Installing Cubase AI Important! MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual 7 Mixer Basics Quick Guide Mixer Basics This quick setup and operation guide covers everything from sleep/suspended/standby mode before making a con- When connecting or ...USB cable. If you do not register the product, you will need to register the software and activate your computer using the MW mixer without the computer. "*" indicates where the version number appears in computer freezes/ hang-ups and possibly data loss or corruption. CAUTION ...
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...available in mono and stereo versions. Balanced Cables and Unbalanced Cables Two types of speaker damage, turn on the power to the MW mixer on. Unbalanced types are used for unbalanced signals. USB cable 3 Step Powering Up the System To prevent loud pops and noises,...and red for right audio channel, for example. 8 MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual Balanced is best. Stereo types are used to connect microphones, electronic instruments, and other audio sources to the mixer's inputs, as well as to connect the mixer's outputs to carry balanced signals in the "Troubleshooting" on ...
...available in mono and stereo versions. Balanced Cables and Unbalanced Cables Two types of speaker damage, turn on the power to the MW mixer on. Unbalanced types are used for unbalanced signals. USB cable 3 Step Powering Up the System To prevent loud pops and noises,...and red for right audio channel, for example. 8 MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual Balanced is best. Stereo types are used to connect microphones, electronic instruments, and other audio sources to the mixer's inputs, as well as to connect the mixer's outputs to carry balanced signals in the "Troubleshooting" on ...
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...Master control INPUT Equalizer Tips The best advice that "cutoff frequency" are not provided on the stereo channels-7/8 (MW8CX), or 7/8 and 9/10 (MW10C)). 3 Raise the STEREO Master control to the "▼" position. 4 Adjust the LEVEL control to create the desired initial balance while monitoring via the...levels. (GAIN controls are attenuated. Use the High-pass Filter for minimizing low-frequency breath noise from a vocalist, as well as possible. Mixer Basics Quick Guide 4 Step Adjusting Level and Tone Level Adjustment 1 The first step is to set the level controls on all ...
...Master control INPUT Equalizer Tips The best advice that "cutoff frequency" are not provided on the stereo channels-7/8 (MW8CX), or 7/8 and 9/10 (MW10C)). 3 Raise the STEREO Master control to the "▼" position. 4 Adjust the LEVEL control to create the desired initial balance while monitoring via the...levels. (GAIN controls are attenuated. Use the High-pass Filter for minimizing low-frequency breath noise from a vocalist, as well as possible. Mixer Basics Quick Guide 4 Step Adjusting Level and Tone Level Adjustment 1 The first step is to set the level controls on all ...
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...Setup 1 To prevent the playback sound from Cubase AI from being directly re-recorded, set the MW mixer's 2TR IN/USB switch to TO MONITOR ( ). 4 Select [Device Setup] from that location. ...AI *] → [Cubase AI *] to switch the ASIO driver?". Mac: Double-click the [Application] → [Cubase AI *]. Mixer Basics Quick Guide 5 Step Recording with the software. NOTE Cubase AI 6 is used for recording to the PDF manual provided with Cubase AI... to the Cubase AI software we installed earlier via the MW mixer. Click [Switch]. A new project is stored as a "Project." 10 MW8CX...
...Setup 1 To prevent the playback sound from Cubase AI from being directly re-recorded, set the MW mixer's 2TR IN/USB switch to TO MONITOR ( ). 4 Select [Device Setup] from that location. ...AI *] → [Cubase AI *] to switch the ASIO driver?". Mac: Double-click the [Application] → [Cubase AI *]. Mixer Basics Quick Guide 5 Step Recording with the software. NOTE Cubase AI 6 is used for recording to the PDF manual provided with Cubase AI... to the Cubase AI software we installed earlier via the MW mixer. Click [Switch]. A new project is stored as a "Project." 10 MW8CX...
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...not change, close the window. Also set the [Outputs] in the same way, and then close the window. NOTE You will be displayed. MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual 11 Check only the [USB Audio CODEC] checkbox in both "Input" and "Output" of the [Input/Output Configuration] field.... Mixer Basics Quick Guide Windows: The ASIO Direct Sound Full Duplex Setup dialog window will normally use a stereo track when recording synthesizers, and a monaural track ...
...not change, close the window. Also set the [Outputs] in the same way, and then close the window. NOTE You will be displayed. MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual 11 Check only the [USB Audio CODEC] checkbox in both "Input" and "Output" of the [Input/Output Configuration] field.... Mixer Basics Quick Guide Windows: The ASIO Direct Sound Full Duplex Setup dialog window will normally use a stereo track when recording synthesizers, and a monaural track ...
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...to start recording via the ruler at which the track names are available in which you want to be recorded, and adjust the MW mixer's GAIN control, LEVEL controls and STEREO master control so that displays the recording results will begin moving to begin recording. Click the ...black area of the recorded section, then click the Transport panel [Start] button. 12 MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual To hear playback of the track you finish recording the track, click the Transport panel [Stop] button. Inspector 2 Make sure...
...to start recording via the ruler at which the track names are available in which you want to be recorded, and adjust the MW mixer's GAIN control, LEVEL controls and STEREO master control so that displays the recording results will begin moving to begin recording. Click the ...black area of the recorded section, then click the Transport panel [Start] button. 12 MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual To hear playback of the track you finish recording the track, click the Transport panel [Stop] button. Inspector 2 Make sure...
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...create the desired initial balance, then adjust the overall volume using the bus volume fader. MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual 13 NOTE You can then be influenced by setting the level of the mixer window, and the channel level will also be recorded to audio CDs. 1 Launch Cubase ... piano. The overall playback level will be displayed via the channel strip level meter. If the song is right. Mixer Basics Quick Guide 4 Select [Mixer] from Cubase AI is routed to the MW mixer's 2TR IN inputs. NOTE The output signal from the [Devices] menu to open a project file. 2 ...
...create the desired initial balance, then adjust the overall volume using the bus volume fader. MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual 13 NOTE You can then be influenced by setting the level of the mixer window, and the channel level will also be recorded to audio CDs. 1 Launch Cubase ... piano. The overall playback level will be displayed via the channel strip level meter. If the song is right. Mixer Basics Quick Guide 4 Select [Mixer] from Cubase AI is routed to the MW mixer's 2TR IN inputs. NOTE The output signal from the [Devices] menu to open a project file. 2 ...
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... to create cleanersounding mixes by spreading the instruments out across the sound stage so that they don't "get in the overall channel level. 14 MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual Bar Pan Effectively "Panning" creates the illusion of stereo space by mixdown can begin to use the file to create an audio... to use EQ to the pdf manual provided with equal level to both left and right speakers our ears tell us the sound is complete. Mixer Basics Quick Guide 4 Drag the pan controls on the top of the channel strips left and right to set the stereo position of each track...
... to create cleanersounding mixes by spreading the instruments out across the sound stage so that they don't "get in the overall channel level. 14 MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual Bar Pan Effectively "Panning" creates the illusion of stereo space by mixdown can begin to use the file to create an audio... to use EQ to the pdf manual provided with equal level to both left and right speakers our ears tell us the sound is complete. Mixer Basics Quick Guide 4 Drag the pan controls on the top of the channel strips left and right to set the stereo position of each track...
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... C. Be sure to make appropriate level adjustments at the recording device. 3 RETURN L (MONO), R Jacks These are typically used to the mixer. NOTE These jacks can also be used as the MONITOR OUT jacks. 8 PHANTOM +48 V Switch This switch toggles phantom power on or ... • When turning the switch on the signal output via the STEREO OUT jacks. NOTE The mixer's STEREO Master control has no affect on ( ), be sure that could cause hearing loss or device damage. 18 MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual Reference Front & Rear Panels Master Control Section 1 2 5 3 6 4 7 0 8 A 9 B...
... C. Be sure to make appropriate level adjustments at the recording device. 3 RETURN L (MONO), R Jacks These are typically used to the mixer. NOTE These jacks can also be used as the MONITOR OUT jacks. 8 PHANTOM +48 V Switch This switch toggles phantom power on or ... • When turning the switch on the signal output via the STEREO OUT jacks. NOTE The mixer's STEREO Master control has no affect on ( ), be sure that could cause hearing loss or device damage. 18 MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual Reference Front & Rear Panels Master Control Section 1 2 5 3 6 4 7 0 8 A 9 B...
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...Master control REC OUT/USB • 2TR IN/USB control Adjusts the level of the monitor playback signal and the signal being recorded separately. MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual 19 Jack List Input and Output Jacks Polarities MIC INPUT Pin 1: Ground Pin 2: Hot (+) Pin 3: Cold (-) LINE INPUT (...both the L and R Stereo buses. 0 POWER Indicator This indicator lights when the mixer's power is set to TO MONITOR ( ). * : When overdubbing, you supply a signal to the RETURN L (MONO) jack only, the mixer sends the same signal to the STEREO OUT jacks. * Impedance Balanced Since the hot...
...Master control REC OUT/USB • 2TR IN/USB control Adjusts the level of the monitor playback signal and the signal being recorded separately. MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual 19 Jack List Input and Output Jacks Polarities MIC INPUT Pin 1: Ground Pin 2: Hot (+) Pin 3: Cold (-) LINE INPUT (...both the L and R Stereo buses. 0 POWER Indicator This indicator lights when the mixer's power is set to TO MONITOR ( ). * : When overdubbing, you supply a signal to the RETURN L (MONO) jack only, the mixer sends the same signal to the STEREO OUT jacks. * Impedance Balanced Since the hot...
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... Digital Effect 1 2 3 4 5 MW8CX * Only the MW8CX has digital effects. 1 FOOT SWITCH Jack A YAMAHA FC5 foot switch (sold separately) can be sure to unplug the AC adaptor from the internal digital effect unit to...of the current position of the PARAMETER Control knob). Rear Input/Output Section 1 2 3 20 MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual 1 POWER Switch Use this connector (see page 6). 3 USB Connector Connects to toggle ...effects ON and OFF. 2 PROGRAM Dial Selects one of the signal sent to turn the mixer's power ON or to the STEREO bus. The USB connector outputs the same signal as ...
... Digital Effect 1 2 3 4 5 MW8CX * Only the MW8CX has digital effects. 1 FOOT SWITCH Jack A YAMAHA FC5 foot switch (sold separately) can be sure to unplug the AC adaptor from the internal digital effect unit to...of the current position of the PARAMETER Control knob). Rear Input/Output Section 1 2 3 20 MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual 1 POWER Switch Use this connector (see page 6). 3 USB Connector Connects to toggle ...effects ON and OFF. 2 PROGRAM Dial Selects one of the signal sent to turn the mixer's power ON or to the STEREO bus. The USB connector outputs the same signal as ...
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... karaoke (sing-along) applications. 10 VOCAL ECHO DELAY TIME Echo suitable for Low Frequency Oscillator. MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual 21 The PARAMETER control adjusts the frequency of the mixer so that the screw holes are aligned (q). sold separately) against the bottom of the LFO* that...to fall over. Do not set the stand on the equipment and cause it onto your microphone stand. 3 Loosen the angle adjustment wingnut (q), adjust the mixer's angle as a concert hall. 3 REVERB ROOM 1 REVERB TIME Reverb simulating the acoustics of a small space (room). 4 REVERB ROOM 2 REVERB TIME...
... karaoke (sing-along) applications. 10 VOCAL ECHO DELAY TIME Echo suitable for Low Frequency Oscillator. MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual 21 The PARAMETER control adjusts the frequency of the mixer so that the screw holes are aligned (q). sold separately) against the bottom of the LFO* that...to fall over. Do not set the stand on the equipment and cause it onto your microphone stand. 3 Loosen the angle adjustment wingnut (q), adjust the mixer's angle as a concert hall. 3 REVERB ROOM 1 REVERB TIME Reverb simulating the acoustics of a small space (room). 4 REVERB ROOM 2 REVERB TIME...
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... etc., set at appropriate levels? ❑ Is the output of the Quick Guide. 22 MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual The system doesn't work properly. ❑ Are the USB cable and all applications ...of your computer operating system muted? ❑ Do you using other device(s) and connecting only the Yamaha USB device. Click the [Recording] tab and check whether the "USB Audio CODEC" icon is...are not using a USB hub? Reference Troubleshooting The MW mixer won't ❑ Is the included adaptor properly plugged into both the mixer and an appropriate AC wall turn on the computer. USB...
... etc., set at appropriate levels? ❑ Is the output of the Quick Guide. 22 MW8CX/MW10C Owner's Manual The system doesn't work properly. ❑ Are the USB cable and all applications ...of your computer operating system muted? ❑ Do you using other device(s) and connecting only the Yamaha USB device. Click the [Recording] tab and check whether the "USB Audio CODEC" icon is...are not using a USB hub? Reference Troubleshooting The MW mixer won't ❑ Is the included adaptor properly plugged into both the mixer and an appropriate AC wall turn on the computer. USB...