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7 XENYX 1202FX/1002FX User Manual
The second value range (+10 to -40 dBu) refers to the line input and shows
its sensitivity. The settings for equipment with standard line-level signals
(-10dBVor +4 dBu) look like this: While the GAIN control is turned all the way
down, connect your equipment. Set the GAIN control to the external devices’
standard output level. If that unit has an output signal level display, it should
show 0 dB during signal peaks. For +4dBu, turn up GAIN slightly, for-10dBV a
bit more. Tweaking is done using the CLIP LED.
EQ
All mono input channels include a 3-band equalizer. All bands provide boost or
cut of up to 15 dB. In the central position, the equalizer is inactive.
The circuitry of the British EQs is based on the technology used in the best-known
top-of-the-line consoles and providing a warm sound without any unwanted
side eects. The result are extremely musical equalizers which, unlike simple
equalizers, cause no side eects such as phase shifting or bandwidth limitation,
even with extreme gain settings of ±15 dB.
The upper (HIGH) and the lower band (LOW) are shelving lters that increase
or decrease all frequencies above or below their cut-o frequency. The cut-o
frequencies of the upper and lower band are 12 kHz and 80Hz respectively.
Themid band is congured as a peak lter with a center frequency of 2.5 kHz.
Unlikeshelving lters, the peak lter processes a frequency range that extends
upwards and downwards around its middle frequency.
LOW CUT
In addition, the mono channels are equipped with a steep LOW CUT lter
(slopeat18 dB/oct., -3 dB at 75 Hz) designed to eliminate unwanted
low-frequency signal components. These can be noises created by
hand-held microphones, subsonicnoise or plosive sounds created by highly
sensitivemicrophones.
FX
FX sends enable you to feed signals via a variable control from one or more
channels and sum these signals to a bus. The bus appears at the console’s FX send
output and can be fed from there to an external eects device. The return from
the eects unit is then brought back into the console on the stereo channels.
Each FX send is mono and features up to +15 dB gain.
As the name suggests, the FX sends of the XENYX mixing consoles are intended to
drive eects devices (reverb, delay, etc.) and are therefore congured post-fader.
This means that the mix between dry signal and eect remains at the level
determined by the channel’s aux send, irrespective of the channel fader setting.
If this were not the case, the eects signal of the channel would remain audible
even when the fader is lowered to zero. With XENYX mixing consoles, the channel
fader is called LEVEL control.
In the 1202FX/1002FX, the FX send is routed directly to the built-in eects
processor. To make sure that the eects processor receives an input signal,
youshouldn’t turn this control all the way to the left (-∞).
PAN
The PAN control determines the position of the channel signal within the stereo
image. This control features a constant-power characteristic, which means the
signal is always maintained at a constant level, irrespective of position in the
stereo panorama.
LEVEL
The LEVEL control determines the level of the channel signal in the main mix.
◊ Attention: Since the FX path for the effect processor is connected
post-fader, the LEVEL control has to be turned up in order to get this
channel’s signal to the effects processor!
CLIP
The CLIP-LED’s of the mono channels illuminate when the input signal is driven
too high, which could cause distortion. If this happens, use the GAIN control to
reduce the preamp level until the LED does not light anymore.
2.2 Stereo channels
Fig. 2.2: Connectors and controls on the stereo channels
LINE IN
Each stereo channel has two balanced line level inputs on ¼" connectors for left
and right channels. If only the connector marked “L” (left) is used, thechannel
operates in mono. Thestereo channels are designed to handle typical line level
signals. Both inputs will also accept unbalancedconnectors.
FX
The FX send of the stereo channels functions similar to that of the mono
channels. However, since the FX send bus is mono, a mono sum is rst taken from
the stereo input before it is sent to the FX bus.
BAL
The BAL(ANCE) control determines the levels of left and right input signals
relative to each other before both signals are then routed to the main stereo mix
bus. If a channel is operated in mono via the left line input, thiscontrol has the
same function as the PAN control used in the mono channels.
LEVEL
The LEVEL control determines the volume of the channel being sent to the
mainmix.
+4/-10
The stereo inputs of the XENYX have an input sensitivity switch which selects
between +4 dBu and -10 dBV. At -10dBV (home-recording level), the input is
more sensitive (requires less level to drive it) than at +4 dBu (studio level).