Korg ZERO4 Music Mixer User Manual


 
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THANKYOUforpurchasingyourKorgZERO4.Beingadigitalmixer,itisespeciallyimp ortanttoobservepropergainstagingthroughoutthe
signalpathtoachieveoptimalsoundquality.Tohelpyouweofferthefollowingsuggestions.
TheZERO4isdesignedtobeabletoacceptaverystrongsignalon
input,sobesuretotakefulladvantageofthishighceilingforeach
channel:
1. SettheMasterandBoothvolumesto“0”(Otherwiseyoumightoverloadyourspeakers.Wewilladdresstheoutputstagenext)
2. Selectaninputsourceforthechannelyou’refeedingsignaltoand
beginplayingaudio.Yoursourceshouldbeatmaximum
volume
3. Forgainadjustments,usethegainknobatthetopofthechannel.IftheLEDunderthegainknobstartstoblink(indicating
clipping),lowerthegainjustbelow thatpoint*
4. Repeatthisprocessforallconnectedsound
sources
*Ifyouarestillseeinglowinputlevelspleaserefertowww.korg.com/ZERO4
forthelatestoperatingsystemupgrade!Inadditiontoother
improvements,thisprovidesa+12dBinputpregainlevelsettingforthelineinputs.
MasterandBoothOutputsThebestsignaltonoiseratioandhottestpossibleFireWireaudiosignalwilloccurbysettingtheMaster
Volumetomaximum
andthenattenuatingthespeakers/amplifiertoreachthedesiredlisteningvolume:
1. Startwithyourspeakers/ampatthelowestpossiblesetting/level
2. SettheMasteroutputonthemixertomaximum
3. Slowlybringyourspeakers/ampuptotheideallisteninglevel
Ifyourequiremorevolumecontroloveryourmonitors
inastudioenvironment,usetheBoothoutputforyourmonitorsandleavethe
Masteratmaximum.
Outputs/masterlevelselectonZERO4Understandingtheoutputlevelsandtypesofcablesthataremeanttoaddressthoselevelswill
assurethebestpossiblesignallevel:
MasterXLRoutputsat
+4dB
Booth¼”outputsat+4dBUsebalanced(Tip/Ring/Sleeveor“TRS”)cablestoassureoptimalsignal
WehopeyouenjoyyourZEROMixer!
Ifyouhaveanyquestionsonsetup,pleasecontactyourlocalKorgSupportcenter.Alistingisavailableat
http://www.korg.co.jp/English/Distributors/
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