Aviom A-16R User Manual

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53MixingThe process of creating a monitor mix using the Personal Monitor Mixing System issimilar to the process used to create a front of house mix. As mentioned in the QuickSystem Setup tutorial section, the Personal Mixer interface makes it easy to jumpright in and create your first mix within minutes of connecting the system for thefirst time.Mixing involves setting pan, volume, and mute status for each Channel, and thensaving this setup as a Preset so that you can recall your custom mix later.The user interface is quite simple to understand. As with many digital mixers, theA-16 Personal Mixer has many Channels, but only one set of controls that are sharedby all the Channels. A Channel is selected by pressing one of the numbered Channelbuttons on the Mixer’s front surface. When a Channel is selected, the red LED inthe Channel’s button will light to indicate that it has been selected and is ready to beedited.The procedure to edit a Channel involves only two steps:• Select the Channel you want to change.• Edit the volume, panning, or mute statusThat’s it. Each Channel can be edited by using the same simple steps.The Editing InterfaceWhen you turn the VOLUME knob clockwise to raise the volume of the selectedChannel, the volume is reflected in the Volume LED indicators. There are twenty-four visible volume steps available in the Volume LEDs. Each LED lights at twolevels, first at half brightness, then at full brightness. More lit LEDs indicates highervolume.The pan position for a Channel can be changed with the PAN knob. Turn it left orright to move the audio in the stereo field. Your changes will be reflected in the PanLEDs. The Pan LEDs are used to indicate the left-center-right location of the selectedChannel. The Pan LEDs have a green middle LED to indicate the center position inthe stereo field with red LEDs on the sides to indicate left or right positions. Changeswill be heard immediately in any speakers or headphones connected to your PersonalMixer.Making Changes to a MixOnce you have a basic monitor mix, you may want to make changes to fine tune thesettings for the individual Channels. This is as simple as selecting the Channel andthen adjusting the VOLUME and PAN knobs as required.When you select a Channel by pressing its corresponding numbered Channel button,the current settings for channel volume and panning are indicated instantly in theVolume and Pan LED readouts. When a Channel is selected, you can always make