Yamaha IM8-24, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...IT RU ZH JA ES FR DE EN MIXING CONSOLE Owner s Manual Bedienungsanleitung Mode d emploi Manual de instrucciones Manuale di istruzioni English Italiano Español Français Deutsch ...

Page 2: ...by turning the unit OFF and ON please try to elimi nate the problem by using one of the following measures Relocate either this product or the device that is being affected by the interference Utilize power outlets that are on different branch circuit breaker or fuse circuits or install AC line filter s In the case of radio or TV interference relocate reorient the antenna If the antenna lead in is...

Page 3: ...d a third grounding prong The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet 10 Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus 11 Only use attachments accessories specified...

Page 4: ...when the device is not to be used for extended periods of time or during electrical storms When removing the electric plug from the device or an outlet always hold the plug itself and not the cord Pulling by the cord can damage it When transporting or moving the device always use two or more people Attempting to lift the device by yourself may damage your back result in other injury or cause damag...

Page 5: ... and may appear somewhat different from those on your instrument This product incorporates and bundles computer programs and contents in which Yamaha owns copyrights or with respect to which it has license to use others copyrights Such copyrighted materials include without limitation all computer software style files MIDI files WAVE data musical scores and sound recordings Any unauthorized use of ...

Page 6: ...g the sound to distort AUX SEND faders Faders are provided on the AUX sends allowing you to use them not only for the main mix but also to create indi vidual mixes for monitoring Owner s Manual this book Power supply cable Cubase AI 4 DVD ROM USB cable Introduction 6 Features 6 Accessories 6 System Requirements 7 Differences between the IM8 40 32 24 mixers 7 Controls and Functions 8 Channel Contro...

Page 7: ... IM8 mixer is available in three models IM8 40 IM8 32 IM8 24 which differ as follows Number of monaural input channels The IM8 40 provides 40 monaural input channels the IM8 32 provides 32 and the IM8 24 provides 24 The remain ing channels stereo input channels 2TR IN etc are the same for all models Number of LAMP connectors The IM8 40 provides three LAMP connectors to which you can connect separa...

Page 8: ...s illustrated below insert cable sold separately 3 DIRECT OUT Jack These are impedance balanced page 19 phone jack type outputs They output the signal that has passed through the compressor NOTE If necessary the signal that is output from the DIRECT OUT jack can be changed to the signal immediately before the channel fader pre fader or the signal after the channel fader post fader by changing an i...

Page 9: ...f the input signal Turn this switch on if you need to mix a phase reversed signal NOTE If you try to mix a phase reversed signal the signals will interfere with each other resulting in degraded sound quality 9 High Pass Filter Switch This switch toggles the HPF on or off Turning this switch ON will apply a high pass filter that attenuates the signal below 80 Hz by a slope of 12 dB octave 5 6 0 9 7...

Page 10: ...ual E PAN Control This control determines the stereo positioning of the monaural channel signal on the buses Rotate the knob clockwise to pan the signal to the odd channels of the GROUP buses and the ST L bus and counter clockwise to pan the signal to the even chan nels of the GROUP buses and the ST R bus F BAL Control Adjusts the left and right volume balance of stereo channels The signal input t...

Page 11: ...OTE When you turn on the PFL switch the PFL indicator of the MONITOR section page 18 will light L Channel Fader Adjusts the output level of the input channel signal Use these faders to adjust the balance between the various channels NOTE To minimize noise the faders of unused channels should be set to the lowest position The channel faders will affect the ST MONO GROUP 1 8 and AUX 1 8 when the PRE...

Page 12: ...ge 13 MONO Section page 19 AUX SEND Section page 16 DC POWER INPUT Section page 15 STEREO AUX RETURN Section page 13 GROUP OUT Section page 16 REC OUT USB Section page 14 MATRIX OUT Section page 14 DC POWER INPUT Section page 15 MUTE MASTER Section page 15 TALKBACK Section page 15 MONITOR Section page 18 MONO Section page 19 STEREO MASTER Section page 17 2TR IN USB Section page 13 STEREO MASTER Se...

Page 13: ...e position of the knob is nominal level 0 dB NOTE The signals sent to AUX 1 4 are not affected by the RETURN control 5 PFL Switch Indicator When the PFL switch is on the indicator will light and the signal before the AUX controls and RETURN control in the STEREO AUX RETURN section is output to the MONITOR OUT and PHONES jacks for monitoring NOTE When you turn on the PFL switch the PFL indicator in...

Page 14: ...ector MONO switch The signal of the MONO bus will be output from the REC OUT jacks and the USB connector NOTE If both the ST switch and the MONO switch are on the mixed signals of the ST L R bus and MONO bus will be output MATRIX OUT Section 1 MATRIX OUT Jack This is an impedance balanced page 19 TRS phone jack type output This jack outputs the signal adjusted by the controls in the MATRIX OUT sec...

Page 15: ...tch page 10 of the corresponding number is turned on When the signal is muted the ON indicator of the input channels will go dark TALKBACK Section 1 TALKBACK MIC IN Jack This is an XLR 3 31 type unbalanced input jack for con necting a talkback microphone 2 Bus Assign Switches These determine the output destination of the signal from the TALKBACK MIC jack AUX 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 switches Send the signa...

Page 16: ...der Controls the level of the signal output to the AUX SEND jack 5 AFL Switch Indicator When the AFL switch is on the indicator will light and the signal after the AUX SEND fader is output to the MONITOR OUT and PHONES jacks for monitoring NOTE If you want to monitor the signal after the AUX SEND fader turn off all PFL switches GROUP OUT Section 1 GROUP INSERT Jack This is an input output jack loc...

Page 17: ...ight red when the GROUP OUT signal reaches 3 dB before clipping 6 Bus Assign Switches These switches assign the GROUP OUT signal to the ST L R bus and the MONO bus NOTE Turn the ON switch on if you want to send the GROUP OUT signal to the ST L R bus or MONO bus 7 AFL Switch Indicator When the AFL switch is on the indicator will light and the signal after the GROUP OUT fader but before the ON switc...

Page 18: ...REO OUT jacks MONITOR Section 1 MONITOR OUT Jacks These are impedance balanced page 19 TRS phone type output jacks that you can connect to your monitor system These jacks output the signal before or after the faders for the various buses The PFL AFL indicator 4 and the PFL and AFL indicators in each section indicate which signal is being output NOTE If both a PFL switch and AFL switch are on the P...

Page 19: ... the 0 LED will light at nominal level The PEAK LED will light red when the MONO OUT signal reaches 3 dB before clipping 5 AFL Switch Indicator When the AFL switch is on the indicator will light and the signal after the MONO fader is output to the MONI TOR OUT and PHONES jacks for monitoring NOTE If you want to monitor the signal after the MONO fader turn off all PFL switches 6 MONO Fader Controls...

Page 20: ...the signal of a GROUP bus before I send it to the ST L R bus With the GROUP section ON switch turned off turning the GROUP section AFL switch on will let you monitor the AFL signal of the GROUP bus without sending it to the ST L R and MONO bus How can I send a compressed signal to the ST L R bus while sending the uncompressed signal to DIRECT OUT jacks for recording If you connect a compressor ext...

Page 21: ...ow http www yamahasynth com Note that Yamaha does not offer technical support for the DAW software in the accessory disk About the DAW software in the accessory disk The accessory disk contains DAW software both for Windows and Macintosh NOTE Make sure to install DAW software under the Administrator account In order to have continuous use of the DAW software in the accessory disk including support...

Page 22: ...t be removed nor may the electronic watermark be modified without permission of the copyright owner 3 TERMINATION This Agreement becomes effective on the day that you receive the SOFTWARE and remains effective until terminated If any copyright law or provisions of this Agreement is violated the Agreement shall terminate automatically and immediately without notice from Yamaha Upon such termination...

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Page 24: ...sign switches off 80 dBu AUX SEND AUX SEND faders at nominal level and all CH AUX controls at minimum 75 dBu STEREO OUT GROUP OUT STEREO OUT GROUP OUT faders and one CH fader at nominal level 64 dBu STEREO OUT Residual output noise 98 dBu Crosstalk 1 kHz Adjacent Input MONO CH INPUT GAIN min 70 dB Input to Output STEREO OUT L R MOMO CH INPUT PAN panned hard left or right 70 dB Maximum Voltage Gain...

Page 25: ...19 mm Depth 739 mm Width 1716 mm IM8 40 1471 5 mm IM8 32 1227 mm IM8 24 Net Weight 51 5 kg IM8 40 44 4 kg IM8 32 37 8 kg IM8 24 Input Connectors PAD GAIN Input Impedance Appropriate Impedance Sensitivity Nominal Level Max before clipping Connector Specifications INPUT A MONO CHs IM8 40 1 40 IM8 32 1 32 IM8 40 1 24 0 60 dB 3 kΩ 50 600 Ω Mics 80 dBu 0 078 mV 60 dBu 0 775 mV 40 dBu 7 75 mV XLR 3 31 t...

Page 26: ... 75 V TRS phone jack impedance balanced Tip HOT Ring COLD Sleeve GND MONO OUT 75 Ω 600 Ω Lines 4 dBu 1 23 V 24 dBu 12 3 V XLR 3 32 type balanced 1 GND 2 HOT 3 COLD INSERT OUT MONO CHs 150 Ω 10 kΩ Lines 0 dBu 0 775 V 20 dBu 7 75 V Phone jack unbalanced Tip Out Ring In Sleeve GND INSERT OUT AUX GROUP STEREO MONO 150 Ω 10 kΩ Lines 0 dBu 0 775 V 20 dBu 7 75 V Phone jack unbalanced Tip Out Ring In Slee...

Page 27: ...XLR 3 32 Jack LAMP Pin 1 NC Pin 2 NC Pin 3 Ground Pin 4 12 V XLR 4 31 Jack INPUT B monaural GROUP OUT MATRIX OUT MONITOR OUT Tip Hot Ring Cold Sleeve Ground TRS Phone Jack CH INSERT AUX INSERT GROUP INSERT STEREO INSERT MONO INSERT Tip Output Ring Input Sleeve Ground PHONES Tip L Ring R Sleeve Ground INPUT A stereo AUX RETURN DIRECT OUT Tip Hot Sleeve Ground Phone Jack 3 1 2 3 2 1 INPUT OUTPUT 1 2...

Page 28: ...iano Español Français Deutsch Specifications Owner s Manual 170 Dimensional Diagram IM8 40 IM8 32 W 1716 1320 198 198 D 739 H 219 17 495 131 113 Units mm W 1471 5 198 1075 5 198 D 739 H 219 17 495 131 113 Units mm ...

Page 29: ...English Italiano Español Français Deutsch Specifications Owner s Manual 171 IM8 24 W 1227 198 831 198 D 739 H 219 17 495 131 113 Units mm ...

Page 30: ...Owner s Manual 172 1 1 MIXING CONSOLE Monaural Input Stereo Input Track Sheet ...

Page 31: ...Owner s Manual 173 Title Date Place Notes Session Information 5 4 3 2 1 6 7 8 4 3 2 1 4 2 1 3 ...

Page 32: ... DIRECT OUT 0dBu Clip Level CH INPUT A B Clip Level ST CH LINE IN Clip Level CH CH Fader Nominal 10dB TB IN 50dBu Clip Level TB RETURN 4dBu RETURN PAD BA RETURN Nominal 6dB Clip Level RETURN 2TR IN 7 8dBu 2TR IN Nominal 6dB USB IN 0dBu Clip Level 2TR IN Clip Level USB IN AFL GROUP AFL ST MONO AUX TB Nominal 6dB AUX CH RETURN Nominal 6dB BUS AUX BUS GROUP ST MONO PFL AFL ST MONO AUX Fader Nominal 1...

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