Making a mix, Setting channel volume – Aviom A-16R/A-16CS User Manual

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Making a Mix

Set the global tone controls—B

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—to about 12 o’clock. This is the

default EQ setting; no boost or cut is applied to the audio mix.

Set the m

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volume knob on the A‑16R Personal Mixer to a low setting,

about 9 or 10 o’clock should be safe. Send audio into the system; this could

be a band playing live or audio from a multi‑track audio device. Raise the

levels Personal Mixer to a comfortable level after you have audio playing

through the system.

Mixing involves setting pan, volume, and mute status for each channel, and

then saving 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,

the Personal Mixer has many channels, but only one set of controls that

are shared by all the channels. A channel is selected by pressing one of the

numbered channel buttons on the Personal Mixer’s front surface. When a

channel is selected, the red LED in the channel’s button will light to indicate

that it has been selected and is ready to be edited.

The procedure to edit a channel involves only two steps:

Select the channel you want to change.

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Edit the volume, panning, or mute status.

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That’s it. Each channel of the mixer can be edited by following the same

simple steps.

Setting Channel Volume

When you change the volume of a channel on the A‑16R (or A‑16CS), the LEDs

in the Volume section of the mixer will indicate the level in real time. When a

new channel is selected, its current volume is instantly indicated on the LEDs.

When no LEDs are lit, channel volume is at its minimum setting.
To make changes to a channel:

Select a channel by pressing its numbered button—the

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button’s upper LED will light.
Rotate the

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knob to the right to increase the volume,

to the left to lower the volume

There are twenty‑four visible volume steps available in the Volume LEDs. Each

LED lights at two levels—one at half brightness, the other at full brightness.