Korg ZERO8 User manual

Brand: Korg

Model: ZERO8

Category: Audio mixers

Type: User manual

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THANKYOUforpurchasingyourKorgZERO8.Beingadigitalmixer,itisespeciallyimp ortanttoobservepropergainstagingthroughoutthe

signalpathtoachieveoptimalsoundquality.Tohelpyouweofferthefollowingsuggestions.

TheZERO8isdesignedtobeabletoacceptaverystrongsignalon

input,sobesuretotakefulladvantageofthishighceilingforeach

channel:

1. SettheMasterandBoothvolumesto“0”(Otherwiseyoumightoverloadyourspeakers.Wewilladdresstheoutputstagenext)

2. Selectaninputsourceforthechannelyou’refeedingsignaltoand

beginplayingaudio.Yoursourceshouldbeatmaximum

volume

3. PresstheSETUPbuttontoaccessthemainmenu

4. Touch“System”onthescreen

5. Touch“InputTrim”*onthescreen

6. Usingthecorrespondingknobabovethescreen,adjusttheINPUTTRIMfortheinputtype you’reusing,

tobestaccommodatethe

levelofyoursoundsource.Ifthemeteronthechannelindicatesclipping(Thelast,redLEDonthemeterlightsup),stepdown

untilyoureachasclosetounitygainaspossible(Thesecondtolast,orangeLEDonthemeter)

7. Forfine

gainadjustments,usethegainknobatthetopofthechannel.IftheLEDunderthegainknobstartstoblink(clipping)

lowerthegainjustbelowthatpoint

8. Repeatthisprocessforallconnectedsoundsources

*IfyoudonotseeanInputTrimchoice,pleasereferto

www.korg.com/ZERO8forthelatestoperatingsystemupgrade,whichprovidesthis

feature,inadditiontootherimprovements.

MasterandBoothOutputs–Thebestsignal‐to‐noiseratioandhottestpossibleFireWireaudiosignalwilloccurbysettingtheMaster

Volumetomaximumandthenattenuatingthespeakers/amplifiertoreachthedesired

listeningvolume:

1. Startwithyourspeakers/ampatthelowestpossiblesetting/level

2. SettheMasteroutputonthemixertomaximum

3. Slowlybringyourspeakers/ampuptotheideallisteninglevel

Ifyourequiremorevolumecontroloveryourmonitorsinastudioenvironment,usetheBoothoutputfor

yourmonitorsandleavethe

Masteratmaximum.

Outputs/masterlevelselectonZERO8–Understandingtheoutputlevelsandtypesofcablesthataremeanttoaddressthoselevelswill

assurethebestpossiblesignallevel:

‐ MasterXLRoutputsat+4dB

‐ Master¼”outputsat+4dBor‐10dB,

selectableviaaswitchovertheinputs–Usebalanced(Tip/Ring/Sleeveor“TRS”)cablesin

conjunctionwiththe+4dBselectionandunbalanced(Tip/Sleeveor“Instrument”)cablesinconjunctionwiththe‐10dBselection

toassureoptimalsignal

‐ Booth¼”outputsat+4dbor‐10dB,acceptsbalancedandunbalancedcablesandself

‐switchesdBlevelsbasedonthetypeof

cablesyouuse

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WehopeyouenjoyyourZEROMixer!

Ifyouhaveanyquestionsonsetup,pleasecontactyourlocalKorgSupportcenter.Alistingisavailableat

http://www.korg.co.jp/English/Distributors/

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Korg ZERO8 User manual

Brand: Korg

Model: ZERO8

Category: Audio mixers

Type: User manual

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