THANKYOUforpurchasingyourKorgZERO8.Beingadigitalmixer,itisespeciallyimportanttoobservepropergainstagingthroughoutthe signalpathtoachieveoptimalsoundquality.Tohelpyouweofferthefollowingsuggestions. TheZERO8isdesignedtobeabletoacceptaverystrongsignaloninput,sobesuretotakefulladvantageofthishighceilingforeach channel: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. SettheMasterandBoothvolumesto0(Otherwiseyoumightoverloadyourspeakers.Wewilladdresstheoutputstagenext) Selectaninputsourceforthechannelyourefeedingsignaltoandbeginplayingaudio.Yoursourceshouldbeatmaximum volume PresstheSETUPbuttontoaccessthemainmenu TouchSystemonthescreen TouchInputTrim*onthescreen Usingthecorrespondingknobabovethescreen,adjusttheINPUTTRIMfortheinputtypeyoureusing,tobestaccommodatethe levelofyoursoundsource.Ifthemeteronthechannelindicatesclipping(Thelast,redLEDonthemeterlightsup),stepdown untilyoureachasclosetounitygainaspossible(Thesecondtolast,orangeLEDonthemeter) Forfinegainadjustments,usethegainknobatthetopofthechannel.IftheLEDunderthegainknobstartstoblink(clipping) lowerthegainjustbelowthatpoint Repeatthisprocessforallconnectedsoundsources
*IfyoudonotseeanInputTrimchoice,pleaserefertowww.korg.com/ZERO8forthelatestoperatingsystemupgrade,whichprovidesthis feature,inadditiontootherimprovements. MasterandBoothOutputsThebestsignaltonoiseratioandhottestpossibleFireWireaudiosignalwilloccurbysettingtheMaster Volumetomaximumandthenattenuatingthespeakers/amplifiertoreachthedesiredlisteningvolume: 1. 2. 3. Startwithyourspeakers/ampatthelowestpossiblesetting/level SettheMasteroutputonthemixertomaximum Slowlybringyourspeakers/ampuptotheideallisteninglevel
Ifyourequiremorevolumecontroloveryourmonitorsinastudioenvironment,usetheBoothoutputforyourmonitorsandleavethe Masteratmaximum. Outputs/masterlevelselectonZERO8Understandingtheoutputlevelsandtypesofcablesthataremeanttoaddressthoselevelswill assurethebestpossiblesignallevel: MasterXLRoutputsat+4dB Masteroutputsat+4dBor10dB,selectableviaaswitchovertheinputsUsebalanced(Tip/Ring/SleeveorTRS)cablesin conjunctionwiththe+4dBselectionandunbalanced(Tip/SleeveorInstrument)cablesinconjunctionwiththe10dBselection toassureoptimalsignal Boothoutputsat+4dbor10dB,acceptsbalancedandunbalancedcablesandselfswitchesdBlevelsbasedonthetypeof cablesyouuse WehopeyouenjoyyourZEROMixer! Ifyouhaveanyquestionsonsetup,pleasecontactyourlocalKorgSupportcenter.Alistingisavailableat http://www.korg.co.jp/English/Distributors/.