QSC TouchMix-16 Bedienungsanleitung
TouchMix™
Self-Guided Tour
WELCOME TO TOUCHMIX!
This guide will introduce you to
many commonly used features of
TouchMix. Click on a chapter title
below, or follow the guide from start
to nish for the complete TouchMix
Tour. The example images portray
a TouchMix-16 running rmware
version 3.0, but the TouchMix-8 and
TouchMix-30 Pro are nearly identical
in operation. The “Home” icon on
the bottom of each page will bring
you back to select another chapter.
Happy mixing!
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Navigation
Simple / Advanced Mode
Presets
Scenes
FX
Wizards
Auxes
Recording
Video Training
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1. NAVIGATION
Let’s go through some basic controls
and navigation.
First you’ll need to know how to power Up/Down
the mixer:
• Press the Power/Standby button on the
right-hand side of the mixer to power on the
mixer (Image 1.1).
• When the Power/Standby button is pressed to
power down, a dialogue box will appear on the
screen asking if you’d like to power down the
mixer.
ALWAYS power the mixer down before
unplugging the power.
Now let’s start our tour by resetting the mixer.
To Recall the Default Scene:
• Press the “Menu” (Image 1.2) button.
• Select “Scenes” from the main Menu Screen
(Image 1.3).
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• Select “Default” under the Factory bank.
Press “Recall” in the lower left-hand corner
(Image 1.4). Now press “Home” button to get
back to your main faders and begin mixing.
• Select a Channel Fader (Image 1.5) by
touching it. Turn the Master Encoder
(Image 1.6) to adjust the channel volume level.
This “touch-and-turn” technique allows you
navigate quickly and make precise adjustments at
the same time. The tactile control of the Master-
Encoder is one of the many features that sets
TouchMix apart from other digital mixers. For ner
adjustments (like precise EQ frequency control)
press the knob while turning.
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1. NAVIGATION (Cont’d)
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Now that you’ve got the basic control of the mixer
down, let’s dive a little deeper and explore the
Channel Strip of a channel.
• Open a chanel’s Channel Strip by touching the
channel name above the fader (Image 1.7).
Here you will nd the Overview, EQ, Compressor
and Gate for the Input you have selected. You’ll
also nd the FX and Aux Routing, but we’ll get to
that later. Touch the tabs at the top of the screen to
get to the controls you want to work with.
• The Overview screen (Image 1.8) displays all
the channel’s settings at one time.
• Touch the EQ tab to display the EQ screen.
• Select any of the parameters on the EQ simply
by touching the knob you want to adjust
(Image 1.8).
• Use the Master Encoder to adjust its value.
(Image 1.9)
Once again, the “touch-and-turn” technique allows
for quick and accurate control of the mixer at
all times.
• Touching “RTA On” displays the channel’s Real
Time Analyzer” (Image 1.10]).
1. NAVIGATION (Cont’d)
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• You can select the Channel Compressor
(Comp) and Gate by touching their respective
tabs at the top of the screen (Image 1.10).
Touching RTA On displays the channel’s Real
Time Analyzer.
• Once at Comp (Image 1.11) or Gate you
can touch and adjust parameters with the
Master-Encoder just like the Channel
Faders and EQ.
TouchMix also gives you assignable Phantom
Power on all your inputs.
• To assign Phantom Power to an input—Press
the Phantom “+48V” button (Image 1.12).
• From this screen you can supply
Phantom Power to any and all of your XLR
Input Channels simply by touching the
channels on the screen.
1. NAVIGATION (Cont’d)
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When Phantom Power is assigned to a channel,
that channel will appear RED, with a “+48V”
indication on the input icon (Image 1.13).
• To remove Phantom Power on a channel just
touch it again and the Phantom Power
designation will be removed (Image 1.14).
1. NAVIGATION (Cont’d)
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Image 1.16
Now that you’ve got the basic control of the mixer
down, let’s dive a little deeper and explore the output
processing of the mixer.
• Push the “Home” button and select “Aux Masters”
(Image 1.15). The mixer will display all the Aux Mas-
ter faders and the Main L/R fader.
• Open an Aux or Main Channel Strip by touching the
channel name above the fader (Image 1.16).
Here you will nd the Overview, PEQ, GEQ, Anti-
Feedback and Limiter for the Input you have selected.
Many of these functions a similar to their counterparts
on the input channels. So let’s explore the ones that
dier.
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• Select the GEQ tab and see the 1/3 octave
graphic equalizer. (Image 1.17). The GEQ faders
may be adjusted by dragging on screen or use
the Master Encoder.
• The “RTA On” button at the top of the screen
turns on the Real Time Analyzer.
• There’s also a “Tuning Wizard” button. We’ll
discuss that later on.
The Anti-Feedback Wizard – available on all mix
outputs – helps the operator “ring out” the system
by automatically dropping narrow-band lters onto
oending feedback frequencies during set-up. Use the
Master Encoder to adjust its value.
• Select the “Anti-Feedback” tab and see the
Anti-Feedback lters. (Image 1.18).
• These lters may be adjusted manually using
the “Freq” and “Gain” controls.
• Also note the “Feedback Frequency” window.
The mixer is always looking for suspect feedback
frequencies. This window will indicate when
a frequency has been identied. You can use
the “Manual Kill” button to apply a lter to the
oending frequency.
• Touch the “Feedback Wizard” button and see a
screen (Image 1.19) that helps you ring out your
system for maximum gain before feedback.
By now you have a good understanding of how to
eectively navigate the TouchMix and setup a basic
mix. Continue on to learn more about TouchMix in
the next section.
A video overview of Mixer Navigation is also
available for you to enjoy online at:
qsctraining.com/touchmix
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TouchMix caters to all levels of users. With Simple
and Advanced Modes, it is easy for any user to
quickly create a mix and sound great. Advanced
and Simple Modes are available on a variety of
different functions on the mixer including Gates,
Compressors, EQ and FX. Advanced Mode allows
control over a given function while Simple Mode
hides and condenses controls to make it easier and
faster to edit and mix.
To change between the two modes:
• Open the Channel Strip by touching its name
above the fader of a channel from the HOME
screen (Image 2.1).
• Select the tab at the top of the screen for the
function you wish to use: EQ, COMP, GATE
(Image 2.2).
• Touch the “Simple” (Image 2.2-2.3) button on
the screen of the function you are using.
• To get back to Advanced Mode just touch the
button again and the controls will revert back to
Advanced Mode (Image 2.2-2.3).
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2. ADVANCED & SIMPLE MODE
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You can also set the mixer to Simple or Advanced
Mode globally.
• Press “Menu” button (Image 2.4).
• “Simple” or “Advanced” (Image 2.5) in the
lower right-hand portion of the screen, next to
the Master Encoder (Image 1.9).
• Next, you will be asked: “Are you sure that
you want to set all screens to ‘Simple’ or
‘Advanced’ edit mode?”
• Select “Yes” on this screen.
A video overview of Simple and Advanced Modes
is also available for you to enjoy online at:
qsctraining.com/touchmix
2. ADVANCED & SIMPLE MODE (Cont’d)
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TouchMix comes equipped with a multitude of
factory-programmed channel presets. These tools
are designed to help you get a great live sound mix
as quickly and as easily as possible. These high
quality presets are good for a variety instruments,
microphones and musical styles. All the TouchMix
factory presets were created by a team of highly
skilled mix engineers throughout many live sessions,
utilizing a variety of instruments being played through
a variety of dierent live sound reinforcement
equipment and gear.
To setup a channel with a Preset:
• From the “HOME” screen open the
Channel Strip by tapping on its name above
the Channel Fader (Image 3.1).
• Select “Presets” from the top of the Channel
Strip (Image 3.2).
Under the instrument column you’ll nd all of the
available preset categories (Image 3.3).
3. PRESETS
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