Mixer setup tutorial

1. Put 4 batteries in it – hot up
2. Take tails
3. Screw the cable into the mixer
4. Red isn’t right => left (channel 1)
5. Plug the headphone jack into the back of the camera

Calibrating the camera

1. Turn on the mixer – power INT
2. Turn on the camera
3. Tone = constant 1 kHz tone, hold the tone button to generate
4. Loud things with power => Line, without power => Mic, microphones requiring power => Mic + 48V
5. Status button on camera => navigate to audio, set the tone bars to -20 (channel 1 and channel 2 button)
6. Make sure all the switches are set on ‚manual‘

Setting up the mixer and microphones

1. ‚Flatten up‘ => set everything to zero
2. Plug the mic into channel 1 on the mixer with XLR
3. If there is a mic, it needs to be set on PH (phantom power); if radio mic, turn the light off
4. Open the gain and put the black in the middle, tune the gain to peak in the oranges.
5. Use the black button to adjust the volume according to the speaker’s voice.
6. Isolate the channels to left and right to reduce the chance of polluting the audio with people talking over each other
7. The second knob used to reduce noise
8. Two switches undrneatj the umbellical cord => Line, Line
9. Plug the headphone jack into the mixer
10. Switch the button RTN to „A“ – listen to tje sound from a camera (Middle position means sound from the mixer)

Radio mic

1. Transmitter sends to receiver
2. Tune it to the same frequency => check for a green light