Yamaha N8/n12 Owner's Manual N12 En Om C0

• Table of Contents
• Welcome
• Features
• Included items (please check)
• Turning On and Off the Power to the Mixer
  • Before Turning On the Power to the Mixer
  • Turning the Power On and Off
• Recording Basics
  • Techie Words? Don’t Be Afraid.
    • Signals - Level and Decibel
    • Balanced or Unbalanced?
    • How balanced lines work
    • How unbalanced lines work
    • Connector Variations
    • Phone connectors
    • RCA pin connectors
  • Inside Your Mixer
    • Basic Structure
    • Monitor mix for musicians, external effects
• Front and Rear Panels
  • Channel Control section
  • Master Control section
  • Meter section
  • Control Room section
  • DAW Remote Control section
  • Rear I/O section
• Setting Up the Mixer
  • Setup Procedure
  • n12 Setup Example (Home recording)
  • n8 Setup Example (Home recording)
  • Installing Monitor Speakers
• A Hands-On Guide to the n8/n12
  • Let’s Hear It!
    • Connecting sound sources and monitor devices
    • Adjusting the gain
    • Setting up the monitoring environment
    • Adjusting the volume level
  • Making Great Mixes
    • Manipulating compression
    • Mastery of EQ
    • Panning and balancing
    • Mixing into stereo
    • Applying reverb
    • Soloing a channel
• Using the n8/n12 with Cubase 4 series
  • What you can do using the n8/n12 with Cubase
  • Computer setup for the Link function
  • Using the Link Function
    • Remotely controlling the Cubase transport section and audio tracks
    • Remotely adjusting the click sound (metronome)
    • Selecting the Work mode
  • Let’s start our recording session!
    • Mixing signals on the n8/n12, then recording
    • Recording n8/n12 input channel signals directly to Cubase
  • Mixing recorded tracks
    • Mixing audio tracks
    • Mixing down
• Monitoring in a Surround Sound Environment (n12 only)
  • Connecting surround speakers
  • Placement of the surround speakers
  • Setting up surround monitoring
• Replacing the Sweet Spot Data
• Using the n8/n12 with Software Other Than Cubase
  • Using the n8/n12 with a DAW other than Cubase
    • Audio Driver Setup
    • MIDI Driver Setup
  • Using the n8/n12 along with a multimedia application
• Troubleshooting
  • While using the mixer
  • While using the mixer with a computer
  • Error Messages
• Index
• Appendix
  • Specifications
  • Bus connections of n8/n12 and DAW
  • Dimensional Diagrams
  • Block Diagram
  • MIDI Implementation Chart