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Owner’s Manual

Getting Started

READ THIS PAGE!!

Even if you’re one of those people

who never reads manuals, all we ask

is that you read this page now before

you begin using the HMX-56. You’ll

be glad you did!

Zero the Controls

1. Turn down all the SOURCE, EFFECTS SEND,

EFFECTS RETURN, and PHONES LEVEL controls.

2. Turn the POWER switch off.

Connections

1. Connect the left and right outputs from your mixer

(main mix out or control room out) to the LEFT

and RIGHT MAIN LINE INPUTS on the rear of the

HMX-56.

Connect any speciﬁc outputs (mix buses, su/jointfilesconvert/1248018/bgroups,

or aux sends can be used, or a direct output from a

speciﬁc device will also work) to the four SOURCE

INPUTS on the rear of the HMX-56.

3. If you have an external effects device you want to

use in the headphone mixes, connect the EFFECTS

SEND to the input of the external effects box, and

connect the output(s) from the external effects to

the LEFT and RIGHT EFFECTS RETURNS on the

rear of the HMX-56. If the effects return is a mono

signal, use a “Y” cord to connect the signal to both

the left and right return jacks.

4. Plug in six sets of headphones to the six PHONES

jacks on the rear of the unit.

5. Connect the detachable linecord to the AC socket

on the back, connect it to an AC outlet properly

conﬁgured for your particular model, and turn on

the HMX-56’s power switch.

Set the Levels

1. On your mixing console, get a reasonable stereo mix

going.

2. If you are using a su/jointfilesconvert/1248018/bgroup or aux send connected

to one of the source inputs on the HMX-56, go

ahead and get the mix that you want for each

source input.

3. With music going through the main mix, don the

headphones for headphone amp 1 and S-L-O-W-L-Y

turn up the PHONES LEVEL control on the front

panel for the corresponding headphone amp. Adjust

for a comfortable listening level.

Note: There is no input level control for the Main

Input on the HMX-56. If the volume gets really loud,

really fast, turn down the Main Mix level control on

your mixer until you can turn up the headphone amp

LEVEL control at least halfway. Conversely, if you have

to turn the headphone amp LEVEL control all the way

up, turn up the Main Mix level control a little more.

4. S-L-O-W-L-Y turn up the SOURCE A, B, C, and D

level controls. Adjust for a comfortable listening

level, equivalent to the volume level of the main

mix.

5. Repeat for headphone amps 2-6.

6. Now the individual performers can tweak their own

headphone mixes to suit their individual tastes.

Other Nuggets of Wisdom

There are two ways to use the HMX-56 to let

musicians dial up their own mix:

1) Use the stereo input and all four mono inputs to

combine together into one mix. For example, a stereo

drum mix (from the main mixing console’s su/jointfilesconvert/1248018/bgroup

outs) coming in on the stereo input, and bass, lead

vocal, guitar 1, and guitar 2 coming in on the four

mono inputs. In this method, the mix is derived from a

combination of all ﬁve knobs.

You have a monitor mix coming in on the stereo

input from the mixing console, and the four mono inputs

getting various direct outs from instruments or vocals

that the various band members might want to boost in

their own monitor mixes. In this method, the engineer

determines the main monitor mix, and the musicians

can boost up individual inputs to enhance their own mix.

• Always turn the HMX-56 off before making or

changing connections.

• Never listen to loud music for prolonged periods.

Please see the Safety Instructions on page 2 for

information on hearing protection.

• Save the shipping box! You may need it someday,

and you don’t want to have to pay for another one.

That’s it for the “Getting Started” section. Next comes

the “Hookup” section that shows you some typical ways

that you might use the HMX-56 in real applications.

After that, you can take the grand tour of the HMX-56,

with descriptions of every knob, input, and output. We

encourage you to take the time to read all of the feature

descriptions, but at least you know it’s there if you have

any questions.

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