Whether you have a mixing applications that involves only a few channels, or up to 32 inputs with substantial signal routing versatility, Yamaha's MG-series offers a console that will give you the capacity, control, and performance you deserve. All models are remarkably compact and lightweight for superior handling and portability, but absolutely no compromises have been made in terms of features, performance, or durability. The MG mixers offer an extraordinary blend of technology: some inherited from professional Yamaha mixing consoles you're likely to see in distinguished halls throughout the world, and some developed specifically to deliver optimum performance in the MG-console format. In either case these performance-packed mixers are founded on a world-spanning network of human and technological resources that crystallize to deliver features that really matter, and sound that is undeniably superior.

Designing a lightweight mixer is not too difficult, but designing a lightweight, compact mixer that delivers serious performance is another matter. The Yamaha design team went to extraordinary lengths in the MG series, including in-depth material and structural analysis, to bring you maximum manageability and maximum performance in the same packages. The result is that you can easily pop the smallest models into your briefcase or shoulder bag and take with you anywhere. Even the larger models can be tucked under an arm and carried around quite easily. But the performance you'll get at the studio, club, hall, or anywhere you choose to use these fine mixers is far from lightweight. Every one of the MGseries mixers provides significant space savings along with huge performance benefits.

Top-mounted input and output connectors make setting up and re-patching your system quick and easy. All models feature high-quality Neutrik™ balanced XLR connectors on mono microphone/line channels and XLR-equipped stereo channels. These professional-class connectors were subjected to extensive testing by the Yamaha design team, and were chosen for the MG mixers for their superior reliability and sonic qualities. The XLR-equipped stereo channels can accept mono microphone input either via the XLR or phone jack connectors. The remaining stereo channels provide phone jack and pin jack connectors for compatibility with a wide range of sources. Mono input channels also feature insert I/O connectors that let you patch external signal processing gear into those channels as required. Separate pinjack 2TR inputs are provided to accept the output from a CD player or similar stereo source.

This advanced feature can be a tremendous advantage in achieving great vocal sound, as well as to refine the sound of bass, guitar, and other sources. You won't find built-in channel compression on too many other mixers in this class, but in the new MG mixers you have Yamaha's innovative one-knob compression feature on several of the mono input channels. Conventional audio compressors with their threshold, ratio, knee, makeup gain and other controls can be complex and timeconsuming to set appropriately for a given source. Yamaha's one-knob compressor eliminates the need for an engineering degree with a single control that lets you simply dial in the amount of compression you want.

Microphone preamplifiers are critical in any mixer, and a performance bottleneck in many. That's why pros often spend thousands of dollars on just a single channel of microphone pre-amplification. The microphone preamps built into the MG mixers inherit technology from Yamaha's top-line professional consoles, and have been painstakingly designed to deliver superior sonic performance with any dynamic or condenser microphone. Gain trim covers a wide -60dB ~ -16dB range for microphones (-34dB ~ +10dB for line input), so you'll be able to achieve optimum level matching with just about any source. All microphone preamps also feature switchable phantom power so you can take advantage of the natural, extended response of high-quality condenser microphones.

Building a truly useful, musical-sounding channel equalizer is no easy task, but Yamaha has decades of experience in building pro consoles to draw on. You reap the benefits in the MG series mixers: all mono channels feature 3-band equalizers with LOW, MID, and HIGH controls. Depending on the model some of all of the stereo channels have 2-band EQ for smooth equalization of stereo sources. Although not directly related to the equalizer circuitry, all inputs also feature 80 Hz low-pass filters that can be used to eliminate subsonic noise that is outside the equalizers' range.

There's an astonishing amount of signal processing power packed into the compact chassis of the MG "CX" mixers. They incorporate a versatile digital multi-effect processor that provides a range of reverb, delay, modulation, and distortion programs you can use to refine and define your sound. Each of the 16 effect programs has a number of editable parameters as well as effect on/off switching capability and return level control. You can even blend the effects into the aux sends for "wet" monitoring, so the performers can hear the effects too. If you need to keep both hands free to play an instrument or perform other operations, an optional footswitch can be connected to the mixer's effect footswitch jack for convenient on/off switching.

All models except the MG82CX have from one to three AUX sends for convenient to processing and monitor systems. Master send controls are also provided, as are RETURN level controls for the AUX and STEREO busses. "CX" models have EFFECT send controls on all channels that adjust the level of the signal sent from the corresponding channel to the mixer's internal multi-effect system. The same signal can also be sent to external effect processors via the mixer's EFFECT SEND jack.

The smallest models in the lineup – the MG82CX and MG102C – have a single stereo bus (i.e. two mono buses). All other models additionally feature one or two stereo group buses and outputs that can be used for convenient channel grouping. Assign switches for the stereo and group buses are located next to each channel fader.

While the MG82CX and MG102C feature rotary faders, channel and master level control on all other models is accomplished via reliable, highperformance 60-millimeter linear faders that provide smooth, noise-free operation. When you have more than a few channels the direct visual indication of relative level settings can be an important advantage. Models with linear faders also feature illuminated channel ON switches that can be used to individually add or remove channels from the mix without having to change the positions of the channel faders.

Accurate visual level monitoring can help you achieve maximum signal-to-noise ratio without distortion. The MG mixer's bright, easy-to-read multi-segment LED meters make it easy to control system levels for optimum overall performance.

Both the MG82CX and MG102C can be mounted on a microphone stand for optimal positioning and easy access using the optional BMS-10A Mic Stand Adaptor. This can be particularly handy when using one of them as a sub-mixer for drums or as a cue box in recording situations.

All switches, controls, and displays have been designed and laid out for intuitive access and smooth, reliable operation with positive tactile and visual feedback.

If your application is live sound reinforcement you'll want all the channel capacity you can get – just in case. Vocal mics, instrument mics, stereo keyboards, direct-injection feeds, drum mics, and the rest can add up very quickly. With 24 and 32 input channels, respectively, the MG24/14FX and MG32/14FX are ready to handle all but the most ambitious sound-reinforcement setups. And with dual SPX digital effect systems on-board you won't need racks of outboard gear to get the sound you need. There's also a comprehensive range of group and auxiliary busses to make even complex mixes easy.

Choose either the 24-channel MG24/14FX or the 32-channel MG32/14FX according to your needs. All other features are the same. The MG24/14FX has 16 mono microphone/line channels while the MG32/14FX has 24. Both offer four stereo line channels in addition to the mono mic/line channels. Gain trim covers a wide – 60dB ~ -16dB range for microphone input, and -34dB ~ +10dB for line input. Peak indicators are also provided for effect input gain setup.

Balanced XLR and phone-jack connectors are provided on all mono inputs (channels 1 ~ 16 on the MG24/14FX, and channels 1 ~ 24 on the MG32/14FX). Two of the stereo channels feature both pin-jack and phone jack connectors. A separate stereo 2TR input with pin-jack connectors is provided for independent input of signals from CD players or similar sources.

All 16 mic preamps in the MG24/14FX and all 24 mic preamps in the MG32/14FX are of exemplary quality. They offer low-noise, transparent amplification with the widest possible range of dynamic and condenser microphones, which adds up to cleaner, better-sounding mixes.

All mic preamps feature switchable +48V phantom power for phantom-powered studio condenser microphones. Phantom power is switchable in 8-channel groups.

points so you can insert compressors, EQ, or other extra signal-processing gear into the channel signal path as required. Insert patch points are also provided on the stereo and group buses for effective output processing.

Mono channels feature 3-band equalizers with HIGH (10 kHz), LOW (100 Hz), and MID (250 Hz ~ 5 kHz sweep) bands. High-pass filters are also provided on all microphone inputs. Stereo channels have 4-band equalizers with HIGH (10 kHz shelving), HI MID (3 kHz peaking), LOW MID (800 Hz peaking), and LOW (100 Hz shelving) bands.

In addition to lots of input channels, live sound reinforcement applications usually demand a number of additional mixes – usually in the form of group submixes and aux sends for external signal processing and monitor mixes. In both the MG24/14FX and MG32/14FX you have a total of 14 mix buses: the main stereo program bus, four stereo group bus pairs for convenient channel grouping, six auxiliary busses (four configurable for pre- or post-fader operation and two set up as effect sends), and two internal effect busses that feed the dual high-performance built-in effect processors. You can use the bus select switches and controls on each channel to assign the channel signal to the stereo, group, internal effect, and AUX buses as required.

All input channels feature six AUX send controls. AUX sends 1 through 4 are pre/post switchable while AUX 5 and 6 are post-fader sends. Two effect sends are also provided. You choose you have plenty of flexibility for external signal processing and monitoring in live sound-reinforcement applications. Two stereo auxiliary returns are included, as well as return facilities for the internal effect stages.

In addition to the main L and R XLR and phone-jack stereo outputs, these versatile mixers also offer L and R phone-jack sub-stereo, pin-jack recording, XLR mono, and stereo phone-jack headphone outputs. You have plenty of outputs for a wide range of applications – monitoring, master recorder feed, etc. Phone-jack group outputs are also provided to allow independent output of the group bus mixes.

Professional connectivity is provided by reliable XLRtype balanced stereo and mono outputs.

One of the many uses for a mono output is to drive a subwoofer system. The MG24/14FX and MG32/14FX make this easier than ever with a built-in 80 ~ 120 Hz sweepable low-pass filter on the mono outputs.

Output level monitoring is made accurate and easy with four high-visibility 12-segment level meters that can be switched to display the stereo, group, 2TR input, PFL (Pre-fader Listen), and AFL (After-fader Listen) signal levels.

In the MG24/14FX and MG32/14FX you have not one, but two highperformance digital signal processing stages, fed by separate effect buses, so you can enhance your mix with two separate effects at the same time. And the effects are provided by the very latest Yamaha DSP technology – you know you're getting the best. Each stage provides a selection of 16 professional quality SPX digital effects, including reverb, delay, pitch change, chorus, phasing, vocal doubling, distortion, and more. Parameter controls that can be adjusted to tailor the effects to your sonic requirement are also provided and Tap delay makes it easy to produce tempo-synchronized delays.

Reliable, high-performance 60-millimeter faders provide smooth, noise-free level control. while original Yamaha illuminated ON (ST buss assign), PFL (Pre-Fader Listen), and phantom power switches provide easy visual confirmation of critical console settings.

Communication capability is important for efficient setup as well as for keeping a show running smoothly. The MG24/14FX and MG32/14FX both feature a talkback system that allows the FOH engineer to communicate with the monitor engineer, performers, or other staff to keep the team operating at optimum efficiency.

Compact and surprisingly light in weight, these mixers can easily be carried just about anywhere. You get top quality mixing performance in the rehearsal studio, club, outdoors … wherever you need it.