Owner`s manual

Deva MIX-12 Owner’s Manual Chapter 1
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What’s in the Box
The following items are included in the Zaxcom Mix-12
❏ De va Mix-12 on-location mixing board
❏ RS-422 cable
❏ Po wer Supply
❏ Owner’ s Manual
Introduction
The Zaxcom Deva Mix-12 is a control surface for the embedded digital audio mixer of either the
Deva IV or Deva V location recorders.
The Mix-12 is fully digital, only the microphone pre-amps, A-D and D-A converters are used for
analog connections to the outside world. All mixing is performed in the digital domain using a
floating point DSP ensuring the highest quality audio.
Features
The Mix 12 provides all of the mixing functionality required for Film and Television audio
production and contains the following features:
❏ T rue digital mixing console
❏ Three band shelving EQ with tw o notch filters and high pass per channel
❏ Soft knee compressor with mak eup gain
❏ All cross points are cross f aded (never any clicks or pops)
❏ Zero time of fset design for no phase distortion channel-to-channel
❏ No audio cabling from mix er to recorder
❏ Floating point DSP (no internal clipping or quantization issues)
❏ Unlimited routing
❏ Penn y & Gilles faders
❏ No sample rate issues between mix er and recorder
❏ Inte grated Deva record and stop buttons
❏ QWER TY keyboard for metadata input
❏ Cross points can be pre or post f ader with phase inversion
Chapter 1 - Introduction