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I set this up per tony's instruction it works , but I don't seem to get much signal at the lexicon, only the first leds are flashing, what am I doing wrong..
Mackie cfx12,sm450'sr1500

In a balanced system, you would ideally only get signal that is mostly in the green section of the LED montior lights, but occationaly bumps into the yellow during the louder, more energetic parts of your vocal performance.

If you are getting a single green flashing during a typical vocal, you need to turn up the INPUT gain on the unit.

If you have that Input gain jacked up, and you are still not getting a strong signal, it might mean you have a -20dB PAD engaged somewhere along the line of your signal chain, most likely on the channel on the mixer where the Lexicon is patched in. Disengage the PAD, and you should be good to go.

I guess, on a basic level, you could also not have the gain on the mic channels of your mixer very high, which would lead to a low output signal, but I'm just going to assume you know how to operate the mixer. If not, let us know and we can guide you through setting that properly as well.

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C Mc
KJ, FL

You've got a couple gain stages in your signal path to consider as each has an effect on the signal level sent to your Lexi. First of course is the input level on each channel. Second, assuming you're using one of the EFX sends on the CFX12, the Faders on the channels that your sending will affect the output level to the EFX send. Next of course check the actual send level on each channel for the EFX send that you're using. Then you've also got an EFX send master on the right side of the desk that controls the overall output to that send. All of these will impact the level coming out of the mixer on the EFX Send. Remember to maximize your gain earlier in the signal path (without overdoing it and clipping) to avoid the introduction of noise later on down the path.

Obviously the other thing that will impact the level you see on the Lexicon is the input level setitng on the unit itself. Make sure that's adjusted appropriately.

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DJ Tony
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