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XENYX Q1202USB/Q1002USB/Q802USB/Q502USB User Manual

FX (Q802/1002/1202USB only)

FX sends (or AUX sends) enable you to feed signals via a variable control from 

one or more channels and sum these signals to a bus. The bus appears at the 

console’s FX send output and can be fed from there to an external effects device. 

The return from the effects unit is then brought back into the console on the aux 

return connectors (Q802USB) or normal channel inputs. Each FX send is mono and 

features up to +15 dB gain.
As the name suggests, the FX sends of the XENYX mixing consoles are intended to 

drive effects devices (reverb, delay, etc) and are therefore configured post-fader. 

This means that the mix between dry signal and effect remains at the level 

determined by the channel’s aux send, irrespective of the channel fader setting. 

If this were not the case, the effects signal of the channel would remain audible 

even when the level knob is lowered to -∞.

PAN

The 

PAN

 control determines the position of the channel signal within the stereo 

image. This control features a constant-power characteristic, which means the 

signal is always maintained at a constant level, irrespective of position in the 

stereo panorama.

LEVEL

The 

LEVEL

 control determines the level of the channel signal in the main mix.

CLIP

The 

CLIP

 LED’s of the mono channels illuminate when the input signal is driven 

too high, which could cause distortion. If this happens, use the GAIN control to 

reduce the preamp level until the LED does not light anymore.

2.2  Stereo channels

2.2.1  Stereo line inputs

Fig. 2.4: Stereo line inputs

LINE IN

Each stereo channel has two balanced line level inputs on 1/4" jacks for left and 

right channels. If only the jack marked “L” (left) is used, the channel operates in 

mono. The stereo channels are designed to handle typical line level signals.
Both inputs will also accept unbalanced jacks.

2.2.2  Equalizer stereo channels (Q802USB)

The XENYX 802 features a stereo 3-band EQ in each stereo channel. The filter 

characteristics and cut-off frequencies are the same as those in the 

mono channels.

Fig. 2.5: The equalizer of the stereo input channels

A stereo EQ is highly preferable to two mono equalizers. when working on a 

stereo signal, as two separate EQ’s will usually produce an unwanted discrepancy 

between the left and right channels.

2.2.3  FX sends, balance and level adjustment

Fig. 2.6: The FX send/balance/level controls

FX

The FX sends of the stereo channels function similar to those of the mono 

channels. However, since the FX send buses are both mono, a mono sum is first 

taken from the stereo input before it is sent to the FX bus. The Q502USB is not 

equipped with FX sends.

BAL

The 

BAL

(ANCE) control determines the levels of left and right input signals 

relative to each other before both signals are then routed to the main stereo mix 

bus. If a channel is operated in mono via the left line input, this control has the 

same function as the PAN control used in the mono channels.

LEVEL

The LEVEL control determines the volume of the channel being sent to the 

main mix.

+4/-10

The stereo inputs of the XENYX Q1002USB and Q1202USB have an input sensitivity 

switch which selects between +4 dBu and -10 dBV. At -10 dBV (home-recording 

level), the input is more sensitive (requires less level to drive it) than at +4 dBu 

(studio level).