- 1). Determine how many channels on your mixer you will need to use by making a list of all instruments and microphones that will be needed for your production. Each will require a channel on the mixing board. Using adhesive tape, label each channel with the instrument or microphone you will be assigning to it.
- 2). Plug your microphones into the mixer using the XLR cables according to the channels assigned to them.
- 3). Plug the instruments you will be using into your mixer using your instrument cables. You will need to plug your instruments into the appropriate "line-in" inputs corresponding to the channels e assigned to them. The inputs will be numbered, making this an easy process.
- 4). Place the headphone jack into the adapter, and plug the adapter into the headphone port on your mixer. Producers and DJs often use headphones to monitor elements of a track that are not being output to the speakers. The headphone jack is located next to the master volume control on the right side of the mixer.
- 5). Turn on phantom power for any channel that requires it. These typically include the majority of the microphones. The phantom power switches are located below the gain knobs at the top of the mixer.
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