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# Overview Features Specs Downloads Guide

Downloading and Installing Drivers

Download and install the "Yamaha Steinberg USB Driver", which is required for the MG-XU
series console to be recognized by the computer.

Download the Yamaha Steinberg USB Driver "

NOTE
- For specific installation instructions, refer to the included installation guide.

- For Mac computers, it is not necessary to download and install a driver.

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 Proceed to the next step.

Connecting an MG-XU series console to a computer

1. After installing the driver, use a USB cable to connect the MG-XU series console to a
computer. Do not use a USB hub; connect the USB cable directly to the console and
computer.

2. Turn on the power to the MG-XU series console. If you connected and turned on the
console before installing the driver, leave the console powered on and install the driver now.

Confirmation after installation

1. Open [Device Manager] as described below. Click [Control Panel] -> ([Hardware and
Sound]) -> [Device Manager].

2. Click the + sign to the left side of [Sound, video and game controllers].

3. Confirm that the names of your devices appear in the list.

This completes installation of the driver.

Settings and Basic Operations for the MG-XU Series

Computer Settings (Windows)

1. Click [Control Panel] -> [Sound], and then the
[Playback] tab, and then select MG-XU and click the
[Set Default] button.

2. Click the [OK] button.

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 Computer Settings (Mac)
1. Select [Applications] -> [Utilities], and then double-
click [Audio MIDI Setup].

2. Select [MG-XU] from the list on the left side of the

[Audio Devices] window. If the [AudioDevices] window
is not displayed, in the menu select [Window] ->
[Display Audio Window].

3. Control-click [MG-XU] in the list, and select [Use

this device for sound output].

4. Control-click [MG-XU] in the list, and select [Use

this device for sound input].

After completing steps 3 and 4, mic and speaker

icons will appear next to MG-XU in the list.

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 5. Quit Audio MIDI Setup.

This completes the computer settings.

Mixer Settings

1. Set the [LINE/USB] switch on the stereo channel to [USB].

2. (For MG20XU/MG16XU/MG12XU) Press the [ST] switch for the stereo channel that you set
to USB.

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 3. Turn on the stereo channel that you set to USB
(except for the MG10XU), and adjust the level as
necessary.

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