Control Room / Phones; Solo Mode: Sip/Pfl; Rude Solo Led - Mackie 1402 VLZ Owner's Manual

Now you know how to select the signals you
want to send to the engineer's control room or
phones. From there, these signals all pass
through the same level control, aptly named:

CONTROL ROOM / PHONES

As you might expect, this fader controls the
levels of both the stereo CONTROL ROOM
OUTPUTS and PHONES OUTPUTS . The
control range is from off through unity gain at
the "U" marking, with 10dB of extra gain fully up.
When MAIN MIX is your SOURCE selec-
tion, those signals will pass through two level
controls on the way to your control room amp
and phones — the MAIN MIX fader and this
CONTROL ROOM / PHONES fader. This
way, you can send a nice healthy level to the
MAIN OUTPUTS (MAIN MIX fader at "U"),
and a quiet level to the control room or
phones (CONTROL ROOM / PHONES fader
wherever you like it).
When ALT 3-4 or TAPE is selected, or SOLO
is engaged, this fader will be the only one con-
trolling these levels (channel controls not
withstanding).
U
+10
O O
AUX 1 MASTER
PRE
POST
AUX 1 EFX TO
SELECT MONITOR
SOURCE
MAIN
MIX
ALT
3 – 4
TAPE
ASSIGN
TO MAIN MIX
(NORMAL)
IN PLACE AFL
PRE-FADER
(LEVEL SET)
SOLO
MODE
PHANTOM POWER
CONTROL
/ PHONES
ROOM
dB dB
10 10
5 5
U U
5 5
10 10
20 20
30 30
40 40
50 50
60 60
O O O O
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the CONTROL ROOM OUTPUTS for other
applications. Its sound quality is just as impec-
cable as the MAIN MIX outputs. It can be used
as additional MAIN MIX output, which may
sound silly since there are already three, but
this one has its own level control. However,
should you do something like this, be sure that
you never engage a SOLO switch, as that will
interrupt your SOURCE selection.
cause this dramatic turn of events: Any exist-
ing SOURCE matrix selections will be
replaced by the SOLO signal, appearing at
the CONTROL ROOM OUTPUTS, PHONES
OUTPUTS and at the METERS. The audible
SOLO levels are then controlled by the
CONTROL ROOM / PHONES fader. The
SOLO levels appearing on the METERS
are not controlled by anything — you
wouldn't want that. You want to see the ac-
tual channel level on the METERS regardless
of how loud you're listening.
position, you're in AFL mode, meaning After-
Fader Listen. You'll hear the output of the
soloed channel — it will follow the
U
channel's TRIM, EQ, FADER and PAN set-
1
+20 tings. It's similar to muting all the other
O O
NORMALLED
U
2 channels, but without the hassle. Use AFL
AUX
mode during mixdown.
+20 RETURNS
O O
LEFT RIGHT
meaning Pre-Fader Listen (post EQ). This
+28 CLIP
+10
mode is required for the Level Setting Proce-
+7
dure
+4
+2
channels, especially ones that have their
0
faders turned down.
-2
-4
-7
by a channel's MUTE/ALT switch position.
LEVEL
-10
SET
-20
-30
=
0dB 0dBu
RUDE SOLO LIGHT
two purposes — to remind you that at least
MAIN MIX
one channel is in SOLO, and to let you know
that you're mixing on a Mackie. No other com-
pany is so concerned about your level of SOLO
awareness. If you work on a mixer that has a
solo function with no indicator lights, and you
happen to forget you're in solo, you can easily
be tricked into thinking that something is
wrong with your mixer. Hence the RUDE
SOLO LIGHT. It's especially handy at about
3AM when no sound is coming out of your
monitors but your multitrack is playing back
like mad.
Whatever your selection, you can also use

SOLO MODE: SIP/PFL

Engaging a channel's SOLO switch
With the SOLO MODE switch in the up
With the switch down, you're in PFL mode,
and is handy for quick spot-checks of
In either mode, SOLO will not be affected
RUDE SOLO LIGHT
This flashing Light Emitting Diode serves
will