Introduction - Mackie 406M Owner's Manual

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for choosing a Mackie Designs
PPM Series™ Powered Mixer! These powerful,
compact mixers are designed to meet the
needs of almost any small to medium-sized
6 Mono Channels
2 Mono/Stereo Channels
Pan Controls
Effects Return(s)
Tape Inputs
Tape Outputs
Mixer Line Output(s)
Two 250W Amplifiers
Two 600W Amplifiers
** Summed to Main Bus
** Mono Tape Outputs
In addition, the PPM Series boast solid design
features such as:
• Two FR Series™ (Fast Recovery)
power amplifiers
808M/808S
1200 total watts (600 watts x 2 into 2 ohms)
406M/408M/408S
500 total watts (250 watts x 2 into 2 ohms)
• Built-in compressor to prevent clipping
• Two built-in graphic equalizers for Mains
and Monitors
• Two switchable low-cut Rumble Reduction
filters for Mains and Monitors
• EMAC TM custom 32-bit precision digital
stereo effects processor
• Global phantom power switch
• Exclusive Break switch mutes channels 1-6
while break music is playing
• Power amp routing switch selects main out
only or main on one output and monitor on
the other output
• 3-band EQ on each channel
• Monitor and Effects send on each channel
• Balanced/unbalanced 1/4" and XLR inputs
on each channel
• 1/4" Insert jacks on channels 1-6
• 1/4" Mixer line output(s) and Monitor line
output
• 1/4" Power Amp line inputs
• Two 1/4" Speaker outputs per side
• RCA stereo Tape In and Tape Out
• Three year warranty
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club/meeting room/sanctuary/outdoor
gathering.
This chart illustrates the differences be-
tween the various models at a glance:
PPM Series Features
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At Mackie, we know what it takes to be
roadworthy. After all, our mixers have traveled
all over the world under the worst of conditions,
and we've applied what we've learned to the
mechanical design of our powered mixers.
Reliability is paramount to sound reinforce-
ment. That's why our engineers have subjected
our powered mixers to the most rigorous and
fiendish tests imaginable to fine-tune the
design and extend its limits beyond those of
ordinary mixers or amplifiers.
Our Fast Recovery (FR) amplifiers used in
the Professional Powered Mixer Series perform
better than conventional designs when present-
ed with adverse conditions such as clipping.
Conventional designs use lots of negative feed-
back to provide stability and lower distortion.
When clipping occurs, this "feedback" causes
high-frequency sticking, keeping the amplifier
"latched" in the clipping state longer than
necessary. This results in painfully audible
distortion. The Fast Recovery design eliminates
this high-frequency sticking and allows the
amplifier to remain stable when powering
highly reactive loads at high volume levels.
Please read the "Quick Start" section on
page 6. It gives an overview of the powered mixer,
and the rest of the manual explains the wealth of
features and operating instructions in more detail.
Please write your serial number here for
future reference (i.e., insurance claims, tech
support, return authorization, etc.):
Purchased at:
Date of purchase:
408S 808S
  
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