Main Outputs; Main Inserts; Sub Outputs - Mackie SR40.8 Owner's Manual

MAIN OUTPUTS

Point Before: LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER mixes

MAIN INSERTS

Faders
Point After: Balanced or unbalanced cable
with female XLR connector (pin 2 = hot, pin 3
= cold, pin 1 = shield).
Unless you've created an elaborate main
mix using the MATRIX
to your primary sound system's amplifier in-
puts. Be aware that if you have no Channels
or MAIN AUX RETURNS (A1–A4)
assigned to the CENTER mix, patching the
CENTER output jack is unnecessary.
MAIN INSERTS
Point Before: LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER mix
Point After: LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER Faders
.
Both the SEND and RETURN jacks are bal-
anced, but can accommodate unbalanced TS
cables. Signal feeding the SEND jack is also
sent to the RETURN jack's normalling pins.
With nothing plugged into the RETURN jack,
the (dry) SEND signal gets passed along to the
rest of the mix output's path.
25
SUB
DIRECT OUT
1
INSERT SEND
SUB
INSERT RETURN
5
LINE IN
DC POWER IN
(MACKIE 400-WATT POWER SUPPLY !)
MIC 25
16
,LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER
.
, patch these outputs

SUB OUTPUTS

SUB SUB
2 3
SUB SUB
6 7
MIDI IN
To insert a serial processor (such as a
graphic equalizer or compressor/limiter), simply
,
patch from the SEND jack to the effect's input,
and from the effect's output to the RETURN
jack, using either balanced TRS or unbalanced
TS cables. Since using the SEND jack by itself
does not interrupt the mix signal path, it may
also be used as a pre-Fader direct output.
SUB OUTPUTS
Point Before: SUBS (SUB 1-8 mixes)
INSERTS
, Subgroup Fader
Point After: Balanced or unbalanced cable
with female XLR connector (pin 2 = hot, pin 3
= cold, pin 1 = shield).
If necessary, patch these outputs to the
amplifier inputs of secondary speaker systems,
.
unless you've chosen to use the MATRIX
OUTPUTS
for this task. The Subgroups are
also essential for recording to multitrack.
In the event that you have engaged any FLIP
switches, the signals at these outputs will
not be the Subgroup signals — they will be the
like-numbered AUX SEND ouputs. (For in-
stance, if the FLIP switch on AUX SEND
MASTER 1 is engaged, AUX SEND 1's output
will appear at Subgroup 1's output jack, and
vice versa.)
SUB
SEND
4
SEND
SUB
SEND
8
SEND
TALK BACK MIC
MIDI OUT
PHANTOM POWERED
DATA
.
SUB INSERTS
(BAL/UNBAL)
1 RETURN SEND 5 RETURN
2 6
RETURN SEND RETURN
3
RETURN SEND 7 RETURN
4 RETURN SEND 8 RETURN
INTERCOM
, SUB
LEFT