Introduction - Tapco BLEND6 Owner's Manual

Introduction

Thank you for choosing a TAPCO Blend 6 mixer by Mackie. The
TAPCO family of mixers hails back to the days of TAPCO Corporation,
Greg Mackie's fi rst company. TAPCO revolutionized the audio industry
back in 1969 with the very fi rst 6-channel mixer specifi cally designed
for keyboards and rock 'N' roll PA.
The fi rst TAPCO mixer, although primitive by today's standards, was
truly innovative for its time. It had the headroom to handle screaming
singers, was priced for the pocketbook of starving psychedelic musical
neophytes, and durable enough to withstand mammoth levels of
wear and tear on the road, and at now-legendary concerts.
In essence, TAPCO re-defi ned the price performance ratio and made high-quality
professional audio mixers accessible to virtually anyone. Today, TAPCO is reborn with the
same ideals and is backed by the world-class engineering and manufacturing horsepower
of Mackie.
This compact mixer is perfect for small to medium-sized live sound reinforcement
applications, keyboards and synths, video, and small-project studio applications.
Here's a quick glance at all the features packed into this mixer:
2 mono mic/line channels, with:
• Variable input trim (+3 to +50 dB for microphones,
and –22 to +25 dB for line-level inputs)
• Phantom power (globally switched)
• Level Set indicator LED
• XLR microphone input jack
• 1/4" TRS instrument line input jack
• Pre-fader aux (monitor) send
• Post-fader aux (effects) send
• 2-band EQ
• Pan control
• Rotary level control
2 stereo line channels, with:
• Left and right 1/4" TRS line input jacks
• Pre-fader aux (monitor) send
• Post-fader aux (effects) send
• 2-band EQ
• Pan control
• Rotary level control
6
Master section, with:
• Rotary stereo Main Mix control
• Balanced 1/4" TRS stereo main outputs
• 8-segment stereo LED VU metering
• 1/4" TRS Aux 1/Monitor send
• 1/4" TRS Aux 2/Effects send
• Two rotary stereo aux return controls (To Mains and
To Monitors)
• RCA tape out
• RCA tape in
• Master +48V phantom power switch with LED
indicator
• Left and Right 1/4" TRS Control Room outputs with
Level control
• Stereo 1/4" TRS Headphone output with Level
control
• Power LED indicator
• Inter-Planetary Space Drive control
• OK, we made that last one up, but we can pencil
it in for next time
TAPCO version of Greg
TAPCO van (a.k.a. micro bus)