C-R Outs (Control Room Outputs); Phones Output; Tape Output; Tape Input - Mackie 1604-VLZ PRO Owner's Manual

This method is exactly
the same as the double-
busing feature found in
other mixers. Built-in double
busing is nothing more than
Y-cords living inside the mixer instead of
hanging out the back. If we had room for the
extra jacks, we would have thrown them in,
but we don't, so we didn't. Sonically, there is
no difference whatsoever.
Y-cord advice: Do not use the stereo "head-
phone-to-left/right" splitter adapters. Use the type
that send the same signal to two places; the tip of
the source plug feeds the tips of both destination
plugs (Radio Shack ® #42-2150, for instance.)

C-R OUTS (CONTROL ROOM OUTPUTS)

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These / " jacks are usually patched to the
4
inputs of your control room amplifier or a
headphone distribution amplifier. To learn
how signals are routed to these outputs:
To wire your own cables: .

PHONES OUTPUT

The 1604-VLZ PRO's stereo
will drive any standard headphone to very loud
levels. Walkperson-type phones can also be
used with an appropriate adapter. To learn
how signals are routed to these outputs:
you're wiring your own cable for the PHONES
output, follow standard conventions:
RING
TIP
Tip = left channel
Ring = right channel
Sleeve = common ground
ASSIGN TO MAIN MIX
LEFT LEFT LEFT
RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT
1 2 3
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ate levels may be painfully loud with some
earphones. BE CAREFUL!
all the way down before connecting head-
phones. Keep it down until you've put the
phones on. Then turn it up slowly. Why?
"Engineers who fry their ears find themselves
with short careers."
MIX outputs to make simultaneous recording
and PA work more convenient. Connect these
to your 2-track recorder's inputs. To learn how
signals are routed to these outputs:
.
your tape deck or other device, simply use the
1
/
4
an RCA Y-cord to combine the TAPE OUTPUT
1
/ " phones jack jacks (Radio Shack
4
Do not attempt this with any other outputs on
the 1604-VLZ PRO.
. If
to work with semipro as well as pro recorders.
Connect your 2-track tape recorder's outputs
SLEEVE SLEEVE RING TIP
here, using standard hi-fi RCA cables. To learn
how signals are routed from these inputs:
RING
TIP your mixes. You'll be able to review a mix, and
SLEEVE
then rewind and try another pass without
repatching or disturbing the mixer levels. You
can also use these jacks with a portable tape
or CD player to feed music to a PA system
between sets
LEFT
PHONES
RIGHT
MAIN
4
MIX
dB dB
10 10
OUTPUT. Make sure your tape deck is not
5 5
in record, record-pause or input monitor
U U
mode when you engage this switch, or
5 5
make sure the TAPE IN level knob is fully
10 10
counterclockwise (off).
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50 50
60 60
O O O O
WARNING: When we say
the headphone amp is
loud, we're not kidding. It
can cause permanent ear
damage. Even intermedi-
Always turn the CTL ROOM/PHONES knob

TAPE OUTPUT

These unbalanced RCA jacks tap the MAIN
Mono: If you want to feed a mono signal to
" MONO output jack
. Alternatively, use
® #274-511, for instance).

TAPE INPUT

These unbalanced RCA jacks are designed
Use these jacks for convenient playback of
.
WARNING: Pushing TAPE
TO MAIN MIX in the out-
put section can create a
feedback path between
TAPE INPUT and TAPE
.
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