Main Insert; Main Outs; Mono Output; Mono Level - Mackie 1604-VLZ PRO Owner's Manual

MAIN INSERT

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These / " jacks are for connecting serial
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effects such as compressors, equalizers, de-
essers, or filters . The INSERT point is after
the mix amps, but before the MAIN MIX fader.
Insert cables must be wired thusly:
ring
(TRS plug)
tip
sleeve
This plug connects to one of the
mixer's Channel Insert jacks.
Tip = send (output to effects device)
Ring = return (input from effects device)
Sleeve = common ground (connect shield to
all three sleeves)

MAIN OUTS

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These / " jacks are usually patched to the
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inputs of your 2-track mixdown deck (unless
you've chosen to use the TAPE OUTPUT RCA
jacks), or to the house amplifier during live
sound sessions. To learn how signals are
routed to these outputs:
puts to drive balanced inputs, connect
(Tip-Ring-Sleeve) phone plugs like this:
RING SLEEVE
TIP
Tip = + (hot)
Ring = – (cold)
Sleeve = ground
To use these outputs to drive unbalanced
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inputs, connect / " TS (Tip-Sleeve) phone
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plugs like this:
SLEEVE
TIP
Tip = signal
Sleeve = ground

MONO OUTPUT

It happens to everybody sooner or later:
The forces that govern your world will demand
a monaural output from your painstakingly-
created stereo panorama. The last thing you
want to do is start twirling all your carefully-
placed PAN settings to one side. What to do?
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Stick a cord in this / " jack, hand the other
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end to Mr. Mono, and you're done. He's got his
mono mix and you've still got your stereo mix.
The MONO output is nothing more than a mix
of the left and right MAIN MIX.

MONO LEVEL

So, Mr. Mono comes running back, scream-
ing about the mono mix being so loud that his
camcorder is melting. Just reach for this knob
and turn it down a bit. Just the thing for send-
ing mono signals to mic inputs like camcorders,
telephone interface boxes, even answering
machines. With the pot all the way up (fully
clockwise), you'll have 6dB of extra gain with
unity gain halfway between the one and two
o'clock positions.
SEND to processor
"tip"
Just in case you lose the cord provided with
the 1604-VLZ PRO, its power jack accepts a
"ring"
standard 3-prong IEC cord like those found on
RETURN from processor
most professional recorders, musical instru-
ments, and computers. At the other end of our
cord is — get this — a plug! Not a black cube
or, as we're fond of calling them, a "wall wart."
We did this for some very good reasons:
The 1604-VLZ PRO has sophisticated power
requirements that a wall wart cannot provide.
Wall warts are inconvenient, fragile, radiate huge
hum fields, hog extra jacks on your power strip
and get in the way. If you lose a wall wart, you're
in trouble, but if you lose the 1604-VLZ PRO's
power cord, you can get a new one at any elec-
. To use these out-
tronics, music, or computer store. You can even
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/ " TRS
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buy them at Radio Shack
Plug the 1604-VLZ PRO into any standard
SLEEVE RING TIP
grounded (3-pin) AC outlet or into a power
strip of proper voltage.
RING
TIP
SLEEVE
SLEEVE TIP
The 1604-VLZ PRO is fused for your (and
its own) protection. If you suspect a blown
TIP
fuse, disconnect the power cord, pull the fuse
SLEEVE
drawer out (located just below the cord re-
ceptacle) and replace the fuse with a 1A SLO
BLO, 5x20mm, available at electronics stores or
your dealer (or a 500mA [0.5 amps] SLO BLO
5x20mm if your 1604-VLZ PRO is a 220V-240V
unit).
BAL
UN-
BAL

POWER CONNECTION

(part # 278-1257).
®
WARNING: Disconnecting
the plug's ground pin can
be dangerous. Please
don't do it.

FUSE

120 VAC 50/60 Hz 20W POWER PHANTOM MAIN OUT
1A/250V SLO-BLO ON ON BAL/UNBAL
L
MONO
R
CAUTION:
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
FIRE REPLACE WITH SAME
TYPE FUSE AND RATING
O O +6
UTILISE UN FUSIBLE DE RECHANGE DE MÊME TYPE. DEBRANCHER AVANT DE REMPLACER LE FUSIBLE UTILISE UN FUSIBLE DE RECHANGE DE MÊME TYPE. DEBRANCHER AVANT DE REMPLACER LE FUSIBLE
INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT
16 15 14 13
LINE LINE LINE LINE
BAL BAL BAL
UN- UN- UN-
BAL BAL BAL
MIC 16 MIC 15 MIC 14 MIC 13
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MAIN INSERT
TAPE TAPE C-R OUT
(TIP SEND
INPUT OUTPUT BAL/UNBAL
RING RETURN)
L
L
L L
R R
R R
INSERT INSERT INSERT
12 11 10
LINE LINE LINE
BAL BAL BAL
UN- UN- UN-
BAL BAL BAL
MIC 12 MIC 11 MIC 10
XDR TM EXTENDED DYNA
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