Mackie 1402 VLZ Brochure page 2

also makes level setting easy,
especially when used with
the new Level Setting Marker
and the level-set LED.
Mute/Alt 3–4 on each
channel means every chan-
nel can be muted. But
that's only part of it. Alt 3–4
provides an extra stereo
bus for creating two stereo
pairs for 4-track recording,
or for previewing a source
not yet in the main mix.
(An engaged mute button
sends the channel's signal
to the Alt 3-4 outputs.)
EFX to Monitor lets you
blend reverb or other ef-
fects back into a monitor
mix via Aux Send 1, like on
our SR Series. There's also
an Aux 1 master level con-
trol in this section.
Control Room/Phones
has its own level control
and separate outputs, al-
lowing you to select any
combination of Main Mix,
Tape In and Alt 3–4. You
can create custom head-
phone mixes, monitor tape
levels and more. Plus, a
separate switch routes this
multi-source signal back
into the Main Mix.
Balanced inputs and out-
puts everywhere (except
RCA tape jacks, phones and
channel inserts) help keep
noise at a minimum, and
there are balanced XLR main
outputs – as well as 1/4"
TRS outs – for direct connec-
tions to video post and other
such professional equip-
ment. To add still more ver-
satility, the signal at the XLR
main outputs is switchable
to mic or line level.
Tough as nails.
The MS1402-VLZ was de-
signed by Greg Mackie, an
audio veteran with over 20
years in the industry. His
designs are intended for
non-stop, 24 hour-a-day
professional duty in broad-
cast and PA applications,
TV and radio production
studios, and video post
suites — places where
nothing must ever go
wrong. The MS1402-VLZ,
like all of Mackie's mixers,
lives up to that credo.
It has sealed, co-molded
rotary controls instead of
open-frame phenolic poten-
tiometers that can suffer
from airborne dust and con-
tamination. For the life of an
installation, the 1402-VLZ
provides minimal rotational
contact noise (and if there
ever is a problem, pots are
individually replaceable).
Plus, our combination of
mounting, co-molding and
energy-absorbing knob de-
sign helps prevent impact
damage.
Along with its steel chas-
sis and thru-hole-plated
fiberglass circuit boards, the
MicroSeries 1402-VLZ also
features a built-in power
supply instead of a "wall
wart. " Not only does this
eliminate the inevitable
hassles of dealing with ex-
ternal power supplies, but it
also actually reduces hum.
The tiny transformers
inside wall warts are typi-
cally driven into non-linear-
ity (in excess of
15 kilo-Gauss)
to provide
enough power
for the mixer.
This creates
stray 25- to
35 V magnetic
fields that are
easily picked up
by shielded au-
dio cables. The
MS1402-VLZ's
internal trans-
former loafs
along at under
10 kiloGauss,
reducing stray
fields to less
than 1 V. The
MS1402-VLZ
also uses the
same RF
protection
circuitry and