Output Section; Left/Right/Center Mixes; Left Fader; Right Fader - Mackie SR40.8 Owner's Manual

OUTPUT SECTION

You've just learned about the Channels and
MAIN AUX RETURNS (A1–A4), and how the
signals get in and out. In the output section,
things get a bit more complicated, so put on
your thinking cap.

LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER MIXES

This is where everything assigned via the
1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, L-R,
signment switches gets mixed together. Just
after the mix stage, the signals are sent out to
the MAIN INSERTS
, then they come back
to their respective Faders.

LEFT FADER

Point Before: MAIN INSERTS
Point After: MAIN OUTPUTS
The left mix is off with this Fader fully
down, the "U" marking is unity gain, and fully
up provides 10dB additional gain.

RIGHT FADER

Point Before: MAIN INSERTS
Point After: MAIN OUTPUTS
The right mix is off with this Fader fully
down, the "U" marking is unity gain, and fully
up provides 10dB additional gain.
To ride a stereo left/right mix, operate both
Faders together, side by side, as if they were
one. If a special application calls for some im-
balance in levels, create that by offsetting the
left and right Faders and riding that. For an
even easier solution, see the following section,

FADER LINK.

or CENTER
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FADER LINK
Some engineers prefer to have the left and
right sides of the main mix travel through
separate Faders, as described above. Others
prefer the accuracy and simplicity of one
stereo Fader. This switch allows you to set up
the LEFT and RIGHT mix Faders either way.
With the FADER LINK switch up, the left
mix travels through the LEFT Fader, and the
right through the RIGHT Fader. With the
switch down, the left mix is diverted over to
the "other half" of the RIGHT Fader (actually a
stereo Fader) and the LEFT Fader is out of the
circuit. It'll sound the same either way, there's
no performance penalty either way, and it's
completely up to you. Go for it.
To actually have fun with this switch, first
engage it, making the RIGHT Fader control
both the left and right levels while rendering
the LEFT Fader useless. Now tell the producer
or road manager that he's free to adjust the
mix balance by tweak-
ing the LEFT Fader to
his heart's content.
FADER LINK
L & R
R = L/R
CENTER LEFT
dB dB
10 10
5 5
U U
5 5
10 10
20 20
30 30
40 40
50 50
60 60
O O O O
SOLO SOLO
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RIGHT
dB
10
5
U
5
10
20
30
40
50
60
O O
SOLO