Applications Diagrams - Mackie CFX MKII Owner's Manual

TWEAK THE MIX:
1. Engage MUTE on all channels except your
rhythm section (drums & bass).
2. Adjust the rhythm section's channel faders
to get a good balance of levels.
3. Un-mute the other active channels and
adjust their faders.
4. Now that you have a rough mix going, turn
up the MAIN MIX Fader to a comfortable
listening level.
5. If the overall mix has an equalization
problem, make adjustments to the STEREO
GRAPHIC EQ. If an individual channel is
the problem, use its EQ instead.
6. Using channel EFX 2 (INT) and the EMAC
EFFECTS PROCESSOR, experiment with
adding some effects.
7. Depending on how much time you've got,
keep tweaking. Walk the room to see how it
sounds away from your mixer. Keep tweaking.

APPLICATIONS DIAGRAMS

Keyboard, or other line-level input
Keyboard, or other line-level input
Guitar Effects
5
1 2 3 4
CHANNEL INPUTS
CHANNEL INSERTS
1 2 3 4 5 6
Stereo Compressor Stereo Compressor
6
Drum
Machine
9
6 7 8 10 11 12
SUB OUT
AUX SENDS EFX SENDS STEREO EFX RETURNS
BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL
1
7 8 L
Mono in / stereo out
Reverb
Stereo EQ
Stereo
Power Amplifier
Stage Monitor Stage Monitor
KNOW THESE THINGS:
• Never listen to loud music for prolonged
periods. Please see "Safety Instructions" on
page 2 for information on hearing protection.
• Never plug amplifi er outputs into anything
except passive speakers.
• Never use guitar cables to connect ampli-
fi ers to speakers.
• Before making connections to an external
amp or reconfi guring an amp's routing, turn
the amp's level (gain) controls down, turn
the power off, make the changes, turn the
power back on, and then turn the level con-
trols back up. The same is true for powered
speakers.
• When you shut down your equipment, turn
off any external amplifi ers and/or powered
speakers fi rst. When powering up, turn on
the amplifi ers and/or speakers last.
• Save the shipping box and packing mate-
rial! You may need them someday.
Left PA Speaker Right PA Speaker
Stereo
Power Amplifier
L
L R
MAIN OUT MAIN OUT MAIN
75Hz L R BAL/UNBAL INSERT
UTIL OUT
SUB OUTS
BAL/UNBAL
BAL/UNBAL
2
L
L
R R
Digital Delay
CFX12 MKII — Small Club Gig
Stereo EQ
Stereo
Compressor
CD Player
L L
R
R R
TAPE TAPE
OUT IN
PHONES
OUT
R