Preset Selector, Tap Delay And Led; Internal Fx Mute; Solo Level - Mackie VLZ3 4BUS Owner's Manual

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1
FX
U U
SIG/OL
61
MAX MAX
O O O O
SEND MASTER TO AUX 1
U
64
62
TAP
MAX
O O
DELAY
TO AUX 2
65
U
INT FX
MUTE
66
MAX
O O
TO MAIN
GROUPS
72
OFF MAX OFF MAX
COMP COMP
73
1 2
dB dB
10 10
5 5
U U
5 5
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10 10
20 20
30 30
40 40
50 50
60 60
O O O O

65. PRESET SELECTOR, TAP DELAY and LED

Rotate these endless controls to select one of the 24
preset effects. When the rotation stops, that preset will
be loaded and become operational. The current preset
number is shown in the display [64]. The different
presets are shown in the table below and on the
silkscreen in the upper right hand corner of the
VLZ3 4•Bus mixer. Further details of each preset are
explained in Appendix E on page 37.
2
FX
U U
SIG/OL
67
MAX MAX
O O O O
SEND MASTER TO AUX 1
U
68
TAP
MAX
O O
DELAY
TO AUX 2
U
69
INT FX
MUTE
MAX
O O
TO MAIN
TALKBACK
70
OFF MAX OFF MAX
COMP COMP
71
3 4
MAIN MIX
dB dB dB
10 10 10
5 5 5
U U U
5 5 5
10 10 10
20 20 20
30 30 30
40 40 40
50 50 50
60 60 60
O O O O O O
1 Plate Reverb
U
2 Vocal Plate
3 Warm Room
MAX
O O
SOLO
4 Bright Room
U
5 Warm Lounge
6 Small Stage
MAX
O O
MONITOR
7 Warm Theater
U
8 Bright Stage
9 Warm Hall
MAX
O O
PHONES
10 Concert Hall
U
11 Cathedral
12 Gated Reverb
MAX
O O
LEVEL
The knob also offers a tap delay function for presets
17-24. This works as follows:
PUSH
TO TALK
1. Use the knob to select a preset from 17 to 24.
2. Press the knob in at least two times.
AUX 1-4
The DSP processor will calculate the time delay
MAIN
between the last two pushes, and it will assign
this time interval to the echoes of the current
digital delay.
The minimum tap delay is 50 ms and the
maximum is 500 ms.
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3. The LED will flash in time with the new tap
delay time.

66. INTERNAL FX MUTE

When engaged, the internal effects processor is
muted, and its output will not appear on the main mix,
monitor mix...or anywhere for that matter. The adjacent
mute LED will come on as a reminder that the effects
are muted. When power is first applied, these LEDs will
illuminate and the FX will be muted for about 10
seconds while the little FX gerbils inside settle down.
If this switch is not engaged, then the internal effects
are set free and may be added as required to the main
mix, monitor mix and last two stereo channels.

67. SOLO LEVEL

This knob is used to adjust the volume of the soloed
signal as it is routed to the monitor [15, 16] and phones
[17] outputs. This control is independent of, and prior
to, the monitor [68] and phones [69] level controls.
Owner's Manual
13 Chorus
14 Chorus + Reverb
15 Doubler
16 Tape Slap
17 Delay 1 Brt 350ms
18 Delay 1 Wrm 300ms
19 Delay 2 Brt 250ms
20 Delay 2 Wrm 200ms
21 Delay 3 Brt 175ms
22 Delay 3 Wrm 150ms
23 Chorus + Dly 300ms
24 Reverb + Dly 200ms
If your taps are faster than 50 ms, they will
be set to 50 ms.
If taps are 500 ms to 1 second, they will be
set to 500 ms.
If taps are greater than 1 second apart,
they will be ignored. Try again a bit faster.
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