Hi Eq; Moderation During Eq; Aux 1 And 30. Aux 2 Send - Mackie 1402-VLZ3 Owner's Manual

29. HI EQ

This control gives you up
to 15 dB boost or cut above
12 kHz, and it is also fl at
at the detent. Use it to add
sizzle to cymbals, and an
overall sense of transpar-
ency, or edge to keyboards,
vocals, guitar and bacon
frying. Turn it down a little
to reduce sibilance, or to
hide tape hiss.

MODERATION DURING EQ

With EQ, you can also screw things up royally. We've
designed a lot of boost and cut into each equalizer cir-
cuit, because we know everyone will occasionally need
that. But if you max the EQs on every channel, you'll
get mix mush. Equalize subtly and use the left sides of
the knobs (cut), as well as the right (boost). Very few
gold-record-album engineers ever use more than about
3dB of EQ. If you need more than that, there's usually a
better way to get it, such as placing a mic differently (or
using a different kind of mic entirely).

31. AUX 1 and 30. AUX 2 SEND

These knobs allow you to tap a portion of each chan-
nel signal out to another source for parallel effects
processing or stage monitoring. AUX send levels are
controlled by the channel's AUX 1 and AUX 2 knobs and
by the AUX 1 MASTER [40].
These are more than just effects and monitor sends.
They can be used to generate separate mixes for record-
ing or "mix-minuses" for broadcast. By using AUX 1 in
the PRE [39] mode, these mix levels can be obtained
independently of the channel's fader.
AUX 1 (when in post mode) and AUX 2, are post-LOW
CUT, post-EQ and post-fader. That is, the sends obey the
settings of these controls. AUX 1 in PRE mode follows
the EQ and LOW CUT settings only. PAN and LEVEL
(FADER) have no effect on the PRE send (see diagram
below).
INPUT GAIN LO CUT
"Pre vs. Post"
Signal Flow Diagram
+15
+10
+5
0
–5
–10
–15
20 100 1k
Hz Hz Hz
High EQ
LEVEL
PAN
INSERT EQ
"POST" SIGNAL
"PRE" SIGNAL
Each AUX send level ranges from off through unity
(the center detent position) on up to 15 dB of extra gain
(when turned fully clockwise). Chances are you'll never
need this extra gain, but it's nice to know it's there if
you do.
Channel 7–14 AUX pots control the mono sum of
the channel's stereo signals for each AUX send. For
instance, channel 7 (L) and 8 (R) mix together to feed
10k 20k
Hz Hz
that channel's AUX send knobs.
We recommend going into a stereo reverb in mono and
returning in stereo. We have found that on most "stereo"
reverbs the second input just ties up an extra AUX send
and adds nothing to the sound. There are exceptions, so
feel free to try it both ways. If your effects device is true
stereo all the way through, use AUX 1 to feed its left
input and AUX 2 to feed the right input.
Still with us? Good for you. Here come the tricky
parts, the output, or master section where the mixing
is really done. We have even started it on a shiny new
page:
MAIN / ALT
"POST" SIGNAL OBEYS
MUTE STATUS
AUX 2 KNOB
AUX 1 KNOB
TO AUX SEND 2 LEVEL
TO AUX SEND 1 LEVEL
AUX SEND 1 PRE/POST SWITCH
(IN MASTER SECTION)
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