Mackie X.200 quick start Getting Sound Happening

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Getting Sound Happening

The following procedure demonstrates how to connect a microphone to an input and get sound out of the Digital X Bus.

Here’s what you’ll need:

1 stereo power amplifier

1 pair of monitor speakers (you can substi- tute a pair of powered monitors for the power amplifier/monitor speaker combo, or a set of stereo headphones)

1 microphone

Appropriate cable to connect the microphone to your particular input card

Cables to connect the speaker outputs to the amplifier or powered monitor speakers

Here's what you do:

1.Turn on the Digital X Bus.

2.Connect a microphone to Input 1. If you are us- ing a MIC/LINE 8 card, use a DB25-to-XLR fe- male breakout cable to connect the microphone to Input 1. If you are using a MIC/LINE 4 card, you can plug the XLR microphone cable directly into the card.

 

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DIGITAL CARDS

 

MIC/LINE 4 CARDS

 

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DIGITAL CARD

DIGITAL CARD

MIC/LINE 4 CARD

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MIC/LINE 4 CARD

 

 

 

 

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5.Make sure channel 1 has Input 1 assigned to it. Open the Assign window (Windows > Assign). Under the Input Src drop-down box select Mic Line In. 1.

6.If the microphone requires phantom power, select the 48V button in the Assign window to turn on phantom power. Leave the –10 dB pad off when using a microphone.

7.Talk or sing into the microphone and adjust the Gain control using the V-Pot on channel 1 so the meter indicates between –12 and –6.

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3.Press the Bank 1 button (1-24) in the Banks sec- tion of the console (just above the Master fader).

 

 

 

 

 

 

1-24

 

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4. Press the SELECT button on channel 1.

SELECT

8.In the Assign window, make sure L-R is select- ed under Bus Assigns.

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