Mackie 1402-VLZPRO COLOPHON, All Rights Reserved, © 2003 Mackie Designs Inc

COLOPHON

(Roll credits please) Manual written by Jeff Gilbert, based on a short story by Ron Koliha, now a major Broadway Musical. Manual then defaced with proofreading pens in the hands of Mackie’s legendary Tech Support staff. Manual composed on a rinky-dink PC using a low-budget word processor, then converted to this amazing piece of work using a 13-story 1000 gigawhopper Macintosh operated by Mackie’s notorious Advertising staff (most notably Becky Priebe). Please, feel free to let us know if you find an error or stumble over a confusing para- graph. Thank you for reading the entire manual (we know you have, or you wouldn’t be here).

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Contents

14-CHANNELMIC/LINE MIXER OWNER’S MANUAL CAUTION AVIS SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS LEVEL-SETTINGPROCEDURE Adjusting input levels (Channels 1–6only) Other Nuggets of Wisdom INSTANT MIXING Purchased at: Date of purchase: INTRODUCTION HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL A PLUG FOR THE CONNECTORS SECTION OUTPUT SECTION20 SET ARCANE MYSTERIES ILLUMINATED CONTENTS HOOKUP DIAGRAMS 1402-VLZPRO 4-TrackRecord / 2-TrackMix 1402-VLZPRO Video Setup 1402-VLZPRO Disc Jockey Setup 1402-VLZPRO Stereo PA MIC INPUTS (Channels 1–6) PHANTOM POWER LINE INPUTS (Channels 1–6) Tip = Positive (+ or hot) Ring = Negative (– or cold) Sleeve = Shield or ground Tip = Signal EFFECTS: SERIAL OR PARALLEL INSERT (Channels 1–6) Tip = Send (output to effects device) all three sleeves) TAPE IN XLR MAIN OUTPUTS Pin 1 = Ground MAIN OUTPUT LEVEL Tip = + (hot) 1⁄4" MAIN OUTPUTS To learn how signals are routed to these 1⁄4" outputs: TAPE OUTPUT PHONES Tip = Left channel Ring = Right channel Sleeve = Common ground ALT 3–4OUTPUT POWER CONNECTION POWER SWITCH PHANTOM SWITCH FUSE CHANNEL STRIP DESCRIPTION “U” LIKE UNITY GAIN MUTE/ALT 3–4 FADER SOLO PAN CONSTANT LOUDNESS Moderation during EQ AUX SEND OUTPUT SECTION DESCRIPTION MAIN MIX VLZ MIX ARCHITECTURE SOURCE MATRIX CTL ROOM / SUBMIX SOLO MODE: AFL/PFL RUDE SOLO LIGHT ASSIGN TO MAIN MIX METERS – MANY DISPLAYS IN ONE AUX TALK AUX 1 SELECT AUX 1 MASTER EFX TO MONITOR JACK NORMALLING MODIFICATIONS pre-fader pre-mute post-fader post-mute 1402-VLZPRO BLOCK DIAGRAM DIAGRAM STRUCTURE GAIN SPECIFICATIONS Main Mix Noise Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) Attenuation (Crosstalk) Frequency Response SERVICE INFO TROUBLESHOOTING Bad Channel Bad Output Noise APPENDIX A: CONNECTIONS “XLR” CONNECTORS 1⁄4" TS PHONE PLUGS AND JACKS 1⁄4" TRS PHONE PLUGS AND JACKS SWITCHED 1⁄4" PHONE JACKS RCA PLUGS AND JACKS UNBALANCING A LINE SPECIAL MACKIE CONNECTIONS TRS Send/Receive Insert Jacks MULTS AND “Y”s NOTES: COLOPHON 1402-VLZPRO LIMITED WARRANTY Mackie Designs Inc