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7. STEREO RETURNS

This is where you connect the outputs of your parallel effects devices (or extra audio sources). They’ll accept just about any pro or semipro effects device on the mar- ket. To learn how signals are routed from these inputs, see STEREO RETURN LEVEL [51] on page 23.

Mono: If you have an effects device with a mono output (one cord), plug that into the left input of a STEREO RETURN and leave the right input unplugged. That way, the signal will be sent to both sides, magically appearing in the center as a mono signal.

8. SUB OUTS

These four 1/4" jacks are usually patched to the inputs of a multitrack deck, or to secondary amplifiers in a complex installation. To learn how signals are routed to these outputs, see SUBGROUP FADERS [38], page 19.

Double Busing

How on earth do you get four jacks to feed eight tracks? To feed an 8-track deck with only four SUB OUTS, simply use four Y-cords:

•SUB OUT 1 feeds tracks 1 and 5

•SUB OUT 2 feeds tracks 2 and 6

•SUB OUT 3 feeds tracks 3 and 7

•SUB OUT 4 feeds tracks 4 and 8

Tracks in record mode will accept the signal, and tracks in safe mode will ignore the signal. It’s that easy.

This method is exactly the same as the

double-busing feature found in other mixers.

Built-in double-busing is nothing more than Y- cords living inside the mixer instead of hang-

ing out the back. If we had room for the extra jacks, we would have thrown them in, but we don’t, so we didn’t. Sonically, there is no difference.

Y-cord advice: Do not use the stereo “headphone-to- left/right” splitter adapters. Use the type that send the same signal to two places; the tip of the source plug feeds the tips of both destination plugs.

9. C-R OUTS (CONTROL ROOM OUTPUTS)

These 1/4" jacks are usually patched to the inputs of your control room amplifier or a headphone distribution amplifier. To learn how signals are routed to these outputs, see CTL ROOM/PHONES [43] on page 20.

10. PHONES OUTPUT (on front panel)

The 1604-VLZ3’s stereo 1/4"

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phones jack will drive any stan-

dard headphone to very loud lev-

 

els. Walkperson-type phones can

 

also be used with an appropriate

 

adapter. To learn how signals are

 

routed to these outputs, see CTL

 

ROOM/PHONES [43] on page 20.

 

If you’re wiring your own cable for

 

the PHONES output:

 

Tip = left channel

Ring = right channel

Sleeve = common ground

WARNING: When we say the headphone

amp is loud, we’re not kidding. It can cause permanent ear damage. Even intermediate levels may be painfully loud with some earphones. BE

CAREFUL! Always turn the CTL ROOM/PHONES [43] knob all the way down before connecting headphones. Keep it down until you’ve put the phones on. Then turn it up slowly. Why? “Engineers who fry their ears find themselves with short careers.”

11. TAPE OUTPUT

These unbalanced RCA jacks tap the main mix outputs to make simultaneous recording and PA work more convenient. Connect these to your 2-track recorder’s inputs. To learn how signals are routed to these outputs, see MAIN MIX [37] fader details on page 19.

Mono: If you want to feed a mono signal to your tape deck or other device, simply use the 1/4" MONO [15] output jack.

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