Mackie 1640I manual

16-Channel Premium Analog Mixer with FireWire

O W N E R ' S M A N U A L

SUBGROUPS

AUX MASTERS

MAIN MIX

ALTERNATE FIREWIRE ASSIGNMENTS

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

5

6

L

R

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

FW 1

FW 2

FW 3

FW 4

FW 5

FW 6

FW 7

FW 8

FW 9

FW 10

FW 11

FW 12

FW 13

FW 14

FW 15

FW 16

48V

48V

48V

48V

48V

48V

48V

48V

48V

48V

48V

48V

48V

48V

48V

48V

75Hz

75Hz

75Hz

75Hz

75Hz

75Hz

75Hz

75Hz

75Hz

75Hz

75Hz

75Hz

75Hz

75Hz

PREMIUM ANALOG MIXER w/ PERKINS EQ & FIREWIRE

18dB/OCT

18dB/OCT

18dB/OCT

18dB/OCT

18dB/OCT

18dB/OCT

18dB/OCT

18dB/OCT

18dB/OCT

18dB/OCT

18dB/OCT

18dB/OCT

18dB/OCT

18dB/OCT

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

LAMP

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

12V 0.5A

20 U

40

20 U

40

20 U

40

20 U

40

20 U

40

20 U

40

20 U

40

20 U

40

20 U

40

20 U

40

20 U

40

20 U

40

20 U

40

20 U

40

20 U

40

20 U

40

U

60

U

60

U

60

U

60

U

60

U

60

U

60

U

60

U

60

U

60

U

60

U

60

U

60

U

60

U

60

U

60

-20dB

+40dB

-20dB

+40dB

-20dB

+40dB

-20dB

+40dB

-20dB

+40dB

-20dB

+40dB

-20dB

+40dB

-20dB

+40dB

-20dB

+40dB

-20dB

+40dB

-20dB

+40dB

-20dB

+40dB

-20dB

+40dB

-20dB

+40dB

-20dB

+40dB

-20dB

+40dB

SEND

SEND

SEND

SEND

SEND

SEND

SEND

SEND

SEND

SEND

SEND

SEND

SEND

SEND

SEND

SEND

CTRL ROOM/PHONES

0dB=0dBu

PRE

PRE

PRE

PRE

PRE

PRE

PRE

PRE

PRE

PRE

PRE

PRE

PRE

PRE

PRE

PRE

SOURCE

L

R

POST

POST

POST

POST

POST

POST

POST

POST

POST

POST

POST

POST

POST

POST

POST

POST

20

CLIP

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

15

12kHz

12kHz

12kHz

12kHz

12kHz

12kHz

12kHz

12kHz

12kHz

12kHz

12kHz

12kHz

12kHz

12kHz

12kHz

12kHz

10

MAIN MIX

TAPE

6

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

3

2k

2k

2k

2k

2k

2k

2k

2k

2k

2k

2k

2k

2k

2k

2k

2k

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

SUB 1-2

SUB 3-4

0

2

400

8k

400

8k

400

8k

400

8k

400

8k

400

8k

400

8k

400

8k

400

8k

400

8k

400

8k

400

8k

400

8k

400

8k

400

8k

400

8k

LEVEL

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

U

HIGH

4

SET

FW 1-2

ASSIGN TO

MID

MID

MID

MID

MID

MID

MID

MID

MID

MID

MID

MID

MID

MID

MID

MID

MAIN MIX

7

10

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

20

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

FREQ

30

100 2k

U LOW

MID

-15 +15

U LOW

80Hz

100 2k

U LOW

MID

-15 +15

U LOW

80Hz

100 2k

U LOW

MID

-15 +15

U LOW

80Hz

100 2k

U LOW

MID

-15 +15

U LOW

80Hz

100 2k

U LOW

MID

-15 +15

U LOW

80Hz

100 2k

U LOW

MID

-15 +15

U LOW

80Hz

100 2k

U LOW

MID

-15 +15

U LOW

80Hz

100 2k

U LOW

MID

-15 +15

U LOW

80Hz

100 2k

U LOW

MID

-15 +15

U LOW

80Hz

100 2k

U LOW

MID

-15 +15

U LOW

80Hz

100 2k

U LOW

MID

-15 +15

U LOW

80Hz

100 2k

U LOW

MID

-15 +15

U LOW

80Hz

100 2k

U LOW

MID

-15 +15

U LOW

80Hz

100 2k

U LOW

MID

-15 +15

U LOW

80Hz

100 2k

U LOW

MID

-15 +15

U LOW

80Hz

100 2k

U LOW

MID

-15 +15

U LOW

80Hz

OO	MAX	OO	MAX
CONTROL		PHONES		RUDE
ROOM				SOLO

-15 +15

EQ OUT IN

1

AUX

1

OO

MAX

-15 +15

EQ OUT IN

2

AUX

1

OO

MAX

-15 +15

EQ OUT IN

3

AUX

1

OO

MAX

-15 +15

EQ OUT IN

4

AUX

1

OO

MAX

-15 +15

EQ OUT IN

5

AUX

1

OO

MAX

-15 +15

EQ OUT IN

6

AUX

1

OO

MAX

-15 +15

EQ OUT IN

7

AUX

1

OO

MAX

-15 +15

EQ OUT IN

8

AUX

1

OO

MAX

-15 +15

EQ OUT IN

9

AUX

1

OO

MAX

-15 +15

EQ OUT IN

10

AUX

1

OO

MAX

-15 +15

EQ OUT IN

11

AUX

1

OO

MAX

-15 +15

EQ OUT IN

12

AUX

1

OO

MAX

-15 +15

EQ OUT IN

13

AUX

1

OO

MAX

-15 +15

EQ OUT IN

14

AUX

1

OO

MAX

-15 +15

EQ OUT IN

15

AUX

1

OO

MAX

-15 +15

EQ OUT IN

16

AUX

1

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

TAPE IN

SENDS 1-6

TO FW 9-14

SENDS

1

OO

+15

	OO	MAX
	SOLO
TAPE TO	LEVEL
MAIN MIX
			PFL
			AFL
	SOLO
	MODE
	AUX MASTER
RETURNS		EFX TO
RETURNS		MON
PRE
POST	1
	1
SOLO	+10		+10
OO	+10	OO	+10
		TO AUX 5

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

	2		2
OO	MAX	OO	MAX
	3		3
OO	MAX	OO	MAX
	4		4
OO	MAX	OO	MAX

2

OO

MAX

3

OO

MAX

4

OO

MAX

2

OO

MAX

3

OO

MAX

4

OO

MAX

2

OO

+15

3

OO

+15

4

OO

+15

PRE
POST	2
	2
SOLO	+10		+10
OO	+10	OO	+10
		TO AUX 6
PRE
POST	3
	3
SOLO	+10	SEND
OO	+10	SEND
			TO
PRE
POST	4		MAIN
			MAIN
			SUBS
SOLO	+10
OO	+10

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

PRE POST

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

PAN

PAN

PAN

PAN

PAN

PAN

PAN

PAN

PAN

PAN

PAN

PAN

OO	MAX	OO	MAX
	6		6
OO	MAX	OO	MAX

PAN PAN

OO

MAX

6

OO

MAX

PAN

OO

MAX

6

OO

MAX

PAN

	SOLO	CR/PHONES	SUBS
OO	+15	CR/PHONES	SUBS
		ONLY	1-2
			3-4
		PRE
	6	POST
	6	POWER
OO	SOLO	POWER
OO	+15

DESTINATION

MIC

PHONES

AUX 1-6

L R

L R

L R

L R

L R

L R

L R

L R

L R

L R

L R

L R

L R

L R

L R

L R

OO

MAX

LEVEL

TALKBACK

EXTERNAL

MIC

SUB ASSIGN

L

L

L

L

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MAIN MIX

MAIN MIX

MAIN MIX

MAIN MIX

ASSIGN TO

R

R

R

R

FW 15-16

SUB1

SUB2

SUB3

SUB4

dB

OL

OL

OL

OL

OL

OL

OL

OL

OL

OL

OL

OL

OL

OL

OL

OL

10

+10

+10

+10

+10

+10

+10

+10

+10

+10

+10

+10

+10

+10

+10

+10

+10

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

U

-20

-20

-20

-20

-20

-20

-20

-20

-20

-20

-20

-20

-20

-20

-20

-20

5

SUB

SUB

SUB

SUB

SUB

SUB

SUB

SUB

SUB

SUB

SUB

SUB

SUB

SUB

SUB

SUB

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

ASSIGN

10

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

20

30

3-4

3-4

3-4

3-4

3-4

3-4

3-4

3-4

3-4

3-4

3-4

3-4

3-4

3-4

3-4

3-4

40

50

60

OO

MAIN

MAIN

MAIN

MAIN

MAIN

MAIN

MAIN

MAIN

MAIN

MAIN

MAIN

MAIN

MAIN

MAIN

MAIN

MAIN

MIX

MIX

MIX

MIX

MIX

MIX

MIX

MIX

MIX

MIX

MIX

MIX

MIX

MIX

MIX

MIX

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SUBS 1-4

TO FW 5-8

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

SUB1

SUB2

SUB3

SUB4

MAIN

MIX

Contents

Page Important Safety Instructions Quick Start Set the levels Setup Zero the controls Connections Introduction Deep FireWire Integration Features Wet or Dry Studio Quality Effects How To Use This Manual Need help with your new mixer • Email us at: techmail@mackie.com Contents Hookup Diagrams Typical Live Sound System Typical Recording System