Mackie CFX SERIES MIC, LINE IN, INSERT, Direct out with no signal interruption, Insert only to first “click.”, Direct out with signal interruption, For use as an effects loop

1SHIELD

3COLD

2HOT

XLR BALANCED WIRING

PATCHBAY FEATURES

At the risk of stating the obvious, this is where you plug everything in: microphones, line-level instruments, effects, headphones and the ultimate destination for your sound: PA system, tape recorder, etc.

MIC

The CFX Mixer is equipped with rugged, low noise, phantom-powered microphone pream- plifiers, providing up to 50 dB of crystal-clear amplification. Their balanced circuitry rejects all manner of extraneous interference. Professional condenser, dynamic, and ribbon mics will all sound excellent through these XLR inputs.

You can plug in almost any kind of balanced mic that has a standard XLR-type male mic connector.

These unbalanced jacks are configured thusly:

	ring		SEND to processor
tip		(TRS plug)	“tip”
	sleeve
This plug connects to one of the			“ring”
mixer’s Channel Insert jacks.
			RETURN from processor

Tip = Send (to effects device input)

Ring = Return (from effects device output) Sleeve = Common ground (connect shield to all three sleeves)

Specialty “Y” cables, developed just for these jacks, are widely available.

Besides being used for inserting external devices, these jacks can also be used as channel direct outputs; post-TRIM, post-LOW CUT, and pre-EQ. Here are three ways you can use

INSERT

RING (COLD)

TIP (HOT)

SLEEVE (SHIELD)

TRS BALANCED WIRING

TIP (HOT)

SLEEVE (SHIELD)

TS UNBALANCED WIRING

LINE IN

The line inputs share circuitry (but not phantom power) with the mic preamps, and can be driven by balanced or unbalanced sources at almost any level. You can use these TRS inputs for virtually any signal you’ll come across, from –25 dBu up to +38 dBu.

INSERT

This is where you connect serial effects

such as compressors, equalizers, de-essers or filters. The send is low-impedance (150 ohms), capable of driving any line-level device. The return is high-impedance (10k ohms) and can be driven by almost any device.

the channel jacks:

MONO PLUG

Channel Insert jack

Direct out with no signal interruption.

Insert only to first “click.”

MONO PLUG

Channel Insert jack

Direct out with signal interruption.

Insert all the way in to the second “click.”

STEREO

PLUG

Channel Insert jack

For use as an effects loop.

(TIP= SEND to effect, RING = RETURN from effect.)

MIC 1

MIC 2

MIC 3

MIC 4

MIC 5

MIC 6

MIC 7

MIC 8

BAL/UNBAL	BAL/UNBAL	BAL/UNBAL	BAL/UNBAL	BAL/UNBAL	BAL/UNBAL	BAL/UNBAL	BAL/UNBAL
LINE IN	LINE IN	LINE IN	LINE IN	LINE IN	LINE IN	LINE IN	LINE IN
INSERT	INSERT	INSERT	INSERT	INSERT	INSERT	INSERT	INSERT