MIXER ANATOMY: CHAPTER 2

BNC Lamp Socket

Those decidedly non-audio-looking BNC connectors on the top panel of several Mackie mixers are for mounting and powering gooseneck lamps so you can find the knobs in the dark. The BNCs are wired with the center post at +12 VDC.

We recommend LittleLite lamps 12" gooseneck #12G or #12G-HI (a high-intensity version) for the smaller consoles, and the 18G-HI with an 18" goose- neck for the larger mixers. Buy them from your pro audio dealer.

Now that we’ve worked our way through the functions of most of the parts of a console, let’s get physical and take it section by section, looking at the actual hardware. We’ll continue to point out unique features of Mackie mixers, but with what you learn here, you should be able to walk up to just about any mixer and understand it in just a couple of minutes.

 

 

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