Mackie CR-1604 manual 3

7/1/95

major-label CDs have been mastered on 1604s. The CR-1604 is also regularly used for TV scoring (The Simpsons, Night Shade, Beverly Hills 90210, and many others) and live TV show music mixing (Arsenio Hall, Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live). Lucas- Film’s Skywalker Ranch uses over twenty of them on a daily basis. As does a very famous theme park.

One explanation is the CR-1604’s specifications. Real world specs that we invite you to confirm on your test bench. You’ll find that the CR-1604 delivers 90dB

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ALT3/4OUTBUSSINSERT

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AUX 4 AUX 5 AUX 6 MAIN LEFT MAIN RIGHT ALT 3-4 LEFT ALT 3-4 RIGHT SOLO LEFT SOLO RIGHT

TIP OUT	LEFT BUS
	INSERT
	FIRST CLICK=
RING IN	DIRECT OUTPUT
	(NO SIGNAL
	INTERRUPTION)
TIP OUT	RIGHT BUS	MASTER
	INSERT	LEFT & RIGHT
	FIRST CLICK=	OFF TO
RING IN	DIRECT OUTPUT	+10dB GAIN
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	INTERRUPTION)
	ALT 3-4	ALT
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ALT 3-4

RIGHT OUT

SOLO

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PHONES

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LEVEL

AUX 1
AUX 1
MONITOR
AUX 2
OUTPUT
AUX 3
OUTPUT
AUX 4
OUTPUT
AUX 5
OUTPUT	ELECTRONIC
AUX 6	SOLO
OUTPUT	SWITCHING
+22dBu MAX
ALL AUX SENDS

	+	BALANCED
	-	MAIN LEFT
		OUTPUT
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	MASTER	+22dBu MAX UNBALANCED
	OUTPUT
	MUTE
	SWITCH
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	-	MAIN RIGHT
ELECTRONIC		OUTPUT
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SOLO		+22dBu MAX UNBALANCED
SWITCHING
(ONLY WITH
SOLO TO
MAIN
SWITCH	-	BALANCED
ENGAGED)
	+	MAIN MONO
		OUTPUT
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		+22dBu MAX UNBALANCED
	L	TIP
		STEREO
		HEADPHONES
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	R	RING

OUTPUT

METER

NOTES:

+22 CLIP1. SWITCHES SHOWN IN "NORMAL" POSITION.

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	LEVEL WHEN
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