Mackie CR1604 - VLZ owner manual Contents, Loaded With, Professional Features, New! Improved

CONTENTS

LEVEL-SETTING PROCEDURE	3	AUX	20
INSTANT MIXING	3	PRE	21
HOOKUP DIAGRAMS	6	5/6 SHIFT	21
CONVERTING TO RACKMOUNT MODE	9	OUTPUT SECTION DESCRIPTION	22
SWITCHING POSITIONS	9	MAIN L-R MIX FADER	22
PATCHBAY DESCRIPTION	10	VLZ MIX ARCHITECTURE	22
E-Z INTERFACE	10	SUB FADERS*	22
MIC/LINE INPUTS ON EVERY CHANNEL*	10	ASSIGN TO MAIN MIX*	22
MIC INPUTS	10	TAPE IN (LEVEL)*	23
PHANTOM POWER	10	TAPE TO MAIN MIX*	23
LINE INPUTS	11	SOURCE*	23
TRIM	11	C-R/PHONES*	23
INSERT*	11	MODE (NORMAL (AFL)/LEVEL SET (PFL))*	24
DIRECT OUT*	11	LEVEL SET LED*	24
SPLIT MONITORING	12	SOLO (LEVEL)*	24
AUX SEND OUTPUTS	12	RUDE SOLO LIGHT	24
EFFECTS: SERIAL OR PARALLEL?	13	METERS	25
AUX RETURN INPUTS	13	AUX TALK	25
SUB OUTS*	13	AUX SEND (MASTER)*	25
C-R OUTS (CONTROL ROOM OUTPUTS)* ....	14	AUX SEND SOLO*	26
PHONES OUTPUT	14	AUX RETURNS (LEVEL)	26
TAPE OUTPUT*	14	EFFECTS TO MONITOR*	26
TAPE INPUT*	14	MAIN MIX TO SUBS (AUX RET 3)*	26
MAIN INSERT	15	1-2/3-4 (AUX RET 3)*	26
MAIN OUTS	15	C-R/PHNS ONLY (AUX RET 4)*	27
MONO OUTPUT	15	RETURNS SOLO	27
MONO LEVEL*	15	CR1604-VLZ MODIFICATIONS	28
POWER CONNECTION	15	CR1604-VLZ BLOCK DIAGRAM	30
FUSE	15	GAIN STRUCTURE DIAGRAM	31
POWER SWITCH	16	SPECIFICATIONS	32
POWER LED	16	SERVICE INFO	33
PHANTOM SWITCH	16	APPENDIX: Glossary	34
PHANTOM LED*	16	APPENDIX: Connections	42
BNC LAMP SOCKET	16	APPENDIX: Balanced Lines, Phantom Powering,
CHANNEL STRIP DESCRIPTION	17	Grounding and Other Arcane Mysteries	46
“U” LIKE UNITY GAIN	17
FADER	17
ASSIGN (1-2,3-4,L-R)*	17	* NEW! IMPROVED!
SOLO	18	LOADED WITH
–20 (SOLO) LED*	18	PROFESSIONAL FEATURES!
OL (MUTE) LED*	18	For those of you accustomed to the original,
MUTE	19	classic CR-1604, do not be daunted by all the
PAN	19	new features — we added them just for you!
		Asterisked items indicate features that we’ve
3-BANDMID-SWEEP EQ*	19
		added to the New Improved CR1604-VLZ.
LOW CUT*	20

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