Mackie CR1604 PROCEDURE, Part1— A GUIDED TOUR OF THE, ADJUSTMENT, START, AUX 1/MON, QUICK

	AUX				Part1— A GUIDED TOUR OF THE
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					VERY	IMPORTANT	All the knobs and buttons on the CR-1604’s
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	2					SENSITIVITY	identical input modules (channel strips) plus
							one Master Output section that’s divided into
	00	+15	1			ADJUSTMENT	Aux Return and General Output sections (see
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							nifty diagram at right).
	3	5				PROCEDURE	Each input channel strip can be divided
	00	+15			START	To fully achieve the	into four specific sections:
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						CR-1604’s impressive noise
							• EQUALIZATION, color-coded BLUE
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					and headroom specs, you should “tune” chan-
							• PAN control, color-coded black, and
	00	+15			nel sensitivity of each channel to your
	5/6				particular setup.		• the channel LEVEL CONTROL faders
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	0	HI			Can you run the mixer without this adjust-		All modern mixing boards utilize some
					ment? Sure. Chances are that you’ll get pretty		variation of this input module arrangement.
	–15	+15			good sound. But take a moment to adjust		Once you’ve mastered the CR-1604’s input
					things properly and you’ll get excellent sound.		module layout, you should feel ready to take
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		MID			After all, it’s your music.		on that old 132-channel Neve mixing desk
					Because we really want you to make this		gathering dust in your Aunt Hattie’s garage.
	–12	+12			adjustment, we’ve included a slightly more		1 AUX SENDS
					detailed description of the process on page 19.
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							AUX 1, 2, 3 & 4
					The basic procedure for adjustment is as
					follows.		These controls are used to send the signal
	–15	+15			A. Set EQ controls approximately the way
							out to outboard parallel effects processors
	EQ
					they’ll be used for that channel. If you don’t
							such as reverbs and delays. You may also use
					know in advance, just set them flat .
							an Aux Send to create a separate monitor mix
					B. Turn the channel’s PAN control all the way
							for stage monitors or headphone cues or gen-
					to either the right or left.
							erate separate mixes for recording.
					C. Set Channel Fader to Unity (center detent).
							There are a total of seven Aux Sends on
A	0		9 D		D. Turn the channel’s SENSITIVITY control		each CR-1604 channel strip. A combination of
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		–10 •			fully counter clockwise (+4 UNITY).		four may be used at the same time.
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	0	+4	–40		E. Press the channel’s SOLO button and the		VERY	NOTE: All of the
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–12	+12				SOLO TO MAIN button over on the main			CR-1604’s Aux sends have
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	0		9		output section of the mixer.			a very wide range of gain.
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								The first half of the
–15	+15				F. Play through the channel at the same
EQ								control’s rotation reaches
	0	+4	–40		volume and intensity that the channel is
B		U	15	F			from the off position to Unity Gain (0dB).
			CLIP		going to handle during use. Turn the
L	R						This half of the control’s range corresponds to
PAN			+8		channel’s SENSITIVITY control clockwise
ESOLO							the full range of a conventional mixer. The
					until the level on the CR-1604 meter (left
9			+4				second half of the control’s rotation provides
MUTE					or right side, depending on which way you
ALT 3/4
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							you with even more gain, from Unity to
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			0				+15dB. For example, when you want a sound
	+20				G. Set the EQ the way you think you’ll want it,
			-4				super-“wet” (mostly reverb), the extra gain al-
C					then repeat step F.
			-8				lows you to bring the channel fader down
					H. Turn the channel’s SOLO button off and
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					return the PAN control to center detent
			-16				composed of predominantly reverb return
					position.
							with just a touch of “dry” signal.
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			-20		I. Repeat this procedure for each channel,
							AUX 1/MON
					using the appropriate kind of source which
					will be used with that channel.		This particular Aux control could be
							viewed as the King of Sends, because of its
							varied functions.

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