Mackie CR1604 43

16220 Wood-Red Rd. NE • Woodinville • WA • 98072 • USA

Phone 800/258-6883 • FAX 206/487-4337 • Outside the U.S. call 206/487-4333

For literature requests only, 800/898-3211

Contents

Page CAUTION AVIS SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS START DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS BEGINS ON PG INPUT/OUTPUT “POD” SECTION DESCRIPTION, PG CONNECTION TIPS & HOOKUP , PG PROCEDURE START AUX 1/MON INPUT/OUTPUT “POD” CHANNEL STRIPS AUX AUX 3 & EQ HI EQ MID EQ LO 4SOLO 5MUTE-ALT3/4 (3rd & 4th buses) 6OL 7CHANNEL FADER Part 2 — THE MAIN OUTPUT SECTION 8STEREO AUX RETURNS LEVEL 9AUX RETURN BALANCE 10AUX RETURN MONO NOTE: 14 SOLO TO MAIN 12ALT PREVIEW 13MAIN OUTPUT MUTE 15HEADPHONE JACK WARNING: When we say the 16 SOLO/PHONES LEVEL 171/LEFT 2/RIGHT (MAIN OUTPUT LEVEL FADERS) 18LEVEL LBNC LAMP CONNECTOR Part 3 — INPUT/OUTPUTPOD OUTPUTS/SENDS RETURNS/INSERTS 19INPUT SENSITIVITY CONTROLS 23UNBALANCED INPUTS (Channels 7–16) 24MAINS 25AC RECEPTACLE 26FUSE 27CHANNEL ACCESS, TIP=OUT, RING=IN 28AUX RETURNS TO MASTER 29BUS INSERT NOT Part 4 — CONNECTIONTIPS EFFECTS (parallel processing) ODD DUCKS CONNECTING AN EFFECT WITH STEREO OUTPUTS CONNECTING A MONO OUTPUT EFFECT EXAMPLE SUBMIX HOOKUP EXAMPLE SUB-MIX CHANNELS TO BE SUB-MIXED ASSORTED NUGGETS OF MONITORING WISDOM SENSITIVITY/LEVEL ADJUSTMENT — The long version SENSITIVITY ADJUSTMENT STEPS (repeat for each channel being used) Repeat CHANGING THE POD TO RACK MOUNT POSITION WARRANTY SERVICE Bad channel Bad output Noise Power SPECIFICATIONS CR-1604DIMENSIONS (including XLR10 & MixerMixer add-ons,RotoPod bracket) CR-1604BLOCK DIAGRAM Page 10 COMMON QUESTIONS 9.How do I record with effects (1)Q: How do I get the effects into my monitors (2)Q: How do I get effects out of the ALT 3/4 Bus (4)Q: What modifications can be done to the mixer (5)Q. How do I perform the modifications to my mixer (7)Q: Can I split the signal at the Main Outputs with Y-cords (9)Q: How do I record with effects (10)Q: Why are there really only 9 questions MODIFICATIONS-O-RAMA 6.TIE SOLO TOGETHER ON TWO OR MORE CR-1604s PRE-EQ• PRE-FADER• PRE-ALT/MUTEMODIFICATION POST-EQ• PRE-FADER• PRE-ALT/MUTEMODIFICATION POST-EQ• POST-FADER• PRE-ALT/MUTEMODIFICATION Add Capacitor (d) PRE-EQ• PRE-FADER• PRE-ALT/MUTE MODIFICATION Add Capacitor (d) POST-EQ• PRE-FADER• PRE-ALT/MUTEMODIFICATION Modification 5 — Channel Insert POST-EQ• PRE-FADER• PRE-ALT/MUTE SOLO TIE FOR MIXERMIXER APPLICATION CR-1604ARCHITECTS’ & ENGINEERS’ SPECIFICATIONS CR-1604TRACK SHEET Page CR-1604OUTPUT, INPUTS, TRIM LEVELS Session_______________ Date Page SEMIOFFICIAL LAST PAGE