Stereo Effects Processors, Sig/Ol Led | Mackie PPM1012 instruction

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Stereo Effects Processors

PPM1012

												POWER
								2 X 800W PROFESSIONAL POWERED MIXER
					MAIN EQUALIZER							EQ ASSIGN
					MAIN EQUALIZER							MAIN
												MON 2
		15										46
		15										15
44		10										10
44		5										5
		5										5
		0										0
		10										10
		15										15
			63	125	250	500	1K		2K	4K	8K	16K
					MON 1 EQUALIZER
z		15										15
		15										15
45		10										10
45		0										0
		5										5
		5										5
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		15										15
			63	125	250	500	1K		2K	4K	8K	16K
				61				01	PLATE REVERB		13	CHORUS
								02	VOCAL PLATE		14	CHORUS + REVERB
								03	WARM ROOM		15	DOUBLER
		FX 1		SIG/OL	FX 2		SIG/OL	04	BRIGHT ROOM		16	TAPE SLAP
		FX 1		SIG/OL	FX 2		SIG/OL	05	WARM LOUNGE		17	DLY 1 BRIGHT (350ms)
60			U			U		06	SMALL STAGE		18	DLY 1 WARM (300ms)
								07	WARM THEATER		19	DLY 2 BRIGHT (250ms)
								08	BRIGHT STAGE		20	DLY 2 WARM (200ms)
								09	WARM HALL		21	DLY 3 BRIGHT (175ms)
								10	CONCERT HALL		22	DLY 3 WARM (150ms)
		OO	+15		OO	+15		11	CATHEDRAL		23	CHORUS + DLY (300ms)
	SEND MASTER				SEND MASTER			12	GATED REVERB		24	REVERB + DLY (200ms)
62									51		TAP TO EDIT52U
62									BREAK
									BREAK
63	TAP				TAP				MUTES
	DELAY				DELAY				MUTES			OO +20
									CH 1-12			OO +20
												TAPE IN
									FX 1			FX 1
									TO MON 1			TO MON 2
64	INT FX				INT FX					U		U
	INT FX				INT FX
	MUTE				MUTE				OO	+15		OO +15
									OO	+15		OO +15

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PHANTOM

POWER AMP
	A			B 47
	LIMITER
	MAIN
	METERS
	0dB = 0dBu
			OL
			OL
		15
		15
		10
		10
		6			48
		6
		3
		3
4
		0
		2
		7



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		10
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		20
		30
		30
	L			R
LEVEL				SOLO49
SET				SOLO49
				RUDE


				50



POWER AMP
	MODE
MON 1				MON 2
MAINS				MON 1

A(L)STEREOB(R)53

MAIN

LPF

12054

100 180

75Hz 200Hz

MONO OUT

MAX

There are two identical Mackie Running-Man

32-bit internal effects processors. They are mono-in, stereo-out effects processors, with 24 presets each. Signals to these effects processors come from ad- justing the FX1 aux send [35] and the FX2 aux send [36] on each channel.

The stereo output from each processor can be added to the main mix using the FX return faders

[57].The output from FX1 can also be added to the monitor 1 mix or monitor 2 mix by adjusting the FX1 to mon1 and FX1 to mon 2 [56] controls.

Very careful thought and lots of audio love has gone into the design of the 24 presets. The engineers spent a lot of time lounging about in warm lounges, visiting theaters, bright rooms and stages, going to concerts, and visiting cathedrals on Sundays, just to get these sounds right for you. Initially, they wanted to investigate "warm beach in Hawaii," but had to make do with "cold beach in Washington" instead.

60. FX1 SEND MASTER and FX2 SEND MASTER

These knobs control the level of the signals going into each internal effects processor. Adjust them carefully, with your inner magical eye on the adja- cent SIG/OL LED [61] to prevent overloading the effects processor.

FX RTN 1

dB 10

SOLO

FX RTN 2

dB 10

SOLO

MON 1

dB 10

SOLO

MON 2

dB 10

SOLO

MAIN

dB 10

These knobs also affect the levels going out of the FX send line-level outputs [11], so you can use them to adjust the level going to external effects processors.

61. SIG/OL LED

These dual-LEDs illuminate in green when the signal level going into each effects processor is in a good operating range (SIG). They illuminate in red if the effects processor is being overloaded with too strong a signal (OL). Turn down the send master levels [60] if these come on regularly.

The signals going into the processors are affected by the channel FX 1 and 2 aux sends [35, 36], and the channel gain [23], EQ [27–32], and channel faders [40]. If the OL LEDs come on after you adjust any of these controls, turn down the send master levels [60].

If you have an external processor connected (and so the internal FX processors are not used) you can still use these LEDs to judge the level going out.