Mackie ProFX12, ProFX8 TABLE OF INTERNAL EFFECTS

Owner’s Manual

No. Title Description Example of its use

1 BRIGHT ROOM This room has a bright tone with lots of scattered

reﬂ ections to simulate harder, more reﬂ ective

surfaces.

Useful on vocals that require a brighter re-

verb to cut through the mix, or for giving

acoustic instruments a livelier vibe.

2 WARM LOUNGE This preset features a medium sized room/lounge

sound, with just enough enhancement of the lower

mids to produce a warm tone.

Useful for vocals on songs that require

a larger, more “wet” sound, or for giving

dimension to bright horns without adding

harshness.

3 SMALL STAGE This preset simulates the sound of a small concert

stage, with a medium reverb time and reverberant

space.

Useful for vocals or guitars in fast paced,

high-energy songs that call for a “live”

sounding reverberation.

4 WARM THEATER This reverb has a warm bodied tone and medium

long reverb time to simulate the live acoustics of a

theater space.

Perfect for vocals, drums, acoustic and

electric guitars, keyboards, and more.

5 WARM HALL This reverb simulates the sound of a spacious,

yet cozy, heavily draped and carpeted concert hall

with an especially warm tone.

Perfect for adding natural concert hall

ambience to close-mic’ed orchestral

instruments.

6 CONCERT HALL This hall reverb is characterized by its large, spa-

cious sound, long pre-delay, and vibrant tone. Adds life to acoustic instruments and

vocals from solos to full-on symphonies

and choirs.

7 PLATE REVERB This preset emulates vintage mechanical rever-

beration that was generated with a metal plate.

Its sound is characterized by lots of early reﬂ ec-

tions and no pre-delay.

Perfect for thickening percussive instru-

ments, such as a snare drum, or tight

vocal arrangements.

8 CATHEDRAL This reverb emulates the extremely long tails,

dense diffusion and long pre-delays and reﬂ ec-

tions that would be found in a very large, stone

walled house of worship.

Gives amazing depth to choirs, wind

instruments, organs, and soft acoustic

guitars.

9 CHORUS This preset provides a soft, ethereal sweeping

effect that is useful for thickening and for making

a particular sound pop out of the mix.

Perfect for enhancement of electric and

acoustic guitar and bass, or to add a dra-

matic effect to vocals, particularly group

harmonies and choirs.

10 CHORUS + REV This preset perfectly combines the chorus effect

above with a large, roomy reverb. This lets you both thicken your sound

with the chorus effect while adding

warmth and spaciousness thanks to the

smooth reverb.

11 DOUBLER This effect simulates the sound of a vocal or

instrument being recorded twice (double tracked)

on a multi-track recorder. (50MS)

Provides a vibe that is similar to chorus

without the subtle swirl.

12 TAPE SLAP This effect provides a single, relatively rapid delay

of the original signal, with the added warmth that

vintage tape-based echo units provided. (180 MS)

Often used on vocals for a 1950’s era feel,

or on guitars for a surf-type tone. Often

used by people whose favorite number is

12.

DELAY 1 (300MS)

DELAY 2 (380MS)

DELAY 3 (480 MS)

These delay presets provide around three repeats

of the original signal. The default delay time for

each preset is shown in ms - the smaller the time,

the faster the delay.

These work best with full, up-beat music

like rock where the delay needs to cut

through the mix.

16 REVERB + DLY

(250MS) This effect combines the warm theater reverb ef-

fect with the echoes of the 3-repeat delay effect. Perfect for thickening vocals while adding

dimension, it can also be used as a spacey

effect on electric guitars.

TABLE OF INTERNAL EFFECTS