Mackie 1604-VLZ PRO User Manual

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11 LINE INPUTSThese 1/4" jacks share circuitry (but notphantom power) with the mic preamps. Youcan use these inputs for virtually any signalyou’l

12 SPLIT MONITORINGWith split monitoring, you use the first eightchannels for your sound sources: vocal mics,drum mics, keyboard/synth outputs, guitar

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14This method is exactlythe same as the double-busing feature found inother mixers. Built-in doublebusing is nothing more thanY-cords living inside th

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17 CHANNEL STRIP DESCRIPTIONA Clean FadeFaders are not rocketscience — they operate bydragging a metal pin (thewiper) across a carbon-basedstrip (the

18If you’re printing new tracks or bouncing ex-isting ones, you’ll also use the 1–2 and 3–4switches, but not the L–R switch. Here, youdon’t want the s

19CONSTANT LOUDNESS ! ! !The 1604-VLZ PRO’sPAN controls employ a de-sign called “ConstantLoudness.” It has nothingto do with living next to a freeway.

2CAUTION AVISRISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPENRISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUENE PAS OUVRIRCAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCKDO NOT REMOVE COV

2020Hz100Hz1kHz10kHz20kHz–15–10–50+5+10+1520Hz100Hz1kHz10kHz20kHz–15–10–50+5+10+15Most of the root and lower harmonics thatdefine a sound are located

21We recommend going into a stereo reverb inmono and returning in stereo. We have foundthat on most “stereo” reverbs, the second inputjust ties up an

22AUXSENDSTEREO AUX RETURNEFFECTS TOMONITORSTO AUXSEND 2TO AUXSEND 112PWRPHANSOLOSOLO12123412C-R / PHNSONLYRETURNSSOLOMAIN MIXTO SUBSASSIGN OPTIONS1–2

23Now you know how to select the signals youwant to send to the engineer’s control roomand/or phones. From there, these signals all passthrough the sa

24 MODE (NORMAL (AFL)/LEVEL SET (PFL))You may have already seen this, but in caseyou missed it: The 1604-VLZ PRO’s solo systemcomes in two flavors: NO

25 METERSThe 1604-VLZ PRO’s peak metering system ismade up of two columns of twelve LEDs. Decep-tively simple, considering the multitude of signalstha

26 AUX SENDS SOLOOnce again, in a live sound situations AUXSEND 1 and 2 are likely to feed your stagemonitors. You’ll want to check the mix you’resend

27(MAIN MIX TO SUBS switch up) and you did adrum fade-out using subgroup faders 1 and 2,the “dry” signals would fade out, but the “wet”signals would k

28 1604-VLZ PRO BLOCK DIAGRAMMAIN LSUB 3MAIN RSUB 2SUB 1SUB 4AUX 1AUX 2AUX 3AUX 4AUX 5AUX 6SIP LSIP RPFLLOGIC75HzHPFMID HI80 100–8K 12KLOLR1234SIP LSI

29 GAIN STRUCTURE DIAGRAM+22dBu max in15dB loss, TRIM down45dB gain, TRIM upLINE IN, all channelsMIC IN, all channels60dB gain, TRIM up0dB gain, TRIM

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30 SPECIFICATIONSMain Mix Noise20Hz–20kHz bandwidth, 1⁄4" Main Out, channel Trims @unity gain, channel EQs flat, all channels assigned to Main Mi

31 SERVICE INFODetails concerning Warranty Service arespelled out on the Warranty Card included withyour mixer (if it’s missing, let us know and we’ll

32APPENDIX A: CONNECTIONS“XLR” CONNECTORSMackie mixers use 3-pin female “XLR” con-nectors on all microphone inputs, with pin 1wired to the grounded (e

33SPECIAL MACKIE CONNECTIONSThe balanced-to-unbalanced connection hasbeen anticipated in the wiring of Mackie jacks.A 1⁄4" TS plug inserted into

34Using the Send Only on an Insert JackIf you insert a TS (mono) 1⁄4" plug only partially(to the first click) into a Mackie insert jack, theplug

35TIP (SEND)RING (IN)TIP (OUT)RING (RETURN)TO MIXERCHANNEL INSERTRING (RETURN)TIP (SEND)TO PROCESSORINPUTFROM PROCESSOROUTPUTY-cord insert cableY-cord

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38COLOPHON(Roll credits please) Manual written by JeffGilbert, based on a vignette by Ron Koliha,with tidbits borrowed from almost everywhere.Manual t

391604-VLZ PRO LIMITED WARRANTY3. Make sure that the problem can be dupli-cated. If you bring your product to an AuthorizedService Center and they can

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9 CONVERTING TO RACKMOUNT MODENot only is the new 1604-VLZ PRO a compact,professional-quality tabletop mixer, it’s rack-mountable! Its unique rotating