Mackie 1202 Musical Toy Instrument User Manual


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Owner’s Manual
Owner’s Manual
Typically,theseknobscanjustliveatthecenter
detent,andtheeffectsdevice’soutputcontrolshould
besetatwhatevertheycallunitygain(checktheir
manual).Ifthatturnsouttobetooloudortooquiet,
adjusttheeffectsdevice’soutputs,notthemixer.
Thatway,themixer’sknobsareeasytorelocate
at the center detent.
Signalspassingthroughthesecontrolswillproceed
directlytomainmix,withoneexception(seeparagraph
below).Thestereoreturnsdonothavemute/alt3-4
switches,soifyouwantthesesignalstogettothealt3-4
mix,you’llhavetopatchtheeffectsdevice’soutputsinto
oneofthestereochannels,andmute/altthosechannels.
41. Return To Aux 1
Ifyouwanttoaddreverbordelaytothestagemonitor
mixesofaux1,thisistheswitchforyou.
Withtheswitchup,stereoreturn1and2behave
normally—theydelivertheirsignalsintothemain
mix.Withtheswitchdown,stereoreturn1stillbehaves
normally,butstereoreturn2willfeedauxsend1
insteadofthemainmix.
Stillwithus?Good.Sofar,withtheswitchdown,we
havestereoreturn1feedingthemainmixandstereo
return2feedingauxsend1.Now,supposeyouonlyhave
oneeffectsdevice,andyouwantittofeedboththemain
mixandauxsend1.That’swhere“jacknormalling”
comesin:
Jack Normalling
Jacknormalling(nottobeconfusedwithJack
Normalling,ChicagoCubsutilityinelder,1952-61,
.267LBA)isafeaturefoundonalmosteverymixer,
keyboardandeffectsdevice.Thesejackshavespecial
spring-loadedpinsthatconnecttothesignalpins,
butwhensomethingispluggedintothejack,that
connectionisbroken.
Thesenormallingpinscanbeusedinallsortsof
ways.Theubiquitousphrase“left(mono)”meansthat
ifyouplugasignalintotheleftsideandhavenothing
intherightside,thatsignalisalsofedtotheright
input,courtesyofjacknormalling.Assoonasyouplug
somethingintherightside,thatnormalledconnection
isbroken.
Howdoesallthisrelatetothe
returntoaux1[41]switch?Stereo
return1’sinputsarenormalledto
stereoreturn2.Ifyouhaveone
effectsdevice,plugitintostereo
return1.Plugnothingintostereo
return2.Nowthesignalsfeeding
thestereoreturn1inputswillalsobesenttothestereo
return2inputs.
Engagethereturntoaux1switch,andnowthestereo
return2knobwillbecomeanadditionalauxsend1
knobforthesignalatauxreturn1.Saythattentimes
fast!Onceagain,auxreturn1willbehavenormally,as
always.
Congratulations!You’vejustreadaboutallthe
featuresofyour1202VLZ4.You’reprobablyreadyfor
acoldone.Goahead.Therestofthemanualcanwait.
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