Mackie 1202VLZ4 Musical Toy Instrument User Manual


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29. Hi EQ
Thiscontrolgivesyouup
to15dBboostorcutabove
12kHz,anditisalsoat
at the detent. Use it to
addsizzletocymbals,
andanoverallsenseof
transparency,oredgeto
keyboards,vocals,guitar
andbaconfrying.Turnit
downalittletoreducesibilance,ortohidetapehiss.
Moderation During EQ
WithEQ,youcanalsoscrewthingsuproyally.
We’vedesignedalotofboostandcutintoeach
equalizercircuit,becauseweknoweveryonewill
occasionallyneedthat.ButifyoumaxtheEQson
everychannel,you’llgetmixmush.Equalizesubtly
andusetheleftsidesoftheknobs(cut),aswellas
theright(boost).Veryfewgold-record-albumengineers
everusemorethanabout3dBofEQ.Ifyouneedmore
thanthat,there’susuallyabetterwaytogetit,suchas
placingamicdifferently(orusingadifferentkindof
micentirely).
30. Aux 2 Send
31. Aux 1 Send
Theseknobsallowyoutotapaportionofeach
channelsignalouttoanothersourceforparallel
effectsprocessingorstagemonitoring.Auxsend
levelsarecontrolledbytheseknobsandbythe
aux1master[39].
Thesearemorethanjusteffectsandmonitorsends.
Theycanbeusedtogenerateseparatemixesfor
recordingor“mix-minuses”forbroadcast.Byusing
aux1inthepremode,thesemixlevelscanbeobtained
independentlyofthechannel’slevelcontrol.
Aux1inpostmodeandaux2arepost-lowcut,
post-EQandpost-level.Thatis,thesendsobeythe
settingsofthesecontrols.Aux1inpremodefollows
theEQandlowcutsettingsonly.Panandlevelhave
noeffectonthepresend(seediagrambelow).
20
Hz
100
Hz
1k
Hz
10k
Hz
20k
Hz
–15
–10
–5
0
+5
+10
+15
High EQ
GAIN INSERTLO CUT EQ
LEVEL
PAN
MAIN / ALT
AUX 2 KNOB
"POST" SIGNAL
"PRE" SIGNAL
AUX 1 KNOB
"POST" SIGNAL OBEYS
MUTE STATUS
INPUT
AUX SEND 1 PRE/POST SWITCH
(IN MASTER SECTION)
TO AUX SEND 2 LEVEL
TO AUX SEND 1 LEVEL
Eachauxsendlevelrangesfromoffthroughunity
(thecenterdetentposition)onupto15dBofextragain
(whenturnedfullyclockwise).Chancesareyou’llnever
needthisextragain,butit’snicetoknowit’sthereif
youdo.
Channel5–12auxknobscontrolthemonosumofthe
channel’sstereosignalsforeachauxsend.Forinstance,
channel5(L)and6(R)mixtogethertofeedthat
channel’sauxsendknobs.
Werecommendgoingintoastereoreverbinmonoand
returninginstereo.Wehavefoundthatonmost“stereo”
reverbsthesecondinputjusttiesupanextraauxsend
andaddsnothingtothesound.Thereareexceptions,
sofeelfreetotryitbothways.Ifyoureffectsdeviceis
truestereoallthewaythrough,useaux1tofeeditsleft
inputandaux2tofeedtherightinput.
Stillwithus?Goodforyou.Herecomethetricky
parts,theoutputormastersectionwherethemixingis
reallydone.Wehaveevenstarteditonanewpage:
“Pre vs. Post”
Signal Flow Diagram
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