Mackie 1642 Musical Toy Instrument User Manual


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You’vejustlearnedabouttheinputchannelsandhow
thesignalsgetinandout.Thesignalscomeinviamic
[1]andline[2]inputjacks,aremanipulatedbythe
channels,andthensenttotheoutputsection.Inthe
outputsection,thingsgetabitmorecomplicated,soput
on your thinking caps.
37. Main Mix Fader
Thisfadercontrolsthelevelsofsignalssenttothe
mainout[14]jacksandtapeoutput[11]RCAjacks.
All channels and stereo returns that are assigned to the
mainmix,notmutedandnotturnedfullydownwill
appearatthemainouts.Beforethemainmixgetsto
thisfader,thesignalspassthroughthemaininsert[13].
Themainmixsignalsareoffwiththefaderfullydown,
the“U”markingisunitygain,andfullyupprovides
10dBadditionalgain.Thisadditionalgainwilltypically
neverbeneeded,butonceagain,it’snicetoknow
it’sthere.Thefaderitselfisastereoversionofthe
channelandsubgroupfaders—samesupersmooth
customtaper,samedeadsilencewhenturnedfully
down.Thisisthefadertopulldownattheendofthe
songwhenyouwant“TheGreatFade-Out.”
38. Subgroup Faders
Asyoumightexpect,thesefaderscontrolthelevelsof
signalssenttothesubout[8]jacks.Allchannelsthat
areassignedtosubgroups,notmutedandnotturned
fullydown,willappearatthesubouts.Unlikethemain
outs[14],thesubgroupsignalsdonotpassthroughan
insertjackontheirwaytothesubgroupfaders.That’s
noproblem—shouldyouwanttosendthesesignals
throughaserialeffectsprocessor,simplypatchfrom
thesuboutstotheeffect’sinput,andfromtheeffect’s
outputtowhateverthenaldestinationis,usuallya
multitrackrecorder.
Thesubgroupsignalisoffwhenitsfaderisfullydown,
the“U”markingisunitygain,andfullyupprovides10
dBadditionalgain.Rememberthatifyou’retreating
twosubgroupsasastereopair,subgroup1and2for
example,makesurethatbothsubgroupfaders“ride”
together,tomaintaintheleft/rightbalance.
39. Assign To Main Mix
Onepopularuseofthesubgroupsistousethemas
masterfadersforagroupofchannelsontheirwayto
themainmix.Let’ssayyou’vegotadrumkithoggingup
sevenchannelsandyou’regoingtowanttofadethem
outatadifferentratethantheotherchannels.Youdon’t
wanttotrythatwithsevenhandsorsevenngers,so
justun-assignthesechannelsfromL/R,reassignthem
tosubgroup1–2,engagetheassigntomainmix,lefton
subgroup 1 and right on subgroup 2. Now you can ride
theentirestereodrummixwithtwofaders—1and2.
Ifyouengagejustoneoftheseswitchespersubgroup
(leftorright),thesignalsenttothemainmixwillbe
thesamelevelasthesubouts[8].Ifyouwantasub-
grouptoappearinthecenterofthemainmix,engage
bothleftandrightswitchesforthatsubgroup.The
signalwillbesenttobothsides,andwillbeattenuated
justenoughtopreserveconstantloudness,justlikethe
channelpan[31]knobswhensetinthecenter.
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