Mackie 1642 Musical Toy Instrument User Manual


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40. Tape In (Level)
Thisknobcontrolsthelevelofthestereosignalcom-
ingfromthetapeinput[12]RCAjacks.Itsrangeisoff
whenfullydown,unityatthecenterdetent,with20
dBadditionalgainturnedfullyup,whichmaycomein
handyifyou’vepatchedinadevicewithwimpyoutput
levels.Afterthelevelisdetermined,thestereotape
signalcanbesenttoeitheroftwoplaces—themain
mixorthesource[42]matrix.
41. Tape To LR
EngagingthisswitchisjustlikeengagingtheL-R
switchonachannel—thesignal,stereointhiscase,is
senttothemainmix.Itdoesnotinterruptothersignals,
justaddsitselftothem.Thisswitchcanbeveryhandy
in a live sound situation when you want to play soothing
elevatormusictoananxiouscrowd.
WARNING:Engagingtapetomainmixcan
createafeedbackpathbetweentapeinput
[12]andtapeoutput[11].Makesureyour
tapedeckisnotinrecord,record-pauseorinput
monitormodewhenyouengagethisswitch,orthat
thetapein[40]levelknobisturnedfullydown.
42. Source
Typically,theengineersendsthemainmixtoalive
audienceortoamixdowndeck(ifrecording).Butwhat
iftheengineerneedstohearsomethingotherthanthe
mainmix?Withthe1642VLZ4,theengineerhasseveral
choicesofwhattolistento.
Usingtheseswitches,youcanchoosetolistentoany
combinationofmainmix,subs1-2,subs3-4andtape.
Selectionsmadeheredeliverstereosignalstothe
controlroom,headphones,andmeterdisplay.These
signalsaretappedoffasfollows—post-mainmixfader,
postsubgroupfaders[38],andpost-tapein[40]knob.
Withnoswitchesengaged,therewillbenosignal
attheseoutputsandnometerindication,withtwo
exceptions:soloandstereoreturn4.
Regardlessofthesourceselection,engagingasolo
switchwillreplacethatselectionwiththesolosignal,
alsosenttothecontrolroom,headphones,andmeter
display.Thisiswhatmakesthelevel-settingprocedure
so easy.
Now you know how to select the signals you want
tosendtotheengineer’scontrolroomand/orphones.
Onceselected,thesesignalsallpassthroughthesame
levelcontrol,aptlynamed:
43. Control Room And Phones
Theseknobscontrolthelevelofthestereo
CRouts[9]andphones[10]outputs.
Youcanusethecontrolroomoutputsforother
applications,suchasanadditionalmainmixoutput
withitsownlevelcontrol.However,shouldyoudo
this,beawarethatifyouengageasoloswitch,it
willinterruptthemix:
Onceagain,engagingasolo[27]switchwillcause
thisdramaticturnofevents:Anyexistingsource[42]
matrixselectionswillbereplacedbythesolosignals,
appearinginthecontrolroom,headphones,andmeters.
Theaudiblesololevelsarecontrolledbythesolo[46]
levelknob.Thesololevelsappearingonthemeter
displayarenotcontrolledbyanything—youwouldn’t
want that. You want to see the actual channel level
onthemeterdisplay,regardlessofhowloudyou’re
listening.
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