Mackie 2404 Musical Toy Instrument User Manual


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Owner’s Manual
Introduction
Awesomely unheard of features
USB Recording and Playback
TheVLZ44•BusSeriesMixersfeaturea4x2USB
recordingandplaybackfunction.Thismeansuptofour
signalsmayberecordedsimultaneouslyandastereo
mixreturnedtothemixerforplayback.
There are two switches in the master section labeled
“USB OUT”thatallowformonstrousexibilityonthe
fourrecordablesignals.Thedefaultswitch
congurationroutessubgroups1-4overtheUSB
connectiontoyourfavoriteDAWsoftwarefora“mixit
later”4-trackrecording.TheSubgroup1-2switchalso
allowstheL-Rmixtoberecordedforconvenientstereo
mixesoftheshow.TheSubgroup3-4switchallowsaux
5/6tobesenttotheDAWforauniquestereorecording
ortheuseofDAWplug-insaseffects.
Forplayback,therearetwoswitchesinthemaster
section labeled “2-TRACKRETURN”.Oneswitch[TAPE/
USB]changesthestandarddualRCAinputstomain
(tape,switchdisengaged)tostereoUSBtomain(USB,
switchengaged).Thisisanextremelyconvenient
functionforplayingmusicoverthemainmixfroma
computer.
AnothercoolfeatureoftheVLZ44•Busisrouting
thestereoUSBreturntothelaststereochannelofthe
mixer.Thisisamightynetoolforanumberofliveand
recordinguses.Forexample,playbackthroughthe
stereo channel allows the “GregMdesigned” 4-band
EQtobeutilizedtosweetenthesounds.Itmayalsobe
usedforoverdubbingbysendingmusictothemusicians'
headphonesthroughtheauxes.
Last,butnotleast,itmaybeusedtoreturnplug-in
effectsfromtheDAWinalivemixscenario.Oneofour
favoritesistheCamelPhatVSTthatmakesyour
averagedrummersoundlikeBonhamonHow The West
Was Won.
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Powerful on-board dual FX engines and eight
individual compressors
Inpursuitoftheultimate“do-it-all”LiveSound
Mixer,wethrewinthekitchensinkandpackedthisbad
boywithafullsetofprocessorsallowingyoutotravel
“rackfree”whilestillmakingprofessionalsounding
mixes.
Forstarters,weaddednotone,butTWO,ofour
patentedRunningManFXprocessors(RMFX+
™
)
featuring24“gig-ready”effectsrightintotheboard.This
doesnotincludeuselesseffectssuchas“thewarbler”or
the“insanitydelay”,butratherasuiteofquickly
accessibleanduseablereverbs,chorusesanddelays
thatmakecoloringyourmixabreeze.
Additionally,bothFXprocessorsfeatureatapdelay,
typicallyonlyavailableonanoutboardrack.Delaysmay
easilybesync'dwiththesongatthetapofanger.And
becauseweloveexiblerouting(hehe),theprocessed
signal may be sent direct to the mains and monitors
fromtheeffectssectionorre-routedtothetwostereo
channelstobringthemthroughtheEQandauxsection,
utilizingthe60mmfadertodrawthemintothemix.
Butwait,there'smore!TheVLZ44•Bushaseight
(yes,eight!)singleknobcompressorstostopthe
dynamicsignalsfrompokingoutofthemix.Four
compressorsarelocatedonthelastfourmicinputs
sothatthemostcriticalsignals(suchasvocals,snare
drum,theoccasionaljawharpormountaingoats)may
beaddressed.Plus,therearesingleknobcompressors
oneachofthefoursubgroupssothatgroupedsignals
(suchasadrumsetorachoirofdidgeridoos)maybe
blendedtogetherforparamountsmoothness.
Bottomline?Youhaveanawesomemixerwith
VLZ4soundquality,“built-like-a-tank”buildquality
andarecordingandprocessingfeaturesetthatis
unparalleled.Congratulations...andhappymixing!
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