Mackie 2404VLZ4 Musical Toy Instrument User Manual


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VLZ4 4•Bus
68. Monitor Level
Thisknobisusedtoadjustthevolumeatthemonitor
output[15,16],fromofftomaximumgain(max).
69. Phones Level
Thisknobisusedtoadjustthevolumeatthephones
output[17],fromofftomaximumgain(max).Ifsolois
notactive,themonitor,phonesandmeterarefedthe
post-fadermainmixsignal.
WARNING:Theheadphoneampisloud,and
cancausepermanenthearingdamage.Even
intermediatelevelsmaybepainfullyloud
withsomeheadphones.BE CAREFUL!Alwaysturnthis
controlallthewaydownbeforeconnectingheadphones,
orpressingasoloswitch[41,49,53,55,73],ordoing
anythingnewthatmayaffecttheheadphonevolume.
Thenturnitupslowlyasyoulistencarefully.
70. Talkback Level
Use this knob to control the level of the talkback
signalbeingroutedtothemainmixoraux1-4outputs,
fromtheinternalmicrophone.
1. Startwiththiscontrolturneddown.
2. Selectthedestination,eithermainmixand/or
aux1-4[71],andmakesurethattheirlevels
arealreadysetnicely,usingthemainmixfader
[75]orauxmasters[52].
3. Slowlyturnthiscontrolupuntilyouget
conrmationfromwhoeverislisteningthat
theycanhearandobeyyoureverycommand.
Onceyouhavesetthelevel,youcanleaveittherefor
thedurationofthesessionorgig.
71. Push To Talk: Main, Aux 1-4
Pushinthemainswitchtoroutethetalkbacksignal
tothemainoutputs.Usethistocommunicatewiththe
talentinthestudiothroughtheheadphonesduringa
recording session.
Theaux1-4switchroutesthetalkbacksignaltothe
auxsend1-4outputs[13].Usethistocommunicate
withthemusiciansthroughtheirstagemonitorswhen
youaresettingupaliveperformance.
Itisnetohavebothdestinationswitchespushedin
atthesametime,sothetalkbacksignalwillberouted
tobothdestinations.Butifyoudon’thaveeitherofthe
destinationswitchesengaged,thetalkbacksignalwon’t
goanywhere.Youmightaswellbetalkingtoabrick
wall.
NOTE: The talkback destination switches are
latching switches, not momentary. In other
words, there is no need to hold down the
switch(es)whenusingthetalkbackfeature.Simply
engagetheswitch(es)andbegintalking.Butdon't
forgettodisengagetheswitchwhenyou'redonetalking
tothem,ortheymayhearyourunatteringremarks
regardingtheirchoiceofapparel.
NOTE #2:Thetalkbackwillnotworkunless
youhaveamicrophoneattachedtothe
talkbackmicinput[19].
72. Compressor
EachofthefourgroupsintheVLZ44•Busmixerhas
anin-linecompressorcircuitwithavariable
threshold.Thisisveryusefulforcompressionofvocals,
andsnaredrums,forexample.Seepage17foranentire
page(andagrapheven!)dedicatedentirelyto
explainingcompression.
73. Groups Assign
Onepopularuseofthegroupsistousethemas
masterfadersforagroupofchannelsontheirwaytothe
mainmix[75].Letussayyouhaveadrumkithogging
upsevenchannelsandyouaregoingtowanttocontrol
theirgroupvolumemoreconveniently.Youdonotwant
totrythatwithsevenhandsorsevenngers,sojust
un-assignthesechannelsfromthemainmixand
reassignthemtogroups1-2,engagetheassigntomain
mixleftongroup1andassigntomainmixrighton
group2.Nowyoumayridetheentiredrummixwithtwo
faders–groups1and2.
Ifyouengagejustoneassigntomainmixbuttonper
group(leftorright),thesignalsenttothemainmix
[75]willbethesamelevelasthegroupouts[11].If
youwantthesubgrouptoappearinthecenterofthe
mainmix,engageboththeassigntomainmixleftand
rightbuttons.Thesignalwillbesenttobothsides,and
reducedinlevelby3dBlikeapanpot,sotheoverall
levelisthesame,whetherthegroupisassignedtomain
left, main right, or both.
Eachgroupmayalsobesoloed.Thisdoesnotmean
thateachmemberofagroupgetstheirshotatasolo
andstardom.Rather,thisallowsyoutolistentothe
groupinisolationviamonitoroutputsorheadphones.
Beinganoutput,thesesignalsareAFL.
Groups1-2and3-4arepairedtogetherforpurposesof
soloandworktogetherdifferentlyinpandamodes.
Inpmode,sincepisamonobus,soloingGroup1by
itself,Group2byitselforbothtogetherwillresultinthe
samelevelsolosignal,monaurally(assumingGroups1
and2havethesamelevelsofsignal).
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