Mackie 402VLZ4 Musical Toy Instrument User Manual


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Owner’s Manual
Owner’s Manual
20. Phantom Power Switch
Thisglobalswitchcontrolsthephantom
powersupplyforcondensermicrophones
pluggedintochannel1and2mic[3]inputs.
Pressthisinifyourmicrophonerequires
phantompower.(Themixercansupply
themicrophone'spowerthroughtheXLR
connectors,usingthesamelinesusedfor
theaudio.)Checkwiththemicrophone
manufacturerifyouarenotsure.Seethe
phantompowerdiscussiononpage13
beforeusingthisswitch.
Presstheswitchintoengagephantom
powertobothmicinputs.TheLEDnextto
theswitchwillilluminatewhenphantomis
engaged.Presstheswitchagaintoturnitoff.
21. Phones Level
Thisknoballowsyoutoadjustthelevelof
thesignalsgoingtotheheadphones.
WARNING:Whenwesaythe
headphoneampisloud,we’renot
kidding.Itcancausepermanent
eardamage.Evenintermediatelevelsmay
bepainfullyloudwithsomeheadphones.
BECAREFUL!Alwaysturnthephones
knoballthewaydownbeforeconnecting
headphones,ormakinganyconnectionsto
themixer.Keepitdownuntilyou’veputthe
phoneson.Thenturnitupslowly.
22. Main Mix
Thisknobcontrolsthelevelsofsignals
senttothemainoutputs.Allchannelsthat
arenotturnedfullydownwillwindupinthe
mainmix.
Fullycounterclockwiseisoff,thecenter
isunitygain,andfullyclockwiseprovides
12dBofadditionalgain.Thisadditional
gainwilltypicallyneverbeneeded,butonce
again,it’snicetoknowit’sthere.
Thisistheknobtoturndownattheend
ofthesongtoachieve"TheGreatFade-Out."
23. Power LED
ThisLEDwillilluminatewhenthemixer
isturnedon.Itshowsageneralreadinessof
themixertodosomethingwonderfultoyour
musicalworld.
Ifthepowerswitch[1]isoff,orthepower
totheunitisturnedoff,thentheLEDwill
beoff.
24. Meters
The402VLZ4’speakmeteringsystem
ismadeupoftwocolumnsofeightLEDs.
Itdisplaysthesignallevelafterthemain
mixlevelcontrol[22].
Thankstothe402VLZ4’swidedynamic
range,youcangetagoodmixwithpeaks
ashinganywherebetween–12and+8dB
onthemeters.Mostampliersclipat
about+10dB,andsomerecordersaren’tso
forgivingeither.Forbestreal-worldresults,
trytokeepyourpeaksbetween“0”and“+8”.
Remember,audiometersarejusttoolsto
helpassureyouthatyourlevelsare“inthe
ballpark.”Youdon’thavetostareatthem
(unlessyouwantto).
Congratulations!You’vejustread
aboutallthefeaturesofthe402VLZ4.You’re
probablyreadyforacoldshower.Goahead.
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