User manual MACKIE PROFX8

[. . . ] ProFX8 and ProFX12 Professional Mic/Line Mixers with FX and USB I/O OWNER'S MANUAL POWER ON PROFESSIONAL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH FX SERIAL NUMBER WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. AVIS: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE -- NE PAS OUVRIR MANUFACTURING DATE (BALANCED) MAIN RIGHT (BALANCED) MAIN LEFT USB MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC L TAPE IN (UNBALANCED) L TAPE OUT R LINE HI-Z R PROFESSIONAL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH FX 1 BAL / UNBAL 2 BAL / UNBAL 3 BAL / UNBAL 4 BAL / UNBAL 5/6 (MONO) 7/8 (MONO) 9/10 (MONO) 11/12 (MONO) (MONO) L LINE IN 5 BAL / UNBAL L LINE IN 7 BAL / UNBAL L LINE IN 9 BAL / UNBAL L LINE IN 11 BAL / UNBAL L BAL / UNBAL BAL / UNBAL L BAL / UNBAL LINE/HI-Z IN 1 LINE IN 2 LINE IN 3 LINE IN 4 MON SEND BAL / UNBAL FOOTSWITCH R INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT LINE IN 6 LINE IN 8 R LINE IN 10 R LINE IN 12 R R ST RETURN R MAIN OUT PHONES FX SEND IC GAIN M U LEVEL SET IC GAIN M U LEVEL SET IC GAIN M U LEVEL SET IC GAIN M U STEREO GRAPHIC EQ LEVEL SET GAIN MIC LEVEL SET GAIN MIC U LEVEL SET U 15 10 15 10 5 0 5 10 15 125 250 500 1K 2K 4K 8K POWER PHANTOM POWER 48V U -20dB +50 +30dB LOW CUT 100 Hz GAIN U -20dB +50 +30dB LOW CUT 100 Hz GAIN U -20dB +50 +30dB LOW CUT 100 Hz GAIN U -20dB +50 +30dB LOW CUT 100 Hz U +50 U +50 -20 +20 -20 +20 GAIN GAIN LOW CUT 100 Hz GAIN LOW CUT 100 Hz GAIN GAIN 5 0 5 U EQ HI 12kHz U EQ HI 12kHz U EQ HI 12kHz U EQ HI 12kHz U EQ HI 12kHz U EQ HI 12kHz U EQ HI 12kHz U EQ HI 12kHz 10 15 MAIN METERS 0dB=0dBu OL 15 10 6 3 0 2 4 7 10 20 30 -15 +15 U MID 2. 5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 U -15 +15 U MID 2. 5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 -15 +15 U MID 2. 5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 -15 +15 U MID 2. 5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 -15 +15 U MID 2. 5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 -15 +15 U MID 2. 5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 -15 +15 U MID 2. 5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 -15 +15 U MID 2. 5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 MAIN MIX MON EQ IN BYPASS FX PRESETS 01 BRIGHT ROOM 02 WARM LOUNGE 03 SMALL STAGE 04 WARM THEATER 05 WARM HALL 06 CONCERT HALL 07 PLATE REVERB 08 CATHEDRAL 09 CHORUS 10 CHORUS + REV 11 DOUBLER 12 TAPE SLAP 13 DELAY 1 (300ms) 14 DELAY 2 (380ms) 15 DELAY 3 (480ms) 16 REVERB + DLY (250ms) USB U AUX MON U AUX MON U AUX MON U AUX MON U AUX MON U AUX MON U AUX MON U AUX MON O O +10 O O +15 U FX O O +15 U FX O O +15 U FX O O +15 U FX O O +15 U FX O O +15 U FX O O +15 U FX O O +15 U FX INPUT LEVEL PRESETS MUTE L R O O +15 O O +15 O O +15 O O +15 O O +15 O O +15 O O +15 O O +15 USB THRU U (MUTES ALL CHANNELS) BREAK U PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN U OL L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R O O +15 O O +15 O O FX MASTER FX TO MON PHONES MAX O O TAPE LEVEL +20 MUTE OL OL MUTE OL MUTE OL MUTE OL MUTE OL MUTE OL MUTE OL MUTE OL MUTE MON dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O MAIN dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O 1 dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O 2 dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O 3 dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O 4 dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O 5/6 dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O 7/8 dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O 9/10 dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O 11/12 dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O ST RTN FX RTN dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O ProFX8 and ProFX12 Important Safety Instructions 1. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. [. . . ] "Peaking" means that certain frequencies form a "hill" aroundthecenter requency--2. 5kHzinthecaseof f the mid EQ. signal level show the approximate overall effect of EQ adjustment on the frequency range. Low EQ +15 +10 +5 0 ­5 ­10 ­15 20Hz 100Hz 1kHz 10kHz 20kHz Low EQ with Low Cut MODERATION DURING EQ With EQ, you can also upset things royally. We've designed a lot of boost and cut into each equalizer circuit, because we know everyone will occasionally need that. Equalize subtly and use the left sides of the knobs (cut), aswellastheright(boost). Veryfewgold-recordalbum engineers ever use more than about 3 dB of EQ. If you need more than that, there's usually a better way to get it, such as placing a mic differently (or using a different kind of mic entirely). 23. HI EQ +15 This control gives you +10 up to 15 dB boost or cut above12kHz, anditisflat +5 0 (no boost or cut) at the ­5 detent. Use it to add sizzle ­10 to cymbals, and an overall ­15 20Hz 100Hz 1kHz 10kHz 20kHz sense of transparency, or edge to keyboards, vocals, High EQ guitar and bacon frying. Turn it down a little to reduce sibilance, or to hide tape hiss. 26. AUX MON These knobs tap a portion of each channel's signal to set up a nice monitor mix feeding stage monitors, independent of the main mix. Adjust these controls on each channel until your band is happy with the stage monitor mix. The aux mon feed from hybrid and stereo channels is a mono sum of the left and right sides of these channels. The controls are off when turned fully down, deliver unity gain at the center detent, and can provide up to 15 dB of gain turned fully up. The channel fader [31], pan [28], or mute [30] do not affect the monitor output, but the other channel controls will. (The aux mon is pre-fader. ) The monitor signal from the monitor output jack [13] is the sum (mix) of all the channels whose aux mon control is set to more than minimum. The overall output level can be adjusted with the monitor fader [47] and its EQ tweaked with the graphic EQ [37] if the main mix/mon switch [38] is pressed in. Internal FX can also be added to the monitor mix with the FX to mon knob [54]. 24. MID EQ +15 Short for "midrange, " +10 this knob provides 15 dB of boost or cut, centered at +5 0 2. 5kHz, alsoflatatthecen- ­5 terdetent. MidrangeEQ ­10 is often thought of as the ­15 100Hz 1kHz 10kHz 20kHz most dynamic, because the 20Hz frequencies that define any Mid EQ particular sound are almost always found in this range. You can create many interesting and useful EQ changes by turning this knob down as well as up. Owner's Manual 19 MON SEND R INSERT FOOTSWITCH R MAIN OUT PHONES R LINE IN 8 LINE IN 10 R LINE IN 12 R R ST RETURN BAL / UNBAL ProFX8 and ProFX12 21 LEVEL SET INSERT INSERT INSERT LINE IN 6 FX SEND 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 IC GAIN M U IC GAIN M U LEVEL SET IC GAIN M U LEVEL SET IC GAIN M U STEREO GRAPHIC EQ LEVEL SET GAIN MIC LEVEL SET GAIN MIC U LEVEL SET U 15 10 15 10 5 0 5 10 15 125 250 500 1K 2K 4K 8K POWER PHANTOM POWER 48V U -20dB +50 +30dB LOW CUT 100 Hz GAIN U -20dB +50 +30dB LOW CUT 100 Hz GAIN U -20dB +50 +30dB LOW CUT 100 Hz GAIN U -20dB +50 +30dB LOW CUT 100 Hz U +50 U +50 -20 +20 -20 +20 GAIN GAIN LOW CUT 100 Hz GAIN LOW CUT 100 Hz GAIN GAIN 5 0 5 U EQ HI 12kHz U EQ HI 12kHz U EQ HI 12kHz U EQ HI 12kHz U EQ HI 12kHz U EQ HI 12kHz U EQ HI 12kHz U EQ HI 12kHz 10 15 MAIN METERS 0dB=0dBu OL 15 10 6 3 0 2 4 7 10 20 30 -15 +15 U MID 2. 5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 U -15 +15 U MID 2. 5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 -15 +15 U MID 2. 5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 -15 +15 U MID 2. 5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 -15 +15 U MID 2. 5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 -15 +15 U MID 2. 5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 -15 +15 U MID 2. 5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 -15 +15 U MID 2. 5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 MAIN MIX MON EQ IN BYPASS FX PRESETS 01 BRIGHT ROOM 02 WARM LOUNGE 03 SMALL STAGE 04 WARM THEATER 05 WARM HALL 06 CONCERT HALL 07 PLATE REVERB 08 CATHEDRAL 09 CHORUS 10 CHORUS + REV 11 DOUBLER 12 TAPE SLAP 13 DELAY 1 (300ms) 14 DELAY 2 (380ms) 15 DELAY 3 (480ms) 16 REVERB + DLY (250ms) USB U AUX MON U AUX MON U AUX MON U AUX MON U AUX MON U AUX MON U AUX MON U AUX MON O O +10 O O +15 U FX O O +15 U FX O O +15 U FX O O +15 U FX O O +15 U FX O O +15 U FX O O +15 U FX O O +15 U FX INPUT LEVEL PRESETS MUTE L R O O +15 O O +15 O O +15 O O +15 O O +15 O O +15 O O +15 O O +15 USB THRU U (MUTES ALL CHANNELS) BREAK U PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN U OL L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R O O +15 O O +15 O O FX MASTER FX TO MON PHONES MAX O O TAPE LEVEL +20 MUTE OL MUTE OL OL MUTE OL MUTE OL MUTE OL MUTE OL MUTE OL MUTE OL MUTE dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O 30 MON dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O MAIN dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O 1 dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O 2 dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O 3 dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O 4 dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O 5/6 dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O 7/8 dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O 9/10 dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O 11/12 dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O ST RTN FX RTN dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 O O 27. AUX FX These knobs tap a portion of each channel's signal to set up a nice FX mix feeding the internal FX processor, and to feed external processors via the FX output [14]. The aux FX feed from hybrid and stereo channels is a mono sum of the left and right sides of these channels. The controls are off when turned fully down, deliver unity gain at the center detent, and can provide up to 15 dB of gain turned fully up. The channel fader [31], mute [30] and other channel controls affect the FX output, but pan [28] does not. [. . . ] When recording using the overdub method, it is important to set the mixer's latency to it's lowest operable setting. This means going into the audio interface property page of your recording program and setting the latency property to the lowest setting the device and your system will accept without any drop-outs, distortion or CPU overburdening. The buffer is an area of computer memory that your DAW uses to hold audio as it works. The smaller the buffer, the faster audio gets in and out of your computer, and the lower the latency. [. . . ]