Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 1642-VLZ PRO Mackie
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67 Co mpact Mixer Refer ence Guide APPLICA TIONS: CHAPTER 2 8-T rack Recording Applications 1604-VLZ PRO, 1642-VLZ PRO, and Onyx 1640 DIRECT OUT BAL/UNBAL CHANNEL INSERTS AUX RETURNS MAIN INSERT C/R O.
68 Co mpact Mixer Refer ence Guide APPLICA TIONS: CHAPTER 2 These 4-Bus mixers are well suited for 8-track recording applications. They’r e compact enough to fi t on a desktop and fl exible enough to provide real pro studio features.
69 Co mpact Mixer Refer ence Guide APPLICA TIONS: CHAPTER 2 F eeding the Recor der In this setup, we’re using two differ ent ways to feed signals to the recorder .
70 Co mpact Mixer Refer ence Guide APPLICA TIONS: CHAPTER 2 will prevent feedback in the monitor speakers, it will also kill the cue mix to the musicians in the studio. If the live mic is in another room (like the studio), or quite far away from the speakers, you’re safe.
71 Co mpact Mixer Refer ence Guide APPLICA TIONS: CHAPTER 2 Do the vocals need some reverb? W ith AUX RETURN 2 set to its Unity Gain position, turn up AUX SEND 4 on the vocal tracks. Remember , you’re working with mixer channels 9-16 now , so turn up Aux Send 4 on channels 9 and 10.
72 Co mpact Mixer Refer ence Guide APPLICA TIONS: CHAPTER 2 1604-VLZ PRO 8-T rack Recording, take 2 DIRECT OUT CHANNEL INSERTS AUX RETURNS MAIN INSERT C/R OUT BAL/UNBAL MAIN OUT BAL/UNBAL MONO STEREO .
73 Co mpact Mixer Refer ence Guide APPLICA TIONS: CHAPTER 2 About Bouncing T racks If you like to build up a lot of layers in your record- ing, a quintuple-tracked guitar lead, for example, when using an 8-track recorder , you’ll have to do a lot of track bouncing.
74 Co mpact Mixer Refer ence Guide APPLICA TIONS: CHAPTER 2 in stereo, but it wouldn’t illustrate the next point, so give us a break while we’r e in teaching mode. It’s time for some housekeeping. W e’re done with the drums, bass, and guitar for a while, so un-as- sign them from Busses1-2 and 3-4.
75 Co mpact Mixer Refer ence Guide APPLICA TIONS: CHAPTER 2 To create an independent headphone mix, for example, for the lead singer that’s heavy on vocals and bass but has just enough of the drums so he can keep in time, adjust the AUX 2 knobs on the recorder re turn channels to make the singer happy .
76 Co mpact Mixer Refer ence Guide APPLICA TIONS: CHAPTER 2 1642-VLZ PRO 8-T rack Recording CHANNEL INSERTS CHANNEL INPUTS AUX SENDS BAL/UNBAL TAPE OUT TAPE IN P HONES OUT SUB OUTS F rom Sub Outs Bal/.
77 Co mpact Mixer Refer ence Guide APPLICA TIONS: CHAPTER 2 The 1642-VLZ PRO has a lot in common with the 1604. This hookup shows the 1642-VLZ PRO set up for 8-T rack recording with split monitoring and using the built-in double-bussing feature on the SUB outputs.
78 Co mpact Mixer Refer ence Guide APPLICA TIONS: CHAPTER 2 Notes.
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