Mackie ProFX12 manuel d'utilisation

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    ProFX8 and ProFX12 OWNER’S MANUAL Pr ofessional Mic/Line Mixers with FX and USB I/O MAIN RIGHT (BALANCED) MAIN LEFT USB (BALANCED) 8K 4K 2K 1K 500 250 125 15 15 10 10 5 5 0 15 15 10 10 5 5 0 TA P E IN ST RETURN MAIN OUT PHONES FOOTSWITCH PHONES TA P E OUT L R L (UNBALANCED) R STEREO GRAPHIC EQ DESIGNED BY MACKOIDS IN WOODINVILLE, WA, USA • MANU[...]

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    2 ProFX8 and Pr oFX12 Pr oFX8 and Pr oFX12 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water . 6. Clean only with a dry cloth. 7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’ s instructions. 8. Do not install near[...]

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    3 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Part No. SW0713 Rev . A ©2008 LOUD T echnologies Inc. All Rights Reserved, No electrons were harmed during the production of this PDF . 2. For mono channels, adjust the gain control so the level set LED just comes on occasionally during the loudest parts of your performance. The mono channel gain affects the m[...]

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    4 ProFX8 and Pr oFX12 Pr oFX8 and ProFX12 Introduction Thank you for choosing a Mackie professional ProFX mixer . It is equipped with our rather lovely microphone preamps, an internal FX processor , and a USB port for playing and recording 2 channels of audio using a com- puter . The ProFX8 has 8 channels and the ProFX12 has 12 channels. Apart from[...]

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    5 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Contents Need help with your ne w mixer? • Visit www .mackie.com and click Support to fi nd: F AQs (Fr equently Asked Questions), manuals, addendums, and user forums. • Email us at: t echmail@mackie.com. • T elephone 1-800-898-3 211 to speak with one of our splendid technical support repr esentatives, (M[...]

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    6 ProFX8 and Pr oFX12 Pr oFX8 and ProFX12 Band System ProFX12 MAIN RIGHT (BALANCED) MAIN LEFT USB (BALANCED) DESIGNED BY MACKOIDS IN WOODINVILLE, WA, USA • MANUFACTURED IN CHINA FABRIQUE EN CHINE • COPYRIGHT ©2008 • "MACKIE" AND THE RUNNING MAN FIGURE ARE TRADEMARKS OF LOUD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. • PATENT PENDING. POWER ON PROFESSION[...]

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    7 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual House of W or ship System ProFX12 MAIN RIGHT (BALANCED) MAIN LEFT USB (BALANCED) DESIGNED BY MACKOIDS IN WOODINVILLE, WA, USA • MANUFACTURED IN CHINA FABRIQUE EN CHINE • COPYRIGHT ©2008 • "MACKIE" AND THE RUNNING MAN FIGURE ARE TRADEMARKS OF LOUD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. • PATENT PENDING. POWER ON [...]

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    8 ProFX8 and Pr oFX12 Pr oFX8 and ProFX12 DJ System ProFX8 MAIN RIGHT (BALANCED) MAIN LEFT USB (BALANCED) POWER ON DESIGNED BY MACKOIDS IN WOODINVILLE, WA, USA • MANUFACTURED IN CHINA FABRIQUE EN CHINE • COPYRIGHT ©2008 • "MACKIE" AND THE RUNNING MAN FIGURE ARE TRADEMARKS OF LOUD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. • PATENT PENDING. THIS DEVICE C[...]

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    9 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Karaok e System ProFX8 MAIN RIGHT (BALANCED) MAIN LEFT USB (BALANCED) POWER ON DESIGNED BY MACKOIDS IN WOODINVILLE, WA, USA • MANUFACTURED IN CHINA FABRIQUE EN CHINE • COPYRIGHT ©2008 • "MACKIE" AND THE RUNNING MAN FIGURE ARE TRADEMARKS OF LOUD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. • PATENT PENDING. THIS DEVICE[...]

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    10 ProFX8 and Pr oFX12 Pr oFX8 and ProFX12 Home Studio System ProFX8 MAIN RIGHT (BALANCED) MAIN LEFT USB (BALANCED) POWER ON DESIGNED BY MACKOIDS IN WOODINVILLE, WA, USA • MANUFACTURED IN CHINA FABRIQUE EN CHINE • COPYRIGHT ©2008 • "MACKIE" AND THE RUNNING MAN FIGURE ARE TRADEMARKS OF LOUD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. • PATENT PENDING. THI[...]

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    11 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Podcast System ProFX8 MAIN RIGHT (BALANCED) MAIN LEFT USB (BALANCED) POWER ON DESIGNED BY MACKOIDS IN WOODINVILLE, WA, USA • MANUFACTURED IN CHINA FABRIQUE EN CHINE • COPYRIGHT ©2008 • "MACKIE" AND THE RUNNING MAN FIGURE ARE TRADEMARKS OF LOUD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. • PATENT PENDING. THIS DEVICE[...]

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    12 ProFX8 and Pr oFX12 Pr oFX8 and ProFX12 Rear Panel Features 1. POWER CONNECTION This is a standard 3-prong IEC AC power connector . Securely connect the supplied detachable linecord in here, and plug the other end into an AC outlet. The mixer has a universal power supply that can accept any AC voltage ranging from 100 V AC to 240 V AC. No need f[...]

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    13 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Front Panel Features Connection Section This is where you plug things in: microphones, line- level instruments and effects, headphones, and the ultimate destination for your sound: P A system, stage monitors, effects processors, CD player/recorder , etc. See Appendix B for further details and drawings of the c[...]

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    14 ProFX8 and Pr oFX12 Pr oFX8 and ProFX12 The insert point is after the gain control [20], level set LED [21], and low cut switch [22], but before the channel EQ [23-25] and fader [31]. The channel signal can go out of the insert jack to an external device, be processed (or whatever) and come back in on the same insert jack. T o do this requir es [...]

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    15 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 13. MON SEND Stage monitors allow the talented musicians in your band to hear themselves clearly on stage, and this can often be a good thing. The monitor mix can be care- fully adjusted in level using the aux mon controls [26]. These tap a portion of each channel's signal to provide a 1/4" TRS outpu[...]

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    16 ProFX8 and Pr oFX12 Pr oFX8 and ProFX12 18. T APE INPUT These stereo unbalanced RCA inputs ar e designed to work with semipro as well as pro player/recorders. Y ou can also connect any standard source with an unbal- anced line-level output, such as a CD or DVD player , iPod dock, and so on. Connect your source’s line-level outputs her e, using[...]

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    17 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Channel Controls The vertical channel strips look very similar , with only a few differences between them. Each channel works independently , and just controls the signals plugged into the inputs directly above it. Ther e are three differ ent fl avors of channel strip: Mono, Hybrid, and Stereo. Mono Channels [...]

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    18 ProFX8 and Pr oFX12 Pr oFX8 and ProFX12 For hybrid channels (mic input and stereo line input), the gain control just affects the microphone input. For stereo channels (no mic input) the gain control just affects the line-level inputs, with 20 dB of gain, and 20 dB of attenuation. There is no level set LED. 21. LEVEL SET LED These LEDs are used w[...]

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    19 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Another way to consider low cut’s function is that it actually adds fl exibility during live performances. With the addition of low cut, you can safely use low EQ on vocals. Many times, bass shelving EQ can really ben- efi t voices. T rouble is, adding low EQ also boosts stage rumble, mic handling clunks a[...]

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    20 ProFX8 and Pr oFX12 Pr oFX8 and ProFX12 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 ar[...]

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    21 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Master Controls 32. PHANTOM POWER SWITCH If your microphones need phantom power , press in this switch to add phantom power to all the XLR mi- crophone inputs of the mixer . This lets the mixer send low-current DC voltage to the mic’ s electronics through the same wires that carry audio. The LED will turn on[...]

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    22 ProFX8 and Pr oFX12 Pr oFX8 and ProFX12 35. BREAK SWITCH This important "take-a-break" switch quickly mutes all the microphones and line-level inputs when the band is between sets. This will prevent protestors or rogue karaoke singers from storming the stage at the interval. The monitor send [13] and FX send [14] are not af- fected. Ch[...]

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    23 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 41. USB THRU In addition to a mix of the other channels, the USB output to your computer can contain any input from your computer , if this switch is down. (This switch only affects the output to your computer , not the headphones or main mix.) • If disengaged (out), the USB output to your computer will just[...]

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    24 ProFX8 and Pr oFX12 Pr oFX8 and ProFX12 Stereo Effects Processor The Mackie Running-Man 32-bit internal effects pro- cessor is a mono-in, stereo-out effects processor , with 16 presets. It is fed by adjusting the aux FX control [27] on each channel. The FX master knob [52] adjusts the overall level entering the FX processor , and the OL LED [53][...]

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    25 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual No. T itle Description Example of its use 1 BRIGHT ROOM This room has a bright tone with lots of scattered refl ections to simulate harder , more refl ective surfaces. Useful on vocals that require a brighter re- verb to cut through the mix, or for giving acoustic instruments a livelier vibe. 2 W ARM LOUNGE [...]

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    26 ProFX8 and Pr oFX12 Pr oFX8 and ProFX12 Appendix A: Ser vice Information If you think your ProFX mixer has a problem, please check out the following troubleshooting tips and do your best to confi rm the problem. Visit the support section of our website (www .mackie.com) where you will fi nd lots of useful information such as F AQs, documentati[...]

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    27 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual “XLR” Connectors Mackie mixers use 3-pin female “XLR” connectors on all microphone inputs, with pin 1 wired to the grounded (earthed) shield, pin 2 wired to the “high” (”hot” or positive polarity) side of the audio signal and pin 3 wired to the “low” (“cold” or negative polarity) side o[...]

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    28 ProFX8 and Pr oFX12 Pr oFX8 and ProFX12 Mackie Ster eo Inputs and Returns: Mono, Ster eo, Whate ver Stereo line inputs and ster eo returns are a fi ne example of the Mackie philosophy (which we just made up) of Maximum Flexibility with Minimum Headache. The inputs and returns will automatically be mono or stereo, depending upon how you use the [...]

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    29 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Appendix C: T echnical Information Specifi cations Noise 20 Hz – 20 kHz, 150 Ohm Source Impedance Equivalent Input Noise (Mic in to Insert Send out, max gain) -127 dBu Residual Output Noise (All outputs, master levels off, all channel levels off) -95 dBu (All outputs, master levels unity , all channel level[...]

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    30 ProFX8 and Pr oFX12 Pr oFX8 and ProFX12 Dimensions Meters Main L/R Mix T wo columns of 12 segments each: OL (+20 dBu), +15, +10, +6, +3, 0 (0 dBu), -2, -4, -7, -10, -20, and -30 7 Band Graphic EQ Frequency Centers 125, 250, 500, 1k, 2k, 4k, 8k Gain ±15 dB Assignable to Main or Monitor Bypassable USB Format USB 1.1 I/O Stereo Input/Stereo Output[...]

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    31 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Block Diagram L R Main Phones Level Main Fader Insert HPF Fader Pan Left Right FX level Phones L sum R sum Mon (pre) Mon (pre) 3-Band EQ FX (post) FX (post) Internal FX L R Stereo Return L R Main Fader 100 Hz NOTE: Switches are shown in the default (out) position. Mute Main out 48V Mono Channel s 2-2 ProFX8 2-[...]

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    32 ProFX8 and Pr oFX12 Pr oFX8 and ProFX12 Appendix D: USB interface Syst em Requir ements These are the minimum r equirements for your com- puter system to use the mixer's USB interface. For the PC: • Windows XP (service pack 2) • Pentium 4 or Athlon XP processor • 256 MB RAM For the Mac: • OS X (10.4.11 or higher) • G4 processor ?[...]

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    33 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Monitoring When recording to computer softwar e with a ProFX mixer , use direct hardwar e monitoring: • Listen to the track you are r ecording directly off of your mixer , while also listening to previously- recorded tracks on your DA W softwar e, as they are fed back into the mixer . The procedure is as fol[...]

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    34 ProFX8 and Pr oFX12 Pr oFX8 and ProFX12 In T racktion, to disable input monitoring for the track you are r ecording onto, select the input to the track (it will be highlighted in red) and disable the end-to-end function. Y ou’ll hear existing tracks playing back via the USB in, and you’ll be monitoring the track you are r ecording through th[...]

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    35 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual ProFX8 and ProFX12 Limited W arranty A. LOUD T echnologies Inc. warrants all materials, workmanship and proper operation of this product for a period of one year from the original date of purchase. Y ou may purchase an additional 24-month Extended W arranty (for a total of 36 months of coverage). V isit our we[...]

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