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  • Page 1

    1 6 4 2-VLZ3 OWNER’S MANUAL 16-Channel Mic/Line Mixer[...]

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     164- VLZ3 164 2- VLZ3 Important Safety Instructions 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 [...]

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    3 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Part No. SW0552 Rev . F 01/09 ©2007-2009 LOUD T echnologies Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ar e yo ur t eet h r eal ly s o- bri ll ian tl y- whi te tha t y ou c an 't sta nd it? Do al l th e po pul ar ki ds a ll gig gl e a s yo u w alk pa st o n t he bea ch ? Me to o. Eve r t hou gh t ab ou t a c are er a s a [...]

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    4 164- VLZ3 164 2- VLZ3 Introduction Thank you for choosing a Mackie professional com- pact mixer . The 1642-VLZ3 is equipped with our precision-engineer ed XDR2 TM Extended Dynamic Range premium studio-grade mic pr eamps Now that you have your 1642-VLZ3, find out how to get the most from it. That’s wher e this manual comes in. How T o Use Th[...]

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     Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Contents IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ........................ 2 INTRODUCTION ...................................................... 4 HOOKUP DIAGRAMS............................................... 6 P A TCHBA Y DESCRIPTION E-Z INTERF ACING ..................................... 8 MIC AND LINE INPUT FLEXIBI[...]

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    6 164- VLZ3 164 2- VLZ3 HOOKUP DIAGRAMS Recording System S t e r e o P r o c e s s o r P ow er ed M on it or s Ca ss et te Re co rd er 8 T ra ck R ec or de r Ou t In F ro m Mic s, K e ys , Dr u m ma chi ne s et c. He ad ph on es E F X A S t e r e o C o m p r e s s o r E F X B CH AN NE L I N SE RT S CH AN NE L I N PU TS AU X S EN DS BA L/U NBA L [...]

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     Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Live Ster eo P A System M i c 1 - 5 P r o c e s s or P r o c e s s or D ru m M a c h i n e M o n o E Q s , M - 1 4 0 0 i A m p s , a n d ( C 3 00 ) P as si v e St a g e M o n i t o r s K e yb oa rd B a s s M o n o E f f ec ts S t e r e o Ef f ec ts P h o n o p re am p A d d i t i o n a l s t e r e o so ur ce [...]

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    8 164- VLZ3 164 2- VLZ3 Patchbay Description At the risk of stating the obvious, this is where you plug everything in: microphones, line-level instruments and effects, and the ultimate destination for your sound: a tape recorder , P A system, etc. Many of the features de- scribed in this section are on top of the mixer , but some are on the r ea[...]

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    9 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual This 15 dB of attenuation can be very handy when you are inserting a signal that is very hot, or you want to add a lot of EQ gain, or both. Without this “virtual pad,” a scenario like this might lead to channel clipping. The GAIN controls for stereo channels 9-10 and 11-12 are only used to adjust the Mic in[...]

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    10 164- VLZ3 164 2- VLZ3 5. DIRECT OUT Only on channels 1–8, these 1/4" balanced jacks deliver the signal from the very end of the channel path; post-GAIN [3], post-EQ [32], post-LOW CUT [34], post- F ADER [25], and post-MUTE [30]. Use these for record- ing, making the 1642-VLZ3 perfect for an 8-track studio. RECORDING When recording, you[...]

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    11 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Dr y S ign al P roc es se d Si gna l In ser t Se nd In ser t Re tur n Dr y S ign al( s) Dr y S ign al( s) Au x Se nd Au x Re tur n W et Si gna l Ch ann el P ath Mi x St age Ou tpu t Se cti on P roc es se d Si gna l Si gna l P r oc ess or (e .g. , C omp r es sor ) Si gna l P r oc ess or (e .g. , R ev er b) Dr y[...]

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    1 164- VLZ3 164 2- VLZ3 11. T APE OUTPUT These unbalanced RCA jacks tap the main mix outputs to make simultaneous record- ing and P A work more convenient. Connect these to your 2-track recorder’ s inputs. See MAIN MIX F ADER [37] on page 18 for details of the signal routing to these outputs. Mono: If you want to feed a mono signal to your [...]

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    13 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual standby mode. It will not function, but the circuits are still live. T o remove AC power , either turn off the AC mains supply , or unplug the power cord from the mixer and the AC mains supply . As a g en er al g ui de , yo u s h ou ld tur n o n yo ur mi xe r fir st , b ef or e t he po we r am pl ifie r o r [...]

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    14 164- VLZ3 164 2- VLZ3 Channel Strip Description 26. ASSIGN (1–2, 3–4, L/R) Alongside each channel fader are four buttons, labeled SOLO, 1–2, 3–4 and L/R. The bottom three ar e collectively referr ed to as channel assignment switches. 1, 3 and L are the left sides of these ster eo pairs, and 2, 4 and R are the right sides. Used in conj[...]

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    1 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual LEVEL SET (PFL) taps the channel signal before the fader . If you have a channel’s fader set way below “U” (unity gain), SOLO won’t know that and will send a unity gain signal to the con- trol room, headphones, and meters. That may result in a startling level boost at these outputs, depending on the [...]

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    16 164- VLZ3 164 2- VLZ3 CONST ANT LOUDNESS ! ! ! The 1642-VLZ3’s P AN [31] controls employ a design called “Constant Loudness.” It has nothing to do with living next to a freeway . As you turn the P AN knob from left to right (thereby causing the sound to move from the left to the center to the right), the sound will ap- pear to remain at[...]

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    1 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 33. 4-BAND FIXED-FREQUENCY EQ The stereo channels (9-16) have a 4-band, fixed-fr e- quency equalization: LOW shelving at 80 Hz, LOW MID peaking at 400 Hz, HI MID peaking at 2.5 kHz, and HI shelving at 12 kHz. Each of these filters provides up to 15 dB of boost or cut. As with the mono channels, the circuit[...]

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    18 164- VLZ3 164 2- VLZ3 Output Section Description Y ou’ve just learned about the input channels and how the signals get in and out. The signals come in via MIC [1] and LINE [2] input jacks, are manipulated by the channels, and then sent to the output section. In the output section, things get a bit more complicated, so put on your thinking c[...]

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    19 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 40. T APE IN (LEVEL) This knob controls the level of the stereo signal com- ing from the T APE [12] INPUT RCA jacks. Its range is off when fully down, unity at the center detent, with 20 dB additional gain turned fully up, which may come in handy if you’ve patched in a device with wimpy output levels. After [...]

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    0 164- VLZ3 164 2- VLZ3 44. MODE (NORMAL (AFL)/LEVEL SET (PFL)) Y ou may have already seen some of this in the SOLO discussion, but in case you missed it: The 1642-VLZ3’s solo system comes in two flavors: • NORMAL (AFL) (sometimes called SIP , or solo- in-place) • LEVEL SET (PFL) (sometimes called PFL, or pre-fader -listen) In NORMAL ([...]

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    1 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Meters vs. Reality Y ou may already be an expert at the world of “+4” (+4 dBu=1.23 V) and “–10” (–10 dBV=0.32 V) operating levels. Basically , what makes a mixer one or the other is the relative 0 dB VU (or 0 VU) chosen for the meter display . A “+4” mixer , with a +4 dBu signal pouring out t[...]

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     164- VLZ3 164 2- VLZ3 50. AUX SENDS SOLO and LED In live sound situations, AUX SEND [6] outputs 1 and 2 are likely to feed your stage monitors. Y ou’ll want to check the mix you’re sending them, and that’ s what these two buttons are for . (AUX 3 and 4 have no such switch.) Beside each switch is a green LED that, just like the chann[...]

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    3 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 55. C-R/PHNS ONL Y (for RETURN 4) Once again, the default for all the STEREO RETURNS [7] is to feed them directly into the main mix. Y ou’ve just learned about the optional exceptions involving STEREO RETURN 3. Not wanting to be left out, STEREO RETURN 4 also has an optional exception: By engaging this C-R[...]

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    4 164- VLZ3 164 2- VLZ3 Appendix A: Ser vice Information W arranty Ser vice If you think your Mackie product has a problem, please check out the following troubleshooting tips and do your best to confirm the problem. Visit the Support section of our website (www .mackie.com/support) where you will find lots of useful information such as F A[...]

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     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) si[...]

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    6 164- VLZ3 164 2- VLZ3 Special Mackie Connections The ba lance d-t o- unb ala nce d con nec ti on has be en ant ic ipa ted in t he wir ing of M ack ie ja cks . A 1 ⁄ 4 " TS plug inserted into a 1 ⁄ 4 " TRS balanced input, for example, will automatically unbalance the input and make all the right connections. Conversely , a 1 ?[...]

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     Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual D i re c t o u t w i t h n o s i g n a l i n t e r r u p t i on t o m a s t e r . I n se r t o n l y t o f i r s t “ cl i c k . ” C ha n n el In s e rt j ac k C ha n n el In s e rt j ac k C ha n n el In s e rt j ac k D i re c t o u t w i t h s i g n a l i n t e r r u p t i o n to m a s t e r . I n se r[...]

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    8 164- VLZ3 164 2- VLZ3 Appendix C: T echnical Information Specifications Main Mix Noise (20 Hz–20 kHz bandwidth, 1/4" Main out, channel gains @ unity gain, channel EQs flat, all channels assigned to Main Mix, odd channels panned left, even channels panned right.) Main Mix fader unity , channel faders down: –86.5 dBu (90 dB Signal [...]

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    9 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Block Diagram M AI N L S UB 3 MA I N R S UB 2 S UB 1 S UB 4 A UX 1 A UX 2 A UX 3 A UX 4 S IP L SIP R PFL LO G IC 75Hz HPF MID HI 80 100 ? 8K 12K LO L R 1 2 3 4 SIP L SIP R PFL PHANTOM POWER (GLOBAL SWIT CH) TRIM MIC IN LINE IN DIRECT OUT (CH'S 1-8 ONL Y) INSERT LOW CUT ? –20 (FLICKER) SOLO (GLOW) OL ([...]

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    30 164- VLZ3 164 2- VLZ3 T rack Sheet S es si on : N o t e s : D a t e:[...]

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    31 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Mackie Limited W arranty Please keep your sales receipt in a safe place. This Limited Product W arranty (“Product W arranty”) is provided by LOUD T echnologies Inc. (“LOUD”) and is applicable to products purchased in the United States or Canada through a LOUD-authorized reseller or dealer . The Product[...]

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