Mackie ProFX8 User Manual

Pr

oFX8 and Pr

oFX12

These stereo unbalanced RCA inputs are designed to 

work with semipro as well as pro player/recorders. You 
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 here,  using 

good quality hi-fi  (RCA) cables. 

You can use these with a tape or CD player to feed 

 music to a PA system between sets, when the break 
switch [35] is engaged. The level coming into the mixer 
can be adjusted with the tape level knob [36]. For ex-
ample, you could press the break switch to mute all the 
other channels at once, then play your tape or CD player 
and bring up its level slowly.

These stereo unbalanced RCA outputs allow you to 

record the main stereo mix onto a tape deck, hard disk 
recorder, automatic CD burner, or a computer, etc. This 
allows you to make a recording for posterity/archive/
legal purposes whenever the band gets back together 
again. 

The tape output is the stereo main mix, not affected 

by the main fader [48], or the graphic EQ [37].

TAPE

 IN

ST RETURN

MAIN OUT

PHONES

FOOTSWITCH

TAPE

OUT

L

R

L

(UNBALANCED)

R

FX SEND

LINE IN 4 

INSERT

BAL /

UNBAL

(MONO)

(MONO)

(MONO)

(MONO)

LINE IN 7

LINE IN 8

BAL /

UNBAL

LINE IN 9 

MIC 

MIC 

MIC 

MIC 

MIC 

MIC 

L

R

(MONO)

LINE IN 5

LINE IN 6

BAL /

UNBAL

L

R

LINE IN 10

BAL /

UNBAL

L

R

LINE IN 11

LINE IN 12

BAL /

UNBAL

L

R

BAL /

UNBAL

L

R

BAL /

UNBAL

L

R

MON SEND

BAL /

UNBAL

BAL /

UNBAL

4

LINE IN 3 

INSERT

BAL /

UNBAL

3

LINE IN 2

INSERT

BAL /

UNBAL

BAL /

UNBAL

2

LINE/HI-Z IN 1 

INSERT

1

5/6

7/8

9/10

11/12

LINE 

HI-Z

PROFESSIONAL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH FX

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