Mackie VLZ3 4BUS Manual De Usuario

Owner's Manual   

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Plate Reverb

This preset emulates vintage mechanical reverberation 

that was generated with a metal plate. Its sound is char-

acterized by lots of early reflections and no pre-delay.

Perfect for thickening percussive instruments, such 

as a snare drum, or tight vocal arrangements.

Vocal Plate

This vintage plate emulation is warmer than your 

standard plate, with a long reverberant tail, lots of fast 

reflections and a very short pre-delay. 

Particularly suited for vocal signals, but can also 

be used for extra-thick drum tracks.

Warm Room

This preset is characterized by lots of fast early reflections 

with a short pre-delay to simulate the sound of a small, 

wood paneled room. 

Useful for adding a tight and controlled 

ambient effect to vocals and acoustic instruments.

Bright Room

This room has a bright tone with lots of scattered reflec-

tions to simulate harder, more reflective surfaces. 

Useful on vocals that require a brighter reverb to 

cut through the mix, or for giving acoustic instru-

ments a livelier vibe. 

 Warm Lounge

This preset features a medium sized room sound, with 

just enough enhancement of the lower mids to produce a 

warm tone. 

Useful for vocals on songs that require a larger, 

more “wet” sound, or for giving dimension to 

bright horns without adding harshness. 

Small Stage

This preset simulates the sound of a small concert stage, 

with a medium reverb time and reverberant space. 

Useful for vocals or guitars in fast paced, high-

energy songs that call for a “live” sounding 

reverberation.

Warm Theater

This reverb has a warm bodied tone and medium long 

reverb time to simulate the live acoustics of a theater 

space. 

Perfect for vocals, drums, acoustic and electric 

guitars, keyboards, and more. 

Bright Stage

This preset emulates the sound of a large performance 

stage, characterized by medium long reverb time and 

pre-delay, plus a touch of sizzle. 

Great for adding life and dimension to drums and 

other acoustic instruments, and for that big live 

vocal sound.

Warm Hall

This reverb simulates the sound of a spacious, yet cozy, 

heavily draped and carpeted concert hall with an espe-

cially warm tone. 

Perfect for adding natural concert hall ambience 

to close-mic’ed orchestral instruments. 

Concert Hall

This hall reverb is characterized by its large, spacious 

sound, long pre-delay, and vibrant tone. 

Adds life to acoustic instruments and vocals from 

solos to full-on symphonies and choirs. 

Cathedral

This reverb emulates the extremely long tails, dense dif-

fusion and long pre-delays and reflections that would be 

found in a very large, stone walled house of worship. 

Gives amazing depth to choirs, wind instruments, 

organs, and soft acoustic guitars. 

Gated Reverb

This preset incorporates an age-old trick whereby an 

extremely dense reverb is processed through a fast gate 

for an interesting, albeit artificial, sound. 

Most often used to fatten snare drums and toms 

without clutter. 

Chorus

This preset provides a soft, ethereal sweeping effect that 

is useful for thickening and for making a particular sound 

pop out of the mix. 

Perfect for enhancement of electric and acoustic 

guitar and bass, or to add a dramatic effect to 

vocals, particularly group harmonies and choirs.

Chorus + Reverb

This preset perfectly combines the chorus effect above 

with a large, roomy reverb. 

This lets you both thicken your sound with the 

chorus effect while adding warmth and spacious-

ness thanks to the smooth reverb.

Doubler

This effect simulates the sound of a vocal or instrument 

being recorded twice (double tracked) on a multi-track 

recorder. 

Provides a vibe that is similar to chorus without 

the subtle swirl. 

Tape Slap

This effect provides a single, relatively rapid delay of the 

original signal, with the added warmth that vintage tape-

based echo units provided.  

Often used on vocals for a 1950’s era feel, or on 

guitars for a surf-type tone. Often used by people 

whose favorite number is 16.

DLY 1 Bright (350ms)

DLY 1 Warm (300ms)

DLY 2 Bright (250ms)

DLY 2 Warm (200ms) 

DLY 3 Bright (175ms)

DLY 3 Warm (150ms)

These 6 delay presets provide one (delay 1), three (delay 

2), or six (delay 3) repeats of the original signal. The 

default delay time for each preset is shown in mS - the 

smaller the time, the faster the delay. Delay times can 

easily be customized to suit the moment by tapping the 

knob [63] more than once. 

These work best with full, up-beat music like rock 

where the delay needs to cut through the mix. 

Warm delays get progressively softer and warmer 

in tone with each repetition and work great with 

slow, mellow music. Bright delays have repeats 

that are consistent in tone with the original sound. 

Chorus + DLY (300ms) This effect combines the thickening effect of the chorus 

with the echoes of the 3-repeat delay effect. 

Delay times can easily be customized to suit the moment 

by using the Tap feature.

Useful on a clean electric guitar that needs a 

mildly swirling, ethereal tone. 

Reverb + DLY (200ms)

This effect combines the Warm Theater reverb effect with 

the echoes of the 3-repeat delay effect. 

Delay times can easily be customized to suit the moment 

by using the Tap feature.

Perfect for thickening vocals while adding dimen-

sions, it can also be used as a spacey effect on 

electric guitars.

For presets 17 to 24, the delay can be entered by tapping the preset selector knobs [65] more than once.