Mackie 1402-VLZ3 Manual De Usuario

Owner’

s Manual

This control gives you up 

to 15 dB boost or cut above 
12 kHz, and it is also fl at 
at the detent. Use it to add 
sizzle to cymbals, and an 
overall sense of transpar-
ency, or edge to keyboards, 
 vocals, guitar and bacon 
 frying. Turn it down a little 
to reduce  sibilance, or to 
hide tape hiss.

With EQ, you can also screw things up royally. We’ve 

designed a lot of boost and cut into each equalizer cir-
cuit, because we know everyone will occasionally need 
that. But if you max the EQs on every channel, you’ll 
get mix mush. Equalize subtly and use the left sides of 
the knobs (cut), as well as the right (boost). Very few 
gold-record-album engineers ever use more than about 
3dB of EQ. If you need more than that, there’s usually a 
better way to get it, such as placing a mic differently (or 
using a different kind of mic entirely).

These knobs allow you to tap a portion of each chan-

nel signal out to another source for parallel effects 
processing or stage monitoring. AUX send levels are 
controlled by the channel’s AUX 1 and AUX 2 knobs and 
by the AUX 1 MASTER [40].

These are more than just effects and monitor sends. 

They can be used to generate separate mixes for record-
ing or “mix-minuses” for broadcast. By using AUX 1 in 
the PRE [39] mode, these mix levels can be obtained 
independently of the channel’s fader.

AUX 1 (when in post mode) and AUX 2, are post-LOW 

CUT, post-EQ and post-fader. That is, the sends obey the 
settings of these controls. AUX 1 in PRE mode follows 
the EQ and LOW CUT settings only. PAN and LEVEL 
(FADER) have no effect on the PRE send (see diagram 
below).

Each AUX send level ranges from off through unity 

(the center detent position) on up to 15 dB of extra gain 
(when turned fully clockwise). Chances are you’ll never 
need this extra gain, but it’s nice to know it’s there if 
you do.

Channel 7–14 AUX pots control the mono sum of 

the channel’s stereo signals for each AUX send. For 
instance, channel 7 (L) and 8 (R) mix together to feed 
that channel’s AUX send knobs.

We recommend going into a stereo reverb in mono and 

returning in stereo. We have found that on most “stereo” 
reverbs the second input just ties up an extra AUX send 
and adds nothing to the sound. There are exceptions, so 
feel free to try it both ways. If your effects device is true 
stereo all the way through, use AUX 1 to feed its left 
input and AUX 2 to feed the right input. 

Still with us? Good for you. Here come the tricky 

parts, the output, or master section where the mixing 
is really done. We have even started it on a shiny new 
page:

GAIN

INSERT

LO CUT

EQ

LEVEL

PAN

MAIN / ALT

AUX 2 KNOB

"POST" SIGNAL

"PRE" SIGNAL

AUX 1 KNOB

"POST" SIGNAL OBEYS

MUTE STATUS

INPUT

AUX SEND 1 PRE/POST SWITCH

(IN MASTER SECTION)

TO AUX SEND 2 LEVEL

TO AUX SEND 1 LEVEL