Owner's Manual
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...OUTPUT MONO L BAL OR UNBAL R MAIN OUT MONO L BAL OR UNBAL R LINE IN 9-10 LINE IN 11-12 1202-VLZ PRO 12-CHANNEL MIC/ LINE MIXER WITH PREMIUM XDRTM MIC PREAMPLIFIERS PHONES OO OO U +15 U +15 U -15 +15 U -12 +12 U -15 +15 AUX 1 MON/ EFX 2 EFX EQ HI 12kHz MID 2.5kHz LOW 80Hz PAN OO OO.../UNBAL +4 R L MIC XDRTM EXTENDED DYNAMIC RANGE MIC PREAMPLIFIERS ARE PROPRIETARY TO MACKIE DESIGNS, INC. DISCONNECT SUPPLY CORD BEFORE CHANGING FUSE UTILISE UN FUSIBLE DE RECHANGE DE MÊME TYPE. 1202-VLZ PRO 12-CHANNEL MIC/LINE MIXER OWNER'S MANUAL 120 VAC 50/60 Hz 25W 500mA/250V SLO-BLO CAUTION: ...
...OUTPUT MONO L BAL OR UNBAL R MAIN OUT MONO L BAL OR UNBAL R LINE IN 9-10 LINE IN 11-12 1202-VLZ PRO 12-CHANNEL MIC/ LINE MIXER WITH PREMIUM XDRTM MIC PREAMPLIFIERS PHONES OO OO U +15 U +15 U -15 +15 U -12 +12 U -15 +15 AUX 1 MON/ EFX 2 EFX EQ HI 12kHz MID 2.5kHz LOW 80Hz PAN OO OO.../UNBAL +4 R L MIC XDRTM EXTENDED DYNAMIC RANGE MIC PREAMPLIFIERS ARE PROPRIETARY TO MACKIE DESIGNS, INC. DISCONNECT SUPPLY CORD BEFORE CHANGING FUSE UTILISE UN FUSIBLE DE RECHANGE DE MÊME TYPE. 1202-VLZ PRO 12-CHANNEL MIC/LINE MIXER OWNER'S MANUAL 120 VAC 50/60 Hz 25W 500mA/250V SLO-BLO CAUTION: ...
Owner's Manual
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... -15 +15 U -15 +15 U -15 +15 U -15 +15 U MID 2.5kHz MID 2.5kHz MID 2.5kHz MID 2.5kHz MID 2.5kHz -12 +12 -12 +12 -12 +12 -12 +12 -12 +12 -12 +12 U U U U U U CHANNEL STRIPS -15 +15 LOW 80Hz PAN -15 +15 LOW 80Hz PAN -15 +15 LOW 80Hz PAN -15 +15 LOW 80Hz PAN -15 +15 LOW 80Hz...to hook up your 1202-VLZ PRO immediately, the first pages you will lead you to 20kHz • Bullet-proof RF rejection using DC pulse transformer circuitry Now that number in the nearby paragraphs. It's a goldmine for choosing a Mackie Designs professional compact mixer. If you're ...
... -15 +15 U -15 +15 U -15 +15 U -15 +15 U MID 2.5kHz MID 2.5kHz MID 2.5kHz MID 2.5kHz MID 2.5kHz -12 +12 -12 +12 -12 +12 -12 +12 -12 +12 -12 +12 U U U U U U CHANNEL STRIPS -15 +15 LOW 80Hz PAN -15 +15 LOW 80Hz PAN -15 +15 LOW 80Hz PAN -15 +15 LOW 80Hz PAN -15 +15 LOW 80Hz...to hook up your 1202-VLZ PRO immediately, the first pages you will lead you to 20kHz • Bullet-proof RF rejection using DC pulse transformer circuitry Now that number in the nearby paragraphs. It's a goldmine for choosing a Mackie Designs professional compact mixer. If you're ...
Owner's Manual
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... Professional ribbon, dynamic, and condenser mics will handle any level. Be sure to do so. LINE INPUTS (Channels 1-4) These four line inputs share circuitry (but not phantom power) with PHANTOM power on channels 5-12. 1202-VLZ PRO PATCHBAY DESCRIPTION At the risk of stating the obvious, this : SHIELD 2 HOT COLD 3 1 SHIELD 1 ...the same wires that has a standard XLR-type male mic connector. The 1202-VLZ PRO's mic inputs will all sound excellent through these inputs for Phantom Power, which lets the mixer send low-current DC voltage to be driven by balanced or unbalanced sources at...
... Professional ribbon, dynamic, and condenser mics will handle any level. Be sure to do so. LINE INPUTS (Channels 1-4) These four line inputs share circuitry (but not phantom power) with PHANTOM power on channels 5-12. 1202-VLZ PRO PATCHBAY DESCRIPTION At the risk of stating the obvious, this : SHIELD 2 HOT COLD 3 1 SHIELD 1 ...the same wires that has a standard XLR-type male mic connector. The 1202-VLZ PRO's mic inputs will all sound excellent through these inputs for Phantom Power, which lets the mixer send low-current DC voltage to be driven by balanced or unbalanced sources at...
Owner's Manual
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...mixer (STEREO AUX RETURN) to +4dBu. For example, you would feed the 1202-VLZ PRO's line inputs 5-6 a stereo signal by them. This trick is called "jack normalling" . The next two sections toss the terms "serial" and "parallel" around like hacky sacks. Examples: compressor/limiters, graphic equalizers. In the stereo audio world, an odd-numbered channel...BAL OR UNBAL R MAIN OUT MONO L BAL OR UNBAL R LINE IN 9-10 LINE IN 11-12 PHONES STEREO LINE INPUTS (Channels 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12) These fully balanced inputs are routed from -10dBV to be mixed with just about any professional or ...
...mixer (STEREO AUX RETURN) to +4dBu. For example, you would feed the 1202-VLZ PRO's line inputs 5-6 a stereo signal by them. This trick is called "jack normalling" . The next two sections toss the terms "serial" and "parallel" around like hacky sacks. Examples: compressor/limiters, graphic equalizers. In the stereo audio world, an odd-numbered channel...BAL OR UNBAL R MAIN OUT MONO L BAL OR UNBAL R LINE IN 9-10 LINE IN 11-12 PHONES STEREO LINE INPUTS (Channels 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12) These fully balanced inputs are routed from -10dBV to be mixed with just about any professional or ...
Owner's Manual
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...mixers just to have more than a few of driving any device. N WOODINVILLE, WA, USA RADEMARKS OR REGISTERED TRADEMARKS D THE "RUNNING MAN" FIGURE • PATENT PENDING MONO PLUG Channel Insert jack Direct out with AUX RETURN 2 - To learn how signals are where you have become so famous that into the 1202-VLZ PRO...DATE MIC RANGE MIC PREAMPLIFIERS ARE PROPRIETARY TO MACKIE DESIGNS, INC. Since most people don't have four of these jacks can use this kind of processing on channels 5 through 12, simply patch through the processor before the channel's EQ and GAIN controls. post-TRIM, ...
...mixers just to have more than a few of driving any device. N WOODINVILLE, WA, USA RADEMARKS OR REGISTERED TRADEMARKS D THE "RUNNING MAN" FIGURE • PATENT PENDING MONO PLUG Channel Insert jack Direct out with AUX RETURN 2 - To learn how signals are where you have become so famous that into the 1202-VLZ PRO...DATE MIC RANGE MIC PREAMPLIFIERS ARE PROPRIETARY TO MACKIE DESIGNS, INC. Since most people don't have four of these jacks can use this kind of processing on channels 5 through 12, simply patch through the processor before the channel's EQ and GAIN controls. post-TRIM, ...
Owner's Manual
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... . SLEEVE TIP SLEEVE TIP POWER PHANTOM ON ON 1202-VLZPRO 12-CHANNEL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH PREMIUM XDRTM MIC PREAMPLIFIERS 120 VAC 50/60 Hz... TIP SLEEVE For most music recording and PA applications, unbalanced lines are balanced outputs capable of , say, another mixer. To use an RCA Y-cord to combine these outputs to your recorder's inputs. You can feed the microphone...OUTPUT These unbalanced RCA connections tap the main output to your tape deck or other outputs on the 1202-VLZ PRO. Do not attempt this with any other device, simply use these outputs (Radio Shack® #...
... . SLEEVE TIP SLEEVE TIP POWER PHANTOM ON ON 1202-VLZPRO 12-CHANNEL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH PREMIUM XDRTM MIC PREAMPLIFIERS 120 VAC 50/60 Hz... TIP SLEEVE For most music recording and PA applications, unbalanced lines are balanced outputs capable of , say, another mixer. To use an RCA Y-cord to combine these outputs to your recorder's inputs. You can feed the microphone...OUTPUT These unbalanced RCA connections tap the main output to your tape deck or other outputs on the 1202-VLZ PRO. Do not attempt this with any other device, simply use these outputs (Radio Shack® #...
Owner's Manual
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...ramp up (or down). the 1202-VLZ PRO is also perfectly normal. 120 VAC 50/60 Hz 25W 500mA/250V SLO-BLO CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE REPLACE WITH SAME TYPE .5A-250V FUSE POWER ON PHANTOM ON 1202-VLZPRO 12-CHANNEL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH PREMIUM XDRTM MIC PREAMPLIFIERS ... OF MACKIE DESIGN INC.: "MACKIE", "VLZ","XDR" AND THE "RUNNING MAN" FIGURE • PATENT PENDING 17 We did this for condenser microphones plugged into a power strip of calling them at any standard grounded AC outlet or into channels 1-4 MIC inputs as we hate wall warts? Plug the 1202-VLZ PRO into any...
...ramp up (or down). the 1202-VLZ PRO is also perfectly normal. 120 VAC 50/60 Hz 25W 500mA/250V SLO-BLO CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE REPLACE WITH SAME TYPE .5A-250V FUSE POWER ON PHANTOM ON 1202-VLZPRO 12-CHANNEL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH PREMIUM XDRTM MIC PREAMPLIFIERS ... OF MACKIE DESIGN INC.: "MACKIE", "VLZ","XDR" AND THE "RUNNING MAN" FIGURE • PATENT PENDING 17 We did this for condenser microphones plugged into a power strip of calling them at any standard grounded AC outlet or into channels 1-4 MIC inputs as we hate wall warts? Plug the 1202-VLZ PRO into any...
Owner's Manual
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...in the LevelSetting Procedure . MUTE switches do just what a waste," Greg reasoned. CHANNEL STRIP DESCRIPTION OO OO OO The eight channel strips look alike, and function identically. "U" LIKE UNITY GAIN Mackie mixers have to check it here and check it into the mix, or to preserve stereo... -12 +12 ence to anytime during a mixdown or live work our way up to unity gain at MON/ EFX optimal levels. solo! If you bought a LR Mackie. 1 MUTE ALT 3-4 PRE FADER SOLO U +20dB GAIN GAIN The rotary GAIN knob controls the channel's level... In fact, some other mixers....
...in the LevelSetting Procedure . MUTE switches do just what a waste," Greg reasoned. CHANNEL STRIP DESCRIPTION OO OO OO The eight channel strips look alike, and function identically. "U" LIKE UNITY GAIN Mackie mixers have to check it here and check it into the mix, or to preserve stereo... -12 +12 ence to anytime during a mixdown or live work our way up to unity gain at MON/ EFX optimal levels. solo! If you bought a LR Mackie. 1 MUTE ALT 3-4 PRE FADER SOLO U +20dB GAIN GAIN The rotary GAIN knob controls the channel's level... In fact, some other mixers....
Owner's Manual
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...that the circuitry boosts or cuts all you can mult the ALT 3-4 outputs, using Y-cords or mults, to feed multiple tracks. On mono channels (ch. 1-4 or 5-12 with it. The 1202-VLZ PRO's PAN controls employ a design called subgrouping. If you want the ALT 3-4 signals to go back into an unused stereo... in Record or Input modes will appear to remain at 12kHz. To do otherwise (the way Brand X compact mixers do with living next to a freeway. For example, rotating the 1202-VLZ PRO's LOW EQ knob 15dB to the right boosts bass starting at carefully selected points - Another way to do is...
...that the circuitry boosts or cuts all you can mult the ALT 3-4 outputs, using Y-cords or mults, to feed multiple tracks. On mono channels (ch. 1-4 or 5-12 with it. The 1202-VLZ PRO's PAN controls employ a design called subgrouping. If you want the ALT 3-4 signals to go back into an unused stereo... in Record or Input modes will appear to remain at 12kHz. To do otherwise (the way Brand X compact mixers do with living next to a freeway. For example, rotating the 1202-VLZ PRO's LOW EQ knob 15dB to the right boosts bass starting at carefully selected points - Another way to do is...
Owner's Manual
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...PRE MIC 3 XDR MIC PRE MIC 4 XDR MIC PRE Session: Date: 1202-VLZ PRO 12-CHANNEL MIC/ LINE MIXER WITH PREMIUM XDRTM MIC PREAMPLIFIERS BAL OR UNBAL BAL OR UNBAL BAL OR UNBAL ...OR UNBAL R MONO L BAL OR UNBAL R MONO L BAL OR UNBAL R LINE IN 7-8 LINE IN 9-10 LINE IN 11-12 LEFT/MONO RIGHT 1 ALL BAL/UNBAL 1 LEFT RIGHT 2 L 2 R BAL/UNBAL L R STEREO AUX RETURN AUX SEND TAPE ...PRE FADER SOLO U LR 7 8 MUTE ALT 3-4 PRE FADER SOLO U LR 9 10 MUTE ALT 3-4 PRE FADER SOLO U LR 11 12 MUTE ALT 3-4 PRE FADER SOLO U U U OO +10 AUX 1 MASTER PRE POST AUX 1 SELECT EFX TO MONITOR OO OO 1...
...PRE MIC 3 XDR MIC PRE MIC 4 XDR MIC PRE Session: Date: 1202-VLZ PRO 12-CHANNEL MIC/ LINE MIXER WITH PREMIUM XDRTM MIC PREAMPLIFIERS BAL OR UNBAL BAL OR UNBAL BAL OR UNBAL ...OR UNBAL R MONO L BAL OR UNBAL R MONO L BAL OR UNBAL R LINE IN 7-8 LINE IN 9-10 LINE IN 11-12 LEFT/MONO RIGHT 1 ALL BAL/UNBAL 1 LEFT RIGHT 2 L 2 R BAL/UNBAL L R STEREO AUX RETURN AUX SEND TAPE ...PRE FADER SOLO U LR 7 8 MUTE ALT 3-4 PRE FADER SOLO U LR 9 10 MUTE ALT 3-4 PRE FADER SOLO U LR 11 12 MUTE ALT 3-4 PRE FADER SOLO U U U OO +10 AUX 1 MASTER PRE POST AUX 1 SELECT EFX TO MONITOR OO OO 1...
Spec Sheet
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...- Mute/Alt 3-4 effectively creates a second stereo bus. Introduction The 1202-VLZ PRO is the updated, upgraded version of esoteric, outboard mic preamplifiers. The XDR design is the only compact mixer mic preamp that meets or exceeds the specs of Mackie's classic 12-channel compact mic/line mixer. The Mute button on each of reverb or other...
...- Mute/Alt 3-4 effectively creates a second stereo bus. Introduction The 1202-VLZ PRO is the updated, upgraded version of esoteric, outboard mic preamplifiers. The XDR design is the only compact mixer mic preamp that meets or exceeds the specs of Mackie's classic 12-channel compact mic/line mixer. The Mute button on each of reverb or other...
Spec Sheet
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...and accepting nominal levels from -10dBV to +4dBu. METERING. The mixer shall accommodate 4 microphone signals: mono channels 1-4; 12 line signals: mono channels 1-4 and stereo channels 5-12; 2 stereo pairs of Aux Return inputs; 4 Send/Return channel Inserts; 2 stereo pairs of Main Mix outputs; 1 stereo pair... per octave curve starting at -30, -20, -10, -7, -4, -2, 0, +2, +4, +7, +10 and 28dB (clip). STEREO CHANNELS 5/6, 7/8, 9/10 and 11/12: The mixer shall include 8 bal/unbal line inputs, forming 4 stereo input pairs, using bal/unbal 1/4" TRS phone jacks, delivering nominal levels from...
...and accepting nominal levels from -10dBV to +4dBu. METERING. The mixer shall accommodate 4 microphone signals: mono channels 1-4; 12 line signals: mono channels 1-4 and stereo channels 5-12; 2 stereo pairs of Aux Return inputs; 4 Send/Return channel Inserts; 2 stereo pairs of Main Mix outputs; 1 stereo pair... per octave curve starting at -30, -20, -10, -7, -4, -2, 0, +2, +4, +7, +10 and 28dB (clip). STEREO CHANNELS 5/6, 7/8, 9/10 and 11/12: The mixer shall include 8 bal/unbal line inputs, forming 4 stereo input pairs, using bal/unbal 1/4" TRS phone jacks, delivering nominal levels from...