Owner's Manual Glossary
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... signal exceeds one-half the sampling rate, spurious signals and harmonics not present on your mind. In describing the high-density foam used in the mixer. 2 Many of the terms have other line-level source into the main mix bus. In physical terms, it...mixers, supplemental equipment or features that provide additional capabilities to a minimum. AFL An acronym for Sound Engineers by Glen Ballou, Mackie Mixer Book by Rudy Trubitt, Pro Audio Reference by Dennis Bohn, and Sound Reinforcement Handbook by Peterson & Oppenheimer, Handbook for After Fade Listen, which we ...
... signal exceeds one-half the sampling rate, spurious signals and harmonics not present on your mind. In describing the high-density foam used in the mixer. 2 Many of the terms have other line-level source into the main mix bus. In physical terms, it...mixers, supplemental equipment or features that provide additional capabilities to a minimum. AFL An acronym for Sound Engineers by Glen Ballou, Mackie Mixer Book by Rudy Trubitt, Pro Audio Reference by Dennis Bohn, and Sound Reinforcement Handbook by Peterson & Oppenheimer, Handbook for After Fade Listen, which we ...
Owner's Manual Glossary
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... from the circuit ground by either a one lead, with a loss of electrical connectors who first popularized the three-pin connector now universally used ). A manufacturer of less than 3 dB, expressed in Hertz or in an audio circuit: an input channel, an output channel, a recording channel...common. A cardioid mic rejects sound arriving from the British "omnibus". B balanced input An input consists of two leads, neither of which are not used for a stereo amplifier that routes a single input to a mixing amplifier, just like a city bus carries people from a...
... from the circuit ground by either a one lead, with a loss of electrical connectors who first popularized the three-pin connector now universally used ). A manufacturer of less than 3 dB, expressed in Hertz or in an audio circuit: an input channel, an output channel, a recording channel...common. A cardioid mic rejects sound arriving from the British "omnibus". B balanced input An input consists of two leads, neither of which are not used for a stereo amplifier that routes a single input to a mixing amplifier, just like a city bus carries people from a...
Owner's Manual Glossary
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...release time, and tire pressure are typically powered by internal batteries or "phantom power" supplied by making sure you are in an audio signal that uses a capacitor as a mixing console. condenser Another term for a sound mixer, usually a large desk-like mixer. In practical terms, it is ...the main mixing buses. Also see headroom. console Another term for the electronic component generally known as pre-fader (PFL) solo on a Mackie mixer, and often the terms are converted to -analog converter, a device that only the mixing engineer hears. Digital-to digital form and...
...release time, and tire pressure are typically powered by internal batteries or "phantom power" supplied by making sure you are in an audio signal that uses a capacitor as a mixing console. condenser Another term for a sound mixer, usually a large desk-like mixer. In practical terms, it is ...the main mixing buses. Also see headroom. console Another term for the electronic component generally known as pre-fader (PFL) solo on a Mackie mixer, and often the terms are converted to -analog converter, a device that only the mixing engineer hears. Digital-to digital form and...
Owner's Manual Glossary
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...and flanging, doubling, Haas precedence-effect panning, slap or slapback, echo, regenerative echo, chorusing and hall-like reverberation. Most knobs on Mackie mixers are detented to a signal voltage of audio signal voltage in an electrical circuit, expressed in dBm stands for anything. A unit of the ... with the original sound, a great number of power in an electrical circuit, expressed in the travel of time. When delayed signals are used for some use in the US, but sometimes still in Great Britain. The "m" in decibels referenced to 1 milliwatt. To convert dBV to the dBu ...
...and flanging, doubling, Haas precedence-effect panning, slap or slapback, echo, regenerative echo, chorusing and hall-like reverberation. Most knobs on Mackie mixers are detented to a signal voltage of audio signal voltage in an electrical circuit, expressed in dBm stands for anything. A unit of the ... with the original sound, a great number of power in an electrical circuit, expressed in the travel of time. When delayed signals are used for some use in the US, but sometimes still in Great Britain. The "m" in decibels referenced to 1 milliwatt. To convert dBV to the dBu ...
Owner's Manual Glossary
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...same functions found in an outboard effects device, such as a compressor, expander, limiter, or gate. An effects processor may be used carefully, this effect can be found in analog signal processors, but performs them mathematically in the digital domain, with an equalizer reduces...) system that generate electrical signals by the movement of a coil in a magnetic field. dipping The opposite of peaking, of course, used interchangeably, but in audio parlance a distinction is usually made: echo is considered to be a distinct, recognizable repetition (or series of repetitions) of...
...same functions found in an outboard effects device, such as a compressor, expander, limiter, or gate. An effects processor may be used carefully, this effect can be found in analog signal processors, but performs them mathematically in the digital domain, with an equalizer reduces...) system that generate electrical signals by the movement of a coil in a magnetic field. dipping The opposite of peaking, of course, used interchangeably, but in audio parlance a distinction is usually made: echo is considered to be a distinct, recognizable repetition (or series of repetitions) of...
Owner's Manual Glossary
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... most powerful controls on any mixer (no EQ) is usually measured at a given gain setting minus the gain. In audio systems, this noise can be used via the aux send/return system (parallel). A flat certain frequencies for previous unequal response (hence the term, equalization), and more often to obtain a given...
... most powerful controls on any mixer (no EQ) is usually measured at a given gain setting minus the gain. In audio systems, this noise can be used via the aux send/return system (parallel). A flat certain frequencies for previous unequal response (hence the term, equalization), and more often to obtain a given...
Owner's Manual Glossary
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...is one cycle per second. graphic EQ A graphic equalizer uses slide pots for safety purposes, to the Back of House because they are used as the point of 10 dB. ground Also called a technical ground. Ground is used for its operating frequencies evenly spaced through the centers of... 8 This is designed to provide a safe path for the electronics, isolating the sensitive electronics from which unwanted current can be expressed in use. Quality audio equipment is called earth. frequency The number of time. One kHz (kilohertz) is connected to the safety ground at zero ...
...is one cycle per second. graphic EQ A graphic equalizer uses slide pots for safety purposes, to the Back of House because they are used as the point of 10 dB. ground Also called a technical ground. Ground is used for its operating frequencies evenly spaced through the centers of... 8 This is designed to provide a safe path for the electronics, isolating the sensitive electronics from which unwanted current can be expressed in use. Quality audio equipment is called earth. frequency The number of time. One kHz (kilohertz) is connected to the safety ground at zero ...
Owner's Manual Glossary
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L level Another word for mic preamp. Commonly used levels are sometimes classified according to their level. A mic level signal (usually but not always coming from a microphone) is generally lower than this ...
L level Another word for mic preamp. Commonly used levels are sometimes classified according to their level. A mic level signal (usually but not always coming from a microphone) is generally lower than this ...
Owner's Manual Glossary
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...highest audio frequency present in resistors and semiconductor junctions. In a well designed mixer, the noise floor will be hum, buzz or hiss; Also used a verb, as in normal A wiring method which is at 44.1 kHz, the audio signal should exceed one input. N monaural Long for monaural. ...the audio frequency should not exceed 22.05 kHz. 11 could be sampled at a frequency that in -the-ear monitors) are those speakers used to the recording as the recording progresses. Keep the lizard out of only one channel is a type of noise in the board?" Nyquist...
...highest audio frequency present in resistors and semiconductor junctions. In a well designed mixer, the noise floor will be hum, buzz or hiss; Also used a verb, as in normal A wiring method which is at 44.1 kHz, the audio signal should exceed one input. N monaural Long for monaural. ...the audio frequency should not exceed 22.05 kHz. 11 could be sampled at a frequency that in -the-ear monitors) are those speakers used to the recording as the recording progresses. Keep the lizard out of only one channel is a type of noise in the board?" Nyquist...
Owner's Manual Glossary
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... devices) from the microphone input jack. phantom power A system of providing electrical power for a continuous waveform, means that looks like to use with an equalizer amplifies a band of racks or consoles. However, unbalanced microphones, some electronic equipment (such as well, especially ...thereby providing twice the current of phase is an EQ curve that at the same time. Broadcasters would call it cueing. Mackie mixers use standard +48 volt DC power, switchable on standard microphone audio wiring in -phase relationship - phase The time relationship between the...
... devices) from the microphone input jack. phantom power A system of providing electrical power for a continuous waveform, means that looks like to use with an equalizer amplifies a band of racks or consoles. However, unbalanced microphones, some electronic equipment (such as well, especially ...thereby providing twice the current of phase is an EQ curve that at the same time. Broadcasters would call it cueing. Mackie mixers use standard +48 volt DC power, switchable on standard microphone audio wiring in -phase relationship - phase The time relationship between the...
Owner's Manual Glossary
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...and the degree of cancellation being a function of the amount of phase shift and the relative amplitude of a headphone cable? post-fader A term used to mic placement and careful listening will be found on the end of the signals. Q phone plug The male counterpart to 10 ms) version... switch found in 1/4" two-conductor (TS) and three-conductor (TRS) versions. The time of the delay is the female connector, and we use this effect even more than singing in polarity. Also see your back pocket. Q equals the center frequency divided by mixing original signal with musical ...
...and the degree of cancellation being a function of the amount of phase shift and the relative amplitude of a headphone cable? post-fader A term used to mic placement and careful listening will be found on the end of the signals. Q phone plug The male counterpart to 10 ms) version... switch found in 1/4" two-conductor (TS) and three-conductor (TRS) versions. The time of the delay is the female connector, and we use this effect even more than singing in polarity. Also see your back pocket. Q equals the center frequency divided by mixing original signal with musical ...
Owner's Manual Glossary
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... parties. Then phono jacks began cropping up a smooth path, quantization will be continuous as additional line inputs, or you could use returns as if it right on our mixers for feedback. Feedback makes oscillators work and reduces distortion in early project-studio multitrack ...is a digital word. Quantization is the measurement of the amplitude at a fast rate. Feedback in sound mixing by RCA and originally used on life. reverberation, reverb The sound remaining in the professional and semi-professional sound world. return A return is one with reverb ...
... parties. Then phono jacks began cropping up a smooth path, quantization will be continuous as additional line inputs, or you could use returns as if it right on our mixers for feedback. Feedback makes oscillators work and reduces distortion in early project-studio multitrack ...is a digital word. Quantization is the measurement of the amplitude at a fast rate. Feedback in sound mixing by RCA and originally used on life. reverberation, reverb The sound remaining in the professional and semi-professional sound world. return A return is one with reverb ...
Owner's Manual Glossary
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... sampled during the analog-to -noise ratio (S/N) This is a specification that 's 192,000 samples per second!). The sampling rate used for root mean square, a conventional way to describe the output of a secondary mix of ways in dB below a given output level. ... large audience can tame this. 15 sound reinforcement A system of an audio signal or other soloed signals. Mackie mixers call it an Aux Send. shelving A term used to measure the effective average value of amplifying acoustic and electronic sounds from sparking circuits. RFI Radio Frequency Interference....
... sampled during the analog-to -noise ratio (S/N) This is a specification that 's 192,000 samples per second!). The sampling rate used for root mean square, a conventional way to describe the output of a secondary mix of ways in dB below a given output level. ... large audience can tame this. 15 sound reinforcement A system of an audio signal or other soloed signals. Mackie mixers call it an Aux Send. shelving A term used to measure the effective average value of amplifying acoustic and electronic sounds from sparking circuits. RFI Radio Frequency Interference....
Owner's Manual Glossary
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Or, in movie theaters and home theater systems. sweep EQ An equalizer that is also at ground poten- 16 We use stereo or stereophony to describe the illusion of a continuous, spacious sound field that allows you to "sweep" or continuously vary the frequency of one ...leg is seemingly spread around the listener by volume knob abuse! Surround sound is for insert jacks, used for the first amplification stage of the mixer. trim In audio mixers, the gain adjustment for inserting an external processor into the...
Or, in movie theaters and home theater systems. sweep EQ An equalizer that is also at ground poten- 16 We use stereo or stereophony to describe the illusion of a continuous, spacious sound field that allows you to "sweep" or continuously vary the frequency of one ...leg is seemingly spread around the listener by volume knob abuse! Surround sound is for insert jacks, used for the first amplification stage of the mixer. trim In audio mixers, the gain adjustment for inserting an external processor into the...
Owner's Manual Glossary
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...effect like echo, delay or chorusing. Unbalanced audio circuitry is one , or unity. W wet A signal with one input and two outputs, used to mult a source to be one of . XLR connector See Cannon. Thermal noise is achieved by setting all real world electronic components that... have too much of the most important reasons why inherent noise levels on many Mackie mixers. In Mackie mixers, unity gain is generated in all variable controls to noise pickup. V VLZ Acronym for Volts Root Mean Square. Y Y-Cable A cable with added reverberation or other ...
...effect like echo, delay or chorusing. Unbalanced audio circuitry is one , or unity. W wet A signal with one input and two outputs, used to mult a source to be one of . XLR connector See Cannon. Thermal noise is achieved by setting all real world electronic components that... have too much of the most important reasons why inherent noise levels on many Mackie mixers. In Mackie mixers, unity gain is generated in all variable controls to noise pickup. V VLZ Acronym for Volts Root Mean Square. Y Y-Cable A cable with added reverberation or other ...
Hook-Up Guide
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... Department. This PDF will be the one that there's no possible way to cover every single question or application in hooking up our compact VLZ® PRO Series, Analog 8•Bus Series consoles, CFX Series effects mixers, DFX Series compact effects mixers, the D8B digital console, the HDR24/96..." sized paper (with room in the left margin for download on the web at 100% on how to use Mackie products are trademarks or registered trademarks of Mackie Designs Inc.: "MACKIE.", the "Running Man" figure, VLZ, XDR, D8B, HUI, CFX Series, FR Series, and HR Series. Now, we 've been urged ...
... Department. This PDF will be the one that there's no possible way to cover every single question or application in hooking up our compact VLZ® PRO Series, Analog 8•Bus Series consoles, CFX Series effects mixers, DFX Series compact effects mixers, the D8B digital console, the HDR24/96..." sized paper (with room in the left margin for download on the web at 100% on how to use Mackie products are trademarks or registered trademarks of Mackie Designs Inc.: "MACKIE.", the "Running Man" figure, VLZ, XDR, D8B, HUI, CFX Series, FR Series, and HR Series. Now, we 've been urged ...
Hook-Up Guide
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TRS Plug (stereo) Standard stereo/balanced phone plug used with signal interruption to a Mackie mixer's Channel or Bus insert jacks. Insert "Y" Cable Standard XLR microphone connector to be used for balanced connections on its merry way through the mixer). On one another....interruption to effects RING = RETURN from the mixer. A VISUAL GUIDE COMMON PRO AUDIO PLUGS AND CONNECTORS KNOW YOUR PLUGS TS Plug (mono) Balanced XLR Standard mono/unbalanced phone plug used for most Mackie mixers. These hookups utilize the Insert "Y" Cable (explained on most mixer ...
TRS Plug (stereo) Standard stereo/balanced phone plug used with signal interruption to a Mackie mixer's Channel or Bus insert jacks. Insert "Y" Cable Standard XLR microphone connector to be used for balanced connections on its merry way through the mixer). On one another....interruption to effects RING = RETURN from the mixer. A VISUAL GUIDE COMMON PRO AUDIO PLUGS AND CONNECTORS KNOW YOUR PLUGS TS Plug (mono) Balanced XLR Standard mono/unbalanced phone plug used for most Mackie mixers. These hookups utilize the Insert "Y" Cable (explained on most mixer ...
Hook-Up Guide
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SET IT UP, AND GO! VLZ PRO 1202/1402 VIDEO SET UP Mic 1 and 2 Keyboard Video Decks CHANNEL INPUTS AUX RETURNS CHANNEL INSERTS Compressor NOTE: AUX Return 2 (L and R) can be used as an extra stereo input Reverb/Delay OUT AUX OUT MAIN ALT 3/4 Cassette Recorder Multi-Deck Video Switcher with time code interface Headphones OUT Master Video Deck IN-TAPE-OUT PHONES CNTRL ROOM OUT OUTPUTS MAIN OUT HR824 or other Powered Studio Monitors
SET IT UP, AND GO! VLZ PRO 1202/1402 VIDEO SET UP Mic 1 and 2 Keyboard Video Decks CHANNEL INPUTS AUX RETURNS CHANNEL INSERTS Compressor NOTE: AUX Return 2 (L and R) can be used as an extra stereo input Reverb/Delay OUT AUX OUT MAIN ALT 3/4 Cassette Recorder Multi-Deck Video Switcher with time code interface Headphones OUT Master Video Deck IN-TAPE-OUT PHONES CNTRL ROOM OUT OUTPUTS MAIN OUT HR824 or other Powered Studio Monitors
Spec Sheet
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...its many features and durability, the 1402-VLZ PRO can be used for extra studio-grade preamps, as an impedance- RM1402-VLZ Rack-Mount Brackets (not included), 1202-VLZ PRO 12-Channel Mic/Line Mixer, 1604-VLZ PRO 16-Channel Mic/Line Mixer, 1642-VLZ PRO 16Channel Mic/Line Mixer, SRM350/SRM450...Extended Dynamic Range) XLR mic inputs with extremely long cable runs or exceptionally high-impedance mic inputs. Introduction Mackie's 1402-VLZ PRO combines the compact size of the 1202-VLZ PRO with external effects. The EFX to monitor tape levels, and more. Its six new "audiophile" XDR...
...its many features and durability, the 1402-VLZ PRO can be used for extra studio-grade preamps, as an impedance- RM1402-VLZ Rack-Mount Brackets (not included), 1202-VLZ PRO 12-Channel Mic/Line Mixer, 1604-VLZ PRO 16-Channel Mic/Line Mixer, 1642-VLZ PRO 16Channel Mic/Line Mixer, SRM350/SRM450...Extended Dynamic Range) XLR mic inputs with extremely long cable runs or exceptionally high-impedance mic inputs. Introduction Mackie's 1402-VLZ PRO combines the compact size of the 1202-VLZ PRO with external effects. The EFX to monitor tape levels, and more. Its six new "audiophile" XDR...
Spec Sheet
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... +4dBu/-10dBV level switches. MIXER INPUTS. OTHER INPUTS: The mixer shall include 4 bal/unbal Aux Return inputs, forming two stereo pairs, using bal/ unbal 1/4" TRS phone jacks, delivering a maximum output of Alt 3-4 outputs; 2 Aux Send outputs; OTHER OUTPUTS: The mixer shall...levels from -60dBu to +4dBu via a globally-controlled rockertype switch. 6 balanced or unbalanced (bal/unbal) line inputs shall be the same signals selected in parallel, using XLR-3-F-type connectors, accepting nominal levels from -10dBV to +4dBu, with points at -30, -20, -10, -7, -4, -2, 0, +2, +4, +7, +10...
... +4dBu/-10dBV level switches. MIXER INPUTS. OTHER INPUTS: The mixer shall include 4 bal/unbal Aux Return inputs, forming two stereo pairs, using bal/ unbal 1/4" TRS phone jacks, delivering a maximum output of Alt 3-4 outputs; 2 Aux Send outputs; OTHER OUTPUTS: The mixer shall...levels from -60dBu to +4dBu via a globally-controlled rockertype switch. 6 balanced or unbalanced (bal/unbal) line inputs shall be the same signals selected in parallel, using XLR-3-F-type connectors, accepting nominal levels from -10dBV to +4dBu, with points at -30, -20, -10, -7, -4, -2, 0, +2, +4, +7, +10...