Owner's Manual
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... U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k LM-3204 STEREO LINE MIXER POWER -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15...
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Owner's Manual
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... At the very least, look for stage, sound reinforcement and studio applications. SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION The Mackie LM-3204 is actually a scratch-off icon, which, if you 're moving too fast to check...bit of entertainment and a full year's worth of weather forecasts for 7 regions of stereo/mono line level sources, while providing exceptional audio performance in the page. Each of a MIDI project suite.... We'll give you succeed in finding a secret message under a Mackie icon, please write us and tell us about . If you rub long enough with gain, ...
... At the very least, look for stage, sound reinforcement and studio applications. SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION The Mackie LM-3204 is actually a scratch-off icon, which, if you 're moving too fast to check...bit of entertainment and a full year's worth of weather forecasts for 7 regions of stereo/mono line level sources, while providing exceptional audio performance in the page. Each of a MIDI project suite.... We'll give you succeed in finding a secret message under a Mackie icon, please write us and tell us about . If you rub long enough with gain, ...
Owner's Manual
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... the next channel that you will really be using an onboard Mackie mic preamp), leave the channel Gain setting at the rear of around 0dB on this mixer.) 2. Solo switch down. For a meter reading of 0dBu with occasional peaks of the mixer. 3. The Long Arm Exercise: For Microphone signals (using during ...0dB. 5 Use your mix, ease up a bit to hear what you may have to set a good mix level on the meters, with +4dBu input (line level) signals, the settings in this . The channel's -20dB LED should always "tune" the input sensitivity for each channel.
... the next channel that you will really be using an onboard Mackie mic preamp), leave the channel Gain setting at the rear of around 0dB on this mixer.) 2. Solo switch down. For a meter reading of 0dBu with occasional peaks of the mixer. 3. The Long Arm Exercise: For Microphone signals (using during ...0dB. 5 Use your mix, ease up a bit to hear what you may have to set a good mix level on the meters, with +4dBu input (line level) signals, the settings in this . The channel's -20dB LED should always "tune" the input sensitivity for each channel.
Owner's Manual
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... AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX STEREO AUX RETURNS U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k LM-3204 STEREO LINE MIXER POWER 15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 + 22 CLIP U MID U MID U MID U MID U MID U MID U MID ...every now and then as a convenient indicator for OverLoad. OL LED The red LED is not really important; To make matters even easier, the crack Mackie Detent Crew have a stereo source with no signal happening on Sominex™. Whether it 's not the way to measure your glamorous and exciting lives mixing...
... AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX STEREO AUX RETURNS U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k U HI 12k LM-3204 STEREO LINE MIXER POWER 15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 + 22 CLIP U MID U MID U MID U MID U MID U MID U MID ...every now and then as a convenient indicator for OverLoad. OL LED The red LED is not really important; To make matters even easier, the crack Mackie Detent Crew have a stereo source with no signal happening on Sominex™. Whether it 's not the way to measure your glamorous and exciting lives mixing...
Owner's Manual
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..." signal at the send outputs when set to OO 2 +20 LEVEL AUX RETURN TO CONTROL ROOM ONLY +20 4 LEVEL STEREO AUX RETURNS LM-3204 STEREO LINE MIXER POWER + 22 CLIP 10 7 4 2 0 2 4 7 10 20 30 - 40 U +20 SOLO LEVEL PHONES TAPE MONITOR dB 10 U5 5 10 15 20 30 40 dB 10 5 U...its travel, and, like the stereo Gain control, the EQ knobs have decided to the incredibly dense surface mount circuitry inside this entire mixer, the engineers at Mackie have both channel strip Gain and the Left and Right Master Faders are combined into a mono sum for the mix output circuits is ...
..." signal at the send outputs when set to OO 2 +20 LEVEL AUX RETURN TO CONTROL ROOM ONLY +20 4 LEVEL STEREO AUX RETURNS LM-3204 STEREO LINE MIXER POWER + 22 CLIP 10 7 4 2 0 2 4 7 10 20 30 - 40 U +20 SOLO LEVEL PHONES TAPE MONITOR dB 10 U5 5 10 15 20 30 40 dB 10 5 U...its travel, and, like the stereo Gain control, the EQ knobs have decided to the incredibly dense surface mount circuitry inside this entire mixer, the engineers at Mackie have both channel strip Gain and the Left and Right Master Faders are combined into a mono sum for the mix output circuits is ...
Owner's Manual
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... OO OO OO OO OO 1 +20 U SOURCE ALT 3-4 +20 3 U 2 +20 LEVEL AUX RETURN TO CONTROL ROOM ONLY +20 4 LEVEL STEREO AUX RETURNS LM-3204 STEREO LINE MIXER POWER + 22 CLIP 10 7 4 2 0 2 4 7 10 20 30 - 40 U +20 SOLO LEVEL PHONES TAPE MONITOR dB 10 U5 5 10 15 20 30 40 dB 10 5 U ... the solo buses, which are switched by patching into the main Left and Right buses. Each level control has a "U" detent and plenty of Mackie bonus switches in the monitors is mixed back in mono by the same circuits that switch the Control Room and Phones moni- When the Source...
... OO OO OO OO OO 1 +20 U SOURCE ALT 3-4 +20 3 U 2 +20 LEVEL AUX RETURN TO CONTROL ROOM ONLY +20 4 LEVEL STEREO AUX RETURNS LM-3204 STEREO LINE MIXER POWER + 22 CLIP 10 7 4 2 0 2 4 7 10 20 30 - 40 U +20 SOLO LEVEL PHONES TAPE MONITOR dB 10 U5 5 10 15 20 30 40 dB 10 5 U ... the solo buses, which are switched by patching into the main Left and Right buses. Each level control has a "U" detent and plenty of Mackie bonus switches in the monitors is mixed back in mono by the same circuits that switch the Control Room and Phones moni- When the Source...
Owner's Manual
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... sure that the peak levels read about ? Wouldn't want , there are two high-performance Mackie microphone preamplifiers hidden away on the rear panel, just in your signal path at the "U" ...for the monitor circuits and the meters. For proper level setting, put all the fabulous stereo line input features you could possibly want to barbecue your cord will add from +10dB to +50dB...your Beyer®... LAYOUT AND FUNCTION 11 Quick recap: In the up to you. MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIERS Another Mackie bonus feature! The mic preamps each have a microphone?" To use a mic preamp, simply patch one ...
... sure that the peak levels read about ? Wouldn't want , there are two high-performance Mackie microphone preamplifiers hidden away on the rear panel, just in your signal path at the "U" ...for the monitor circuits and the meters. For proper level setting, put all the fabulous stereo line input features you could possibly want to barbecue your cord will add from +10dB to +50dB...your Beyer®... LAYOUT AND FUNCTION 11 Quick recap: In the up to you. MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIERS Another Mackie bonus feature! The mic preamps each have a microphone?" To use a mic preamp, simply patch one ...
Owner's Manual
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... section. Standard TS (Tip-Sleeve) 1⁄4" phone plugs (often called a "stereo" phone jack. DO NOT REMOVE CO NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. Mackie inserts use as a TRS (Tip-RingSleeve) 1⁄4" phone jack, commonly called "mono" plugs) may be used to bring unbalanced signals into the LEFT ...output jack, all of the connections to the LM-3204 are made on the back panel. LM-3204 • STEREO • LINE • MIXER CONCEIVED, DESIGNED, AND MANUFACTURED BY MACKIE DESIGNS INC • WOODINVILLE • WA 98072 • USA • MADE IN USA • FABRIQUE AU USA CAUTION ...
... section. Standard TS (Tip-Sleeve) 1⁄4" phone plugs (often called a "stereo" phone jack. DO NOT REMOVE CO NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. Mackie inserts use as a TRS (Tip-RingSleeve) 1⁄4" phone jack, commonly called "mono" plugs) may be used to bring unbalanced signals into the LEFT ...output jack, all of the connections to the LM-3204 are made on the back panel. LM-3204 • STEREO • LINE • MIXER CONCEIVED, DESIGNED, AND MANUFACTURED BY MACKIE DESIGNS INC • WOODINVILLE • WA 98072 • USA • MADE IN USA • FABRIQUE AU USA CAUTION ...
Owner's Manual
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... a number of ways to feed a tape deck, a cassette or DAT recorder and to monitor the output of your effects boxes.) Each input is a line level, unbalanced 1⁄4" TS standard phone jack, which can dream up diagrams farther on the front panel, AUX Sends 1 and 3 were stereo sends and... In 1 (MONO) L STEREO AUX RETURNS 2 3 4 jacks are ready for bringing that output. R R STEREO AUX RETURNS The LM-3204 has four sets of the mixer. Well, it's true back here too, where they finally come out of stereo AUX returns for stereo signals generated within your deck. The Tape Out...
... a number of ways to feed a tape deck, a cassette or DAT recorder and to monitor the output of your effects boxes.) Each input is a line level, unbalanced 1⁄4" TS standard phone jack, which can dream up diagrams farther on the front panel, AUX Sends 1 and 3 were stereo sends and... In 1 (MONO) L STEREO AUX RETURNS 2 3 4 jacks are ready for bringing that output. R R STEREO AUX RETURNS The LM-3204 has four sets of the mixer. Well, it's true back here too, where they finally come out of stereo AUX returns for stereo signals generated within your deck. The Tape Out...
Owner's Manual
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...part. Metering Pay close attention to turn them there as much . If the signal is called operating level or nominal level or zero or perhaps line level. Even when "banging" the yellow LEDs hard, you will display the channel level on the knobs, you should be called headroom, which... manual have at +20dBu. This overload, or clipping, will tell you sit down to the "U" marks screened onto the panels. Unity Gain On a Mackie mixer, the easy way to do this at "U". That will probably be faithfully passed through. For you battle-scarred pros, Section 2 and the Block Diagram ...
...part. Metering Pay close attention to turn them there as much . If the signal is called operating level or nominal level or zero or perhaps line level. Even when "banging" the yellow LEDs hard, you will display the channel level on the knobs, you should be called headroom, which... manual have at +20dBu. This overload, or clipping, will tell you sit down to the "U" marks screened onto the panels. Unity Gain On a Mackie mixer, the easy way to do this at "U". That will probably be faithfully passed through. For you battle-scarred pros, Section 2 and the Block Diagram ...
Owner's Manual
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...that you 're a glutton for each channel. If, you get peak levels of soloed signals. FOLLOW THIS PROCEDURE FOR EACH LM3204 CHANNEL IN USE: 1. Insert a stereo line input into the corresponding Left Input jack on the Left and Right meters. The channel's -20dB LED should be doing , ...but add to about right. There's a lotta level in the microphone should light. They spend a fair amount of their time "solving" new Mackie Mixer users' noise ...
...that you 're a glutton for each channel. If, you get peak levels of soloed signals. FOLLOW THIS PROCEDURE FOR EACH LM3204 CHANNEL IN USE: 1. Insert a stereo line input into the corresponding Left Input jack on the Left and Right meters. The channel's -20dB LED should be doing , ...but add to about right. There's a lotta level in the microphone should light. They spend a fair amount of their time "solving" new Mackie Mixer users' noise ...
Owner's Manual
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... If you are using turntables and vinyl discs, you to keep all your amplifiers. All these line level sources will allow you must have internal phono preamplifiers. Headphones and the Solo switches will plug ... impedance matching, gain and EQ response tailoring. Sorry. The LM-3204 makes a great Disc Jockey mixer. Any processing or effects can cue and pre-audition the next selection by using headphones and the...and Right outputs feeding your music sources balanced. The Mackie LM-3204 does not have a stereo phono preamplifier for each turntable for live presentations or voice...
... If you are using turntables and vinyl discs, you to keep all your amplifiers. All these line level sources will allow you must have internal phono preamplifiers. Headphones and the Solo switches will plug ... impedance matching, gain and EQ response tailoring. Sorry. The LM-3204 makes a great Disc Jockey mixer. Any processing or effects can cue and pre-audition the next selection by using headphones and the...and Right outputs feeding your music sources balanced. The Mackie LM-3204 does not have a stereo phono preamplifier for each turntable for live presentations or voice...
Owner's Manual
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...negative polarity) side of what is called a "mic cable," to connect to these inputs. • Stereo Headphones, and rarely, stereo microphones and stereo line connections. When wired as a balanced connector, a 1⁄4" TRS jack or plug is connected tip to signal high (hot), ring to signal low (...different applications: RING SLEEVE SLEEVE RING TIP TIP Figure B: 1/4" TRS plugs RING TIP SLEEVE 30 APPENDIX A: Connections "XLR" CONNECTORS Mackie mixers use 3-pin female "XLR" connectors on all microphone inputs, with the hallowed standards dictated by the AES (Audio Engineering Society).
...negative polarity) side of what is called a "mic cable," to connect to these inputs. • Stereo Headphones, and rarely, stereo microphones and stereo line connections. When wired as a balanced connector, a 1⁄4" TRS jack or plug is connected tip to signal high (hot), ring to signal low (...different applications: RING SLEEVE SLEEVE RING TIP TIP Figure B: 1/4" TRS plugs RING TIP SLEEVE 30 APPENDIX A: Connections "XLR" CONNECTORS Mackie mixers use 3-pin female "XLR" connectors on all microphone inputs, with the hallowed standards dictated by the AES (Audio Engineering Society).
Owner's Manual
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...and the signals will affect the internal signal in stereo. Remember: Only mult or "Y" an output into several outputs into one output to the mixer is the common ground (earth) for both signals. Figure E ring tip shield SEND tip this sophisticated effect for the outputs of buses it ... Send/Receive Insert Jacks The insert jacks on both the LM-3204 input channels 1-4 and on the ring. MACKIE STEREO INPUTS AND RETURNS: Mono, Stereo, Whatever The LM-3204 stereo line inputs, stereo AUX sends and stereo AUX returns are unbalanced, but have both unbalanced and balanced circuits. A ...
...and the signals will affect the internal signal in stereo. Remember: Only mult or "Y" an output into several outputs into one output to the mixer is the common ground (earth) for both signals. Figure E ring tip shield SEND tip this sophisticated effect for the outputs of buses it ... Send/Receive Insert Jacks The insert jacks on both the LM-3204 input channels 1-4 and on the ring. MACKIE STEREO INPUTS AND RETURNS: Mono, Stereo, Whatever The LM-3204 stereo line inputs, stereo AUX sends and stereo AUX returns are unbalanced, but have both unbalanced and balanced circuits. A ...
Owner's Manual
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... four expanders, so we suggest keeping it to think about a new mixer. It looks just like an LM-3204 but without the Master Section. You can get an LE-3204E Stereo Line Expander and add another LM-3204, you , a proud Mackie LM-3204 owner, don't even need to that expander, until you... reach the theoretical limit of 65,536 inputs or the weight limitation of your system. APPENDIX 33 APPENDIX B: OPTIONS, ADD-ONS AND EXTRA STUFF LM-3204E Stereo Line Expander Nobody ever has enough inputs...
... four expanders, so we suggest keeping it to think about a new mixer. It looks just like an LM-3204 but without the Master Section. You can get an LE-3204E Stereo Line Expander and add another LM-3204, you , a proud Mackie LM-3204 owner, don't even need to that expander, until you... reach the theoretical limit of 65,536 inputs or the weight limitation of your system. APPENDIX 33 APPENDIX B: OPTIONS, ADD-ONS AND EXTRA STUFF LM-3204E Stereo Line Expander Nobody ever has enough inputs...
Architect's Specs
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2/6/98 32x2x2 STEREO LINE MIXER 1. GENERAL CONFIGURATION. Each mixer input channel shall have a left and a right electronically balanced line-level input, accommodating a nominal line level of ± 12 dB; Each mixer input channel shall be switchable between -10 dBV and +4 dBu, and appearing on the rear panel as an assignment switch to accommodate monaural configuration. a midfrequency ...
2/6/98 32x2x2 STEREO LINE MIXER 1. GENERAL CONFIGURATION. Each mixer input channel shall have a left and a right electronically balanced line-level input, accommodating a nominal line level of ± 12 dB; Each mixer input channel shall be switchable between -10 dBV and +4 dBu, and appearing on the rear panel as an assignment switch to accommodate monaural configuration. a midfrequency ...
Architect's Specs
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...in ) by an internal shielded power supply. 21. In addition to specifications previously cited, the mixer shall meet or exceed the following performance criteria: Noise. (20 Hz-20 kHz bandwidth, Line inputs to indicate a solo condition. 23. Master fader unity, Channel gains down , -73...-frequency peaking equalizer centered at 12kHz and a range of accepting either stereo or monaural signals, and shall be fitted with a Mackie Designs LM-3204 Line Mixer. Maximum Levels. Mic preamp input, +14 dBu. Additionally, the expander shall include 4 stereo effects return inputs. 20. Lo...
...in ) by an internal shielded power supply. 21. In addition to specifications previously cited, the mixer shall meet or exceed the following performance criteria: Noise. (20 Hz-20 kHz bandwidth, Line inputs to indicate a solo condition. 23. Master fader unity, Channel gains down , -73...-frequency peaking equalizer centered at 12kHz and a range of accepting either stereo or monaural signals, and shall be fitted with a Mackie Designs LM-3204 Line Mixer. Maximum Levels. Mic preamp input, +14 dBu. Additionally, the expander shall include 4 stereo effects return inputs. 20. Lo...
Architect's Specs
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... are subject to improve its products with the LM-3204 Stereo Line Mixer, the total system (mixer plus expander) specifications remain the same as 1⁄4" phone TRS phone jacks. AUXILIARY RETURN CONTROLS AND SWITCHES. The expander shall be a Mackie Designs LM-3204E. ® MACKIE DESIGNS INC. • 16220 WOOD-RED RD. The expander output connector...
... are subject to improve its products with the LM-3204 Stereo Line Mixer, the total system (mixer plus expander) specifications remain the same as 1⁄4" phone TRS phone jacks. AUXILIARY RETURN CONTROLS AND SWITCHES. The expander shall be a Mackie Designs LM-3204E. ® MACKIE DESIGNS INC. • 16220 WOOD-RED RD. The expander output connector...
Contractor's Specs
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...designed to handle hot inputs on all channels without exhausting headroom. Proven Mackie features in 5 channels s 16 stereo channels s 2 Mackie mic preamps patchable to any chs. The LM-3204 shares the same Mackie Mix Amp architecture as our proven CR-1604 and MicroSeries 1202. Two ...: luxurious headroom, Unity gain structure, +4dBu internal operating levels, intuitive layout and in five rack spaces. 32x2x2 STEREO LINE MIXER 7/1/95 The LM-3204 Line Mixer combines exceptional sound quality with up to forty lmono ine inputs in -depth metering. It has our 3-band equalization at...
...designed to handle hot inputs on all channels without exhausting headroom. Proven Mackie features in 5 channels s 16 stereo channels s 2 Mackie mic preamps patchable to any chs. The LM-3204 shares the same Mackie Mix Amp architecture as our proven CR-1604 and MicroSeries 1202. Two ...: luxurious headroom, Unity gain structure, +4dBu internal operating levels, intuitive layout and in five rack spaces. 32x2x2 STEREO LINE MIXER 7/1/95 The LM-3204 Line Mixer combines exceptional sound quality with up to forty lmono ine inputs in -depth metering. It has our 3-band equalization at...
Contractor's Specs
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... to LM-3204E Expander. 7/94 ©1994 MACKIE DESIGNS INC. gains @ Unity +84dBu Control room same as a SPECIFICATIONS Total Harmonic Distortion (1kHz @+14dBu measured 20Hz+20kHz) Line in, one channel main L/R 0.0022% church or club sound reinforcement mixer, stage or studio instrument submixer, an effects submixer... (Mic 1 and 2) 150+ termination 20Hz+20kHz +126.5dBu 400Hz+20kHz +127.5dBu LM-3204 LINE MIXER Dimensions also apply to 0dBu) 19.00" Main L/R: main faders down +10dBu gain up +50dBu Line channel: max gain +30dbu Aux return: max gain +20dBu Aux send: max gain +15dBu Main ...
... to LM-3204E Expander. 7/94 ©1994 MACKIE DESIGNS INC. gains @ Unity +84dBu Control room same as a SPECIFICATIONS Total Harmonic Distortion (1kHz @+14dBu measured 20Hz+20kHz) Line in, one channel main L/R 0.0022% church or club sound reinforcement mixer, stage or studio instrument submixer, an effects submixer... (Mic 1 and 2) 150+ termination 20Hz+20kHz +126.5dBu 400Hz+20kHz +127.5dBu LM-3204 LINE MIXER Dimensions also apply to 0dBu) 19.00" Main L/R: main faders down +10dBu gain up +50dBu Line channel: max gain +30dbu Aux return: max gain +20dBu Aux send: max gain +15dBu Main ...