Mackie SR244 / SR324 Owner's Manual - Page 3

PLEASE! SAVE THE SHIPPING BOX! INTRODUCTION Top Ten Reasons for saving your shipping box: 10. It's here. 9. It's yours. 8. It's paid for. 7. It's strong and sturdy. 6. It fits your mixer perfectly. 5. You will need it if you ever ship your mixer. 4. We may have to sell you another one if you need to ship your mixer and you don't have it. 3. It will impress your friends who have no lives when they see it in your basement. 2. It's the ecologically sound thing to do. 1. It's the Mackie sound thing to do. Top Ten Reasons for not saving your shipping box: 10. Your cat has already used it. 9. You stole the mixer out of a Karaoke bar. 8. Your Mackie mixer will never break. 7. You will never move again. 6. You wrote a song on it and are considering framing it. 5. You have cut off the top and are using it as an equipment rack. 4. You really hate planning ahead because it never works out anyway. 3. It fits some other manufacturer's product, which is broken, perfectly. 2. You have kept all the boxes of all the other equipment you have ever bought and you have never used one of them ever. 1. You are afraid of corrugated products. Please put your serial number here for future reference (i.e. insurance claims, tech support, return authorization, etc.): Purchased at: Date of purchase: Part No. 820-029-00 Rev. C 4/97 ©1997 Mackie Designs Inc., All Rights Reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. MAKING SOUND COME OUT RIGHT NOW PANEL LAYOUT AND FUNCTION APPLICATIONS APPENDICES TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1: Introduction 2 Sensitivity Adjustment Procedure 3 Section 2: Making sound come out right now .. 4 Hookup Diagrams 7 Section 3: Panel layout 12 Front Panel 12 Channel Strips 1-20 12 Stereo Channel Strips 21/22 & 23/24 18 Output Section 20 Subs 1-4 20 Master Left Right Fader 22 Tape Return 22 Aux Send Masters 23 Stereo Aux Returns 23 Solo Master Section 24 Talkback 25 Meters 25 Power Indicator 26 Rude Solo Light 26 Lamp Connector 26 Rear Panel 27 Input Connectors 1-20 27 Phantom Power 27 Stereo Input Connectors 21/22 & 23/24 ... 28 Sub Outs 29 Sub Inserts 29 Main Mix Outputs 30 Main Inserts 31 Aux Sends 31 Stereo Aux Returns 32 Tape In and Out 32 Control Room Out 33 Phones 1 and 2 33 Talkback Mic 33 Power 33 Section 4: Applications Sound Reinforcement 34 Recording 37 Appendix A: General Information 39 Appendix B: Glossary 42 Appendix C: Connections 50 Appendix D: Grounding, phantom power, etc 53 Appendix E: Specifications and block diagram 57 Appendix F: Modifications 60 Appendix G: Service, free T-shirt offer & Track Sheet .......... 62 1 Introduction Making Sound Come Out Right Now Layout and Function Applications Appendices