Mackie SR408 / SR568 Owner's Manual - Page 16

MAIN OUTPUTS Point Before: LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER mixes , MAIN INSERTS ,LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER Faders . Point After: Balanced or unbalanced cable with female XLR connector (pin 2 = hot, pin 3 = cold, pin 1 = shield). Unless you've created an elaborate main mix using the MATRIX , patch these outputs to your primary sound system's amplifier inputs. Be aware that if you have no Channels or MAIN AUX RETURNS (A1-A4) assigned to the CENTER mix, patching the CENTER output jack is unnecessary. MAIN INSERTS Point Before: LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER mix . Point After: LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER Faders . Both the SEND and RETURN jacks are balanced, but can accommodate unbalanced TS cables. Signal feeding the SEND jack is also sent to the RETURN jack's normalling pins. With nothing plugged into the RETURN jack, the (dry) SEND signal gets passed along to the rest of the mix output's path. To insert a serial processor (such as a graphic equalizer or compressor/limiter), simply patch from the SEND jack to the effect's input, and from the effect's output to the RETURN jack, using either balanced TRS or unbalanced TS cables. Since using the SEND jack by itself does not interrupt the mix signal path, it may also be used as a pre-Fader direct output. SUB OUTPUTS Point Before: SUBS (SUB 1-8 mixes) , SUB INSERTS , Subgroup Fader . Point After: Balanced or unbalanced cable with female XLR connector (pin 2 = hot, pin 3 = cold, pin 1 = shield). If necessary, patch these outputs to the amplifier inputs of secondary speaker systems, unless you've chosen to use the MATRIX OUTPUTS for this task. The Subgroups are also essential for recording to multitrack. In the event that you have engaged any FLIP switches, the signals at these outputs will not be the Subgroup signals - they will be the like-numbered AUX SEND ouputs. (For instance, if the FLIP switch on AUX SEND MASTER 1 is engaged, AUX SEND 1's output will appear at Subgroup 1's output jack, and vice versa.) 25 DIRECT OUT INSERT SEND INSERT RETURN LINE IN SUB 1 SUB 5 SUB OUTPUTS SUB SUB 2 3 SUB SUB 6 7 SUB 4 SEND SUB INSERTS (BAL/UNBAL) 1 RETURN SEND 5 RETURN SEND 2 RETURN SEND 6 RETURN SUB 8 SEND 3 RETURN SEND 7 RETURN SEND 4 RETURN SEND 8 RETURN MIC 25 DC POWER IN (MACKIE 400-WATT POWER SUPPLY !) MIDI IN MIDI OUT TALK BACK MIC PHANTOM POWERED INTERCOM DATA LEFT 16