Mackie DFX 12 Owner's Manual - Page 4

QUICK START We know you can't wait to get the show on the road. Who has time to read a booooring manual? That's fine - the DFX Mixer is designed to set up quickly and operate intuitively - but please, read the Safety Instructions on page 2, and then read these two pages! First you will zero the console, then make the connections, set the levels and tweak the mix. 1. ZERO THE CONSOLE: 1. Turn everything off, including the mixer's POWER switch and PHANTOM POWER switch. 2. Turn down the channel strip GAIN, AUX 1 and AUX 2 knobs, and faders. 3. Center the channel strip EQ and PAN controls. 4. Push the channel strip MUTE switches down. 5. Set the channel strip LOW CUT switches up. 6. Center the STEREO GRAPHIC EQ sliders. 7. Turn down the MASTER AUX SEND knobs, and the AUX RETURN faders. 8. Turn down the MAIN MIX faders. 9. Now you are ready to make the connections, see the next page. 1 2 3 4 5/6 7/8 9/10 11/12 STEREO AUX L RETURN R MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC 1 (MONO) 2 BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL LINE IN LINE IN LINE IN LINE IN L (MONO) LINE IN L (MONO) LINE IN L (MONO) LINE IN L (MONO) LINE IN CD/TAPE TAPE IN OUT L L INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT R R R R R R AUX SEND 1 MON 2 EFX EFX FOOT SWITCH MAIN OUT LEFT RIGHT BAL/UNBAL PHONES LEVEL SET MIC U 1 MIN-20dB +50 +30dB GAIN LOW CUT 75 Hz U EQ HI 12k -15 +15 U -15 +15 LOW 80Hz AUX 1 U MON +6 2 U EFX +6 OO OO L PAN R LEVEL SET MIC U 2 LEVEL SET MIC U 3 LEVEL SET MIC U 4 5/6 LEVEL SET MIC U MIN-20dB +50 +30dB GAIN MIN-20dB +50 +30dB GAIN MIN-20dB +50 +30dB GAIN MIN-20dB +40 +20dB GAIN LOW CUT 75 Hz U EQ HI 12k -15 +15 U -15 +15 LOW 80Hz AUX 1 U MON +6 LOW CUT 75 Hz U EQ HI 12k -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 AUX 1 U MON +6 LOW CUT 75 Hz U EQ HI 12k -15 +15 U -15 +15 LOW 80Hz AUX 1 U MON +6 U -15 +15 U EQ HI 12k -15 +15 LOW 80Hz AUX 1 U MON +6 U2 EFX +6 U2 EFX +6 U2 EFX +6 2 U EFX +6 OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO L PAN R L PAN R L PAN R L PAN R 7/8 9/10 11/12 LEVEL SET MIC U LEVEL SET U LEVEL SET U MIN-20dB +40 +20dB GAIN -20dB +20dB GAIN -20dB +20dB GAIN U -15 +15 U EQ HI 12k -15 +15 LOW 80Hz AUX 1 U MON +6 U -15 +15 U EQ HI 12k LOW 80Hz -15 +15 AUX 1 U MON +6 U -15 +15 U EQ HI 12k -15 +15 LOW 80Hz AUX 1 U MON +6 U2 EFX +6 U2 EFX +6 U2 EFX +6 OO OO OO OO OO OO L PAN R L PAN R L PAN R DFX·12 12 CHANNEL INTEGRATED LIVE SOUND MIXER +12 +12 0 0 -12 -12 60 250 1K 3.5K 12K MAIN AUX 1 EQ BYPASS DIGITAL STEREO EFFECTS PROCESSOR U REVERSE OO +6 (EFFECTS TO STAGE MONITOR) GATE CATHEDRAL LG. HALL BYPASS LEVEL SET DELAY 1 DELAY 2 DELAY 3 DELAY 4 MD. HALL LG. PLATE MD. PLATE SM. ROOM OO U +6 AUX 1/MON SEND OO U +6 AUX 2/EFX SEND CHORUS FLANGE PHASER SPRING VOCAL ELIMINATOR BREAK SWITCH (MUTES ALL MIC CHANNELS) POWER PHANTOM POWER +48V LEFT RIGHT CLIP 16 12 8 4 NORM 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 30 0 = +4dBu OO MAX PHONES 1 MUTE 2 MUTE 3 MUTE 4 MUTE 5/6 MUTE 7/8 MUTE 9/10 MUTE 11/12 MUTE AUX 1 RETURN MUTE AUX 2/EFX RETURN MUTE CD/TAPE RETURN MUTE MAIN MIX LEFT RIGHT dB dB dB dB dB dB dB dB dB dB dB dB 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 U U U U U U U U U U U U 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO Zeroing the console 4 Key to the control settings