Mackie DFX 12 Owner's Manual - Page 8

PATCHBAY (the intro and the outro) This is where everything gets plugged in: microphones, line-level instruments, effects devices, and the ultimate destination(s): PA system, monitors, headphones, and tape recorder, etc. 1 MIC 2 MIC 3 MIC 4 MIC 5/6 MIC 7/8 MIC 9/10 11/12 STEREO AUX L RETURN R 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 AUX SEND 1 MON 2 EFX EFX FOOT SWITCH INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT R R R R R R MAIN OUT LEFT RIGHT BAL/UNBAL PHONES 1. MIC 2. LINE IN (FOR MONO CHANNELS) The DFX Mixer is equipped with rugged, low noise, phantom-powered microphone pream- plifiers, providing up to 50 dB of pounding crystal-clear amplification. Their balanced cir- cuitry rejects all manner of extraneous interference. Professional condenser, dynamic, and ribbon mics all sound excellent through these XLR inputs. You can plug in almost any kind of balanced mic that has a standard XLR-type male mic connector. SHIELD 2 HOT COLD 3 1 SHIELD 1 These inputs can accept 1/4" TRS balanced and 1/4" TS unbalanced plugs from any linelevel instrument, effects device, or tape player. The line inputs share circuitry (but not phantom power) with the mic preamps, and can be driven by virtually any line-level signal. SLEEVE SLEEVE TIP TIP TIP SLEEVE 1/4" TS (Tip-Sleeve) unbalanced wiring: Tip = hot (+) Sleeve = shield COLD 3 2 HOT 1 3 2 SHIELD COLD HOT RING SLEEVE SLEEVE RING TIP TIP RING TIP SLEEVE XLR balanced wiring: 1/4" TRS (Tip-Ring-Sleeve) balanced Pin 1 = shield wiring: Pin 2 = hot (+) Tip = hot (+) Pin 3 = cold (-) Ring = cold (-) Sleeve = shield The DFX Mixers provide +48 VDC phantom powering on pins 2 and 3 of all the mono chan- 3. LINE IN (FOR STEREO CHANNELS) nels' XLR MIC inputs (not the stereo channels). This can be turned on or off using the PHANTOM POWER (31) switch on the right side of the mixer. DO NOT connect a linelevel device to a MIC input with the phantom power switched on. This could damage the device. Use the LINE IN (2, 3) jacks instead. These inputs can accept 1/4" TRS balanced and 1/4" TS unbalanced plugs from any linelevel instrument, effects device, or tape player. When connecting a stereo device (two cords), use both the left (mono) input and the right input. When connecting a mono device (just one cord), always use the left (mono) input and plug nothing into the right input. A trick called "jack normalling" causes the signal to appear on both sides. 8