Mackie Mix 260FX Owners Manual - Page 10

BAL/UNBAL 11. AUX SEND 1 (MON) The AUX SEND 1 can be used either as a monitor send (pre-fader) or an effects send (post-fader). Push in the PRE [12] switch to use AUX SEND 1 as a 0monitor send and feed the mono input of a stage monitor amplifier via the AUX SEND 1 [45] output jack. In pre-fa7d5eHrzmode, the signal is tapped off after the EQ controls, but before the fader control, so the monitUor send is not affected by changes in the Main Mix. If you want to use the AUX SEND 1 as an effects send, leave12thkHezPRE switch up and use it as described f-o1r5the+1A5UX SEND 2 [13]. U 12. PRE This swi2tc.5hkHdzetermines whether the AUX SEND 1 is-1p5reU-f+a1d5er (pushed in) or post-fader (out). Typically, push this switch in when using AUX SEND 1 as a monitor send, and leave it out when using it as an e-1ff5ects+1se5nd80. Hz AUX SEND U 11 1 MON +15 12 U PRE 13 2 FX +15 PAN 14 L R MUTE 15 1 13. AUX SEND 2 (FX) The AUX SEND 2 is used to feed the mono input of parallel effects devices via the AUX SEND 2 [45] output jack. All the channel controls (except PAN or BAL) will affect the AUX signal. The signal is tapped off after the fader control. The output from an external processor can come back in via the stereo FX RETURN [47] inputs, and can be added to either the main mix or the ALT 3-4 (on the 220FX) or the SUB 1-2 (on the 260FX). ALT 3/4 5 dB 10 OL 5 16 17 U SOLO 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 14. PAN/BAL This adjusts how much of the channel signal plays in the left side of the main mix, and how much plays in the right. For mono mic/line channels, if PAN is in the center position, the mono signal appears equally in both the left and right of the main mix. If the control is set left, more of the signal appears in the left side. If the control is set right, more of the signal appears in the right side of the mix. OO Mix.220FX Mono Channel 10 For stereo channels, the BAL control works like a home stereo balance control, by atten0uating one side or the other. In the center position, the left and right channel signals pass through to the main mi7x5Hz unaffected. If it is turned left, the right channel is attenuated; if turned right, the left side is aUttenuated. 15. MUTE/ALT 3-4 12kHz The Mix.260FX has a simple MUTE -s1w5itch+1. 5 Engaging a channel's MUTE switch provides (almost) the same results as turning the fader all the way MID FREQ down (a pre-aux send is not affected by the channel 100 8k fader, but it is by the MUTE switch). Any chaUnnel assignments to L-R MAIN MIX and SUB 1-2 will be interrupted, all the AUX sends will be silenced (both pre- and post-fader), as will the AFL SO-1L5O. T+1h5e PFL SOLO will continue to provide a signalUwhen a channel is muted. The LED next to the MUTE switch lights to let y8o0uHz know when the MUTE function is -15 +15 active. The Mix.220FX has a dual- AUX U SEND purpose MUTE/ALT 3-4 switch. This is a Mackie signature, and 11 now a TAPCO signature. When 1 MON +15 Greg was designing one of the 12 first Mackie products, he had U PRE to include a mute switch for 13 2 each channel. Mute switches do FX just what they sound like they +15 do. They turn off the signal by PAN "routing" it into oblivion. "Gee, what a waste," Greg reasoned. 14 "Why not have the mute button L R route the signal somewhere else MUTE 1 useful, like a separate stereo 15 bus?" So MUTE/ALT 3-4 really serves two functions-muting (often used during mixdown or live shows), and signal routing (for multitrack and live work) where it acts as an extra stereo bus. 5 dB 10 OL To use this as a MUTE switch, 5 all you have to do is not use the 16 18 ALT 3-4 outputs [53]. Then, U 1-2 whenever you assign a channel to these unused outputs, you'll 5 19 also be disconnecting it from the MAIN MIX, effectively muting the 10 L-R channel. The MUTE switch also disconnects the channel from the AUX SEND 2 bus (and the AUX SEND 1 bus when the PRE [12] switch is up). The channel's signal 20 17 30 SOLO 40 50 60 OO is still present on the AUX SEND 1 bus when the PRE switch is engaged. Mix.260FX Mono Channel