Mackie Mix 50 Owners Manual - Page 4
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GETTING STARTED The following steps will help you set up your mixer, and get the levels and adjustments just right. ZERO THE CONTROLS: 1. Leave the POWER cord disconnected from the MIX Series mixer. 2. Turn down the channel strip GAIN, AUX SEND, and LEVEL controls. 3. Center the channel strip EQ and PAN/BAL controls. 4. Turn down the MASTER AUX SEND and CTRL ROOM/PHONES controls. 5. Leave all switches out (up). 6. Turn down the MAIN MIX control. CONNECTIONS: 1. Connect your speakers to your amplifier's outputs (unless, of course, you have powered speakers). 3. Using TR or TRS cables, make connections from your mixer's MAIN OUT to your amplification system's line inputs. 4. Connect your microphones and instruments to the mixer: Connect microphones to the mono channel MIC INPUT jacks. (For condenser microphones, engage the PHANTOM POWER switch - not available on the Mix.50.) Connect line-level signal sources to the LINE input jacks. Note: Normally, you would plug in only one microphone or one instrument into each mono channel. 5. Zero the controls, as described above. 6. Connect the power cord supplied with your mixer to the POWER connection on the back and plug it into an AC outlet properly configured for your model. 7. Plug all other sound system components into suitable AC outlets, properly grounded and capable of delivering adequate current. 8. Turn all the power switches on, leaving the speaker's amplifier's switch for last. Note: There is no power switch on the MIX Series mixers. They are powered up as soon as they are plugged in to an AC outlet. 9. Turn up the MAIN MIX control to the 9 o'clock position (for the Mix.50 and Mix.60) or to the -10 mark (for the Mix.100 and Mix.120), for now. We'll crank it up later on. 10. Now you are ready to set the levels. SET THE LEVELS (Mic/Line Channels): 1. Choose one of the microphones or instruments you connected to the mono MIC or LINE input. Make some noise. If it's a microphone, sing at your normal singing volume. If it's an instrument, play it at its normal output level. 2. While making noise, turn up that channel's GAIN until the PEAK LED (next to the PAN control) starts blinking. 3. Raise that channel's LEVEL to unity gain (U label). You should be hearing your noise now. 4. If necessary, apply channel EQ changes. (You may need to compensate for level changes afterward with the channel LEVEL control.) 5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 for the other Mic/Line channel(s). 6. Stop making noise. Everyone: start making music. 7. Now turn up the MAIN MIX control to a comfortable listening level. SET THE LEVELS (Stereo Line Channels): 1. Make some noise with the mono or stereo instrument connected to the LINE IN jacks on a stereo line-input channel. 2. Adjust the line-input signal level at the source until the PEAK LED (next to the PAN control) starts blinking. Note: The Mix.50 does not have PEAK LEDs on its two stereo channels. In that case, set the input signal to its normal operating level, but listen for any signs of distortion. If the signal sounds distorted (and not on purpose!), then turn down the input signal at the source. 3. Raise that channel's LEVEL control until it is approximately equal in volume to the microphones or instruments connected to channels 1 and 2. 4. If necessary, apply channel EQ changes. (You may need to compensate for level changes afterward with the channel LEVEL control.) 5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 for the remaining stereo channels. 4
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