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...takes to Main Bus ** Mono Tape Outputs 406M 1 * ** 1 408M * 1 * ** 1 808M * 1 * ** 1 408S 2 2 808S 2 2 In addition, the PPM Series boast solid design features such as clipping. After all, our mixers have subjected our powered mixers to the most rigorous and fiendish tests ...a Mackie Designs PPM Series™ Powered Mixer! Reliability is playing • Power amp routing switch selects main out only or main on one output and monitor on the other output • 3-band EQ on each channel • Monitor and Effects send on each channel &#...
...takes to Main Bus ** Mono Tape Outputs 406M 1 * ** 1 408M * 1 * ** 1 808M * 1 * ** 1 408S 2 2 808S 2 2 In addition, the PPM Series boast solid design features such as clipping. After all, our mixers have subjected our powered mixers to the most rigorous and fiendish tests ...a Mackie Designs PPM Series™ Powered Mixer! Reliability is playing • Power amp routing switch selects main out only or main on one output and monitor on the other output • 3-band EQ on each channel • Monitor and Effects send on each channel &#...
Owner's Manual
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... 21 MAKING THE CONNECTIONS 21 Front Panel Connections 21 Connecting Microphones and Line-Level Signals 21 Channel Inserts 22 EFFECTS SEND and RETURN 23 EFX FOOT SWITCH 23 POWER AMP IN 1 and 2 23 MIXER LINE OUT 24 MONITOR LINE OUT 24 TAPE IN and TAPE OUT 24 Rear Panel Connections 25 SPEAKER OUT... Unbalancing a Line 29 Grounding 30 APPENDIX C: Technical Info 31 Specifications 31 Block Diagrams 33 NOTES 35 ® Don't forget to visit our website at www.mackie.com for more information about these and other Mackie products. 5
... 21 MAKING THE CONNECTIONS 21 Front Panel Connections 21 Connecting Microphones and Line-Level Signals 21 Channel Inserts 22 EFFECTS SEND and RETURN 23 EFX FOOT SWITCH 23 POWER AMP IN 1 and 2 23 MIXER LINE OUT 24 MONITOR LINE OUT 24 TAPE IN and TAPE OUT 24 Rear Panel Connections 25 SPEAKER OUT... Unbalancing a Line 29 Grounding 30 APPENDIX C: Technical Info 31 Specifications 31 Block Diagrams 33 NOTES 35 ® Don't forget to visit our website at www.mackie.com for more information about these and other Mackie products. 5
Owner's Manual
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.... There is OFF before making connections to get your powered mixer. Turn down the channel MON, EFX, INPUT LEVEL SET, and VOLUME knobs (fully counterclockwise). Turn on the POWER switch, which means the heatsink on the amplifier. Slowly turn on the rear panel. 5. The Mackie Designs powered mixers are using a TS or a TRS 1/4" plug. 3. Turn down the...
.... There is OFF before making connections to get your powered mixer. Turn down the channel MON, EFX, INPUT LEVEL SET, and VOLUME knobs (fully counterclockwise). Turn on the POWER switch, which means the heatsink on the amplifier. Slowly turn on the rear panel. 5. The Mackie Designs powered mixers are using a TS or a TRS 1/4" plug. 3. Turn down the...
Owner's Manual
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...Monitor Speakers It also demonstrates how to connect a serial processor to the channel INSERT jack, an external (parallel) processor using a Mono PA System 9 From POWER AMP 1 SPEAKER OUT Vocal Enhancer This system uses the higher powered 808M (600W per side) with two speakers per side to provide ... EFFECTS (OVERRIDES INTERNAL EFX) EFX FOOT SWITCH SEND 808M 2 X 600 WATTS POWER AMP 1 IN MAINS POWER AMP 2 IN MONITOR LINE OUT RETURN MIXER LINE OUT COMPRESSOR OUT IN TAPE IN U L R +15 LEVEL L R TAPE OUT From POWER AMP 2 SPEAKER OUT Note: Turn down the TAPE IN LEVEL control (or ...
...Monitor Speakers It also demonstrates how to connect a serial processor to the channel INSERT jack, an external (parallel) processor using a Mono PA System 9 From POWER AMP 1 SPEAKER OUT Vocal Enhancer This system uses the higher powered 808M (600W per side) with two speakers per side to provide ... EFFECTS (OVERRIDES INTERNAL EFX) EFX FOOT SWITCH SEND 808M 2 X 600 WATTS POWER AMP 1 IN MAINS POWER AMP 2 IN MONITOR LINE OUT RETURN MIXER LINE OUT COMPRESSOR OUT IN TAPE IN U L R +15 LEVEL L R TAPE OUT From POWER AMP 2 SPEAKER OUT Note: Turn down the TAPE IN LEVEL control (or ...
Owner's Manual
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...PPM Amplifiers 12 From MONITOR OUT Drum Horn Mics Mics Monitor Send From MIXER OUT Stereo Line Mic Mon Mixer Aux Inputs Inputs Out Line Return Outs Submixer (closely resembling a Mackie CR1604-VLZ) To POWER AMP IN POWER AMP ROUTING Button OUT Left FOH Speakers From LEFT SPEAKER OUT OO ... MID 2.5kHz LOW 80Hz REVERSE GATED CATHEDRAL LG. Leave that channel's volume control turned down, and set the channel's monitor send control to add additional inputs into the mix. PHANTOM POWER CH 1-8 BREAK (MUTES CH 1-6) POWER MASTER OUTPUT SECTION 63 125 250 500 1K 2K 4K 8K 16K...
...PPM Amplifiers 12 From MONITOR OUT Drum Horn Mics Mics Monitor Send From MIXER OUT Stereo Line Mic Mon Mixer Aux Inputs Inputs Out Line Return Outs Submixer (closely resembling a Mackie CR1604-VLZ) To POWER AMP IN POWER AMP ROUTING Button OUT Left FOH Speakers From LEFT SPEAKER OUT OO ... MID 2.5kHz LOW 80Hz REVERSE GATED CATHEDRAL LG. Leave that channel's volume control turned down, and set the channel's monitor send control to add additional inputs into the mix. PHANTOM POWER CH 1-8 BREAK (MUTES CH 1-6) POWER MASTER OUTPUT SECTION 63 125 250 500 1K 2K 4K 8K 16K...
Owner's Manual
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...equalizer is plugged into a live outlet, just to zero (center). 3. For more presence, set the 4K and 8K sliders to the power amplifiers and the MIXER LINE OUT. one for the monitor output and one for Better Sound 1. TIME/RATE PARAMETER MAIN EQUALIZER If you have a reverb or ...to shape the overall frequency response for the monitor speakers on the monitor output to occur. The main RUMBLE REDUCTION switch affects only channels 1-6 and not the stereo channels 7 & 8, EFX TO MAIN, or TAPE IN. The monitor RUMBLE REDUCTION switch does affect the EFX TO MON signal. 18...
...equalizer is plugged into a live outlet, just to zero (center). 3. For more presence, set the 4K and 8K sliders to the power amplifiers and the MIXER LINE OUT. one for the monitor output and one for Better Sound 1. TIME/RATE PARAMETER MAIN EQUALIZER If you have a reverb or ...to shape the overall frequency response for the monitor speakers on the monitor output to occur. The main RUMBLE REDUCTION switch affects only channels 1-6 and not the stereo channels 7 & 8, EFX TO MAIN, or TAPE IN. The monitor RUMBLE REDUCTION switch does affect the EFX TO MON signal. 18...
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... creates distortion that you leave this switch in during your breaks and the mono channels (1-6), monitor send, and effects send are summed. The tape signal is routed to the power amplifiers that senses the signal level and reduces the possibility of something going haywire during... L MIXER OUT R MIXER OUT COMPRESSOR OUT IN OO TAPE IN U L R +15 LEVEL L R TAPE OUT Stereo Version Connector Section 20 We recommend using the 1/4" jacks for the mono versions (406M, 408M, 808M), the left and right signals are on stage and start reciting his latest epic. PHANTOM POWER CH ...
... creates distortion that you leave this switch in during your breaks and the mono channels (1-6), monitor send, and effects send are summed. The tape signal is routed to the power amplifiers that senses the signal level and reduces the possibility of something going haywire during... L MIXER OUT R MIXER OUT COMPRESSOR OUT IN OO TAPE IN U L R +15 LEVEL L R TAPE OUT Stereo Version Connector Section 20 We recommend using the 1/4" jacks for the mono versions (406M, 408M, 808M), the left and right signals are on stage and start reciting his latest epic. PHANTOM POWER CH ...
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...the 408S and 808S. If you the focus of attention. 120 VAC 60HZ 320W ON POWER INSERT MAKING THE CONNECTIONS LINE Front Panel Connections Connecting Microphones and Line-Level Signals Each channel has both the left and right inputs. The XLR and 1/4" TRS inputs are routed to...Balanced 1/4" TRS Plug RING (COLD) TIP (HOT) SLEEVE (SHIELD) COLD 3 2 HOT 1 3 2 SHIELD COLD HOT MIC 8 Balanced XLR Connectors Stereo Channel Strip 21 Mackie mixers have two 1/4" TRS line inputs, left and right buses respectively in this case) and is not affected by the MAIN MASTER control. per AES...
...the 408S and 808S. If you the focus of attention. 120 VAC 60HZ 320W ON POWER INSERT MAKING THE CONNECTIONS LINE Front Panel Connections Connecting Microphones and Line-Level Signals Each channel has both the left and right inputs. The XLR and 1/4" TRS inputs are routed to...Balanced 1/4" TRS Plug RING (COLD) TIP (HOT) SLEEVE (SHIELD) COLD 3 2 HOT 1 3 2 SHIELD COLD HOT MIC 8 Balanced XLR Connectors Stereo Channel Strip 21 Mackie mixers have two 1/4" TRS line inputs, left and right buses respectively in this case) and is not affected by the MAIN MASTER control. per AES...
Owner's Manual
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... from the signal path. Whatever signal you must use the EFFECTS SEND jack as the channel INSERT jacks, so you plug a 1/4" TS plug into the EFFECTS SEND jack (to... that produces an unbalanced line-level signal. This signal is routed to the power amplifier inputs. The mono versions (406M, 408M, 808M) have two options. Instead, the external effects signal is...INTERNAL EFX) EFX FOOT SWITCH SEND 408S 2 X 250W STEREO L POWER AMP IN MAINS R POWER AMP IN MONITOR LINE OUT LEFT RETURN RIGHT RETURN L MIXER OUT R MIXER OUT COMPRESSOR OUT IN OO TAPE IN U L R +15 LEVEL ...
... from the signal path. Whatever signal you must use the EFFECTS SEND jack as the channel INSERT jacks, so you plug a 1/4" TS plug into the EFFECTS SEND jack (to... that produces an unbalanced line-level signal. This signal is routed to the power amplifier inputs. The mono versions (406M, 408M, 808M) have two options. Instead, the external effects signal is...INTERNAL EFX) EFX FOOT SWITCH SEND 408S 2 X 250W STEREO L POWER AMP IN MAINS R POWER AMP IN MONITOR LINE OUT LEFT RETURN RIGHT RETURN L MIXER OUT R MIXER OUT COMPRESSOR OUT IN OO TAPE IN U L R +15 LEVEL ...
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... LOAD: 2 OHMS / CHANNEL Stereo Version Speaker Connectors (408S) POWER AMP 1 / MAIN SPEAKER OUT POWER AMP 2 / MONITOR SPEAKER OUT OUTPUT POWER: 250 WATTS / CHANNEL MINIMUM SPEAKER LOAD: 2 OHMS / CHANNEL Mono Version Speaker Connectors (408M) 25 The TAPE IN signal is where you connect the supplied AC linecord to provide AC power to the PPM Series powered mixer. Caution: When using...
... LOAD: 2 OHMS / CHANNEL Stereo Version Speaker Connectors (408S) POWER AMP 1 / MAIN SPEAKER OUT POWER AMP 2 / MONITOR SPEAKER OUT OUTPUT POWER: 250 WATTS / CHANNEL MINIMUM SPEAKER LOAD: 2 OHMS / CHANNEL Mono Version Speaker Connectors (408M) 25 The TAPE IN signal is where you connect the supplied AC linecord to provide AC power to the PPM Series powered mixer. Caution: When using...
Owner's Manual
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...is with your powered mixer has a problem, please do everything you can check: Troubleshooting No power! • Our favorite question: Is it 's an instrument, again make sure they work. Here are coded "CND" - No sound! • Are the INPUT LEVEL SET controls turned all Mackie products returned for ...balance stereo signal. • Try swapping sides: Turn off the powered mixer, swap the speaker cables at both sides? For the 408S and 808S: • Do the LEVEL meters read the same on the signal source's channel strip may be heard over the speakers connected to unity (center ...
...is with your powered mixer has a problem, please do everything you can check: Troubleshooting No power! • Our favorite question: Is it 's an instrument, again make sure they work. Here are coded "CND" - No sound! • Are the INPUT LEVEL SET controls turned all Mackie products returned for ...balance stereo signal. • Try swapping sides: Turn off the powered mixer, swap the speaker cables at both sides? For the 408S and 808S: • Do the LEVEL meters read the same on the signal source's channel strip may be heard over the speakers connected to unity (center ...
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... "Quick Start" section to the heatsink. If your powered mixer's serial number ready. Have your powered mixer needs service, follow these instructions: 1. This is room behind the powered mixer to provide sufficient ventilation to verify that all the channel MONitor controls are no stray strands of the signal cables...my head! • You have an RA number before you approach one speaker cable. Mackie is plugged into the EFFECTS RETURN jack(s). • Make sure all connections to the powered mixer are good and sound. • Make sure none of wire shorting across the speaker ...
... "Quick Start" section to the heatsink. If your powered mixer's serial number ready. Have your powered mixer needs service, follow these instructions: 1. This is room behind the powered mixer to provide sufficient ventilation to verify that all the channel MONitor controls are no stray strands of the signal cables...my head! • You have an RA number before you approach one speaker cable. Mackie is plugged into the EFFECTS RETURN jack(s). • Make sure all connections to the powered mixer are good and sound. • Make sure none of wire shorting across the speaker ...
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APPENDIX C: Technical Info Specifications PPM Series Powered Mixers 406M, 408M, 408S, 808M, 808S Mixer Section Frequency Response Mic Input to Main Mixer Output (Trim at 0 dB): +0, -1 dB, 32Hz to 20kHz +0, -3 dB, 16Hz to 80kHz Mic Input to Power Amp Output @ rated power output: +0, -1 dB, 32Hz to 20kHz +0, ...) Equivalent Input Noise (EIN): -127 dBu Residual Output Noise: Main Mixer, Monitor, & Effects outputs Channel & Master levels off -95 dBu Main Mixer Output Noise: Master @ nominal (-10 dB), all channels off -92 dBu Master & 1 input channel @ nominal (-10 dB & -20 dB), Trim @ 0 dB ...
APPENDIX C: Technical Info Specifications PPM Series Powered Mixers 406M, 408M, 408S, 808M, 808S Mixer Section Frequency Response Mic Input to Main Mixer Output (Trim at 0 dB): +0, -1 dB, 32Hz to 20kHz +0, -3 dB, 16Hz to 80kHz Mic Input to Power Amp Output @ rated power output: +0, -1 dB, 32Hz to 20kHz +0, ...) Equivalent Input Noise (EIN): -127 dBu Residual Output Noise: Main Mixer, Monitor, & Effects outputs Channel & Master levels off -95 dBu Main Mixer Output Noise: Master @ nominal (-10 dB), all channels off -92 dBu Master & 1 input channel @ nominal (-10 dB & -20 dB), Trim @ 0 dB ...
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... ever-faithful Linn Compton. Fonts used include ITC Century Light Condensed, Avenir Demi, and Tekton. Rick Bos, Powered Mixer Product Manager and on a Power Macintosh® 8100/ 100AV using Adobe® Illustrator® 7.0. Sara Delahan, Art Director; Input was written... of Mackie Designs Inc. Preliminary text was provided by the following Mackoids: Steve Eborall, technical writer; Power Amplifier Section Maximum Power at 1% THD, midband, both channels driven 406M, 408M, 408S 250 watts per channel into 2Ω 200 watts per channel into 4Ω 125 watts per channel into ...
... ever-faithful Linn Compton. Fonts used include ITC Century Light Condensed, Avenir Demi, and Tekton. Rick Bos, Powered Mixer Product Manager and on a Power Macintosh® 8100/ 100AV using Adobe® Illustrator® 7.0. Sara Delahan, Art Director; Input was written... of Mackie Designs Inc. Preliminary text was provided by the following Mackoids: Steve Eborall, technical writer; Power Amplifier Section Maximum Power at 1% THD, midband, both channels driven 406M, 408M, 408S 250 watts per channel into 2Ω 200 watts per channel into 4Ω 125 watts per channel into ...
