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ProFX8 and ProFX12 Professional Mic/Line Mixers with FX and USB I/O OWNER'S MANUAL POWER ON MAIN RIGHT (BALANCED) MAIN LEFT (BALANCED) USB MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) L TAPE IN R L TAPE OUT R 1 LINE HI-Z BAL / UNBAL LINE/...
ProFX8 and ProFX12 Professional Mic/Line Mixers with FX and USB I/O OWNER'S MANUAL POWER ON MAIN RIGHT (BALANCED) MAIN LEFT (BALANCED) USB MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) L TAPE IN R L TAPE OUT R 1 LINE HI-Z BAL / UNBAL LINE/...
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... the main mix to however the manufacturer recommends. (This is the same as it on . Check the mic's user manual to get sound out of this page, and the rest later. This could be set . The stereo channel gain adjusts... all knobs except the channel EQ and pan knobs, and set LED just comes on page 2, then read this PDF. Owner's Manual 3 Plug signal sources into the mixer, such as desired, and make dad proud, etc.) Purchased at their faders to ...with the line/hi-z switch pressed in the mixer's power cord to a comfortable listening level. 2. Owner's Manual Read This Page!
... the main mix to however the manufacturer recommends. (This is the same as it on . Check the mic's user manual to get sound out of this page, and the rest later. This could be set . The stereo channel gain adjusts... all knobs except the channel EQ and pan knobs, and set LED just comes on page 2, then read this PDF. Owner's Manual 3 Plug signal sources into the mixer, such as desired, and make dad proud, etc.) Purchased at their faders to ...with the line/hi-z switch pressed in the mixer's power cord to a comfortable listening level. 2. Owner's Manual Read This Page!
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...CONNECTIONS 27 APPENDIX C: TECHNICAL INFORMATION 29 PROFX8 AND PROFX12 LIMITED WARRANTY......... 32 Need help with your mixer? • Visit www.mackie.com and click Support to find: FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), manuals, addendums, and user forums. • Email us at: techmail@mackie.com. • Telephone 1-800-... 26. TAPE INPUT 16 18. MAIN MIX/MON 22 38. STEREO RETURN 14 12. TAPE OUTPUTS 16 CHANNEL CONTROLS 17 19. Owner's Manual 5 USB PORT 12 FRONT PANEL FEATURES 13 CONNECTION SECTION 13 5. FX FOOTSWITCH 15 16. MUTE (FOR STEREO RETURNS 23 44. ...
...CONNECTIONS 27 APPENDIX C: TECHNICAL INFORMATION 29 PROFX8 AND PROFX12 LIMITED WARRANTY......... 32 Need help with your mixer? • Visit www.mackie.com and click Support to find: FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), manuals, addendums, and user forums. • Email us at: techmail@mackie.com. • Telephone 1-800-... 26. TAPE INPUT 16 18. MAIN MIX/MON 22 38. STEREO RETURN 14 12. TAPE OUTPUTS 16 CHANNEL CONTROLS 17 19. Owner's Manual 5 USB PORT 12 FRONT PANEL FEATURES 13 CONNECTION SECTION 13 5. FX FOOTSWITCH 15 16. MUTE (FOR STEREO RETURNS 23 44. ...
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..., as stage monitors and connect to the left line-level input of channel 7/8 and a keyboard attached to channel 9/10's line-level inputs. Owner's Manual Lavalier Clip-on channel 5/6, a guitar effects processor connected to the left and right main output via a graphic EQ. DO NOT REMOVE COVER. .... Use the external graphic EQ to the stereo tape inputs. House of channels 1 to be recorded using Tracktion software. Mackie HD1521 powered speakers are connected to the inserts of Worship System ProFX12 Owner's Manual 7 Two SRM450v2 powered speakers are used for monitoring.
..., as stage monitors and connect to the left line-level input of channel 7/8 and a keyboard attached to channel 9/10's line-level inputs. Owner's Manual Lavalier Clip-on channel 5/6, a guitar effects processor connected to the left and right main output via a graphic EQ. DO NOT REMOVE COVER. .... Use the external graphic EQ to the stereo tape inputs. House of channels 1 to be recorded using Tracktion software. Mackie HD1521 powered speakers are connected to the inserts of Worship System ProFX12 Owner's Manual 7 Two SRM450v2 powered speakers are used for monitoring.
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...SRM450v2 powered speakers are connected to the mixer's monitor output. AVIS: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE - Mackie SRM450v2 powered speakers and SRM1801 powered subwoofers are set up as stage monitors and connect to the left...allows a 2-channel output to be displayed on the TV monitor. The CD+G player allows karaoke text and graphics to play in the main mix. Owner's Manual Microphones TV monitor CD+G Player MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) L TAPE IN R L TAPE OUT R 1 LINE HI-Z LINE/HI-Z IN...EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. DO NOT REMOVE COVER. Karaoke System ProFX8 Owner's Manual 9
...SRM450v2 powered speakers are connected to the mixer's monitor output. AVIS: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE - Mackie SRM450v2 powered speakers and SRM1801 powered subwoofers are set up as stage monitors and connect to the left...allows a 2-channel output to be displayed on the TV monitor. The CD+G player allows karaoke text and graphics to play in the main mix. Owner's Manual Microphones TV monitor CD+G Player MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) L TAPE IN R L TAPE OUT R 1 LINE HI-Z LINE/HI-Z IN...EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. DO NOT REMOVE COVER. Karaoke System ProFX8 Owner's Manual 9
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REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. Mackie MR8mk2 powered reference monitors are connected to be recorded and 2 channels played back using Tracktion software. AVIS: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE - A ... channel 1 and 2 mic inputs, a keyboard workstation attached to channel 3/4's line-level inputs and a CD turntable connected to the stereo return inputs. Podcast System ProFX8 Owner's Manual 11 DO NOT REMOVE COVER. Owner's Manual Microphones Headphones MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) L TAPE IN R L TAPE OUT R 1 LINE HI-Z LINE/HI-Z IN 1 2 BAL / UNBAL LINE IN 2 3/4 (MONO)...
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. Mackie MR8mk2 powered reference monitors are connected to be recorded and 2 channels played back using Tracktion software. AVIS: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE - A ... channel 1 and 2 mic inputs, a keyboard workstation attached to channel 3/4's line-level inputs and a CD turntable connected to the stereo return inputs. Podcast System ProFX8 Owner's Manual 11 DO NOT REMOVE COVER. Owner's Manual Microphones Headphones MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) L TAPE IN R L TAPE OUT R 1 LINE HI-Z LINE/HI-Z IN 1 2 BAL / UNBAL LINE IN 2 3/4 (MONO)...
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... ability to do so. The ProFX mixer's phantom power is globally controlled by it is turned on other U excelLleR nt at the10m withou1t0 overload10ing. Owner's Manual 13 Owner's Manual Front Panel Features MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) L L 5 TAPE IN TAPE OUT R R 6 1 LINE HI-Z BAL / 7 8UNBAL LINE/HI-Z IN 1 2 3 4 5/6 7/8 9/10 11/12...
... ability to do so. The ProFX mixer's phantom power is globally controlled by it is turned on other U excelLleR nt at the10m withou1t0 overload10ing. Owner's Manual 13 Owner's Manual Front Panel Features MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) L L 5 TAPE IN TAPE OUT R R 6 1 LINE HI-Z BAL / 7 8UNBAL LINE/HI-Z IN 1 2 3 4 5/6 7/8 9/10 11/12...
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... loud with the graphic EQ [36] if the main mix/mon switch [37] is known as a nice sound effect or delay unit. Be careful! Owner's Manual 15 This is pressed in. This will also affect the level going into the waiting world. If the internal effects have it down Keith...'s. Owner's Manual 12. Alternatively, an external graphic EQ may be added between this way or through the XLR main outputs [3]. Keep it change when a channel fader ...
... loud with the graphic EQ [36] if the main mix/mon switch [37] is known as a nice sound effect or delay unit. Be careful! Owner's Manual 15 This is pressed in. This will also affect the level going into the waiting world. If the internal effects have it down Keith...'s. Owner's Manual 12. Alternatively, an external graphic EQ may be added between this way or through the XLR main outputs [3]. Keep it change when a channel fader ...
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... 2K 4K EQ IN BYPASS 15 8K USB U OO +20 INPUT LEVEL USB THRU MAIN METERS inputs equally. Owner's Manual ProFX12 MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) L TAPE IN R L TAPE OUT R 1 LINE HI... ProFX12) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 U U U U U U U U 5 U 5 U 5 U (3U5/4, 5/6 on ProFX8) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 POWER MAIN MAIN 10 10 10 RIGHT 10 LEFT10 10 10 10 ON (BALANCED) (BALANCED) 20 20... just like the mono channel EQ. 10 20 30 "L U"RLIKE UNITY GAIN BREAK Mackie (MUTES ALL CHANNELS) U mixers have adjusted the input signal with only a few ...
... 2K 4K EQ IN BYPASS 15 8K USB U OO +20 INPUT LEVEL USB THRU MAIN METERS inputs equally. Owner's Manual ProFX12 MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) L TAPE IN R L TAPE OUT R 1 LINE HI... ProFX12) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 U U U U U U U U 5 U 5 U 5 U (3U5/4, 5/6 on ProFX8) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 POWER MAIN MAIN 10 10 10 RIGHT 10 LEFT10 10 10 10 ON (BALANCED) (BALANCED) 20 20... just like the mono channel EQ. 10 20 30 "L U"RLIKE UNITY GAIN BREAK Mackie (MUTES ALL CHANNELS) U mixers have adjusted the input signal with only a few ...
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... voices. Trouble is happy with the FX to mon knob [53]. Internal FX may be added to the monitor mix with the stage monitor mix. Owner's Manual Another way to consider low cut into the mix. -10 -15 20Hz 100Hz 1kHz Low EQ with Low Cut 10kHz 20kHz MODERATION DURING EQ With...
... voices. Trouble is happy with the FX to mon knob [53]. Internal FX may be added to the monitor mix with the stage monitor mix. Owner's Manual Another way to consider low cut into the mix. -10 -15 20Hz 100Hz 1kHz Low EQ with Low Cut 10kHz 20kHz MODERATION DURING EQ With...
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Owner's Manual R R BAL / UNBAL R LINE IN 12 ST RETURN FX SEND MAIN OUT PHONES U -20 +20 GAIN U 3615 10 5 0 5 EQ 10 STEREO GRAPHIC EQ 31 15 48V ... FX RTN dB dB dB dB 10 10 10 10 MAIN dB 10 Master Controls 31. "Phantom" owes its name to an ability to all . Owner's Manual 21 Most modern professional condenser mics require phantom power. They indicate the stereo signal strength of the mixer. You don't have to stare at them...
Owner's Manual R R BAL / UNBAL R LINE IN 12 ST RETURN FX SEND MAIN OUT PHONES U -20 +20 GAIN U 3615 10 5 0 5 EQ 10 STEREO GRAPHIC EQ 31 15 48V ... FX RTN dB dB dB dB 10 10 10 10 MAIN dB 10 Master Controls 31. "Phantom" owes its name to an ability to all . Owner's Manual 21 Most modern professional condenser mics require phantom power. They indicate the stereo signal strength of the mixer. You don't have to stare at them...
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Owner's Manual 40. Here, the USB level knob should also be needed, but once again, it's nice to know it carefully, with a good eye on the meters ... computer will light if the signal coming into the stereo return inputs [11] is also part of additional gain. Owner's Manual 23 This is down at whatever they call unity gain (check the manual of the headphones output from the computer. Be careful! MUTE (for overdubbing, as a safeguard against overloading and a good ear...
Owner's Manual 40. Here, the USB level knob should also be needed, but once again, it's nice to know it carefully, with a good eye on the meters ... computer will light if the signal coming into the stereo return inputs [11] is also part of additional gain. Owner's Manual 23 This is down at whatever they call unity gain (check the manual of the headphones output from the computer. Be careful! MUTE (for overdubbing, as a safeguard against overloading and a good ear...
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..., more . This effect combines the warm theater reverb Perfect for adding natural concert hall ambience to vocals, particularly group harmonies and choirs. Owner's Manual 25 Useful on songs that require a larger, more "wet" sound, or for a "live acoustics of a vocal or instrument being ...that was generated with the echoes of a spacious, yet cozy, heavily draped and carpeted concert hall with a large, roomy reverb. Owner's Manual TABLE OF INTERNAL EFFECTS No. This reverb simulates the sound of the 3-repeat delay effect. This preset provides a soft, ethereal sweeping ...
..., more . This effect combines the warm theater reverb Perfect for adding natural concert hall ambience to vocals, particularly group harmonies and choirs. Owner's Manual 25 Useful on songs that require a larger, more "wet" sound, or for a "live acoustics of a vocal or instrument being ...that was generated with the echoes of a spacious, yet cozy, heavily draped and carpeted concert hall with a large, roomy reverb. Owner's Manual TABLE OF INTERNAL EFFECTS No. This reverb simulates the sound of the 3-repeat delay effect. This preset provides a soft, ethereal sweeping ...
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... plug is connected tip to signal high (hot), ring to signal low (cold), and sleeve to ground (earth). • Unbalanced Send/Return circuits. Owner's Manual Appendix B: Connections "XLR" Connectors Mackie mixers use 3-pin female "XLR" connectors on all totally aboveboard and in several d ifferent applications: • Stereo headphones, and rarely, stereo...
... plug is connected tip to signal high (hot), ring to signal low (cold), and sleeve to ground (earth). • Unbalanced Send/Return circuits. Owner's Manual Appendix B: Connections "XLR" Connectors Mackie mixers use 3-pin female "XLR" connectors on all totally aboveboard and in several d ifferent applications: • Stereo headphones, and rarely, stereo...
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Owner's Manual Appendix C: Technical Information Specifications Noise 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 150 Source Impedance Equivalent Input Noise (Mic in to Insert Send out, max gain) -125 dBu Residual Output Noise (All outputs, master levels off, all channel levels off) -95 dBu (All outputs, master levels unity, all channel levels off) -80 dBu (All outputs, master levels unity, one channel level unity) -80 dBu Distortion 20 Hz - 20 kHz THD+N, SMPTE IMD (Mic input to Main output)
Owner's Manual Appendix C: Technical Information Specifications Noise 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 150 Source Impedance Equivalent Input Noise (Mic in to Insert Send out, max gain) -125 dBu Residual Output Noise (All outputs, master levels off, all channel levels off) -95 dBu (All outputs, master levels unity, all channel levels off) -80 dBu (All outputs, master levels unity, one channel level unity) -80 dBu Distortion 20 Hz - 20 kHz THD+N, SMPTE IMD (Mic input to Main output)
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...Out L FX Out R Preset select footswitch FX Preset Display Internal FX Owner's Manual Block Diagram 31 Owner's Manual Global 48v 48V Switch/LED Phantom Power Mono Mic Channels 2-2 ProFX8 Line 2-4 ProFX12 Phantom Power Mic Mono Channel 1 ProFX8 Line / Hi-Z 1 ProFX12 Phantom Power (To All Mics) Gain... Gain Insert LO MID HI 80 2.5K 12K 3-Band EQ OL (Flicker) Mute Fader Pan FX Mon Hybrid L Channels 3-6 ProFX8 5-8 ProFX12 R Mic Phantom Power Stereo Channels L 7-8 ProFX8 9-12 ProFX12 R L Stereo Return R Level Set + - Mic Gain: 0 ~ +50dB HPF 100 Hz Low Cut In...
...Out L FX Out R Preset select footswitch FX Preset Display Internal FX Owner's Manual Block Diagram 31 Owner's Manual Global 48v 48V Switch/LED Phantom Power Mono Mic Channels 2-2 ProFX8 Line 2-4 ProFX12 Phantom Power Mic Mono Channel 1 ProFX8 Line / Hi-Z 1 ProFX12 Phantom Power (To All Mics) Gain... Gain Insert LO MID HI 80 2.5K 12K 3-Band EQ OL (Flicker) Mute Fader Pan FX Mon Hybrid L Channels 3-6 ProFX8 5-8 ProFX12 R Mic Phantom Power Stereo Channels L 7-8 ProFX8 9-12 ProFX12 R L Stereo Return R Level Set + - Mic Gain: 0 ~ +50dB HPF 100 Hz Low Cut In...