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CHANNEL INSERTS

STEREO EFX RETURNS

MAIN

INSERT

PHONES

OUT

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Guitar Effects

Drum 

Machine

Keyboard, or other line-level input

Keyboard, or other line-level input

Stereo

Power Amplifier

Stereo

Power Amplifier

Right PA Speaker

Left PA Speaker

CD Player

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Compressor

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Stage Monitor

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Reverb

Digital Delay

CFX•12 — Small Club Gig

TWEAK THE MIX:

1.

Engage 

MUTE

 on all channels except your

rhythm section (drums & bass).

2.

Adjust the rhythm section’s channel faders
to get a good balance of levels.

3.

Un-mute the other active channels and
adjust their faders.

4.

Now that you have a rough mix going, turn
up the 

MAIN MIX

 Fader to a comfortable

listening level.

5.

If the overall mix has an equalization
problem, make adjustments to the 

STEREO

GRAPHIC EQ

. If an individual channel is

the problem, use its 

EQ

 instead.

6.

Using channel 

EFX 2 (INT)

 and the 

EMAC

EFFECTS PROCESSOR

, experiment with

adding some effects.

7.

Depending on how much time you’ve got,
keep tweaking. Walk the room to see how it
sounds away from your mixer. Keep tweaking.

KNOW THESE THINGS:

Never listen to loud music for prolonged
periods. Please see “Safety Instructions” on
page 2 for information on hearing protection.

Never plug amplifier outputs into anything
except speakers.

Never use guitar cables to connect amplifiers
to speakers.

Before making connections to an external
amp or reconfiguring an amp’s routing,
turn the amp’s level (gain) controls down,
turn the power off, make the changes, turn
the power back on, and then turn the level
controls back up.

When you shut down your equipment, turn
off any external amplifiers first. When
powering up, turn on the amplifiers last.

Save the shipping box and packing material!
You may need them someday, and you probably
don’t want to have to pay for that again.

APPLICATIONS DIAGRAMS

Summary of Contents for CFX SERIES

Page 1: ...15 O O 1 2 EFX 2 INT EFX 1 EXT PRE FADER AUX U 15 O O U 15 O O U 15 O O U 15 O O 1 2 EFX 2 INT EFX 1 EXT PRE FADER AUX U 15 O O U 15 O O U 15 O O U 15 O O 1 2 EFX 2 INT EFX 1 EXT PRE FADER AUX U 15 O...

Page 2: ...pr sent appareil num rique n met pas de bruits radio lectriques d passant las limites applicables aux appareils num riques de class A de class B selon le cas prescrites dans le r glement sur le broui...

Page 3: ...like this Every feature on the CFX Mixer has one of these numbers assigned to it Whenever a feature is mentioned described or illustrated its number will be right next to it Thank you for choosing a...

Page 4: ...Service Info 20 Warranty Service 20 Troubleshooting 20 Repair 21 APPENDIX B Technical Info 21 Specifications 21 Block Diagram 22 Contributors and Colophon 23 CFX SERIES LIMITED WARRANTY 23 SAFETY INST...

Page 5: ...ER switch 2 Channel strip TRIM AUX EFX and Fader down 3 STEREO GRAPHIC EQ sliders centered 4 MASTER AUX and EFX SENDS and EFX RETURNS down 5 Channel strip EQ and PAN controls centered 6 Channel strip...

Page 6: ...up the MAIN MIX Fader to a comfortable listening level 5 If the overall mix has an equalization problem make adjustments to the STEREO GRAPHIC EQ If an individual channel is the problem use its EQ ins...

Page 7: ...verb Digital Delay Mono Power Amplifiers Digital Multitrack Recorder Guitar Effects Direct Box 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 19 18 17 2 1 1 2 R L R L R L R L 2 1 CHANNEL INSERTS STEREO EFX RETURNS...

Page 8: ...IC 3 MIC 4 MIC 5 MIC 6 MIC 7 MIC 8 At the risk of stating the obvious this is where you plug everything in microphones line level instruments effects headphones and the ultimate destination for your s...

Page 9: ...ed stereo signal enters the real world The XLR balanced outputs will add 6 dB when connected to balanced inputs thereby elevating signal from the noise floor by that amount The TRS balanced outputs of...

Page 10: ...TRS outputs is post fader only so they cannot be used as traditional stage monitor cues They re in tended to patch into effects device inputs hence the name EFX See EFX 1 EXT and EFX 2 INT for more in...

Page 11: ...function of the BYPASS switch located in the EMAC EFFECTS PROCESSOR Closing the switch connection causes the EFX BYPASS indicator to light and mutes the effects Note When a foot switch is plugged int...

Page 12: ...UX send knobs PHANTOM POWER Ha We tricked you The phantom power switch is not located in the channel strip sec tion at all It s way over on the right side of the mixer see graphic on previous page We...

Page 13: ...you can also screw things up If you max the EQs on every channel you ll get mix mush not to mention driving your mix levels near or beyond clipping So equalize subtly use the left sides of the knobs c...

Page 14: ...dependently of the rest of the mix SUB Faders SUB ASSIGN and MAIN MIX Fader will explain this further FADER Although the most self explanatory item on a mixer we ll explain it anyway The fader is the...

Page 15: ...results try to keep your peaks between 0 and 7 You may already be familiar with 4 4 dBu 1 23V and 10 10 dBV 0 32V operating levels Basically what determines the operat ing level is the relative 0 dB V...

Page 16: ...ers 1 and 2 with SUB 1 carrying the left signal and SUB 2 carrying the right Engage SUB 1 ASSIGN LEFT and SUB 2 ASSIGN RIGHT and you re done Take a look at the block diagram on page 22 it ll explain t...

Page 17: ...stage monitor cues turn up the EFFECTS TO MONITOR knobs FOR THE CURIOUS EMAC stands for Extended Multiply and Accumulate which is a proprietary 32 bit digital stereo processor developed by our Digital...

Page 18: ...ds to 10 seconds Pre delay set at 75ms LG HALL Dense smooth reverb with long tail long pre delay and some early reflections Tails are warm with more apparent high end Works well with vocals and electr...

Page 19: ...a dramatic effect to vocals particularly group harmonies and choirs The channel s EFX 2 INT should be set halfway or higher Rate is adjust able from 0 5Hz to 30Hz Depth is adjustable from 0 to 100 FL...

Page 20: ...AND CONSIDERATIONS When setting up for a show oftentimes you are plugging into an AC power distribution sys tem you know nothing about You may even be faced with 2 wire outlets that are missing the th...

Page 21: ...s days Ask Tech Support for current turn around times when you call for your RA number We normally send everything back prepaid using UPS OR ANGE three day air However if you rush your mixer to us by...

Page 22: ...EFX TO AUX 1 EFX TO AUX 2 TO LEFT MAIN TO RIGHT MAIN PFL SIGNAL TO PHONES PFL UTILITY LEVEL PHONES LEVEL PHONES UTILITY OUT RIGHT PFL SIGNAL TO LEFT METER 22 10 7 4 2 0 2 4 7 10 20 30 100 Hz HPF MID...

Page 23: ...C O D with billing for labor materials return freight and insurance Products repaired under warranty at Mackie s factory will be returned freight prepaid by Mackie to any location within the boundarie...

Page 24: ...rope Asia Central South America 425 487 4333 Middle East Africa 31 20 654 4000 Fax 425 487 4337 www mackie com E mail sales mackie com Some of the people at our factory who helped design build sell an...

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