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A.

 Mackie warrants all materials, workmanship and

proper operation of this CFX Series product for a
period of 

one year

 from the original date of

purchase. If you complete the optional question-
naire portion of the Product Registration Card, the
warranty will be extended for an 

additional two

years

, but during the additional two years the labor

for replacing slide potentiometers will be excluded
from warranty coverage and may be billed to you. If
any defects are found in the materials or workman-
ship or if the product fails to function properly
during the applicable warranty period, Mackie, at
its option, will repair or replace the product. 

This

warranty applies only to equipment sold and
delivered within the U.S. by Mackie or its
authorized dealers.

B.

 Failure to return the card will not void the 1-year

warranty.

C.

 Service and repairs of Mackie products are to be

performed 

only

 at the factory. Unauthorized service,

repairs, or modification will void this warranty.

D.

 To obtain factory service:

1.

 Call Mackie at 

800/258-6883

, 8AM to 5PM

Monday through Friday (Pacific Time) to get a
Return Authorization (RA). Products returned
without an RA number will be refused.

2.

 Pack the CFX Series product in its original

shipping carton. If you do not have the carton,
just ask for one when you get your RA number,
and we’ll send a shipping carton out promptly.
More information on packing can be found in
the 

Service

 section of the appropriate manual.

Also include a note explaining exactly how to
duplicate the problem, a copy of the sales receipt
with price and date showing, and your return
street address (no P.O. boxes or route numbers,
please!). If we cannot duplicate the problem at
the Mackie Factory or establish the starting date
of your Limited Warranty, we may, at our
option, charge for service time.

3.

 Ship the product in its original shipping

carton, 

freight prepaid

 to:

           

Mackie Designs Inc.

SERVICE DEPARTMENT

16220 Wood-Red Road NE

Woodinville, WA, 98072, USA

IMPORTANT:  Make sure that the RA number is
plainly written on the shipping carton.

E.

 Mackie reserves the right to inspect any products

that may be the subject of any warranty claims
before repair or replacement is carried out. Mackie
may, at their option, require proof of the original
date of purchase in the form of a dated copy of the
original dealer’s invoice or sales receipt. Final
determination of warranty coverage lies solely with
Mackie Designs Inc.

F.

 Mackie CFX Series products returned to Mackie

and deemed eligible for repair or replacement
under the terms of this warranty will be repaired or
replaced within thirty days of receipt by Mackie at
our rainforest factory complex. Products returned to
Mackie that do not meet the terms of this Warranty
will be repaired and returned 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 boundaries of the USA.

G.

 This warranty is extended to the original

purchaser and to anyone who may subsequently
purchase this product within the applicable
warranty period.

H.

 This is your sole warranty. Mackie does not

authorize any third party, including any dealer or
sales representative, to assume any liability on
behalf of Mackie Designs or to make any warranty
for Mackie Designs.

I

. THE WARRANTY GIVEN ON THIS PAGE IS THE

SOLE WARRANTY GIVEN BY MACKIE AND IS IN
LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS
AND IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE WARRANTY GIVEN
ON THIS PAGE SHALL BE STRICTLY LIMITED IN
DURATION TO ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF
ORIGINAL PURCHASE FROM AN AUTHORIZED
MACKIE DEALER. UPON EXPIRATION OF THE
APPLICABLE WARRANTY PERIOD, MACKIE
SHALL HAVE NO FURTHER WARRANTY OBLIGA-
TION OF ANY KIND. MACKIE SHALL NOT BE
LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT MAY RESULT
FROM ANY DEFECT IN THE MACKIE PRODUCT
OR ANY WARRANTY CLAIM. Some states do not
allow exclusion or limitation of incidental, special,
or consequential damages or a limitation on how
long warranties last, so some of the above limita-
tions and exclusions may not apply to you. This
warranty provides specific legal rights and you may
have other rights which vary from state to state.

Please keep your sales receipt in a safe place.

CFX SERIES LIMITED WARRANTY

Contributors and Colophon

Manual composed by Jeff Gilbert, the original 10-year

Mackoid (not counting Greg, of course). It was created in just 3
hours, using a mascara pencil applied to cocktail napkins in the
back booth of a diner in Bothell WA. He then borrowed snippets
of text found lying on the floor of Mackie’s Engineering and Ad-
vertising departments and pasted them in, using cat saliva. It
was really quite disgusting, so he turned it all over to Dave
Franzwa, a REAL technical writer, to gussy it up.

Additional input provided by Paul Larson, Tech Support

guru, Rick Bos, CFX Series Product Manager (and tall, cool
guy), and CJ Murray, project engineer. Proofreading provided
by honorary Mackoid Linn Compton.

Typesetting was performed on a Power Macintosh

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8100/

100AV using Adobe

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PageMaker

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6.5. Illustrations were cre-

ated using Adobe

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Century Light Condensed, Avenir Roman, and Tekton. Sub-
headings were made with Futura Condensed. Font management
provided by Adobe

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 Deluxe 4.0 and Type

Reunion

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 Deluxe 2.0.

“Mackie.,” the “Running Man” figure, “CFX,” and “EMAC” are

trademarks or registered trademarks of Mackie Designs Inc.

All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or regis-

tered trademarks of their respective holders, and are hereby
acknowledged.

©1999 Mackie Designs Inc., All Rights Reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.

Summary of Contents for MIC/LINE MIXERS

Page 1: ... 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 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 2 ASSIGN 2 3 ASSIGN 3 4 ASSIGN 4 5 ASSIGN 5 6 ASSIGN 6 7 ASSIGN 7 8 A...

Page 2: ...licables aux appareils numériques de class A de class B selon le cas prescrites dans le règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicté par les ministere des communications du Canada 16 Exposure to extremely high noise levels may cause permanent hearing loss Individuals vary considerably in susceptibility to noise induced hearing loss but nearly everyone will lose some hearing if exposed to suf...

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 Mackie Designs CFX Mixer These compact live sound mixers are designed to meet the sound reinforcement needs of almost any small to medium sized club meeting room sanctuary or outdoor gathering Here s a...

Page 4: ... 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 PRODUCT REGISTRATION CARD SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 2 INTRODUCTION 3 ABOUT THIS MANUAL 3 QUICK START 5 APPLICATIONS DIAGRAMS 6 PATCHBAY FEATURES 8 MIC 8 LINE IN 8 INSERT 8 EFFECTS SERIAL OR PARALLEL 9 STEREO LINE IN 9 MAIN OUT 9 SUBWOOFER OU...

Page 5: ...WER 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 ASSIGN 1 2 and MUTE switches down 7 Channel strip LOW CUT PRE FADER and ASSIGN 3 4 switches up 8 SUB 1 ASSIGN LEFT SUB 2 ASSIGN RIGHT down all other SUB ASSIGN switches up 9 MAIN MIX and SUB Faders d...

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 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 soundsawayfromyourm...

Page 7: ...everb 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 MAIN INSERT PHONES OUT 1 2 3 4 CHANNEL INPUTS L L R L R TAPE OUT TAPE IN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UTIL OUT BAL UNBAL SUB OUT 75Hz MAIN OUT L R MAIN OUT BAL UNBAL AUX SENDS BAL UNBAL 2 1 EFX SENDS BAL UNBAL S...

Page 8: ...NSERT MIC 2 MIC 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 sound PA system tape recorder etc MIC The CFX Mixer is equipped with rugged low noise phantom powered microphone pream plifiers providing up to 50 dB of crystal clear amplification Their b...

Page 9: ...nced 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 offer the advan tage of having no 6 dB level change to deal with while still providing extraneous noise rejection SUBWOOFER OUT The CFX Mixer has an integrated mono summing 75Hz 3rd order low pass fil...

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 information Note The EFX 2 signal path also feeds the CFX Mixer s internal EMAC EFFECTS PRO CESSOR inputs If you re using EMAC and just one outboard processor patch that proces sor via EFX SEND 1 for in...

Page 11: ...tion 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 into the FOOT SWITCH jack the BYPASS switch is disabled Just like the BYPASS switch this affects only the internal EMAC EFFECTS PROCESSOR and not any device plugged into STEREO EFX RETURN 2 LAMP This BNC type...

Page 12: ...AUX 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 re just mentioning it here since it applies to the channels specifically what type of micro phones you have plugged into them Push in this switch to provide phantom power to the XLR MIC input jacks A...

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 cut as well as the right boost HI EQ This control provides up to 15 dB of boost or cut at 12kHz and above and it is also flat at the detent Use it to add sizzle to cymbals or an overall sense of trans...

Page 14: ...ndependently 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 master level control for the channel s sig nal Subtle adjustment of the channels fader positions is the key to a finely tuned mix Typically providing the TRIM knob is set correctly the fader position...

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 VU or 0VU chosen for the meters A 4 mixer with a 4 dBu signal pouring out the back will actually display 0 dB on its meters A 10 mixer with a 10 dBV signal trickling out will also display 0 dB So when...

Page 16: ...ders 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 this and more but in hieroglyphics 15 15 5 10 0 5 10 15 15 5 10 0 5 10 CFX12 MIXER STEREO GRAPHIC EQ 1K 500 250 63 125 16K 2K 4K 8K 12 CHANNEL COMPACT INTEGRATED LIVE SOUND MIXER ZE LEV SE TAPE LEVEL ...

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 Engi neering Group It provides 16 preset digital effects algorithms for you to select In addition to the presets there are two parameter con trols you can adjust to change the sound and make it uniq...

Page 18: ...nds 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 electric and acoustic guitar Decay range is adjustable from 1 second to 5 seconds Pre delay set at 75ms MD HALL Dense smooth reverb with nor mal tail normal pre delay and increased early reflections Tails ...

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 FLANGE Creates a strong sweeping effect particularly effective on rock electric guitar lead and rhythm The channel s EFX 2 INT should be set halfway or higher Rate is adjust able from 0 5Hz to 20Hz Dept...

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 third safety ground pin It s a good idea to have a three wire AC outlet tester in your toolbox so you can check the outlets yourself to make sure they are wired correctly These testers will tell you if...

Page 21: ...ixer within three business days Ask Tech Support for the latest turn around times when you call for your RA number We normally send every thing back prepaid using UPS BLUE Second Day Air However if you rush your mixer to us by Next Day Air we ll treat it in kind by shipping it back to you UPS RED Next Day Air This paragraph does not necessarily apply to non warranty service APPENDIX B Technical In...

Page 22: ... AUX SEND 1 AUX SEND 2 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 FREQ HI 80 12K LO 1 2 3 4 AUX 1 AUX 2 EFX 1 EFX 2 PRE P0ST PAN FADER TRIM LINE IN STEREO CHANNELS MIC LINE IN MONO CHANNELS LOW CUT INSERT LEVEL SET SOLO 3 4 MID HI 80 800 12K LO...

Page 23: ...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 boundaries of the USA G This warranty is extended to the original purchaser and to anyone who may subsequently purchase this product within the applicable warranty period H This is your sole warranty Mackie does n...

Page 24: ...ur product Some of the people at our Woodinville Washington factory who helped design build sell and support your product Mackie Designs Inc Mackie Designs Inc 16220 Wood Red Rd NE Woodinville WA 98072 USA 800 898 3211 Outside the US 425 487 4333 Fax 425 487 4337 www mackie com E mail sales mackie com ...

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