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MAIN OUTPUTS
Point Before:
LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER
mixes
,
MAIN INSERTS
,
LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER
Faders
.
Point After: Balanced or unbalanced cable
with female XLR connector (pin 2 = hot, pin 3
= cold, pin 1 = shield).
Unless you’ve created an elaborate main
mix using the
MATRIX
, patch these outputs
to your primary sound system’s amplifier in-
puts. Be aware that if you have no Channels
or
MAIN AUX RETURNS (A1–A4)
assigned to the
CENTER
mix, patching the
CENTER
output jack is unnecessary.
MAIN INSERTS
Point Before:
LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER
mix
.
Point After:
LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER
Faders
.
Both the
SEND
and
RETURN
jacks are bal-
anced, but can accommodate unbalanced TS
cables. Signal feeding the
SEND
jack is also
sent to the
RETURN
jack’s normalling pins.
With nothing plugged into the
RETURN
jack,
the (dry)
SEND
signal gets passed along to the
rest of the mix output’s path.
To insert a serial processor (such as a
graphic equalizer or compressor/limiter), simply
patch from the
SEND
jack to the effect’s input,
and from the effect’s output to the
RETURN
jack, using either balanced TRS or unbalanced
TS cables. Since using the
SEND
jack by itself
does not interrupt the mix signal path, it may
also be used as a pre-Fader direct output.
SUB OUTPUTS
Point Before:
SUBS
(
SUB 1
-
8
mixes)
,
SUB
INSERTS
, Subgroup Fader
.
Point After: Balanced or unbalanced cable
with female XLR connector (pin 2 = hot, pin 3
= cold, pin 1 = shield).
If necessary, patch these outputs to the
amplifier inputs of secondary speaker systems,
unless you’ve chosen to use the
MATRIX
OUTPUTS
for this task. The Subgroups are
also essential for recording to multitrack.
In the event that you have engaged any
FLIP
switches, the signals at these outputs will
not be the Subgroup signals — they will be the
like-numbered
AUX SEND
ouputs. (For in-
stance, if the
FLIP
switch on
AUX SEND
MASTER 1
is engaged,
AUX SEND 1
’s output
will appear at Subgroup
1
’s output jack, and
vice versa.)
2
1
4
3
6
5
8
7
SUB INSERTS
(BAL/UNBAL)
SUB
1
SUB
2
SUB
3
SUB
4
SUB
5
SUB
6
SUB
7
SUB
8
LEFT
TALK BACK MIC
PHANTOM POWERED
INTERCOM
INSERT RETURN
MIC 25
INSERT SEND
25
DIRECT OUT
LINE IN
DATA
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
(MACKIE 400-WATT POWER SUPPLY !)
DC POWER IN
SUB OUTPUTS
SEND
RETURN
SEND
RETURN
SEND
RETURN
SEND
RETURN
SEND
RETURN
SEND
RETURN
SEND
RETURN
SEND
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