Mackie CR1604-VLZ User manual

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1. GENERAL CONFIGURA-
TION. The mixer shall accom-
modate 16 line and/or 16
microphone signals, channels
1–16; and shall include 16
Send/Return channel Inserts; 8
channel Direct Outputs, chan-
nels 1–8; 4 stereo pairs of Aux
Return inputs; 2 stereo pairs of
Main Mix outputs; 1 Main Mix
Mono output, 1 stereo pair of
Control Room outputs; 4
Submaster outputs; 6 Aux Send
outputs; and 1 stereo Head-
phones output. The mixer shall
be capable of placement on a
table or installation in a stan-
dard 19-inch rack mount via
rack rail brackets (included);
shall be fitted with 1 rocker-type
Power switch; 1 3-pin power
receptacle with user-replaceable
5x20mm fuse drawer; 1 BNC
socket, providing 12VDC for
fitting an external lamp (not
included); and shall be entirely
self-contained.
2. MIXER INPUTS. CHANNELS
1–16: Each channel shall include
an electronically balanced
microphone input, using an XLR-
3-F-type connector, accepting
nominal levels from –60dBu to
+14dBu via a rotary Trim control.
Phantom power shall be
globally-controlled via a rocker-
type switch. 16 Balanced/
unbalanced (bal/unbal) line
inputs shall be wired in parallel,
using 1/4" TRS phone jacks,
accepting nominal levels from
–40dBu to +22dBu. Each
channel shall include a pre-fader
Insert point, using 1/4" TRS
phone jacks (tip=send,
ring=return, sleeve=ground),
delivering and accepting
nominal levels from –10dBV
to +22dBu. OTHER INPUTS:
The mixer shall include 8 bal/
unbal Aux Return inputs,
forming four stereo pairs, using
1/4" TRS phone jacks, accept-
ing nominal levels from
–10dBV to +22dBu; and 1
stereo pair of Tape In jacks,
using unbalanced RCA-type
phono jacks, accepting
nominal levels from –10dBV
to +22dBu.
3. MIXER OUTPUTS. MAIN
OUTPUTS: The mixer’s Main
Mix stereo outputs shall be
fitted in two ways: Using
symmetrically balanced (also
accepting unbalanced) 1/4"
TRS phone jacks, delivering
nominal levels from –10dBV
to +28dBu; and using
unbalanced RCA-type phono
jacks, delivering nominal
levels from –10dBV to
+22dBu; and the Main Mix
Mono output shall be fitted
with one symmetrically
balanced (also accepting
unbalanced) 1/4" TRS phone
jack, delivering nominal levels
from –10dBV to +28dBu.
OTHER OUTPUTS: Input
channels 1–8 shall each
include a post-fader Direct
Output, using bal/unbal 1/4"
TRS phone jacks, delivering
nominal levels from
–10dBV to +22dBu. The
mixer shall include 4 Submas-
ter outputs, using bal/unbal
1/4" TRS phone jacks, deliver-
ing nominal levels from
–10dBV to +22dBu; 1 stereo
pair of Control Room outputs,
using bal/unbal 1/4" TRS
phone jacks, delivering
nominal levels from –10dBV
to +22dBu; 6 Aux Send
outputs using bal/unbal 1/4"
LIVE/RECORDING CONSOLES
TRS phone jacks, delivering
nominal levels from –10dBV
to +22dBu; and 1 stereo
Headphones output, using an
unbalanced 1/4" TRS phone
jack (tip=left, ring=right,
sleeve=ground).
4. MIXER INPUT SECTION.
In addition to the controls
listed in section 2 (MIXER
INPUTS), each channel shall
include 4 rotary Aux Send
controls and 1 Shift switch,
providing up to 15dB gain,
routing signals to Aux Sends
1, 2, 3 and 4 when the Shift
switch is disengaged, and to
Aux Sends 1, 2, 5 and 6
when the Shift switch is
engaged; 4 rotary equaliza-
tion (EQ) controls: ±15dB
fixed 12kHz shelving gain,
±15dB midrange peaking gain,
100Hz – 8kHz midrange
frequency, and ±15dB fixed
80Hz shelving; 1 rotary Pan
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control, 4dB attenuation panned
center; 1 Mute switch; 1 dual-
mode solo switch (AFL or PFL,
globally switched); 3 output
Assign switches, delivering the
channel’s signal, relative to its
Pan setting, to the Main L-R Mix,
Submasters 1–2 and
Submasters 3–4; and 1 channel
Fader, providing up to 10dB
above unity gain. Additionally,
each channel shall include two
LED indicators; a –20/Solo LED
acting as a Signal Present
indicator by flickering and as a
channel Solo indicator by
glowing steadily; and an OL/
Mute LED, acting as an overload
indicator by flickering and as a
channel Mute indicator by
glowing steadily.
5. MIXER OUTPUT SECTION.
The mixer shall have 1 Main Mix
stereo fader, providing up to
10dB gain; 4 Submaster mono
faders, each providing up to 10dB
gain; independent left and right
Assign to Main Mix switches for
each Submaster; 1 Control
Room/Phones level rotary stereo
control, providing up to 10dB
gain; 1 Source Matrix, including 4
switches to deliver any combina-
tion of stereo signals to the
Control Room, Phones and
Meters, including Main Mix,
Submasters 1–2, Submasters
3–4 and Tape, which shall be
replaced by solo signals resulting
from the engagement of any Solo
switch; 1 rotary stereo Tape In
level control, providing up to
20dB gain; 1 Tape to Main Mix
switch; 1 Solo Mode switch to
globally determine solo type (pre-
fader listen or after-fader listen, in
place); 1 rotary stereo Solo level
control, providing up to 10dB
gain; 4 rotary stereo Aux Return
level controls, providing up to
20dB gain; two Effects to Monitor
rotary controls, providing up to
15dB gain, delivering summed
Aux Return 1 or 2 signals to Aux
Send 1 or 2, respectively; an Aux
Return 3 Assign switch, used in
conjunction with a 1–2/3–4
switch, delivering Aux Return 3
signals to one output pair,
including Main Mix, Submasters
1–2 and Submasters 3–4; an
Aux Return 4 to Control Room/
Phones Only switch; a global
Aux Return Solo switch with
associated LED; 2 rotary Aux
Send Master controls for Aux
Sends 1 and 2, providing up to
10dB above unity gain; a Solo
switch with associated LED for
each of Aux Sends 1 and 2; a
blinking master Solo indicator
LED, a Level Set LED, indicating
a PFL solo condition, a Power
indicator LED; and a Phantom
Power indicator LED.
6. METERING. The mixer shall
include 1 stereo 12-segment
LED meter with points at –30,
–20, –10, –7, –4, –2, 0, +2, +4,
+7, +10dB and Clip. The source
signals for the meters shall be
the same signals selected in the
Source Matrix, and a solo
condition shall replace the
Source selection with the
soloed channel(s). The meters
shall be calibrated so that a
0dBu signal at the Control
Room output shall be indicated
as 0dB on the meters, ±1LED.
7. PHYSICAL CONFIGURA-
TION. The mixer shall be
made of steel and aluminum,
painted dark gray and black
with light gray graphics. The
mixer shall weigh 20 lbs, 0 oz
(9.1 kg). Included rack-mount
brackets shall allow the mixer
to be mounted in a rack
system, with either the chassis
top or the control knobs’ tops
to be flush with the rack rail.
Additionally, the jackfield
portion of the mixer, referred to
as the Pod, shall be adjustable
in three different positions;
Desktop Mode (stock configu-
ration), with jackfield connec-
tions to rear; Rack Mount
mode, with the Pod mounted
to the bottom of the main
assembly; and Roto-Pod mode,
requiring a RotoPod-VLZ (not
included), with jackfield
connections on top. Dimen-
sions of the mixer shall be, in
Desktop Mode, 4.9" (124mm)
in height, 17.4" (442mm) in
width and 17.9" (455mm) in
depth; in Rackmount Mode,
9.3" (236mm) in height, 17.4"
(442mm) in width and 12.8"
(325mm) in depth; in Roto-
Pod Mode, 6.6" (168mm) in
height, 17.4" (442mm) in width
and 17.4" (442mm) in depth.
8. SPECIFICATIONS. In
addition to specifications
already cited, the mixer shall
meet or exceed the following
specifications. Frequency
response, microphone input to
any output, 20Hz to 60kHz,
+0dB/–1dB; Total Harmonic
Distortion (THD), any input to
any output, +14dBu, less than
0.005%; Equivalent Input Noise
(EIN), microphone input to
insert send, –129.5dBm;
Common Mode Rejection
(CMR), microphone input to
insert send, maximum gain,
1kHz, –85dB; Typical Main
Output noise, all channels
assigned, odd channels panned
left, even channels panned
right, –83dBu; Signal to Noise
ratio, ref +4dBu operating level,
90dB; Attenuation, ref. 0dB @
1kHz, Main Mix level control
down, –85dBu; Channel Mute
engaged, –84dBu; Channel
Gain control down, –83dBu;
Input impedance, microphone
inputs, 1.3 kΩ; Channel Insert
return, 2.5 kΩ; All other inputs,
greater than 10 kΩ; Output
impedance, Tape Out, 1.1 kΩ;
All other outputs, 120Ω.
The mixer shall be a Mackie
Designs CR1604-VLZ.
Because Mackie Designs
constantly endeavors to
improve its products with
new components and
manufacturing methods, all
specifications and descrip-
tions are subject to change
without notice.
Rev 1.1
Copyright © 1996-1998 Mackie Designs Inc. All
Rights Reserved. “Mackie.”, and VLZ are
registered trademarks of Mackie Designs Inc.
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