Quick start, Zero the console, Zeroing the console key to the control settings – MACKIE DFX12 User Manual
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QUICK START
We know you can’t wait to get the show on the road. Who has time to read a
booooring manual? That’s fine — the DFX Mixer is designed to set up quickly
and operate intuitively — but please, read the Safety Instructions on page 2,
and then read these two pages!
First you will zero the console, then make the connections, set the levels and
tweak the mix.
1. ZERO THE CONSOLE:
1. Turn everything off, including the mixer’s
POWER switch and PHANTOM POWER
switch.
2. Turn down the channel strip GAIN, AUX 1
and AUX 2 knobs, and faders.
3. Center the channel strip EQ and PAN
controls.
4. Push the channel strip MUTE switches down.
5. Set the channel strip LOW CUT switches up.
6. Center the STEREO GRAPHIC EQ sliders.
7. Turn down the MASTER AUX SEND knobs,
and the AUX RETURN faders.
8. Turn down the MAIN MIX faders.
9. Now you are ready to make the
connections, see the next page.
dB
30
20
10
O
O
40
50
5
5
U
60
10
dB
30
20
10
O
O
40
50
5
5
U
60
10
dB
30
20
10
O
O
40
50
5
5
U
60
10
dB
30
20
10
O
O
40
50
5
5
U
60
10
dB
30
20
10
O
O
40
50
5
5
U
60
10
dB
30
20
10
O
O
40
50
5
5
U
60
10
dB
30
20
10
O
O
40
50
5
5
U
60
10
dB
30
20
10
O
O
40
50
5
5
U
60
10
dB
30
20
10
O
O
40
50
5
5
U
60
10
dB
30
20
10
O
O
40
50
5
5
U
60
10
dB
30
20
10
O
O
40
50
5
5
U
60
10
dB
30
20
10
O
O
40
50
5
5
U
60
10
dB
30
20
10
O
O
40
50
5
5
U
60
10
dB
30
20
10
O
O
40
50
5
5
U
60
10
MAIN MIX
LEFT
RIGHT
AUX 2/
EFX
RETURN
CD/TAPE
RETURN
AUX 1
RETURN
1
2
3
4
5/6
7/8
9/10
11/12
AUX 2
/EFX
SEND
AUX 1/MON SEND
PAN
PAN
PAN
PAN
PAN
PAN
PAN
PAN
R
L
R
L
R
L
R
L
R
L
R
L
R
L
R
L
2
EFX
2
EFX
2
EFX
2
EFX
AUX
1
MON
AUX
1
MON
2
EFX
2
EFX
2
EFX
2
EFX
AUX
1
MON
AUX
HI
12k
EQ
HI
12k
LOW
80Hz
EQ
1
MON
AUX
1
MON
AUX
HI
12k
LOW
80Hz
EQ
HI
12k
EQ
HI
12k
LOW
80Hz
EQ
HI
12k
LOW
80Hz
EQ
1
MON
AUX
1
MON
AUX
1
MON
HI
12k
LOW
80Hz
EQ
HI
12k
EQ
LOW
80Hz
LOW
80Hz
GAIN
GAIN
11/12
9/10
GAIN
GAIN
GAIN
1
2
3
4
5/6
7/8
GAIN
GAIN
GAIN
DFX
·
12
12 CHANNEL INTEGRATED LIVE SOUND MIXER
75 Hz
75 Hz
75 Hz
75 Hz
LOW CUT
LOW CUT
LOW CUT
LOW CUT
LOW
80Hz
DIGITAL STEREO
EFFECTS PROCESSOR
LEVEL SET
DELAY 1
BYPASS
(EFFECTS TO
STAGE MONITOR)
REVERSE
GATE
CATHEDRAL
LG. HALL
MD. HALL
LG. PLATE
MD. PLATE
SM. ROOM
DELAY 2
DELAY 3
DELAY 4
CHORUS
FLANGE
PHASER
SPRING
VOCAL
ELIMINATOR
BREAK
SWITCH
(MUTES ALL MIC CHANNELS)
BYPASS
EQ
MAIN
AUX 1
–
12
+12
0
12K
3.5K
–
12
+12
0
60
250
1K
16
12
8
4
0
4
8
12
16
20
24
30
CLIP
LEFT RIGHT
PHANTOM POWER
+48V
POWER
NORM
PHONES
0 = +4dBu
dB
30
20
10
O
O
40
50
5
5
U
60
10
LEVEL
SET
LEVEL
SET
LEVEL
SET
LEVEL
SET
LEVEL
SET
LEVEL
SET
LEVEL
SET
LEVEL
SET
-
20dB
+
30dB
MIN
+50
MIC
U
-
20dB
+
30dB
MIN
+50
MIC
U
-
20dB
+
30dB
+50
MIC
U
-
20dB
+
30dB
MIN
+50
MIN
+40
MIN
+40
MIC
MIC
MIC
MIN
U
+15
-15
U
+15
-15
U
+15
-15
U
+15
-15
U
+15
-15
U
+15
-15
U
+15
-15
U
+15
-15
U
+15
-15
U
+15
-15
U
+15
-15
U
+15
-15
U
+15
-15
U
+15
-15
U
-
20dB
+
20dB
U
-
20dB
+
20dB
U
-
20dB
+
20dB
U
U
+15
-15
U
+15
-15
U
-
20dB
+
20dB
U
O
O
+6
O
O
MAX
U
O
O
+6
U
O
O
+6
U
O
O
+6
U
O
O
+6
U
O
O
+6
U
O
O
+6
U
O
O
+6
U
O
O
+6
U
O
O
+6
U
O
O
+6
+6
+6
U
O
O
+6
U
O
O
+6
U
O
O
+6
O
O
+6
U
O
O
+6
U
O
O
+6
OL
U
O
O
U
U
O
O
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
9/10
11/12
MAIN OUT
1
1
MON
L
R
AUX SEND
STEREO AUX
RETURN
LEFT
7/8
5/6
MIC
MIC
4
MIC
3
MIC
2
1
MIC
MIC
BAL/UNBAL
L
LINE IN
BAL/UNBAL
L
R
R
BAL/UNBAL
LINE IN
L
LINE IN
L
R
R
LINE IN
BAL/UNBAL
BAL/UNBAL
LINE IN
INSERT
BAL/UNBAL
LINE IN
INSERT
BAL/UNBAL
LINE IN
INSERT
BAL/UNBAL
LINE IN
INSERT
(MONO)
(MONO)
(MONO)
(MONO)
2
CD/TAPE
IN
TAPE
OUT
L
L
R
R
(MONO)
EFX
FOOT
SWITCH
PHONES
2
EFX
RIGHT
BAL/UNBAL
MUTE
MUTE
MUTE
MUTE
MUTE
MUTE
MUTE
MUTE
MUTE
MUTE
MUTE
Zeroing the console
Key to the control settings