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ProFX8 and ProFX12
Professional Mic/Line Mixers with FX and USB I/O
OWNER’S MANUAL
POWER WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC
SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR
MOISTURE. DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE
ON PROFESSIONAL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH FX
PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.
AVIS: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE — NE PAS OUVRIR
SERIAL NUMBER MANUFACTURING DATE
MAIN MAIN
RIGHT LEFT
(BALANCED) (BALANCED
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Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions. 19. The MAINS plug or an appliance coupler is used as the disconnect 2. Keep these instructions. device, so the disconnect device shall remain readily operable. 20. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with 3. Heed all warnings. the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC 4. Follow all instructions. Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection 5. Do not use this ap
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Owner’s Manual 2. For mono channels, adjust the gain control so the level set LED just comes on occasionally Read This Page! during the loudest parts of your performance. You probably want to try out your new The mono channel gain affects the mic and the mixer right away. Before you do, please line inputs. The hybrid channel gain affects the read the safety instructions on page 2, mic input only, not the stereo line inputs. then read this page, and the rest later. The stereo channel
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Introduction Thank you for choosing a Mackie professional ProFX � Headphones level control mixer. It is equipped with our rather lovely microphone � Tape input level control preamps, an internal FX processor, and a USB port for � 16 built-in Running Man effects with input playing and recording 2 channels of audio using a com- level, OL LED, preset display, FX to monitor puter. The ProFX8 has 8 channels and the ProFX12 has level, and footswitchable mute/unmute 12 channels. Apart from this d
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Owner’s Manual Contents IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ........................ 2 28. PAN ........................................................ 20 READ THIS PAGE! .................................................... 3 29. OL LED .................................................... 20 INTRODUCTION ...................................................... 4 30. MUTE ....................................................20 CONTENTS ............................................................. 5 31.
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N N N N N N I I I I I I A A A A A A G G G G G G HOOKUP DIAGRAMS Electric Bass Guitar Guitar Acoustic Microphones Guitar with pickup iPod Docking Station Mono Effects Footswitch Headphones press HI-Z button MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) POWER WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC L L SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE ON TAPE TAPE PROFESSIONAL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH FX PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNE
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Owner’s Manual N N N N N N I I I I I I A A A A A A G G G G G G Acoustic Guitar and Mic Electric Guitar Lavalier Microphones Clip-on Mic iPod Assistive Listening Docking Station System Headphones Mono Effects MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) POWER WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC L L SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE ON PROFESSIONAL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH FX TAPE TAPE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSON
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N N N N I I I I A A A A G G G G Microphones iPod CD Player Docking Station Headphones MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) L L POWER WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR TAPE TAPE PROFESSIONAL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH FX MOISTURE. DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE ON PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. IN OUT AVIS: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE — NE PAS OUVRIR R R SERIAL NUMBER MANUFACTURING DATE MAIN MAIN PROFESSIONAL MIC/LINE
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Owner’s Manual N N N N I I I I A A A A G G G G Microphones TV monitor CD+G Player Video Headphones (UNBALANCED) MIC MIC MIC MIC L L POWER WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR TAPE TAPE PROFESSIONAL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH FX ON MOISTURE. DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. IN OUT AVIS: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE — NE PAS OUVRIR R R SERIAL NUMBER MANUFACTURING DATE MAIN MAIN PROFESS
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N N N N I I I I A A A A G G G G Electric Acoustic Guitar Guitar with pickup Condenser Headphones microphone for vocals Amplifier Modeler Headphone Amp press HI-Z button MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) L L POWER WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR TAPE TAPE PROFESSIONAL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH FX MOISTURE. DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE ON PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. IN OUT AVIS: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE —
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Owner’s Manual N N N N I I I I A A A A G G G G Microphones Headphones MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) L L POWER WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR TAPE TAPE PROFESSIONAL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH FX MOISTURE. DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE ON PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. IN OUT AVIS: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE — NE PAS OUVRIR R R SERIAL NUMBER MANUFACTURING DATE MAIN MAIN PROFESSIONAL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH FX R
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Rear Panel Features POWER WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE ON PROFESSIONAL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH FX PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. AVIS: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE — NE PAS OUVRIR 1 3 SERIAL NUMBER MANUFACTURING DATE MAIN MAIN RIGHT LEFT (BALANCED) (BALANCED) THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES AND THE ICES-003 FOR USB CANADA. OPERATION IS SUBJEC
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Owner’s Manual Front Panel Features MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) L L TAPE TAPE 6 IN OUT R R PROFESSIONAL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH FX LINE HI-Z 1 2 3 4 5/6 7/8 9/10 11/12 7 (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) BAL / BAL / BAL / BAL / BAL / UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL L L L L L UNBAL L 8 9 9 9 BAL / BAL / BAL / BAL / BAL / BAL / LINE/HI-Z IN 1 LINE IN 2 LINE IN 3 LINE IN 4 LINE IN 5 LINE IN 7 LINE IN 9 LINE IN 11 UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL MON SEND UNBAL FOOTSWITCH 10 10 10 10 BAL / R R R R R UNB
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MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) 18 19 L L TAPE TAPE 6 6 6 6 6 6 IN OUT R R PROFESSIONAL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH FX LINE HI-Z 1 2 3 4 5/6 7/8 9/10 11/12 7 (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) BAL / BAL / BAL / BAL / BAL / UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL L L L L L UNBAL L 16 13 8 9 9 9 BAL / BAL / BAL / BAL / BAL / BAL / LINE/HI-Z IN 1 LINE IN 2 LINE IN 3 LINE IN 4 LINE IN 5 LINE IN 7 LINE IN 9 LINE IN 11 UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL MON SEND UNBAL FOOTSWITCH 10 10 10 10 12 15 BAL / R R R R R UNBAL R 14
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Owner’s Manual 1 13. MON SEND 15. ⁄4" MAIN OUTS Stage monitors allow the talented musicians in your These outputs feed the main mix out into the waiting band to hear themselves clearly on stage, and this can world. You can feed your amplifi ers this way, or through often be a good thing. The monitor mix can be care- the XLR main outputs [4]. fully adjusted in level using the aux mon controls [26]. To use these outputs to drive balanced inputs, con- These tap a portion of each channel's signal
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MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) 18 19 L L TAPE TAPE IN OUT R R PROFESSIONAL MIC/LINE MIXER WITH FX LINE HI-Z 1 2 3 4 5/6 7/8 9/10 11/12 (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) BAL / BAL / BAL / BAL / BAL / UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL L L L L L UNBAL L BAL / BAL / BAL / BAL / BAL / BAL / LINE/HI-Z IN 1 LINE IN 2 LINE IN 3 LINE IN 4 LINE IN 5 LINE IN 7 LINE IN 9 LINE IN 11 UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL MON SEND UNBAL FOOTSWITCH BAL / R R R R R UNBAL R INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT LINE IN 6 LINE IN 8
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Owner’s Manual N N N N N N N N N N I I I I I I I I I I A A A A A A A A A A G G G G G G G G G G ProFX12 Channel Controls MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC (UNBALANCED) L L TAPE TAPE The vertical channel strips look very similar, with only IN OUT R R a few differences between them. Each channel works LINE HI-Z 1 2 3 4 5/6 7/8 9/10 11/12 independently, and just controls the signals plugged into (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) BAL / BAL / BAL / BAL / UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL L L L L the inputs directly above
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N N N N N N N N I I I I I I I I A A A A A A A A G G G G G G G G 21 U U U U U U LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL SET SET SET SET SET SET 20 U +50 U +50 U +50 U +50 U +50 U +50 -20 +20 -20 +20 +30dB +30dB +30dB +30dB -20dB -20dB -20dB -20dB GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN LOW CUT LOW CUT LOW CUT LOW CUT LOW CUT LOW CUT 100 Hz 100 Hz 100 Hz 100 Hz 100 Hz 100 Hz 22 U U U U U U U U EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI 12kHz 12kHz 12kHz 12kHz 12kHz 12kHz 12kHz 12kHz 23 -15 +15 -1
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Owner’s Manual Another way to consider low cut’s function is that it 25. LOW EQ actually adds fl exibility during live performances. With +15 This control gives you up the addition of low cut, you can safely use low EQ on +10 to 15 dB boost or cut below vocals. Many times, bass shelving EQ can really ben- +5 80 Hz. The circuit is fl at at efi t voices. Trouble is, adding low EQ also boosts stage 0 the center detent position. –5 rumble, mic handling clunks and breath pops. Low cut This freq
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N N N N N N I I I I I I A A A A A A G G G G G G 21 U U U U U U LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL SET SET SET SET SET SET 20 U +50 U +50 U +50 U +50 U +50 U +50 -20 +20 -20 +20 +30dB +30dB +30dB +30dB -20dB -20dB -20dB -20dB GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN LOW CUT LOW CUT LOW CUT LOW CUT LOW CUT LOW CUT 100 Hz 100 Hz 100 Hz 100 Hz 100 Hz 100 Hz 22 U U U U U U U U EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI 12kHz 12kHz 12kHz 12kHz 12kHz 12kHz 12kHz 12kHz 23 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -1
