Quick Start - Mackie CFX 12 Owner's Manual

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 CFX MKII
mixer is designed to set up quickly and operate
intuitively — but please, READ THIS PAGE!
ZERO THE CONSOLE:
1. Turn everything off, including the mixer's
POWER switch and PHANTOM POWER
switch.
2. Channel strip GAIN, 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 down.
MAKE THE CONNECTIONS:
1. Connect your amp's outputs to your
speaker inputs (unless, of course, you have
powered monitors).
2. Plug all the sound system components into
suitable AC outlets, properly grounded and
capable of delivering adequate current.
3. Using XLR or TRS cables, make connec-
tions from your mixer's MAIN OUT to your
amplification system's line inputs.
4. Make connections from your microphones
and instruments to the mixer: Connect
balanced microphones to the mono channel
MIC jacks. (For condenser microphones,
engage the PHANTOM POWER switch,
located just above the meters.) Connect
line-level instruments (synthesizers, guitar
effects, direct boxes) to the mono or stereo
channel LINE IN TRS jacks.
5. Turn all the power switches on, leaving the
amplifier's switch for last.
6. Turn up the MAIN MIX Fader to the
"–30" label, for now. We'll crank it up later on.
7. Turn up SUB Faders 1 and 2 to unity gain
("U" label).
1
ZERO
LEVEL
5 +50
-15dB +30dB
GAIN
LOW CUT
100 Hz MASTER SEND
AUX
U
U
1
+15
+15 O O
O O
U
U
2
+15
+15 O O
O O
PRE FADER
U
U
EFX
1
(EXT)
+15 +15
O O
O O
U
EFX
2
(INT)
+15
CLIP
O O
EQ
U
U
HI
12k
+15
-15 +15 O O
U 2
EFX
SEND
MID
REVERSE
GATED
-15 +15
600 CATHEDRAL
LG. HALL
150 1.5k FREQ
MD. HALL
LG. PLATE
100 8k
MD. PLATE
U
SM. ROOM
LOW
NORMAL
80Hz
-15 +15
PAN
0 10
TIME
RATE
L R
1 1
SUB
MUTE
ASSIGN
ASSIGN
DOWN
dB
dB
10 LEFT
10 1-2
5
5
UP
RIGHT
3-4
U
U
5
5
10
10
20
20
30
30
40
40
SOLO
50
50
PFL
60
60
O O
O O
SET THE LEVELS:
1. Choose one of the microphones or instru-
ments you connected. Make some noise. If
it's a microphone, sing at your normal
singing volume. If it's a synthesizer, play it
at its normal output level.
2. While making noise, turn up that channel's
GAIN until the adjacent ZERO LEVEL
starts blinking.
3. Disengage (up) that channel's MUTE.
4. Raise that channel's fader to unity gain
("U" label). You should be hearing your
noise now.
5. If necessary, apply channel EQ changes.
(You may need to compensate for level
changes with the channel fader.)
6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 for the remaining
active channels.
7. Stop making noise. Everyone: start making
music.
+15
10
AUX
5
1
0
5
10
–15
2
63 125 250 500 1K 2K
STEREO GRAPHIC EQ
EFX
1
(EXT)
12 CHANNEL COMPACT INTEGRATED LIVE SOUND MIXER
DIGITAL STEREO EFFECTS PROCESSOR
PHANTOM POWER
EFX 2 (INT) RETURN MASTERS
U U U U
+15 +15 +15 +20
O O O O O O O O
1
EFX RETURN
1 2
TO MAIN MIX AUX AUX
U
EFFECTS TO MONITOR
DELAY 1
DELAY 2
+20
O O
DELAY 3
TAPE LEVEL
DELAY 4
CHORUS
BREAK SWITCH
FLANGE
(MUTES ALL CHANNELS)
PHASER
SPRING
EFX NORMAL
MAX
O O
PHONES LEVEL
U
WIDE BYPASS
0 10
REVERBS
DAMPING
DELAYS
+10
O O
CHORUS/FLANGE/PHASER DEPTH
UTILITY OUT LEVEL
1 2 3
SUB SUB SUB
ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN
dB dB dB
10 LEFT 10 LEFT 10
5 5 5
RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT
U U U
5 5 5
10 10 10
20 20 20
30 30 30
40 40 40
50 50 50
60 60 60
O O O O O O
5
15+
10
5
0
5
10
15–
4K 8K 16K
48v
POWER STATUS
LEFT RIGHT
CLIP
22
10
7
4
2
0
2
4
7
ZERO
LEVEL
10
SET
20
30
0dB=0dBu
RUDE
SOLO
STEREO
STEREO
4
MAIN MIX
MAIN MIX
dB
LEFT 10
5
U
5
10
20
30
40
50
60
O O