User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- A few words from Greg Mackie.
- Selecting channels for a Mute Group.
- MAIN MIX (L/R) fader.
- Group Master Section.
- BREAK button/indicator
- MONITOR section
- STEREO IN knob
- Meter section.
- FX Master Section.
- Talkback.
- A better way.
- A traditional Monitor Mix.
- Musician's Phones.
- Aux Master AFL buttons and indicator.
- Aux Master.
- Master Control Section
- Further reading about mixing.
- A few more tips on equalization.
- MID EQ (stereo channels)
- Source Mic / Line (stereo channels).
- PFL switch / indicator
- Same as Mono Channels
- Different than
- Channel fader
- Bus Assign switches
- —20 (Signal present) LED.
- Mute button/ indicator.
- Pan.
- FX Send.
- Aux PRE Switch.
- Aux Sends
- EQ (Equalization), Mono Channels
- Comp (Compressor) and indicator.
- Gain Control.
- Mono Channel Strips.
- Channel 25-26 (or Channels 17-18) and Phones
- Musician Phones (AUX OUT 3 OR 4 + L/R INJECT)
- Aux Out.
- Group Out (sub buses).
- Monitor Out.
- Main Out.
- Talkback input.
- Foot Switch input.
- USB Out
- USB In
- USB input / output.
- Stereo input channels.
- Mono input channels.
- Power input connector
- POWER switch
- Power supply section
- Why do we start with the back of the mixer?
- How the band is set up on the mixer.
- The "pusha-bunch-'0' buttons" approach to creating a mute group.
- Un-doing the "pusha-bunch-'0' buttons" approach to creating a mute group.
- Program a Mute Group…
- Rack mounting (MW-2408 only)
- Settings that can be saved
- More on Factory Reset (restoring the factory default settings).
- Other GLOBAL options.
- Recalling a Global Scene
- Saving a Global Scene
- Global menu (scene memory, settings, initialization).
- Locking the state of the feedback suppressor
- Feedback Suppressor: Seting routing options.
- Recalling an Equalizer Setting (continued)
- Recalling an Equalizer Setting.
- Saving Equalizer settings.
- Adjusting (Narrow Mode) Continued
- Adjusting EQ Narrow Mode EQ (31 /9-band).
- Adjusting 9-band EQ (Wide Mode).
- Selecting Narrow or Wide 9-band equalization.
- Recalling a Dynamics preset.
- Saving a Dynamics setting.
- FEEDBACK SUPPRESSOR
- EQUALIZATION
- SoundLink Signal Processing*
- Gee, they don't sound like effects!
- Recalling a DFX preset.
- Saving a Digital Effects setting.
- Using the TAP button to set the delay time.
- Editing an effect
- Applying a Digital Effect
- Selecting the DFX type
- Digital Effects (DFX).
- Saving and Recalling Mute Groups.
- Combining Hard Mutes and Mute Groups.
- Adding to or subtracting channels from a Mute Group.
- Creating a Mute Group.
- "Hard muting".
- OL (Overload) LED.
Hook-up/Back panel Analog Controls Digital Controls
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If you want to add the Sub
Group to your main L/R
mix, press one of
Sub Group
Assign to L/R
buttons.
This is also especially useful for
drums that are mic-ed with lots
of microphones. Six mics; one
fader. But we digress.
Among other tasks, the
GROUP
OUT
jacks are useful for record-
ing. You can distribute Sound-
Link’s 6 or inputs into 8
outputs fed to an audio/digital
interface.
Aux Out.
These balanced XLR outputs
are used to send signals to the
performers’ monitor speakers,
in-ear monitors or to an external
effect processor.
Create up to
AUX mixes using
the
AUX controls on each channel
strip. There is more explanation
further on in this manual.
Musician Phones
(AUX OUT 3 OR 4 + L/R INJECT)
This is a unique Greg Mackie fea-
ture that lets two musicians per-
fect their monitor mixes without
having to upset the AUX setting
of all the channels. Described in
detail farther on.
Channel 25-26
(or Channels 17-18)
and Phones
/8" input for MP3 players. ¼"
jack for headphones.
In review, to build a Sub Group:
Use the small buttons to the
right of the channel faders
to pick which channels you
want in your Sub Group.
Press the same button on
each channel.
That routes the channels’ signals
to the Sub Group bus you’ve
chosen.
If you have a special purpose
for the Sub Group, use the
GROUP OUT jack on the back
to send it to a subwoofer,
balcony fill, extra monitor,
etc
Hooking up your SoundLink










