SR40•8/SR56•8OWNER’S MANUALUOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15OOOOOOOOUOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15LROOU+10OOU+10OOU+10OOU+1
10OVERVIEW: THE SR40•8 IN A NUTSHELL STAGE MONITORS & EFFECTSEvery channel, as well as each of the fourmain aux returns (A1–A4), has eight aux sen
11 MONITORING, SOLO, & METERINGUsually an engineer listens to the left/rightmix (with the center mix blended in), just asthe audience is hearing i
12 PATCH PANELAll we ask is that you perform the Level-Setting Procedure every time you patch ina new sound source. So stop worrying, andstart mixing
13 LINE INPoint Before: Balanced or unbalanced mic- orline-level cable with 1⁄4" TRS or TS connector,(tip = hot, ring = cold, sleeve = shield).Po
14 MAIN AUX RETURNS (A1–A4)Point Before: Balanced or unbalanced line-level cable with 1⁄4" TRS or TS connector,(tip = hot, ring = cold, sleeve =
15 TAPE INPUTPoint Before: Unbalanced line-level cable withRCA connector.Point After: TAPE RETURNS .RCA jacks, bless their little hearts, have nonorma
16 MAIN OUTPUTSPoint Before: LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER mixes ,MAIN INSERTS ,LEFT/RIGHT/CENTERFaders .Point After: Balanced or unbalanced cablewith female XL
17 SUB INSERTSPoint Before: SUB 1–8 mixes , AIR ,FLIP .Point After: SUBS 1–8 Faders .Both the SEND andRETURN jacks are balanced,but can accommodate
18 MONITORPoint Before: INSERT (HEADPHONES) .Point After: Balanced or unbalanced cablewith 1⁄4" TRS or TS connector.Patch these outputs to an am
19 INTERCOMPoint Before: Externally supplied Clear-Com™ or compatible party-line intercomline, with power.Point After: SR40•8 intercom interface,headp
CAUTION AVISRISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPENRISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUENE PAS OUVRIRCAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCKDO NOT REMOVE COVE
20 CHANNEL TRIMPoint Before: MIC and LINE IN jacks,summed at mic preamp input.Point After: Channel path, at 0/ (polarityreversal) switch.Have you r
21 EQPoint Before: Channel mic/line preamp,Channel INSERT SEND and RETURN .Point After: MUTE , PFL feed to ChannelMeter and SOLO .The SR40•8 has a 4-
22 LOW MID and FREQThe LOW-MID EQ has a fixed bandwidth of1.5 octaves. The LOW-MID knob sets the amountof boost or cut up to 15dB, and is flat at th
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24 FADERPoint Before: MUTE .Point After: PAN , CENTER (ASSIGN) ,DIRECT OUT , AUX (with PRE switch up), AFL CHANNEL METER .The Fader is almost the la
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26Be further aware: If this happens, remem-ber that you still have the Subgroup 1 SOLOswitched engaged, even though you can’t hearit. In this situatio
27 PRE FDR/POST EQ (AUX SENDS 5–8)Point Before: Fader (switch up), EQ IN (switch down).Point After: AUX sends 5–8 .This switch has one difference fr
28UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+151PRE2356AUX4PRE FDRPOST EQ78A4LR1-23-45-67-8L-RSOLOCENTERPAN10dB302010OO4055U6050A4MUTE PANBeing tha
29 OUTPUT SECTION FADER LINKSome engineers prefer to have the left andright sides of the main mix travel throughseparate Faders, as described above. O
3READ THIS PAGE!!!Part No. 820-052-00 Rev. B 6/97©1997 Mackie Designs Inc., All Rights Reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.We realize that you must have a
30 CENTER FADERPoint Before: MAIN INSERTS .Point After: MAIN OUTPUTS .The CENTER mix is off with this Fader fullydown, the “U” marking is unity gain,
31Remember: INPUTS SOLO has precedenceover OUTPUTS SOLO — you can’t combinethese signals. SUBS (SUB 1-8 MIXES)This is where everything assigned via th
32a secondary feed, you’ll want to use the MATRIX section. Use MATRIX A for the LEFT andMATRIX B for the RIGHT secondary mix out-puts. Turn MATRIX A’s
33 “B” AUX RETURNS AND TAPE RETURNSThe four “B” AUX RETURNS and the twoTAPE RETURNS are basically the same, butwith different input hardware . They’re
34UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+1512345678FLIPFLIPFLIPFLIPFLIPFLIPFLIPFLIPAUX SEND MASTERSSOLOSOLO SOLO SOLOSOLOSOLOSOLO SOLOMUTEMUTE
35UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15LINE OUTLEVELLEVELMUTEINPUTSMONITOR SOLOTAPE BTAPE ATAPE RETURNSPFLAFLPFLAFLMUTESOLOMUTESOLORUDESOLO LIGHTOUTPUTS MUTEPoint Befor
36UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15LINE OUTLEVELLEVELMUTEINPUTSMONITOR SOLOTAPE BTAPE ATAPE RETURNSPFLAFLPFLAFLMUTESOLOMUTESOLORUDESOLO LIGHTOUTPUTS SOLO LEVELPoint
37MAXLOWMAXLOWINPUTSECTIONOUTPUTSECTIONPFLAFLPFLAFLMETERV.+POWER SUPPLYSTATUSV.- 5 V 12 V 48 VDIMMER METERINGLAMPUOO+15UOO+15UOO+15LINE OUTLEVELLEVELM
38MAXLOWMAXLOWINPUTSECTIONOUTPUTSECTIONPFLAFLPFLAFLMETERV.+POWER SUPPLYSTATUSV.- 5 V 12 V 48 VDIMMER METERINGLAMP OUTPUT SECTION PFL/AFLThis switch de
39 ASSIGNPoint Before: TALKBACK switchPoint After: (per switch): AUX 1–4, AUX 5–8,EXTERNAL, L/R, MATRIX A, MATRIX B,MATRIX C and MATRIX D.Engage the s
4INTRODUCTIONFeature Descriptions: Mind-boggling DetailsEach and every knob, button and connectoron the SR40•8 is explained in depth here in-cluding t
40OOMAXOOMAXOOMAXASSIGNTALKBACK MICTALKBACKAUX 1-4MATRIX AAUX 5-8MATRIX BEXTERNALMATRIX CL/RMATRIX DINTERCOMPHONESSOLO LEVELLEVELTALKBACK LEVELONIGNOR
41 MATRIXThe MATRIX can be used to create specialmixes for recording, delay towers, lobby, back-stage, nursery “cry” rooms, audio-for-videofeeds, ADA
42 ULTRA MUTE™ AUTOMATIONAlmost every signal path in the SR40•8 andSR56•8 has an electronically-controlled MUTEswitch, including all channels, MAIN AU
43CLEARDO ITSTORESYSTEMBY PASSMUTEPREVIEWGRP SNAPMODEULTRA MUTE™01234567890-9Use Sysex Messages for backup. We’re goingto repeat that in case you were
44OPERATIONSome of the buttons in the ULTRA MUTEsection of the console behave differentlydepending on whether you are in Group orSnapshot mode. Let’s
45CLEARDO ITSTORESYSTEMBY PASSMUTEPREVIEWGRP SNAPMODEULTRA MUTE™01234567890-9The mute configurations of each Group addtogether (if you’re Boolean-savv
46SNAPSHOT MODEProgramming Snapshots1. Before creating and storing a Snapshot,you may want to “clear the board” of anyactive mutes. One easy way to do
4745, press 4 and then 5, followed by the DO ITbutton. If you’re at Snapshot 45 and you wantto jump to Snapshot 3, press 0 and then 3, fol-lowed by th
48ULTRA MUTE SUMMARY SYSTEM BYPASS• Turns off ULTRA MUTE. Disables allautomation, including all MIDI commandsreceived through the MIDI or DATA ports.N
49 STORE• In Group Mode, press STORE followed by anumber button (0-9) to store a muteconfiguration in ULTRA MUTE’s memory.• In Snapshot Mode, press ST
5Special IconsThroughout these chapters you’ll find illus-trations, with each feature numbered. If you’recurious about a feature, simply locate it on
50MIDI IMPLEMENTATIONUsing the MIDI PortsThere are three types of MIDI messagesthat can be used to control ULTRA MUTE:MIDI Note Messages, Program Chan
51MsgNo. Description Examples00h requests the SR40•8/SR56•8 [F0 00 00 66 03 0F 00 00 F7] for SR40•8, send all at once.to send all its Snapshots to th
52Using the DATA PortThe DATA port on the SR40•8/56•8 mirrorsthe MIDI ports, transferring MIDI informationbetween an external computer’s RS-232 serial
53Use the multiple stringF0 00 00 66 03 0F 03 00 F7 (request groups from Set 1)F0 00 00 66 03 0F 03 01 F7 (request groups from Set 2)F0 00 00 66 03 0F
54 TABLE OF MIDI NOTE MESSAGESParameter MIDI Note Message (Hex)No. Parameter Name MUTE ON MUTE OFF NOTE*1 Channel 1 9F 00 40 9F 00 00 C-12 Channel 2 9
55Parameter MIDI Note Message (Hex)No. Parameter Name MUTE ON MUTE OFF NOTE*45 Channel 45 9F 54 40 9F 54 00 C646 Channel 46 9F 55 40 9F 55 00 C#647 Ch
56HPF30–800HzMID HI8045–3K12KLO MID500–15KINSERT(BALANCED)SEND RETURNSOLOPFLAFL(SIP)HPF150HzMID HI80 800 12KLO MID3KMID HI80 800 12KLO MID3KHPF150HzSO
57L (LEFT MAIN MIX)R (RIGHT MAIN MIX)C (CENTER MAIN MIX)AUX SENDS 2–4 AND 6–8 NOT SHOWNSUB 1SUB 2SUBS 3–8 NOT SHOWNAUX SEND 1AUX SEND 5SOLO AUDIO (PFL
58 SR40•8 GAIN STRUCTURE DIAGRAMUNBAL. INMIC IN GAIN0dB TO +60dBLINE IN GAIN –22dB to+38dBEQ ±15dBPAN CENTER –4dBCHANNEL AUX SEND+15dB MAXL/R/C MASTE
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6CONTENTSREAD THIS PAGE!!!...3 LEVEL-SETTING PROCEDURE...3HYPER-QUICK-TURBO MET
60 SR40•8 SPECIFICATIONSNoiseMaster Fader @ Unity, channel gains down –90dBuMaster Fader @ Unity, channel gains @ Unity –86dBuSignal to Noise Ratio (
6177.45" (196.7cm) 60.30" (153.2cm) 30.30" (77.0cm) 4.00" (10.2cm) 5.75" (14.6cm) 9.50" (24.1cm) 5.50" (14.0cm) 76.
62APPENDIX A: Service InfoDetails concerning Warranty Service arespelled out on the Warranty Card includedwith your mixer (if it’s missing, let us kno
63This Glossary contains brief definitions ofmany of the audio and electronic terms used indiscussions of sound mixing and recording. Manyof the terms
64condenserAnother term for the electronic componentgenerally known as a capacitor. In audio,condenser usually refers to a type of micro-phone that us
65dynamicIn sound work, dynamic refers to the classof microphones that generate electrical signalsby the movement of a coil in a magnetic field.Dynami
66filterA simple equalizer designed to remove cer-tain ranges of frequencies. A low-cut filter(also called a high-pass filter) reduces oreliminates fr
67Haas effectA psychoacoustic effect in which the timeof arrival of a sound to the left and right earsaffects our perception of direction. If a signal
68mixerAn electronic device used to combine variousaudio signals into a common output. Differentfrom a blender, which combines various fruitsinto a co
69phasingA delay effect, where the original signal ismixed with a short (0 to 10 msec) delay. Thetime of the delay is slowly varied, and thecombinatio
7 AUX SEND MASTERS...34 FLIP...34 LEVEL...
70reverberation, reverbThe sound remaining in a room after thesource of sound is stopped. It’s what you hear ina large tiled room immediately after yo
71TRSAcronym for Tip-Ring-Sleeve, a scheme forconnecting three conductors through a singleplug or jack. 1⁄4" phone plugs and jacks and 1⁄8"m
72“XLR” CONNECTORSMackie mixers use 3-pin female “XLR” con-nectors on all microphone inputs, with pin 1wired to the grounded (earthed) shield, pin 2wi
73SPECIAL MACKIE CONNECTIONSThe balanced-to-unbalanced connection hasbeen anticipated in the wiring of Mackie jacks.A 1⁄4" TS plug inserted into
74This allows you to tap out the channel orbus signal at that point in the circuit withoutinterrupting normal operation.If you push the 1⁄4" TS p
75APPENDIX D: Balanced Lines, Phantom Powering,Grounding, and Other Arcane MysteriesWhat is it, exactly?The obvious external power source for anymoder
76Microphones that do not require power sim-ply ignore the DC present between pin 2/pin 3and pin 1. If you measure with a voltmeterbetween pin 2 and p
77Do’s and Don’ts of Fixed InstallationsIf you install sound systems into fixed in-stallations, there are a number of things thatyou can do to make yo
78Many “authorities” tell you that shieldsshould only be connected at one end. Some-times this can be true, but for most (99%)audio systems, it is unn
79FREE T-SHIRT OFFERWe love to hear what folks have created us-ing our mixers. If you use your SR40•8 to trackand/or mix a live or studio performance
8 SR40•8 HOOKUP EXAMPLESMAIN INSERTS(BAL/UNBAL)HEADPHONESRLLEFT RETURN21436587RRRRLLLL21436587RIGHT SENDLEFT SENDMONITOR(BAL/UNBAL)AUX SEND(BAL/UNBAL)
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82SR40•8/SR56•8 Channels 25-40 and Master SectionUOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15UOO+15OOOOOOOOUOO+20UOO+20UOO+20UOO+20UOO10UOO+20UOO+20LROO
Addendum/ErrataFor the SR40•8/SR56•8 Owner’s Manual:Okay kidz! It’s time to sharpen up your number 2 pencil and make a few changes in your manual.1. O
6. On page 51:In the MIDI SYSEX MESSAGE NUMBERS chart, message 44h is ignored by the console. System status is a“request-only” message (04h), and cann
8. Regarding altered states (of ULTRA MUTE):ULTRA MUTE has a built-in method of letting you know when a mute configuration has been altered,either del
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9MAIN INSERTS(BAL/UNBAL)HEADPHONESRLLEFT RETURN21436587RRRRLLLL21436587RIGHT SENDLEFT SENDMONITOR(BAL/UNBAL)AUX SEND(BAL/UNBAL)"B" AUX RETUR
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