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My adapter for my 414 says 12V and 650 MA.

Thank you for all of the help. I'll look into the balancing transformer adapter. Without you guys I'd be lost. In reading the manual they don't say anything about needing anything. They just say "Plug your mic in the the mic/line input and off you go" I knew it couldn't be that simple LOL!

Mark7 I have been looking at the adapters and cords that go from an XLR input to 1/4. The adapters are XLR to 1/4 BALANCED. The cord is XLR to 1/4 UNBALANCED. Does it make any differnece between the two for plugging my mics into the 414 mic/line inputs?

Thank you all for the information. I think I will go with the adapter route. That sounds the easiest. I really don't need a mixer the size of the Mackie. There are only two of us. I play the instrumentals(guitar-bass), we use a drum sampler and then we have the vocals. I mic my amps and...

I have a 1642-VLZ. Nice mixer. Up until now I have only used it for live sound. The manual I have is for the MKII so its probably a little different that the one for the original 414. My manual doesn't really address the use of a outboard mixer or explain it very well.

Thanks for the answer. I see what you are saying. I guess I will just plug the Mackie's left and right main outputs to channel strips 1 and 2 for the background and switch them over to 3 and 4 for the vocals.

Hi All, I just bought an older 414 which does not have XLR connectons. I currently have all my mics plugged into a Mackie mixer. Here's the question. In the manual it states you can plug a mixer into the Sub inputs on the back of the 424 but that it goes directly to the master fader. It...