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heylow
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MINDCRIME said:
Dude, in a word......YES.
If all you need is 6 pres and a couple of lines, this unit is wonderful, IMO. The pres in that mixer are better than some will admit and much better than most pres in the sub 500 dollar a piece pres out there. You will get much mileage out of this mixer for the dough....get one used if you can.
For the record, I have a much bigger Mackie and still use the 1402 for quick, no fuss pres.
heylow
ChuckU
New member
I have 2 Mackie 1202's which give me 8 mic pre's. But what I do is mic my drums, usually with 6 mics.
Kick
Snare
Rack Toms
Floor Tom
2 Overheads
I run each mic to a separate xlr pre on the Mackies, then out the Mackie INSERTS. The 1402 has 6 of these. By using the inserts, with the 1/4" jack all the way in, you bypass the main outs and the eq's, but you get 6 discrete channels and the use of the pre's.
If you have 6 or more ins on your recorder, this is a good way to go.
If you only have 4 ins on the recorder, still run your mics to the xlr pre's, but send one stereo mix to the main out and another via the Mackie alt 3/4 by muting those channels. The manual is very clear on how this works. If you don't have one, the Mackie web site has a .pdf.
Kick
Snare
Rack Toms
Floor Tom
2 Overheads
I run each mic to a separate xlr pre on the Mackies, then out the Mackie INSERTS. The 1402 has 6 of these. By using the inserts, with the 1/4" jack all the way in, you bypass the main outs and the eq's, but you get 6 discrete channels and the use of the pre's.
If you have 6 or more ins on your recorder, this is a good way to go.
If you only have 4 ins on the recorder, still run your mics to the xlr pre's, but send one stereo mix to the main out and another via the Mackie alt 3/4 by muting those channels. The manual is very clear on how this works. If you don't have one, the Mackie web site has a .pdf.