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Mackie - MIXER -
1202-VLZ3 |
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Model:
1202-VLZ3
12 Channel Compact Analog Mixer w/ 4 XDR preamps
Sure it’s cute, but the
Mackie 1202-VLZ3 is a serious professional compact mixer, with features that
belie its small footprint. The ideal compact mixer for home and project studios,
the 1202-VLZ3 is equally at home on the road, on the stage, or in the recording
studio. Here at Mackie, we can never leave “well enough” alone. After all, the
VLZ Pros are the best-selling mixers of all time, so we knew it would be tough
to improve on what many devoted owners already consider perfection… and yet we
were driven to do it anyway.
While it keeps all the features and functionality of its predecessor, the Mackie
1202-VLZ3 offers even greater headroom versus the original. We could have
stopped right then and there, but we’re obsessed with perfection. So we
redesigned the Mix Bus, tweaked the EQs, and created a mixer with a highly
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VASTLY SUPERIOR XDR2™ MIC PREAMPS
Our new XDR2 (Extended Dynamic Range) second-generation mic preamps
are better than ever. These new pres offer incredibly low noise,
with individual mic pre THD below 0.0007%, and overall mixer THD
less than 0.0025%. With 60dB of available gain per channel, the
1202-VLZ3 can handle inputs ranging from a whisper to a scream, and
can even handle hot line-level signals up to +22db, without any
added coloration. You simply won’t find preamps this good on any
other mixer in this price range.
EQUALIZATION
We invested tremendous resources optimizing the center frequencies
of our 3-band Active EQs. By selecting 80Hz, 2.5kHz and 12kHz, for
the Lows, Mids and Highs, respectively, we created an even more
musical EQ than on previous VLZs. With up to 15dB boost/cut
capability per band, VLZ3’s Active EQ provides more tone-sculpting
latitude than any other mixer in its class.
PROFESSIONAL FEATURES
The Mackie 1202-VLZ3 is packed with premium features on every mic
channel: 75Hz Low-Cut filters, two Aux Sends, inserts, phantom
power, constant-loudness Pan controls and Pre Fader Solo. And since
you can never have too many output options, we provided a Control
Room/Phones source matrix, Master Aux section with EFX to Monitor,
tape outputs, a high-volume headphone amplifier and balanced XLR and
TRS outputs.
NEED EVEN MORE FLEXIBILITY?
Greg Mackie's mind was working overtime when he originally came up
with this—instead of sending muted signals into the vacuum of space,
why not do something useful with them? So, when you press the mute
button on the 1202-VLZ3, the signal is indeed muted—but it also
appears at the ALT 3-4 output jacks and ALT 3-4 stereo bus. This is
an ideal way to create additional Aux Sends and mixes for cry rooms,
green rooms, or assistive listening, etc. And with a press of a
button, the ALT 3-4 mix can be assigned to the Main output—which
means ALT 3-4 can act very much like a mixer within a mixer.
BUILT MACKIE TOUGH
All VLZ3 mixers are built tough-as-a-tank. Our legendary solid-steel
chassis can take the kind of abuse that would turn our competitors’
flimsy boxes into twisted chunks of debris. Instead of cheap,
unsealed potentiometers, we use co-molded pots, which offer
substantial strain and impact relief. By design, our control knobs
“ride” just above the surface of the chassis, so if something falls
onto the mixer, the impact is transferred from the knobs to the
chassis—not to the potentiometers or circuit board. Finally, we use
thick, horizontally mounted fiberglass PC boards to eliminate the
potential for damage and brace them with a shock-absorbing support
structure. They’ve survived earthquakes, hurricanes and typhoons, so
Mackie mixers can certainly handle whatever you throw at them.
VERSATILITY
You'll find Mackie mixers everywhere you go—from video
post-production facilities, to major artist tour buses, to duty as
field mixers for news departments of all the major networks.
Drummers and keyboardists use them to send submixes to front of
house and monitor consoles. VLZ3 compact mixers are the ideal choice
for any situation requiring superior audio mixing, especially where
space and/or budget constraints are an issue.
Leave it to the innovative minds at Mackie to produce the 1202-VLZ3,
an even perfecter version of the best-sounding mixer in its class.
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Features |
- New ultra-low noise VLZ3
design with highest possible headroom
- 4 studio-grade XDR2™ Extended
Dynamic Range mic preamps with:
- Ultra-wide 60dB gain range
- 130dB dynamic range
- +22dBu line input handling
- Extended low frequency response
- Distortion under 0.0007% (20Hz - 20kHz)
- Phantom power for studio condenser mics
- 12 high-headroom line inputs
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- Advanced DC pulse transformer
RF rejection
- 2 Aux sends, level, pan and
PFL solo on each channel
- 2 stereo Aux returns +
EFX to Monitor
- 3-Band Active EQ (80Hz,
2.5kHz, 12kHz)
- 18dB/oct. 75Hz Lo-Cut filter
on Mic input channels
- ALT 3/4 stereo bus for added
versatility
- Control Room/Phones source
matrix
- Rack-mountable design using
optional rack ears
- Sealed rotary controls to
resist dust and grime
- New Multi-Voltage power
supply for worldwide use
- Rugged steel chassis
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