Mackie DL806 and DL1608 Reference Guide
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Live Sound: Two Mixers Linked
SotheclubdownthestreetisrunningsoundthroughaDLSeriesmixerandyouwanttoone-upthem?
That’seasy!HowaboutrunningsoundthroughTWODLSeriesmixers?!No,itwon’tbetwiceasloud,
butyouwillhavenearlytwiceasmanyinputswhichmeansyou’llprobablyhavetwicethetalentplaying
at your venue in no time.
Startbysettingupandconnectingeachmusician’sinstrumentjustliketheywouldbeinanyother
live situation. When you run out of inputs on the rst mixer, start using inputs on the second mixer.
Allyouneedtodoisleaveeightinputsopenonthesecondmixer.Thenmaketheconnectionfrom
theoutputsandauxesofmixer#1totheinputsofmixer#2.Theoutputsofmixer#2arethensent
totheinputsofthePA.
AniPadisconnectedandlockedtoeachmixer,whileathird(wireless)iPadisavailableforwandering
the venue and creating an awesome mix.