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Mackie VLZ4 Series 1642VLZ4 16-Channel/4-Bus Compact Mixer

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Overview

Clean, quiet, versatile mixing.

Now featuring Mackie's flagship Onyx mic preamps, the comprehensive Mackie 1642VLZ delivers the proven feature set, high-headroom/low-noise design and "Built-Like-A-Tank" construction that created an industry more than 25 years ago. From every input to every output, VLZ4 is optimized to deliver professional-quality results each and every time. Ten XLR ins, assignable sub-groups, inserts per channel.

VLZ
Each generation of VLZ mixers benefits from a reinvestment in performance, all without raising prices. By continuing to ignore the "race to the bottom," VLZ4 benefits from generations of performance improvements like transparent EQ, class-leading negative summing bus architecture and custom-designed op-amps to ensure signal integrity from every input to every output. The result is a mixer that is at the peak of performance and is the obvious go-to compact analog mixer for engineers who demand professional results.

Onyx
The performance of Mackie's Onyx mic preamps is more than proven. Just check all the amazing reviews and customer testimonials. Their boutique quality sound and unmatched performance rival any high-priced, boutique preamp on the market. Adding these flagship preamps to our VLZ4 Series compact mixers underlines our commitment to continually improving the performance of the VLZ line with each generation.

Shhh...
The VLZ4 design goal was simple: every VLZ4 mixer must have the highest headroom and lowest noise possible. Strict attention to component quality and tolerances has led to innovations like our custom M80 op-amps and class-leading negative summing bus architecture that add yet another level of assurance that a Mackie VLZ4 mixer is the right choice for your professional audio application.

Reliable
Mackie VLZ mixers are truly "Built-Like-A-Tank." From beer spills to drops from moving vehicles, the testimonials are as endless as the applications Mackie mixers serve. The VLZ4 series is certainly no exception. With a nearly indestructible steel wrap-around chassis and features like grime-resistant rotary sealed pots, you can be sure that buying a Mackie VLZ4 mixer is a solid investment.

VLZ4's new black powder coat finish, cockpit-inspired controls and high-contrast knobs not only optimize your mixer's usability in low-light scenarios, it also means your mixer looks as good as it performs.

Features

  • Ten great-sounding mic preamps
  • Balanced main outputs
  • Inserts per channel
  • RCA and 1/4" inputs
  • Sweep mid EQ
  • Six AUX sends

Order today and get the clarity, punch, presence and versatility that your music deserves.

Specs

VLZ4 Series 1642VLZ4 16-Channel/4-Bus Compact Mixer Specifications:

Main Mix Noise
  • (20 Hz-20 kHz bandwidth, 1/4" Main out, channel gains @ unity gain, EQs flat, all channels assigned to main mix, odd channels panned left, even channels panned right)
  • Main mix fader down, channel level faders down: -88.5 dBu
  • Main mix fader @ unity, channel level faders @ unity: -82.5 dBu,
THD
  • (1 kHz @ 35 dB gain, 20 Hz-20 kHz bandwidth)
  • Mic in to insert send: <0.0007%
  • Mic in to Main Out: <0.005%
Attenuation/Crosstalk
  • (1 kHz relative to 0 dBu, 20 Hz-20 kHz bandwidth, line in, 1/4" main out, gain @ unity)
  • Channel Mute switch engaged: -84 dBu
  • Channel Gain knob down: -84 dBu
Frequency Response
  • Mic input to main output (gain @ unity)
  • +0, -1 dB, 20 Hz to 50 kHz
  • +0, -3 dB, <10 Hz to >100 kHz
Equivalent Input Noise (EIN)
  • (Mic input to insert send out, max gain)
  • 150 termination: -128.5 dBu, 20 Hz-20 kHz
Common Mode Rejection Ratio (CMRR)
  • 1 kHz: better than -70 dB
Maximum Levels
  • Mic in: +22 dBu
  • All other inputs: +22 dBu
  • Main mix XLR out: +28 dBu
  • All other outputs: +22 dBu
Impedances (Ohms)
  • Mic in: 2.5K
  • Channel insert return: 2.5K
  • All other inputs: 10K or greater
  • Tape out: 1.1K
  • Phones out: 120
  • All other outputs: 120
EQ
  • High Shelving: ±15 dB @ 12 kHz
  • Mid Peaking: ±15 dB sweep 100Hz - 8kHz
  • Low Shelving: ±15 dB @ 80 Hz
  • Low Cut Filter: 18 dB/octave, -3 dB @ 75 Hz
Physical Properties
  • Height: 17.0"
  • Depth: 5.1"
  • Width: 17.3"
  • Weight: 20lb
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