Mackie 402-VLZ3 Premium 4-Channel Ultra-Compact Mixer
Features
- Includes Tracktion 3 Primary Bundle for Mac/PC (download required)
- Sleek, toughened steel chassis
- Sealed rotary controls to escape dust and grime
- 4 high-headroom line inputs
Product Description
The ultra-compact 402-VLZ3 Premium 4-Channel Mic/Line Mixer builds on the legacy of Mackie?s top-selling VLZ mixers. Two studio-grade XDR2? (Elongated Dynamic Range) mic preamps and proprietary Active EQ give the 402-VLZ3 its high-headroom, low-noise functionality. Its super-sleek, extra-rugged alloy chassis is packed with useable features like 2 switchable Hi-Z instrument inputs, assignable binaural RCA input, phantom power for condenser mics, and bright 8-segment stereo meters. Thanks to the 402-VLZ3, you can now get exceptional sound quality and performance in an amazingly small footprint?halogen an astonishingly low price.
From the Manufacturer
As yet , mixers built for low-input, two-mic or one-mic-and-a-guitar applications really skimped on top of quality. With their flimsy construction and dismal sound, they resembled and performed like children’s toys. So we created the 402-VLZ3, the perfect ultra-compact social for applications that require few inputs, but demand full-on professional safe.
The 4-channel 402-VLZ3 delivers pure VLZ3 part within our smallest form factor ever, making it ideal when your input counts are dwindling, or once extent is at a premium. In a sleek, small package, you get the signature VLZ3 high headroom, low noise designing, thorough with 2 XDR2 preamps, premium EQ, and modern mix bus architecture, for the best-sounding, mini-est pro mixer on the planet. And the price is mini, too—in fact, it’s our lowest price in recorded history all for a VLZ3 mixer. At last, you no longest need to buy more mixer than you need just to get the quality you deserve.
XDR2 preamps
Extended Dynamic Range=Extended Transonic Possibilities XDR2Among the features that have attained the VLZ3 mixers their stellar reputation are the XDR2 “Extended Dynamic Range” mic preamps. That’s because serious amounts of time and energy went into their pattern, and the result is phenomenal. You simply won’t insight preamps this good on any other mixer here price list. The XDR2 preamps deliver pure, clean, studio-grade sound—the kind of quality you’d expect to find in pricey boutique mic pres. They have AN incredibly yawning frequency variety, especially in the low cessation, and even at unusually swollen gain settings. They offer incredibly degraded noise, astonishing RFI rejection, and with 60dB of available gain per channel, the 402-VLZ3 can touch inputs ranging from a whisper to a scream. With the superior wholesome of the 402-VLZ3’s two XDR2 preamps, rest confident you will e`er get optimum performance out of your professional tie, dynamic, and condenser mics.
Musical EQ for Your Tweaking Pleasure
EQ Knobs The 402-VLZ3’s ultra-musical 2-band Active EQ provides simply the right amount of sound shaping flexibility. We invested tremendous resources into optimizing the central frequencies of our EQs, and improved the interaction of the separate EQ bands, so your tracks can be formed and tweaked for the perfect product. The 402-VLZ3’s low shelving At 80Hz and high shelving at 12kHz mean you can rapidly and effectively sculpt your timbre all for the ultimate in punch and brilliance—and beside up to 15dB boost/cut capability per band, you get loads of latitude. There’s also a 100Hz dwindling cut/high pass switch for each mic input, so you can keep the ultra-low frequency muddiness out of your sound—and give your bass that extra punch if used in conjunction beside the Low EQ.
Small Yet Powerfully Flexible
Though petty in stature, the 402-VLZ3 provides associate extraordinary abundance of professional features and mission-critical tools to enhance your mixture experience—and your creativity. Moreover to essential features like phantom power for your condenser mics, you get a variety of user options that receive the 402-VLZ3 a surprisingly flexible mixing machine. Two switchable Hi-Z instrument inputs allow you to top instruments like electric guitar or low in direct—no external wheel required—or, disengage the switch to connect line level sources such as as keyboards, OR CARDINAL or mp3 players. Use the high pass filters on channels 1 and 2 to cut the rumble with the touch of a button. Connect line level binaural gear like DJ decks using the assignable stereo RCA input, and either route to your phones all for queuing up, or to your main mix for overdubbing while monitoring back from your computer on phones. Flexibly monitor and record mono and stereo sources using the stereo pan function—when the control is out, a mono source will be split between the left and right of the main mix equally, and once the control is within, channels 1 and 2 are hard-panned nigh and spot on (perfect all for recording biaural mics). Maintain an eye on your levels with the bright 8-segment stereo meters, As well as the responsive impose LEDs that warn you when you’re overdoing it with the gain and/or EQ. No matter how you use it, the 402-VLZ3 supplies everything you need to get the job done.
Ultra-compact, sleek, rugged chassis
ProfileNow you can have your pro mixer, and take it with you, overly. The 402-VLZ3 features a tight, low-profile design that fits the most modest—or congested—areas perfectly, including your knapsack or laptop case. Like all VLZ3 mixers, the 402-VLZ3 is built like a tank, too. 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 comfort. By design, our dictate 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 sheet. Finally, we use thick, horizontally mounted fiberglass PC boards to wipe out the potential for damage and support them with a shock-absorbing approve support. And not only is the 402-VLZ3 tough, but it can be flexibly positioned, thanks to a bottom sheet that lets you smoothly mount an optional mic stand adapter with newly a few screws. Attach your 402-VLZ3 to a mic stand, and you can adjust its dimension and angle to lawsuit your unique—or weird—work style.
Applications A-Plenty
With its professional features and ultra-compact footprint, the 402-VLZ3 is best for a variety of applications, including home workplace and on-the-go recording, multimedia projects, corral mixing, broadcast use, and post-production toil. (Check out our hookup guide to see how you can put it all together.) And the included Tracktion 3 Basic Package music production code makes it that much easier to get right to work, and get inspired. Dribble up T3, border the 402-VLZ3 to your computer’s sound card, and start recording your masterpiece.
Less Really Is More
The best-sounding, most professional ultra-compact in its lesson, the 402-VLZ3 gives new meaning to the old adage, less is more. While there are new ultra-compact mixers out within the world these years, no provide the performance or sound quality of the 402-VLZ3. Thanks to its ultra-flexible, super-versatile, professional design, you obtain the run down signaling count you poorness, the extra celestial you condition, and the quality you deserve—all at an unbelievably low price. Put simply, the 402-VLZ3 is the go-anywhere, fit-anywhere professional mixer, delivering superior sound quality—and unbeatable value.
Features
- Ultra-compact 4-channel party featuring Mackie VLZ3’s signature low noise, high-headroom pattern
- 2 studio-grade XDR2™ Extended Can-do Range mic preamps with:
- Ultra-wide 60dB gain range
- 130dB can-do range
- +22dBu queue input handling
- Extended low frequency response
- Distortion under 0.0007% (20Hz – 20kHz)
- Phantom weight for studio condenser mics
- 4 high-headroom line inputs
- 2 selectable Instrument inputs – no DI box needed
- 2-Band Active EQ (80Hz, 12kHz) and Lo-Cut filter on mic channels
- Phantom power all for studio condenser mics
- Dedicated Binaural Line Input and Cartridge Input channels
- High-resolution 8-segment stereo meters
- Sealed rotary controls to resist dust and grime
- Sleek, rugged steel chassis
- Includes Tracktion 3 Principal Bundle for Mac/PC (transfer required)
Price: $94.00
List Price: $129.99
