XDR™ MICROPHONE PREAMPS
The VLZ Pro Series features our XDR (Extended Dynamic Range) mic preamps, which are ultra-quiet and provide tremendous headroom. This means the six XDR mic preamps in the 1402-VLZ Pro mixer can handle inputs from a whisper all the way up to a scream without any added coloration. Preamps this good aren't found on other mixers in this price range; they often only appear on consoles costing thousands of dollars more. Read more.

EQUALIZATION FOR THE MODERN MUSICIAN
 High-quality equalization is a must for any good mixer—that's why we didn't cut any corners when it came to our 3-band Active EQs—and why we include them on every channel. Tremendous resources went into optimizing the center points of the VLZ Pro's EQ. Consequently, we fixed the Lows at 80Hz, Mids at 2.5kHz and Highs at 12kHz. This gives our VLZ Pro mixers practical, useful equalization providing not only sonic enhancement and correction, but the tone-shaping facility to actually improve the musical nature of the original signal.

PROFESSIONAL FEATURES
Don't let its compact size fool you. The Mackie 1402-VLZ Pro mixer 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. You can never have too many output options, so we also provided a Control Room/Phones source matrix, a Master Aux section with EFX to Monitor, tape outputs, a high-volume headphone amplifier and balanced XLR and TRS outputs.

WHEN DOES A 2-BUS MIXER ACT MORE LIKE A 4-BUS?
 When it's a Mackie 1402-VLZ Pro with our exclusive ALT 3-4 stereo bus! Greg Mackie's mind was working overtime when he came up with this—instead of sending muted signals into the vacuousness of space, why not do something useful with them? So, when you press the mute button on the 1402-VLZ, 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 VLZ Pro mixers are built tough. Our legendary solid-steel chassis can take the kind of abuse that would make our competitor's flimsy boxes run home to mama. And instead of using cheap, unsealed potentiometers, we use co-molded pots offering substantial strain and impact relief at all critical mechanical contact points. By design, our control knobs 'ride' just above the surface of the chassis, so if something heavy falls onto the mixer, the impact is transferred from the knobs to the steel chassis—not to the potentiometers or circuit board. Finally, to eliminate potential damage to the circuit board, we use a thick, horizontally mounted fiberglass PC board, braced with a shock-absorbing support structure.

VERSATILITY
You'll find Mackie VLZ Pro compact 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. VLZ Pros are the top choice of professional sportscasters the world over. Drummers and keyboardists use them to send submixes to front of house and monitor consoles. VLZ Pro compact mixers are the ideal choice for any situation requiring professional-grade audio mixing, especially where space and/or budget constraints are an issue.