How do you improve on perfection? The Mackie 1604-VLZ Pro has been the long-running favorite of audio professionals the world over for its sound quality, ease of use, and rugged dependability. Thousands of recordings have been tracked and mixed solely on a 1604. Designing a mixer to take its place was a tremendous challenge, indeed. But our engineering team thrives on this kind of stuff, so they tackled this one head on, creating one of the best compact mixers we’ve ever offered: the Mackie 1604-VLZ3.

While keeping the features and functionality of its predecessor, the Mackie 1604-VLZ3 offers even greater headroom than the original. We could have stopped right then and there, but we’re obsessed with perfection. So we redesigned the Mix Bus and made a few circuitry upgrades to the EQ, giving the 1604-VLZ3 a highly intuitive, more musical feel. Whether you need a live mixing board for club work, or a full-featured workhorse for home and studio recording, you owe it to yourself to check out the new Mackie 1604-VLZ3. You’ll think it’s perfect, too.

FEATURES:
• New ultra-low noise VLZ3 design with highest possible headroom
• 16 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
• 16 high-headroom line inputs, 16 channel inserts
• Advanced DC pulse transformer RF rejection
• 60mm long-wearing logarithmic-taper faders
• 4 Aux sends, level, pan, -20dB/Solo and Overload/Mute_LEDs on each channel
• 4 stereo Aux returns, 8 Direct outs, 4 Group/Bus outputs
• 3-band Active EQ with sweepable midrange
• 18dB/oct. 75Hz Lo-Cut filter
• Control Room/Phones multi-input source matrix
• Balanced 1/4" inputs and outputs (except inserts)
• Rack-mountable design with three physical configurations via rotating I/O pod
• Sealed rotary controls to resist dust and grime
• New Multi-Voltage power supply for worldwide use
• Rugged steel chassis
• Includes Tracktion 3™ Music Production Software for Mac or PC