Peavey XR600c Graphic Input

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Peavey XR600c Graphic Input

Post by haddock82 » Tue Jun 27, 2017 4:21 pm

So as a band we have an old Peavey XR 600C amp

Its given sterling service over the years and mainly used as a practice PA

However we have a gig coming up and need to press it into service!

We have 2 x Peavey speakers hooked up to the outputs on the back

1 x Yamaha powered monitor on the monitor output

But can we hook in a mixing desk?

Do we need anything special? Does it just plug into the graphic input? Can we control volumes?

Probably simple answers but looking through the very vague manual I can't get my head around it!

Cheers for any help

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Re: Peavey XR600c Graphic Input

Post by Enzo » Tue Jun 27, 2017 5:17 pm

If you plug into the graphic in, it breaks the circuit from the mixing panel. In other words it just goes straight into the graphic and power amp.

If you want the XR600c as the main mixer and have a secondary mixer, run the secondary mixer signal into the AUX input - lower right corner of the XR600. Then the Tape/Aux level control upper right corner controls the overall level from the external mixer. Meanwhile all the regular functions of the XR600c continue.

If you prefer to use an external mixer as the main mix - say it is a 16 channel or 24 channel or something - you can plug the output of that mixer into the graphic input as you were thinking. Then to continue using the XR600 mixer section, run a cord from the XR600 MAIN OUT jack to some aux return on the main mixer, or even one unused input channel. Or an FX return. Then you can use the XR600 as a sub mixer - say for the drum mics or maybe just the vocals. And that return channel on the main mixer acts as a sub control for those.

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Re: Peavey XR600c Graphic Input

Post by haddock82 » Tue Jun 27, 2017 5:40 pm

Hey Thank you so much for the reply!

This is really really helpful!

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Re: Peavey XR600c Graphic Input

Post by Enzo » Tue Jun 27, 2017 10:07 pm

Owners manual from the main Peavey web page:
https://assets.peavey.com/literature/ma ... 300747.pdf

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