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Feedback issues on Mackie CFX12
      06/05/12 09:05 AM
I'm having problems using a Mackie CFX12 and Mackie Thump 12 active speakers as a PA in a school. I set this up every week to run a 'showcase' in school usually using 2-3 mics. It's always a race against time but I try to soundcheck. I set the main mix fader to 30, have the channel faders down and the channels muted. The channels are assigned to sub 1 and 2 and they are set to unity. I get the performers to sing and adjust the gain till it peaks and back it off a bit. I then unmute it and raise the fader to unity. When I try to raise the main mixer fader to an acceptable level, I can never get it high enough without getting feedback. The space is very uneven by the way.

Am I setting it up wrongly or are there any suggestions as to how I can improve this?
Any advice would be much appreciated!

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