User manual MACKIE ONYX 820I

[. . . ] DESIGNED BY MACKOIDS IN WOODINVILLE, WA, USA · MANUFACTURED IN CHINA · FABRIQUE EN CHINE "MACKIE" & "ONYX" ARE TRADEMARKS OF LOUD TECHNOLOGIES INC. · COPYRIGHT ©2008 FIREWIRE POWER ON MAIN OUT BALANCED CTRL - RM OUT R BAL/UNBAL Premium 8-Channel Analog Mixer with Perkins EQ and FireWire R L ALT 3-4 OUT BAL/UNBAL L R/4 L/3 MAIN OUTPUT LEVEL +4dB MIC OWNER'S MANUAL 1 ONY 2 X MIC P ONY RE ON 3-4 YX MIC PR AUX SEND BAL/UNBAL X MIC P RE E AUX RETURN 1 BAL/UNBAL 2 MAIN OUT BAL/UNBAL TAPE IN OUT L 1 (MONO) L L 2 INSERT INSERT (MONO) BAL/UNBAL R LINE IN 7-8 R R L LINE IN 5-6 BAL/UNBAL LINE HI-Z LINE 1 BAL/UNBAL LINE HI-Z LINE 2 LINE R +4dB L (MONO) BAL/UNBAL L (MONO) BAL/UNBAL -10dB 48V 30 40 20 30 40 48V 30 20 40 60 48V U R U R PREMIUM ANALOG MIXER w/ PERKINS EQ & FIREWIRE 20 U U U GAIN -20dB 60 +40dB GAIN U MIC GAIN -20dB +20dB CTRL ROOM/PHONES SOURCE GAIN +20dB 0dB=0dBu GAIN -20dB SEND PRE POST L 20 MAIN MIX 15 10 6 TAPE R CLIP -20dB 60 +40dB U SEND PRE POST SEND PRE POST SEND PRE POST SEND INPUT U EQ HIGH 12kHz -15 U EQ HIGH 12kHz +15 U EQ HIGH 12kHz -15 U EQ HIGH 12kHz +15 U LINE FW 1-2 3 0 ALT 3-4 HIGH 12kHz -15 +15 FW 1-2 2 4 7 LEVEL SET -15 +15 -15 +15 1k 1k U FREQ FREQ 100 8k 100 8k HIGH MID 2. 5KHz -15 +15 U U U U U 2. 5kHz MID 2. 5kHz -15 +15 MID ASSIGN TO MAIN MIX 10 20 30 MID -15 +15 MID -15 +15 LOW MID 400Hz -15 +15 -15 +15 O O MAX O O MAX U U U U U CONTROL ROOM LOW 80Hz +15 PHONES RUDE SOLO LOW 80Hz -15 +15 LOW 80Hz -15 +15 LOW 80Hz -15 +15 LOW 80Hz -15 +15 -15 AUX MASTER SEND RETURN AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX 1 O O 1 O O 1 O O 1 O O 1 O O 1 PRE POST O O 1 RTN TO AUX1 O O MAX MAX MAX MAX MAX +15 +10 2 O O 2 O O 2 O O 2 O O 2 O O 2 PRE POST O O 2 O O MAX MAX MAX MAX MAX +15 +10 PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN AUX SEND 1-2 TO FW 5-6 L R L R L R L R L R POWER MUTE ALT 3-4 U OL MUTE ALT 3-4 U OL - 20 MUTE ALT 3-4 U OL - 20 MUTE ALT 3-4 U OL - 20 MUTE ALT 3-4 U OL - 20 O O - 20 MIC MAX ASSIGN TO FW 7-8 U LEVEL DESTINATION O O +10dB O O +10dB O O +10dB O O +10dB O O +10dB LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL PHONES AUX 1-2 O O +10dB SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO 1 2 3-4 5-6 7-8 TALKBACK MAIN MIX Important Safety Instructions 1. Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. [. . . ] With the addition of low-cut, you can safely use low equalization on vocals. Manytimes, bassshelvingEQcanreallybenefitvoices. FW 7-8 Trouble is, addingASSIGN EQ also boosts stage rumble, mic low TO LEVEL MIC handling clunks and breath pops from way-down low. DESTINATION Applying low-cut removes all those problems, so you can add low EQ without blowing your subwoofers. AUX SEND 1-2 TO FW 5-6 O O MAX U AUX 1-2 O O +10dB 38 SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO 1 2 3-4 5-6 7-8 20. 1-4 only) Mostmodernprofessionalcondensermicsrequire 48V phantom power, which lets the mixer send low-currentDCvoltagetothemic'selectronicsthroughthe same wires that carry audio. (Semi-pro condenser mics often have batteries to accomplish the same thing. ) "Phantom" owes its name to an ability to be "unseen" bydynamicmics(ShureSM57/SM58, forinstance), which don't need external power and aren't affected by it anyway. Press this switch in if your microphone requires phantom power. (Always check the position of this switch before connecting microphones. ) TALKBACK MAIN MIX 18. 1 and 2 only) Engage this switch if you want to connect guitars directly to the 1/4" line inputs of channels 1 or 2. Without this switch, you need to use a DI box first, before connecting guitars. If these switches are not pressed in, guitars will not sound good, particularly the high frequency response. 18 Onyx 820i Never plug single-ended (unbalanced) microphones, or ribbon mics into the mic input jacks if phantom power is on. Do not plug instrument outputs into the mic XLR input jacks with phantom power on, unless you know for certain it is safe to do so. Be sure the main level [55] is turned down when connecting microphones to the mic inputs when phantom power is turned on, to prevent pops from getting through to the speakers. This 20 dB of attenuation can be very handy when you are inserting a hot signal, or when you want to add EQ gain, or both. Without this "virtual pad, " there is more chance of channel clipping. 24. SEND FIREWIRE PRE/POST Each channel of the mixer can send a FireWire output to your computer or DAW. The FireWire output from each channel can be tapped before (pre) or after (post) the channel EQ. (The output is always pre-fader. ) If you want the mixer EQ to affect the FireWire recording, then set this switch to post. This is useful in recording channels in a studio (where the recording includes the beneficial effect of our Perkins EQ). If you would rather record the straight signals from a live performance, and EQ them later in your DAW, then set this switch to pre. This is good for live work, where you may have added EQ to adjust for the room, and yet not want this added to your recording. 21. 3 and 4 only) This switch affects channel 3 and 4 line inputs only (not the mic input), and allows them to be connected to professional sources (+4 dBu) or consumer sources (­10 dBV). This helps adjust the channels for the right operating range, so the input is not too hot, or too cold. [. . . ] Here you can see the settings for the mixer. You can also choose it as your default input or output, as well as designate it to be used for system sound output. There are 8 channels of audio input from the Onyx 820i, and 2 channels of audio output to the Onyx 820i. 4. ClicktheAudioDevicestab, andselect Onyx i in the "Properties For" drop-down box. 6. [. . . ]