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. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. [. . . ] INPUT (LINE or FW 1-2) Channel7and8caneitherbefedfromthe1/4"line level inputs, or by two outputs from a computer via FireWire. Either way, the channels receive line-level analog audio signals just prior to the gain control, so channel setup, gain adjustment and EQ adjustment are the same for line or FireWire. This is useful for virtual instruments that want to be "just another channel" among hardware instruments. 23. GAIN CONTROL If you haven't already, please read the level-setting procedure on page 3. The gain knobs adjust the input sensitivity of the mic and line inputs. This allows signals from the outside world to be adjusted to run through each channel at optimal internal operating levels. If the signal originates through the mic XLR jack, there will be 0 dB of gain with the knob fully down, rampingto60dBofgainfullyup. (Ch3/4gainaffects theMicinputonly. ) Through the 1/4" line input of channels 1 and 2, there is 20 dB of attenuation fully down and 40 dB of gain fully up, with unity gain "U" at 11:00. Through the 1/4" line input of channels 5/6 and 7/8, there is 20 dB of attenuation fully down and 20 dB of gain fully up, with unity gain "U" at 11:00. Owner's Manual 19 1 YX MIC P ON RE ON 2 YX MIC P RE ON 3-4 YX MIC PR AUX SEND BAL/UNBAL E AUX RETURN 1 BAL/UNBAL 2 26. 1 and 2) MAIN OUT TAPE IN OUT This knob sets the center frequency of the mid EQ levL This L sweepable from 100 Hz to 8 kHz. is BAL/UNBAL 8 9 10 18 19 23 20 U 1 12 2 INSERT INSERT (MONO) BAL/UNBAL 13 (MONO) L R LINE IN 7-8 Once this is set, the mid EQ level can be adjusted with R R the mid EQ level control. Mostoftherootandlowerharmonicsthatdefine a sound are located in the 100 Hz­8 kHz frequency range, and you can create drastic changes with these twoknobs. ManyengineersusemidEQtocutmidrange frequencies, not boost them. One popular trick is to set the mid fully up, turn the frequency knob until you find CTRL ROOM/PHONES it sounds just terrible, then back the mid a point where SOURCE L R down into the cut range, causing those terrible frequen20 ciesMAIN disappear. to MIX 15 PREMIUM ANALOG MIXER w/ PERKINS EQ & FIREWIRE 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 21 20 U -10dB 48V 30 40 60 +40dB U 20 48V 30 40 30 40 60 48V U R U R 20 U U GAIN -20dB 60 +40dB GAIN MIC GAIN -20dB +20dB 0dB=0dBu GAIN -20dB SEND PRE POST +20dB GAIN -20dB 22 LINE FW 1-2 CLIP 24 25 26 27 31 32 33 34 36 SEND PRE POST SEND PRE POST SEND PRE POST SEND INPUT 10 6 27. 1 and 2) TAPE 3 0 The mid3-EQ provides up to 15 ALT 4 2 dB of boost or cut, and it is also 4 7 flat(noboostorcut)atthedeASSIGN TO tent. The frequency 10 which the at MAIN MIX 20 cut or boost occurs is set by the 30 mid EQ frequency control [26]. FW 1-2 LEVEL SET U EQ HIGH 12kHz -15 U EQ HIGH 12kHz +15 U EQ HIGH 12kHz -15 U EQ HIGH 12kHz +15 U HIGH 12kHz -15 +15 +15 +10 +5 -15 +15 -15 +15 1k 1k FREQ 8k 100 8k FREQ 100 28 29 U HIGH MID 2. 5KHz +15 0 ­5 ­10 ­15 20Hz 100Hz 1kHz 10kHz 20kHz -15 U U U MID -15 +15 MID -15 +15 LOW MID 400Hz +15 30 U U 2. 5kHz +15 MID 2. 5kHz -15 +15 MID -15 -15 O O MAX O O MAX U U U U U CONTROL ROOM LOW 80Hz +15 PHONES LOW 80Hz -15 +15 LOW 80Hz -15 +15 LOW 80Hz -15 +15 LOW 80Hz -15 +15 28. 3 and 4) The high mid EQ provides up to 15 dB of boost or cut SEND RETURN at2. 5kHz, anditisflatatthedetent. 1 1 AUX MASTER RUDE SOLO -15 AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX 1 MAX O O 1 MAX O O 1 MAX O O 1 MAX O O 1 MAX O O PRE POST 2 MAX O O 2 MAX O O 2 MAX O O 2 MAX O O 2 MAX 29. 3 and 4) The low mid EQ provides up to 15 dB of boost or cut at 400Hz, andisflatatthedetent. O O O O +15 RTN TO AUX1 O O +10 2 2 O O PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PRE POST +15 O O +10 AUX SEND 1-2 TO FW 5-6 L R L R L R L R L R MUTE ALT 3-4 U 35 OL 30. 5/6 and 7/8) OL - 20 POWER 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 - 20 The mid EQ provides up to 15 dB of boost or cut at 2. 5 kHz, andisflatatthedetent. LOW EQ O O +10dB O O +10dB O O +10dB O O +10dB O O +10dB LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL PHONES 37 SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO 1 2 3-4 5-6 7-8 25. HIGH EQ The high EQ provides up to 15 dB of boost or cut above 12 kHz, anditisalsoflat(noboost 0 or cut) at the detent. Use it to add sizzle to cymbals, an overall sense of transparency, or an edge to keyboards, vocals, guitar and bacon frying. [. . . ] The Onyx 820i will only work with the 2. 0 driver, so if you have an OS before 10. 4. 11, you will need to check your system for updates from the nice folks at Apple. Go to the applications folder, open the utilities folder, anddouble-click"AudioMIDISetup. " 5. 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. [. . . ]