Mackie Onyx 1220i Quick Start Guide - Page 14

Talkback The mixer's built-in microphone allows you to talk to the band through the phones outputs or stage monitors. This can often be charming, pleasant, informative, and enlightening. TALKBACK MIC The omni-directional dynamic microphone will pick up your voice from anywhere in front of the mixer. Any hint of exasperation and despair in your voice will be faithfully picked up. TALKBACK Switch Press this switch in to talk. This is a momentary switch, and as long as you hold it in, talkback is activated. When it is pressed in, the control room outputs are attenuated (ducked) to allow your voice to come through clearly. DESTINATION: PHONES, AUX 1-2 Push in the phones talkback destination switch to communicate with the talent in the studio through the headphones during a recording session. The aux 1-2 talkback destination switch routes the talkback signal to the aux send 1 and 2 outputs. Use this to communicate with the musicians through their stage monitors when you are setting up a live performance. In a studio, the aux out could be fed to the input of a headphone amplifier feeding several sets of headphones. It is fine to have both talkback destination switches pushed in at the same time. If you don't have either switch pushed in, the talkback signal won't go anywhere. TALKBACK LEVEL Use the talkback level knob to control the level of the signal from the internal microphone. 1. Start with this level turned down. 2. Select the destination: either headphones and/or aux 1-2, and make sure the phones level or aux send master levels are set up nicely. 3. Press the talkback switch as you talk. 4. Slowly turn the talkback level knob up until they can hear you in phones or monitors. 5. Release the talkback switch when you are finished talking. Once you have set the level, you can leave it there for the duration of the session or gig. Aux Sends POWER FIREWIRE MAIN OUT BALANCED R L MAIN OUTPUT LEVEL +4dB MIC AUX SEND 1 ( PRE-FADER / PRE EQ TIP SEND / RING RETURN ) CHANNEL INSERT 4 3 2 1 BAL/UNBAL 2 AUX RETURN R2 L BAL/UNBAL R 1 L 1 ONYX MIC PRE 2 ONYX MIC PRE 3 ONYX MIC PRE 4 ONYX MIC PRE CTRL - RM OUT BAL/UNBAL MAIN OUT BAL/UNBAL ALT 3-4 OUT BAL/UNBAL L R L R L/3 R/4 LINE IN 5-6 LINE IN 7-8 LINE IN 9-10 LINE IN 11-12 TAPE L IN OUT R 1 LINE BAL/UNBAL LINE HI-Z 48V 2 LINE BAL/UNBAL LINE HI-Z 3 LINE BAL/UNBAL 75Hz 18dB/OCT 4 LINE BAL/UNBAL 75Hz 18dB/OCT 48V 48V 48V L (MONO) BAL/UNBAL R L (MONO) BAL/UNBAL R L (MONO) BAL/UNBAL R L (MONO) BAL/UNBAL R PREMIUM ANALOG MIXER w/ PERKINS EQ & FIREWIRE 30 U 20 40 GAIN U 60 -20dB +40dB 30 U 20 40 GAIN U 60 -20dB +40dB 30 U 20 40 GAIN U 60 -20dB +40dB 30 U 20 40 GAIN U 60 -20dB +40dB U GAIN -20dB +20dB U GAIN -20dB +20dB U GAIN -20dB +20dB U GAIN -20dB +20dB SEND PRE POST SEND PRE POST SEND PRE POST SEND PRE POST U EQ -15 +15 1k HIGH 12kHz U EQ -15 +15 1k HIGH 12kHz U EQ -15 +15 1k HIGH 12kHz U EQ -15 +15 1k HIGH 12kHz SEND PRE POST U EQ HIGH 12kHz -15 +15 SEND PRE POST U EQ HIGH 12kHz -15 +15 SEND PRE POST U EQ HIGH 12kHz -15 +15 SEND INPUT LINE U FW 1-2 HIGH 12kHz -15 +15 FREQ FREQ FREQ FREQ 100 8k U 100 8k U 100 8k U 100 8k U MID MID MID MID -15 +15 U -15 +15 U -15 +15 U -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz LOW 80Hz LOW 80Hz LOW 80Hz -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 AUX AUX AUX AUX U MID 2.5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 AUX U MID 2.5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 AUX U MID 2.5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 AUX U MID 2.5kHz -15 +15 U LOW 80Hz -15 +15 AUX CTRL ROOM/PHONES SOURCE MAIN MIX TAPE FW 1-2 ALT 3-4 ASSIGN TO MAIN MIX OO MAX CONTROL ROOM OO MAX PHONES 0dB=0dBu LR 20 CLIP 15 10 6 3 0 2 LEVEL 4 SET 7 10 20 30 RUDE SOLO AUX MASTER SEND RETURN OO OO 1 MAX 2 MAX PAN OO OO 1 MAX 2 MAX PAN OO OO 1 MAX 2 MAX PAN OO OO 1 MAX 2 MAX PAN OO OO 1 MAX 2 MAX PAN OO OO 1 MAX 2 MAX PAN OO OO 1 MAX 2 MAX PAN OO OO 1 MAX PRE POST 2 MAX PAN PRE POST OO OO 1 +15 RTN TO AUX1 2 +15 OO OO 1 +10 2 +10 L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R POWER MUTE ALT 3/4 MUTE ALT 3/4 MUTE ALT 3/4 MUTE ALT 3/4 MUTE ALT 3/4 MUTE ALT 3/4 MUTE ALT 3/4 MUTE ALT 3/4 dB dB dB dB dB dB dB dB MIC dB 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 U U U U U U U U U OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL 5 - 20 5 - 20 5 - 20 5 - 20 5 - 20 5 - 20 5 - 20 5 - 20 OO MAX LEVEL 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 DESTINATION 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 40 50 40 50 40 50 40 50 40 50 40 50 40 50 40 50 PHONES AUX 1-2 40 50 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO SOLO 1 SOLO 2 SOLO 3 SOLO 4 SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO 5-6 7-8 9-10 11-12 TALKBACK TALKBACK MAIN MIX Headphones Built-in Microphone Destination Talkback Level Talkback Switch 14 Onyx 1220i