Mackie Onyx 1620i Owner's Manual - Page 8

Electric Guitar Bass Guitar Acoustic Guitar mic'd up Studio Microphones press HI-Z buttons 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V Mackie HR824mk2 Powered Reference Monitors for Control Room CD Player Engineer's Headphones press FW button ( ) to send FW 1-2 computer output into mixer channels 15-16 Electronic Drum Kit Keyboard Computer with audio production software MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO Digital Reverb (Aux Send 4) Keyboard press FW button ( ) to send Aux 1 and Aux 2 to computer via FireWire channels 13 and 14 press FW button ( ) to send main mix to computer via FireWire channels 15 and 16 Compressor (Vocals) Effects Processor (Acoustic) Dynamics Processor (Bass) Multi FX Processor (Guitar) Headphones Headphone Amp (AUX Send 3) This diagram shows an electric guitar connected directly to the channel 1 input (hi-z switch in), a bass guitar connected directly to channel 2 (hi-z switch in), a mic'd-up acoustic guitar connected to the channel 3 mic input, studio mics connected to the channel 4-8 mic inputs, an electronic drum set connected to the channel 9-10 stereo line inputs, a keyboard connected to the channel 11-12 stereo line inputs, and a keyboard mono output connected to channel 13 (left input). A CD player connects to the tape input. A multi-FX processor is connected to the insert jack of channel 1 to work its magic on your guitar. A dynamics processor is connected to the insert jack of channel 2 for your bass. An effects processor is connected to the insert jack of channel 3 for the acoustic guitar. Compressors are connected to the insert jacks of channels 4-6 for vocals. Mackie HR824mk2 powered reference monitors are used for your control room listening. The engineer's headphones are used to monitor levels. Aux 3 is set up to provide the feed to a headphone amplifier and your band's headphones. A digital reverb receives a mono input from the aux 4 send, and its stereo outputs connect to the stereo return inputs. A desktop computer connects to a FireWire port, allowing the 2-channel main mix, individual channels, and the aux sends to be recorded, and two channels to be played back using audio production software. Mixer channels 15-16 can play the 2-channel signals from your computer if the FW 1-2 switch at the top of the 15-16 channel strip is engaged. Aux 1 and 2 can be sent via FireWire to a software effects plug-in. Typical Recording System 8 Onyx 1620i