Mackie Onyx 1620i Quick Start Guide - Page 11

Control Room/Phones/Meters CONTROL ROOM OUTPUTS The 1/4" TRS stereo control room outputs can be used to run a separate sound system in a control room or a different zone. Connect these outputs to the line-level inputs of an amplifier running passive studio monitors, or to the inputs of powered studio monitors. Assign to Main Mix Except for the main mix, whatever is selected as a source for your control room and phones can also be routed to the main mix by pressing this switch. The main mix does not play in the control room or phones if this switch is engaged. The headphones play the same program material as the control room. The meters show the levels prior to the control room and phones level controls. CONTROL ROOM/PHONES SOURCE The source that plays in the control room, headphones, and meters is selected using the switches in the control room/phones source matrix: • Main mix • Tape • Alt 3-4 • FW 1-2: The stereo FireWire 1-2 output from your computer • A combination of all four above Select one or more of these, or there will be no sound in the control room or phones, and no indication on the meters (unless a solo button is engaged). Main Mix Select main mix to listen to the main mix in the control room or headphones. The meters show the levels after the main mix fader. Tape Select tape to listen to the RCA tape input in the control room or headphones. The meters show the level coming in from your tape or CD player. Press "assign to main mix" to play intermission music in your main mix. SOLO Whenever solo is engaged, all control room/headphone source selections (main mix, alt 3-4, tape, and FireWire) are defeated, and you will only hear the soloed channel(s) in the headphones and control room. This gives you the opportunity to audition the channels before they are added to the main mix or alt 3-4 mix. The main mix continues to play, so the show can still go on during solo. The solo mode switch allows solo to be AFL (after-fader listen) or PFL (pre-fader listen): SOLO MODE PFL/AFL When the solo mode switch is out (PFL), soloed channels will be pre-fader, allowing you to set the channel gain without regard to fader level. (PFL is also post-EQ.) When a channel is soled in PFL, you can adjust the channel gain until your input source reaches the 0 dB LED in the right meter. When solo mode is in (AFL), soloed channels will be post-fader, EQ, and pan, allowing you to hear fader, EQ, and pan adjustments on soloed channels. Solo signals reaching the headphones and control room may be loud, therefore turn down the phones level and control room level before channels are soloed. Control Room Outputs 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V Headphones Alt 3-4 Select alt 3-4 to listen to the alt 3-4 mix in the control room or headphones. This is a stereo mix of any channels that have their mute/alt 3-4 switch engaged. This can be used for cueing up sources prior to "going live," and for other useful reasons. The meters show the level of the alt 3-4 output. MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE FW 1-2 Select FW 1-2 to listen in the control room or Solo headphones to the FireWire 1 and 2 audio streams coming from your computer. The meters will show the levels of the signals coming in from your computer. SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO Control Room Level Solo Mode Control Room/ Phones Source Assign to Main Mix Phones Level Quick Start Guide 11