Mackie Onyx 1640i Quick Start Guide - Page 20

• Note: Route the two channels from your computer through the control room/headphones or through channels 1 and 2. Do not use both. To retain your signal source's stereo image, you will need to pan channel 1 all the way to the left and channel 2 all the way to the right. 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 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. INPUT (LINE or FW 1-16) Mixer channels 1-16 can either be fed from the 1/4" line-level inputs, or by FireWire outputs 1-16 from your computer. This switch lets you choose which to use. Either way, all 16 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. SUBS 1-4 to FW 5-8 Engage this button, located just below the subgroup faders, and the subs 1-4 mix can be sent to your computer via Firewire channels 5-8. The sub 1 mix will appear on FireWire output signal 5, the sub 2 mix will appear on FireWire output signal 6, and so on. The FireWire output is affected by the sub faders. (When this button is engaged, mixer channels 5-8 are not available to send via FireWire.) This switch is here for additional flexibility. As mentioned in the 'Sub Assign switches' section on page 16 you can assign a group of channels to subgroups and then re-assign those subgroups to the main mix. In that example, we assigned the seven channels that were being hogged by the 'can't-keep-a-steady-beat' drummer to subgroups 1-2. Still with us? Now imagine this: We have already successfully recorded the drummer's tracks from the live show and are returning them from the computer on tracks 1-7. Each of the seven tracks contains a collection of processing and quantization. Doing so makes each individual component of the drum kit sound better... and in time! Those seven tracks can now be EQ'd on the Onyx 1640i mixer and routed to subgroups 1-2. These are then transmitted back for recording to your digital audio workstation (DAW) via FireWire. This is called track bounce. The seven tracks have now been reduced to a stereo pair, allowing us to free up processing power that may be applied to pitch correction and reverb plug-ins for the egomaniac vocalist. This is called LSD (Lead Singer Disease). CONTROL ROOM FW 1-2 If this is engaged, you can listen to FireWire 1 and 2 playback from your computer in the control room and headphones. This can also be FireWire added to the main mix if control room assign Connections to main mix is engaged. Line/FW 1-16 Route the two channels from your computer through the control room/headphones or through channels 1 and 2. Do not use both. FW Pre or Post ASSIGN TO MAIN MIX Engage the control room FW 1-2 switch and the "assign to main mix" switch to play two tracks directly from your computer through the control room/phones source matrix and into the main mix. This is great for listening to iTunes® or other pre-recorded material from your computer. 20 Onyx 1640i 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT LINE BAL/UNBAL ONYX MIC PRE LINE BAL/UNBAL ONYX MIC PRE LINE BAL/UNBAL ONYX MIC PRE LINE BAL/UNBAL ONYX MIC PRE LINE BAL/UNBAL ONYX MIC PRE LINE BAL/UNBAL ONYX MIC PRE LINE BAL/UNBAL ONYX MIC PRE LINE BAL/UNBAL ONYX MIC PRE LINE BAL/UNBAL ONYX MIC PRE LINE BAL/UNBAL ONYX MIC PRE LINE BAL/UNBAL ONYX MIC PRE LINE BAL/UNBAL ONYX MIC PRE LINE BAL/UNBAL ONYX MIC PRE LINE BAL/UNBAL ONYX MIC PRE HI-Z BAL/UNBAL ONYX MIC PRE HI-Z BAL/UNBAL ONYX MIC PRE TALKBACK MIC +48v BALANCED R L MAIN OUT BAL /UNBAL L MONO MAIN INSERT (TIP=SEND RING=RTN) L TAPE IN OUT L CTRL-RM OUT BAL /UNBAL L MAIN OUTPUT LEVEL POWER ON +4dB MIC R R R R +6 OO FIREWIRE SUB OUT BAL/UNBAL 3 1 4 2 AUX RETURN BAL/UNBAL 4 3 2 1 AUX SEND BAL/UNBAL 5 3 1 L L L L (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) 6 4 2 R R R R 9-16 RECORDING OUTS POST GAIN PRE INSERT BALANCED 1- 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 LINE FW 1 LINE FW 2 LINE FW 3 LINE FW 4 LINE FW 5 LINE FW 6 LINE FW 7 LINE FW 8 LINE FW 9 LINE FW 10 LINE FW 11 LINE FW 12 LINE FW 13 LINE FW 14 LINE FW 15 LINE FW 16 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 75Hz 18dB/OCT 75Hz 18dB/OCT 75Hz 18dB/OCT 75Hz 18dB/OCT 75Hz 18dB/OCT 75Hz 18dB/OCT 75Hz 18dB/OCT 75Hz 18dB/OCT 75Hz 18dB/OCT 75Hz 18dB/OCT 75Hz 18dB/OCT 75Hz 18dB/OCT 75Hz 18dB/OCT 75Hz 18dB/OCT GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 U 60 -20dB +40dB SEND PRE POST U 60 -20dB +40dB SEND PRE POST U 60 -20dB +40dB SEND PRE POST U 60 -20dB +40dB SEND PRE POST U 60 -20dB +40dB SEND PRE POST U 60 -20dB +40dB SEND PRE POST U 60 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MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE TALKBACK EXTERNAL MIC SUB ASSIGN L L L L MAIN MIX MAIN MIX MAIN MIX MAIN MIX R R R R ASSIGN TO FW 15-16 SUB1 SUB2 SUB3 SUB4 dB OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL 10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 U -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 5 SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN 10 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 20 30 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 40 50 60 MAIN MIX MAIN MIX MAIN MIX MAIN MIX MAIN MIX MAIN MIX MAIN MIX MAIN MIX MAIN MIX MAIN MIX MAIN MIX MAIN MIX MAIN MIX MAIN MIX MAIN MIX MAIN MIX SOLO 1 SOLO 2 SOLO 3 SOLO 4 SOLO 5 SOLO 6 SOLO 7 SOLO 8 SOLO 9 SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO 10 11 12 13 SOLO SOLO SOLO SUBS 1-4 TO FW 5-8 14 15 16 SUB1 SUB2 SUB3 SUB4 MAIN MIX OO FW 1-2 Assign to main mix Aux Send 1-6 to FW 9-14 Aux Master controls Assign to FW 15-16 Subs 1-4 to FW 5-8