Mackie Onyx 24-4 Owner's Manual

Mackie Onyx 24-4 Manual

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  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 1
    
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 2
    ONYX 4•Bus Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK) NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL ATTENTION: POUR EVITER LES
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 3
    Panel...21 Appendix A: Service Information 25 Troubleshooting...25 Repair...26 Appendix B: Connections 27 Appendix C: Technical Info 30 Onyx 4•Bus Specifications...30 Onyx 4•Bus Dimensions...31 Onyx 4•Bus Block Diagram...32 Onyx 4•Bus Gain Structure Diagram 34 Onyx 4•Bus Limited Warranty 35
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 4
    ONYX 4•Bus Introduction HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL Thank you for choosing a Mackie Onyx 4•Bus professional live mixing console. The Onyx 4•Bus mixers feature all-new analog circuitry and the latest technologies for live sound reinforcement in a durable, road-worthy package. The Onyx 4•Bus mixing
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 5
    "Hookup" section that shows you some typical ways The following steps must be performed one channel at that you might use the Onyx 4•Bus in real applications. a time. After that, take the grand tour of the mixer, with de- scriptions of every knob, button, input, and output. We 1. Push in the
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 6
    ONYX 4•Bus Hookup Diagrams This hookup diagram demonstrates how you can make a live multitrack recording using the DIRECT OUTs. The DIRECT OUTs provide an analog balanced direct output for each channel, pre-EQ. The Matrix outputs are used to create a stereo recording for backup. Aux Send 4 is used
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 7
    Aux Inserts can be used for in-line graphic EQ for each monitor send. A listen wedge is connected to the Monitor Out, allowing you to solo and listen to each monitor mix. The Talkback Mic lets you talk to the talent through the monitors (Aux Sends). Onyx 24•4 Stage Monitor Mix Owner's Manual 
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 8
    16 DIRECT OUT 1-8 In this hookup diagram, the Direct Outs for channels 9-24 are connected to the analog audio interface for your DAW or laptop for tracking. The drum microphones are subgrouped to Groups 1-4 and routed to the analog audio interface for recording. A 2-track return is provided by the
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    Manual Bass Guitar Vocal Mics Electric Guitar Electric Guitar Line Out DI Box Bass Amp Line Out DI Box Guitar Amp Stereo Guitar 24 L L 1 2 R R CHANNEL INPUTS MAIN OUT MAIN GROUP OUTS GROUP OUT AUX SEND AUX SEND INSERTS CHANNEL INSERTS INSERTS INSERTS 1 11 2 Onyx 4•Bus 6 is used as a
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    ONYX 4•Bus Onyx 4•Bus Features Mono Channel Strips 3. 48V Phantom Power Switch The Onyx 24•4 has 20 mono channel strips and two stereo channels, and the Onyx 32•4 has 28 mono channel strips and two stereo channels. Each mono channel has a mic and line input connector and an insert jack for
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 11
    signal without EQ. We have completely redesigned the EQ circuits in the Onyx Series of mixers, based on the designs of Cal Perkins, an industry-leader in audio engineering for over three decades and long-time Mackie collaborator. This "neo-classic" design provides the sweet musicality of the British
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    if you choose to change a control's settings. 16. Signal Level LEDs The Onyx 4•Bus PAN control employs a design called "Constant Loudness." If you have a channel panned hard left (or right) and then pan to the center, the signal is attenuated 3 dB to maintain the same apparent loudness. Otherwise
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    because the DIRECT OUTS come before the ASSIGN switches. The Onyx 4•Bus mixers each have two stereo channels. The stereo channels have a pair of 1/4" TRS line input connectors. The stereo channels can be used as mono or stereo line-input channel strips, or to return the signal from an external
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 14
    at the center detent position. This frequency represents the punch in bass drums, bass guitar, fat on the signal. You can use this switch to make an A/B comparison channel, and panning right turns down the left channel). 14 ONYX 4•Bus 29. Signal Level LEDs These LEDs indicate the sum of the channel
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 15
    hand, is often used between the mixer and the amplifier(s) to avoid power amplifier clipping or overdriving the speakers, known as system limiting. The Onyx 4•Bus design team decided the compressor/limiter functions could be carried out onboard using a new integrated analog stereo compressor/limiter
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 16
    of channels assigned The Onyx 4•Bus Left useful when setting up the compressor settings prior to actually engaging the compressor in a live sound application, and for making A/B comparisons between the compressed and uncompressed sound. OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO PREMIUM ANALOG MIXER
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    ? Right now! Mackie mixers show things as they really are. When 0 dBu (0.775 V) is at the outputs, it shows as 0 dB VU on the meters. What could be easier? By the way, the most wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from. Thanks to the Onyx 4•Bus' wide dynamic
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 18
    outputs of the external device are fed back to the mixer's STEREO RETURN jacks [80]. These signals are sent through the STEREO RETURN LEVEL controls [64], and finally delivered to the MAIN MIX bus. So, the original "dry" signals go from the channels to the MAIN MIX and the affected "wet" signals go
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    Manual you are using the Aux send to go to an effects processor. 60. TO MON/PHONES Switch This way, when fader changes are made, the "wet" signal going to the effects processor moves up and down along with the "dry" signal, maintaining a balance between them. Press this switch to route channel Bus
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    ONYX 4•Bus "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" { 8 8 (& (+ (& "* )& )& )& -- 63. channels, this ³£x switch allows you to hear signals through your head- phones or monitor outputs without having to route nal to the left( PAN co'ntr)ol is center'ed,) the signal is sent equally to the left
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    it can be used for song fade-outs or quick system-wide mutes. This is where all the connections are made to the Onyx 4•Bus (except the inputs can accept a balanced line-level input when the PAD [1] switch on the channel strip is pushed in (the input impedance is lower than the LINE input). 74.
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 22
    DB-25 connectors provides balanced direct outputs for eight channels. They are designed to be connected directly to a recorder's analog inputs, and use the TASCAM standard pinout for analog signal connections (the same standard used on the analog cards for the Mackie D8B, DXB, and Hard Disk Recorder
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 23
    Manual Internal jumpers are provided to change the DIRECT OUTS to post-EQ on a channel-by-channel basis, if desired. This requires some soldering skills, so contact Tech Support and the COMPRESSOR [41]. Use the TAPE IN jacks to the signal is automatically routed to both LEFT and of the mixer chain,
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    OUT signals (L+R). You can use this for a separate mix that to the description of the channel insert on page 22 to Onyx 4•Bus and the POWER LED on the front panel lights up. Press the bottom of this switch to put the mixer L BAL/UNBAL A BAL/UNBAL LINE IN 31 32 L MONO BAL/UNBAL LINE IN 29 30 L MONO
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 25
    Owner's Manual Appendix A: Service Information If you think your Mackie product has a problem, please check out the following troubleshooting tips and do your best to confirm the problem. Visit the Support section of our website (www.mackie.com/support) where you will find lots of useful
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 26
    ONYX 4•Bus Repair For warranty service, refer to the warranty information on page 35. Non-warranty service for Mackie products is available at a factory-authorized service center. To locate your nearest service center, visit www.mackie.com, click "Support" and select "Locate a Service Center."
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 27
    Manual Appendix B: Connections XLR Connectors 1/4" TS Phone Plugs and Jacks The mono channels use of equipment. This usually will not be a problem in making connections. • When connecting a balanced at the unbalanced input. In most cases, the balanced ground (earth) will also be connected to the
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 28
    a 1/4" TS (mono) plug only partially (to the first click) into a Mackie insert jack, the plug will not activate the jack switch and will not open the insert loop in the circuit (thereby allowing the channel signal to continue on its merry way through the mixer). 28 ONYX 4•Bus Y-Cord Splitter
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 29
    Owner's Manual DB25 Connectors The DIRECT OUTS on the back of the Onyx 4•Bus provide balanced direct outputs for all the mono channels on female DB25 connectors. These connectors are pin-for-pin compatible with the analog (not TDIF) DB25 connectors found on TASCAM DTRS recorders, which has become
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 30
    dBu (Channel and Main Mix levels off) Main Out: 32•4: -83 dBu (32 channels and Main Mix levels at unity) 24•4: -85 dBu (24 channels and Stereo Channel (Aux Input) EQ: High: ±15 dB @ 12 kHz High Mid: ±15 dB @ 2.5 kHz Low Mid: ±15 dB @ 400 Hz Low: ±15 dB @ 80 Hz 30 ONYX 4•Bus Mixer Rated
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 31
    Owner's Manual Channel Level LED (Sensitivity) 0 LED = 0 dBu (normal Onyx 24•4 Onyx 32•4 100 watts 120 watts Universal AC Power Supply: 100 VAC - 240 VAC, 50-60 Hz Onyx 4•Bus Dimensions Physical Dimensions and Weight Onyx any time without notice. "Mackie.", "Onyx," and the "Running Man"
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    ONYX 4•Bus Onyx 4•Bus Block Diagram !UX
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    !UX
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    ONYX 4•Bus Onyx 4•Bus Gain Structure Diagram ONYX 4•Bus +10 dB up D 0 dB E -3 dB center -9 dB from L -6 dB F INSERT INSERT Send TALKBACK L TB ASSIGN PAN STEREO CHANNEL MUTE +10 dB up 0 0dB OUTPUT AUX SEND -40 dB TALKBACK IN MACKIE ONYX 40 SERIES LEVEL DIAGRAM 010505 STEREO M RETURNS
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 35
    LOUD or its authorized service representative will at its option, either repair or replace any such nonconforming product, provided that Customer gives notice of the noncompliance within the Warranty Period to the Company at: www.mackie.com/support or by calling LOUD technical support at 1.800.898
  • Mackie Onyx 24-4 | Owner's Manual - Page 36
    16220 Wood-Red Road NE • Woodinville, WA 98072 • USA United States and Canada: 800.898.3211 Europe, Asia, Central and South America: 425.487.4333 Middle East and Africa: 31.20.654.4000 Fax: 425.487.4337 • www.mackie.com E-mail: [email protected]
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OWNER’S MANUAL
PREMIUM LIVE ANALOG MIXERS
w/PERKINS EQ & ONYX MIC PREAMPS