Mackie Onyx 820i Owner's Manual - Page 9

Electric Guitar Bass Guitar Condenser Microphone Headphones Headphone Amp press HI-Z buttons Drum Machine 1 ONYX MIC PRE 2 ONYX MIC PRE 3-4 ONYX MIC PRE AUX SEND BAL/UNBAL 1 AUX RETURN 1 BAL/UNBAL 2 L (MONO) MAIN OUT BAL/UNBAL L TAPE IN OUT L INSERT INSERT 2 L (MONO) BAL/UNBAL LINE IN 5-6 R LINE IN 7-8 R R 1 LINE BAL/UNBAL LINE HI-Z 48V 2 LINE BAL/UNBAL LINE HI-Z LINE 48V R +4dB -10dB 48V L (MONO) BAL/UNBAL R L (MONO) BAL/UNBAL R PREMIUM ANALOG MIXER w/ PERKINS EQ & FIREWIRE 30 U 20 30 U 40 20 GAIN 40 20 GAIN U 60 U 60 U -20dB +40dB -20dB +40dB 30 40 MIC GAIN U GAIN 60 -20dB +20dB U GAIN -20dB +20dB SEND U PRE POST EQ -15 +15 1k HIGH 12kHz SEND U PRE POST EQ -15 +15 1k HIGH 12kHz FREQ FREQ 100 8k U 100 8k U MID MID -15 +15 U -15 +15 U SEND U PRE POST EQ -15 +15 U -15 +15 U -15 +15 U HIGH 12kHz HIGH MID 2.5KHz LOW MID 400Hz SEND U PRE POST EQ SEND U INPUT LINE FW 1-2 -15 +15 HIGH 12kHz -15 +15 HIGH 12kHz U -15 +15 MID 2.5kHz U -15 +15 MID 2.5kHz U U -15 +15 LOW 80Hz AUX -15 +15 LOW 80Hz AUX -15 +15 LOW 80Hz AUX -15 +15 LOW 80Hz AUX -15 +15 LOW 80Hz 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 L R OO OO 1 MAX 2 MAX PAN L R OO OO 1 MAX 2 MAX PAN L R OO OO 1 MAX 2 MAX PAN L R OO OO 1 MAX 2 MAX PAN L R PRE POST PRE POST OO OO 1 +15 RTN TO AUX1 2 +15 OO OO 1 +10 2 +10 AUX SEND 1-2 TO FW 5-6 POWER Laptop Computer with audio production software MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE ALT 3-4 OL ALT 3-4 OL ALT 3-4 OL ALT 3-4 OL ALT 3-4 OL U - 20 U - 20 U - 20 U - 20 U - 20 MIC MAX LEVEL DESTINATION OO +10dB LEVEL SOLO 1 OO +10dB LEVEL SOLO 2 OO +10dB LEVEL SOLO 3-4 OO +10dB LEVEL SOLO 5-6 OO +10dB LEVEL SOLO 7-8 PHONES AUX 1-2 TALKBACK OO OO ASSIGN TO FW 7-8 U +10dB MAIN MIX Keyboard POWER ON FIREWIRE DESIGNED BY MACKOIDS IN WOODINVILLE, WA, USA • MANUFACTURED IN CHINA • FABRIQUE EN CHINE "MACKIE" & "ONYX" ARE TRADEMARKS OF LOUD TECHNOLOGIES INC. • COPYRIGHT ©2008 MAIN OUT BALANCED R L CNTL - RM OUT R BAL/UNBAL L MAIN OUTPUT LEVEL +4dB MIC ALT 3-4 OUT R/4 BAL/UNBAL L/3 Mackie MR8 Powered Reference Monitors for Control Room This diagram shows an electric guitar connected directly to channel 1 (with the hi-z switch engaged), a bass guitar connected directly to channel 2 (also with the hi-z engaged), a condenser microphone on channel 3/4 with the phantom power engaged, a drum machine connected to channel 5/6, and a keyboard connected to channel 7/8. A headphone amplifier allows for multiple headphone use during the recording process. A pair of Mackie MR8 powered reference monitors are connected to the left and right control room outputs, for careful and accurate monitoring of the performances in the control room. A laptop computer connects to a FireWire port, allowing each channel to be recorded and two channels from the laptop to be played back. Note: You can record a maximum of 8 channels via FireWire if you do not record the auxes or main mix. The DAW gets the 8 individual channel tracks. You can then mix down the project within the DAW at a later time. These individual tracks can be pre-EQ or post-EQ depending on the channel pre/post switches. Post-EQ allows you to use the mixer's high-quality Perkins EQ in your recordings. Software plug-ins can be used for the effects processing of different tracks, and software amplifier emulators can be used on the guitars to give the sound of mic'd amps. Your carefully mixed 2-channel mix can be sent back to the control room via FireWire, by engaging the FW 1-2 switch in the control room/phones matrix, and sent to the band with the headphone amp fed by the phones out. Home Studio System: Recording each channel Owner's Manual 9