Mackie onyx 1220i Quick Start Manual page 16

FireWire also provides a return for two channels from
your computer to your mixer:
• These can be routed through the control
room/phones via the FW 1-2 button, to monitor
the computer audio through your control room
speakers or headphones (or through the main
speakers if assign to main mix is selected).
• Alternatively, these same two channels can
be routed through channels 11 and 12, and
treated just like any other channel, with ad-
justment for gain, EQ, level, and pan, as well
as to solo, and add to the main mix and aux
send 1 and 2. In this way, your stereo com-
puter source can be used alongside the other
channels as "just another source" in the band,
such as a virtual instrument, or the output of
a guitar going through amp-modelling soft-
ware. This routing is done using the FW/line
input selector switch on channels 11/12.
• Note: Route the two channels from your com-
puter through the control room/headphones
or through channels 11 and 12. Do not use
both.
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 1-2)
Channel 11 and 12 can either be fed from the 1/4"
stereo line-level inputs, or by FireWire outputs 1 and 2
from your computer. This switch lets you choose which
to use. Either way, channels 11 and 12 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.
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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 added to the main mix if
control room assign to main mix is engaged. See below.
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
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your computer.
FireWire Connections
FIREWIRE
POWER
1 2 3 4
LINE IN 5-6
1 2 3 4
LINE LINE LINE LINE
BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL
LINE LINE
HI-Z HI-Z
75Hz 75Hz
18dB/OCT 18dB/OCT
48V 48V 48V 48V
FW Pre
30 30 30 30
U U U U
20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40
GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN
U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60
- 20dB 40dB - 20dB 40dB - 20dB 40dB 20dB - 40dB 20dB -
or Post
SEND SEND SEND SEND SEND
PRE PRE PRE PRE
POST POST POST POST
U EQ U EQ U EQ U EQ
HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH
12kHz 12kHz 12kHz 12kHz
- 15 15 - 15 15 - 15 15 15 - 15 -15
1k 1k 1k 1k
FREQ FREQ FREQ FREQ
100 8k 100 8k 100 8k 100 8k
U U U U
-15
MID MID MID MID
- 15 15 - 15 15 - 15 15 15 - 15
U U U U
LOW LOW LOW LOW
80Hz 80Hz 80Hz 80Hz
- 15 15 - 15 15 - 15 15 15 - 15 -15
AUX AUX AUX AUX
1 1 1 1
MAX MAX MAX MAX
2 2 2 2
MAX MAX MAX MAX
PAN PAN PAN PAN
L R L R L R L R
MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE
ALT 3/4 ALT 3/4 ALT 3/4 ALT 3/4
dB dB dB dB
10 10 10 10
5 5 5 5
U U U U
OL OL OL OL
5 5 5 5
20 20 20 20
- - - -
10 10 10 10
20 20 20 20
30 30 30 30
40 40 40 40
50 50 50 50
60 60 60 60
SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO
1 2 3 4
( PRE-FADER / PRE EQ TIP SEND / RING RETURN )
MAIN OUT AUX SEND CHANNEL INSERT
BALANCED
1 4 3 2 1
R L
BAL/UNBAL AUX RETURN
2 R 2 L BAL/UNBAL R 1 L
+
MAIN OUTPUT 4dB
MIC
LEVEL
CTRL - RM OUT MAIN OUT ALT 3-4 OUT TAPE
BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL
L
IN OUT
L R L R L/3 R/4 R
LINE IN 7-8 LINE IN 9-10 LINE IN 11-12
L L L L
(MONO) (MONO) (MONO) (MONO)
BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL
R R R R
PREMIUM ANALOG MIXER w/ PERKINS EQ & FIREWIRE
CTRL ROOM/PHONES
U U U U
SOURCE
0dB=0dBu
L R
GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN
20 CLIP
20dB - 20dB 20dB - 20dB 20dB - 20dB 20dB
MAIN MIX 15
SEND SEND SEND INPUT
10
PRE PRE PRE
6
POST POST POST
LINE TAPE
EQ EQ EQ 3
U U U U
FW 1-2
0
HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH
12kHz 12kHz 12kHz 12kHz FW 1-2 ALT 3-4 2
+15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15
4
7
U U U U ASSIGN TO 10
MAIN MIX
20
MID MID MID MID
2.5kHz 2.5kHz 2.5kHz 2.5kHz
30
+15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15
MAX MAX
RUDE
CONTROL PHONES
U U U U
SOLO
ROOM
LOW LOW LOW LOW
80Hz 80Hz 80Hz 80Hz
AUX MASTER
+15 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15
SEND RETURN
AUX AUX AUX AUX
1 1 1 1 1 1
PRE
MAX MAX MAX MAX POST 15 10
RTN TO
AUX1
2 2 2 2 2 2
PRE
MAX MAX MAX MAX 15 10
POST
PAN PAN PAN PAN
POWER
L R L R L R L R
MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE
ALT 3/4 ALT 3/4 ALT 3/4 ALT 3/4
MIC
dB dB dB dB dB
10 10 10 10 10
5 5 5 5
5
U U U U U
OL OL OL OL
MAX
5 5 5 5 5
20 20 20 20
- - - - LEVEL
10 10 10 10 10
DESTINATION
20 20 20 20 20
30 30 30 30 30
PHONES AUX
40 40 40 40
40
1-2
50 50 50 50 50
60 60 60 60 60
TALKBACK
SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO
5-6 7-8 9-10 11-12
TALKBACK MAIN MIX
Headphones
Line/FW 1-2
FW 1-2
Assign to
main mix
Aux
master
controls