Table Of Contents; Introduction; Quick Start Guide - Mackie Onyx 820i Quick Start Manual

Introduction

Thank you for choosing a lovely Mackie Onyx 820i
professional compact mixer. It has built-in FireWire,
three of our premium precision-engineered studio-grade
Onyx mic preamps, along with the newest features and
latest technologies for live sound reinforcement and
analog or digital studio recording, all in a durable,
road-worthy package.
We realize that you must be really keen
to try out your new mixer. Please read
the safety instructions on page 2 and this
page, and then have a look through some
of the features and details in this quick start guide. A
full manual is available on the supplied CD-ROM.
Setup
Use the mixer in a nice clean and dry environment,
free from dryer lint and dust bunnies.
Zero the controls
1. Fully turn down all the knobs to minimum,
except for the channel EQ and pan controls,
which should be centered.
2. Make sure all buttons are in the out position.
Connections
1. Make sure the AC power switch is off before
making any connections.
2. Push the linecord securely into the IEC
connector on the rear panel, and plug it into a
3-prong AC outlet. The mixer can accept any
AC voltage ranging from 100 VAC to 240 VAC.
3. Plug a balanced microphone into one of the mic
XLR (3-pin) connectors. Or connect any line-
level signal (keyboard, or guitar preamp) to a
line input jack using a TS or a TRS 1/4" plug.
4. If your microphone requires phantom power,
press in the 48V phantom power button.
5. You can connect a guitar directly to line inputs
1 or 2 without need for a DI box. Press the
channel hi-z switch if you connect a guitar.
6. The insert jacks of channels 1 and 2 can be
used to connect an external effects or dynamics
processor into the channel signal chain.
7. Connect the main outputs of the mixer (either
XLR or TRS 1/4") to the line-level inputs of your
amplifi er (with speakers already attached) or
to the line-level inputs of powered speakers.
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Set the levels
It's not even necessary to hear what you're doing to set
optimal levels. But if you'd like to: Plug headphones into
the phones output jack, then turn up the phones knob
just a little.
1. Turn on the mixer by pressing the top edge of
the power switch.
2. For one channel, press the solo switch in, and
the rude solo light will turn on.
3. Play something into that input at real-world
levels.
4. Adjust that channel's gain control until the
right main meter stays around the 0 dB LED
(marked "level set").
5. Disengage the channel's solo switch.
6. Repeat steps 2 to 5 for the remaining channels.
7. Turn up the channel level to the "U" mark.
8. Slowly turn up the main mix level until you
hear the signals in your speakers.
9. If needed, apply some channel EQ wisely.
10. Adjust the channel levels to get the best mix.
Keep the gain controls and levels fully down on
unused channels.
11. During the performance, if you notice a channel
OL LED turning on during peaks, carefully turn
down that channel's gain control until OL does
not turn on.
FireWire
• See page 14 for details of getting started with
FireWire. PC drivers are on the supplied
CD-ROM. Mac OS X contains built-in drivers, so
no software installation is required.
CONTENTS
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ........................ 2
INTRODUCTION ...................................................... 3
FEATURES ............................................................... 4
SETTING UP A SYSTEM ............................................ 6
MICROPHONES ....................................................... 7
LINE-LEVEL SOURCES AND GUITARS ......................... 8
AUX 1 AND AUX 2 .................................................. 9
CONTROL ROOM/PHONES/METERS ...................... 10
MAIN MIX ............................................................ 11
ALT 3-4 ............................................................... 12
TALKBACK ............................................................ 13
FIREWIRE ............................................................. 14
TECHNICAL INFORMATION .................................... 17
BLOCK DIAGRAM .................................................. 19
TRACK SHEET ........................................................ 20
MACKIE LIMITED WARRANTY ................................ 23

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