Control Room - Mackie Onyx 1200F Owner's Manual

Control Room

This lets you select which outputs are routed to the
Control Room Monitor outputs. You can select any odd/
even pair of analog outputs, any of the four headphone
outputs, or the S/PDIF/AES output.
This allows you to have a separate monitor mix in the
control room, differing from the headphone mixes for
the talent. Or you can listen to any of the headphone
mixes in the control room and make adjustments as
needed.
Buffer Samples (PC Version Only)
The buffer samples, or buffer size, is related to
latency, which describes the amount of time it takes
for audio to get in and out of your software application.
The lower the buffer size, the lower the latency, and the
faster audio can move through the software application
and back to the Onyx 1200F. However, a low buffer size
requires more resources from your computer, so you
need to find a happy balance between finding the low-
est latency setting you can attain before the computer
begins to have trouble routing and recording audio (e.g.,
dropouts, pops, distorted audio).
Many DAW software applications have an ASIO control
panel. In Tracktion, it is in the "Audio Devices" window
in the "Settings" tab. Click the "Show ASIO control
panel" button to open the ASIO control panel for the
Onyx 1200F. The buffer size in the ASIO control panel
should be the same as the buffer size selected in the
Onyx 1200F Console.
Note: The DAW software application's ASIO control
panel has priority over the Onyx 1200F Console.
The Macintosh version of the Onyx 1200F Console does
not have a control for the buffer size. This is adjusted in
the DAW software application only.
About
This opens a window that tells you what versions of
software and firmware are being used by the Onyx 1200F
and the Console Control Panel.
Software and firmware updates are installed using an
installer that you can download from our website. Check
our website to see if newer versions of the software and
firmware are available to download. Better yet, make
sure you register your Onyx 1200F either online or with
the enclosed Product Registration Card, and we will
notify you by email when updates become available.
Stream Selection Matrix
The right side of the Settings window displays the
Active DAW Outputs and the Active DAW Inputs. These
are the audio streams that are transmitted between the
Onyx 1200F and your computer.
When 44.1/48 kHz sample rate is selected, all the
audio streams are available (30 inputs and 34 outputs).
When 88.2/96 kHz sample rate is selected, 16 inputs
and 16 outputs are available, so some of the inputs and
outputs become "greyed" out in the stream selection
matrix. You can modify the default settings by deselect-
ing a pair of audio streams you don't need and selecting
another pair.
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