Control Room/Phones/Meters - Mackie Onyx 1620i Quick Start Manual

Control Room/Phones/Meters

CONTROL ROOM OUTPUTS
The 1/4" TRS stereo control room outputs can be used
to run a separate sound system in a control room or a
different zone. Connect these outputs to the line-level
inputs of an amplifi er running passive studio monitors,
or to the inputs of powered studio monitors.
The headphones play the same program material as
the control room. The meters show the levels prior to
the control room and phones level controls.
CONTROL ROOM/PHONES SOURCE
The source that plays in the control room,
headphones, and meters is selected using the switches
in the control room/phones source matrix:
• Main mix
• Tape
• Alt 3-4
• FW 1-2: The stereo FireWire 1-2 output from
your computer
• A combination of all four above
Select one or more of these, or there will be no sound
in the control room or phones, and no indication on the
meters (unless a solo button is engaged).
Main Mix
Select main mix to listen to the main mix in the
control room or headphones. The meters show the levels
after the main mix fader.
Tape
Select tape to listen to the RCA tape input in the
control room or headphones. The meters show the level
coming in from your tape or CD player. Press "assign to
main mix" to play intermission music in your main mix.
Alt 3-4
Select alt 3-4 to listen to the alt 3-4 mix in the control
room or headphones. This is a stereo mix of any
channels that have their mute/alt 3-4 switch engaged.
This can be used for cueing up sources prior to "going
live," and for other useful reasons. The meters show the
level of the alt 3-4 output.
FW 1-2
Select FW 1-2 to listen in the control room or
headphones to the FireWire 1 and 2 audio streams
coming from your computer. The meters will show the
levels of the signals coming in from your computer.
Assign to Main Mix
Except for the main mix, whatever is selected as a
source for your control room and phones can also be
routed to the main mix by pressing this switch. The
main mix does not play in the control room or phones if
this switch is engaged.
SOLO
Whenever solo is engaged, all control
room/headphone source selections (main mix, alt 3-4,
tape, and FireWire) are defeated, and you will only hear
the soloed channel(s) in the headphones and control
room. This gives you the opportunity to audition the
channels before they are added to the main mix or
alt 3-4 mix. The main mix continues to play, so the show
can still go on during solo. The solo mode switch allows
solo to be AFL (after-fader listen) or PFL (pre-fader
listen):
SOLO MODE PFL/AFL
When the solo mode switch is out (PFL), soloed
channels will be pre-fader, allowing you to set the
channel gain without regard to fader level. (PFL is
also post-EQ.) When a channel is soled in PFL, you can
adjust the channel gain until your input source reaches
the 0 dB LED in the right meter.
When solo mode is in (AFL), soloed channels will be
post-fader, EQ, and pan, allowing you to hear fader, EQ,
and pan adjustments on soloed channels.
Solo signals reaching the headphones and control
room may be loud, therefore turn down the phones level
and control room level before channels are soloed.
Control Room Outputs
48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V
MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE
Solo
SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO
Control Room
Quick Start Guide
Headphones
Solo Mode
MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE
Control Room/
Phones Source
SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO Assign to Main Mix
Phones Level
Level
11