Mackie ONYX 1640i Quick Start Manual page 8

Keyboard
Stereo Compressor
Mackie HR824mk2
Powered Reference
Monitors for Control
Room
Computer with
audio production
software
This diagram shows studio mics connected to the channel 3 and 4 mic inputs and a keyboard connect-
ed to the channel 6 and 7 line inputs. This allows for overdubs when necessary. A CD player connects to
the tape input for referencing pre-recorded material.
Compressors are connected to inserts 3 and 4 for your vocals. An additional stereo compressor is con-
nected to the main inserts.
Mackie HR824mk2 powered reference monitors are used for your control room listening. The engi-
neer's headphones are used to monitor levels.
In this example, aux 1 feeds the input of a digital reverb, whose processed stereo outputs enter the aux
1 returns. Auxes 2 and 3 feed the inputs of multi-FX processors, whose stereo outputs enter the aux 2
and 3 returns. Auxes 1-3 may be added to the main mix by adjusting the master return knob for auxes
1-3. Auxes 5 and 6 feed separate headphone amplifiers, there for any possible overdubbing that may be
necessary.
A desktop computer connects to a FireWire port, allowing 16 channels of playback from the audio
production software. Mixer channels 1-16 can play all 16 channel signals from your computer if the FW
1-16 switches at the top of the 1-16 channel strip are engaged. Buses can be used to submix and then
bounce to the DAW. The master output can then be sent to the final destination (tape and/or FireWire
- simultaneously, if needed).
8 Onyx 1640i
Compressor (Vocals)
Studio
Microphones
Compressor (Vocals)
CD Player
16 15 14
INSERT INSERT INSERT
LINE LINE LINE
TALKBACK MAIN OUT
R L
Multi FX Processor (Aux Send 3)
press FW button (
A LT E R N AT E F I R E W I R E A S S I G N M E N T S
1 2 3 4
GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN
HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH
HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH
LOW LOW LOW LOW
LOW LOW LOW LOW
EQ EQ EQ EQ
1 2 3 4
AUX AUX AUX AUX
1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6
PAN PAN PAN PAN
MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE
1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2
3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4
SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO
1 2 3 4
Typical Mixdown System
Return
Send
Return
Send
13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4
INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT
LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE
MAIN INSERT TAPE CTRL-RM OUT SUB OUT AUX RETURN
3 1 4 3 2 1
IN OUT
L
L L L L L L L
4 2
R R R R R R R
R
FIREWIRE RECORDING OUTS
9-16
L/R Return
Send
) to receive
audio playback from computer
SUBGROUPS AUX MASTERS MAIN MIX
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 L R
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN
CTRL ROOM/PHONES
HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH
MAIN MIX
SUB 1-2
HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH
FW 1-2
LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW CONTROL
ROOM
LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW
TAPE IN
EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX
SENDS
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN
DESTINATION
PHONES
TALKBACK
L
MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE
R
SUB1
1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2
3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4
SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
SUB1
Headphone Amp
(Aux Send 5)
Send
3 2 1
INSERT INSERT
HI-Z HI-Z
AUX SEND
Multi FX Processor (Aux Send 2)
5 3 1
Send
6 4 2
1-8
L/R Return
L/R Return
Engineer' s
Headphones
SOURCE L R
TAPE
SUB 3-4
ASSIGN TO
MAIN MIX
PHONES RUDE
SOLO
SOLO
LEVEL
SOLO
MODE
AUX MASTER
RETURNS
1 1
SOLO
2 2
SOLO
3 3
SOLO
4 4 MAIN
SUBS
SOLO
5
SOLO
6
SOLO POWER
MIC
AUX 1-6
LEVEL
EXTERNAL
MIC
SUB ASSIGN
L L L
press FW button ( ) to send
R R R
SUB2 SUB3 SUB4 the main mix to computer via
dB
10
FireWire channels 15 and 16
5
U
5
10
20
30
40
50
60
press FW button ( ) to send
Buses 1-4 to the computer
MAIN
SUB2 SUB3 SUB4
MIX
via FireWire channels 5-8
Headphone Amp
(Aux Send 6)
Digital Reverb (Aux Send 1)