Control Room/Phones/Meters - Mackie Onyx 820i Quick Start Manual

Control Room/Phones/Meters

CONTROL ROOM OUTPUTS
The rear panel 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
• A stereo FireWire feed from your computer
• A combination of all four above
If you do not select one of these, 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 level
after the main mix level control.
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.
FireWire.
Select FW 1-2 to listen to the FireWire 1 and 2 audio
streams coming from your computer in the control
room or headphones. The meters will show the levels of
signals coming in from your computer.
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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 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.
When a channel is soled, you can adjust the channel
gain until your input source reaches the 0 dB LED in the
right meter.
Solo signals reaching the headphones and control
room are not affected by the channel level or main level,
therefore turn down the phones level and control room
level fi rst, as soloed channels may be loud.
FIREWIRE
POWER
ON R
MAIN OUTPUT
1 2 3-4
AUX SEND
BAL/UNBAL 1
1
2
L
INSERT INSERT
(MONO)
LINE IN 5-6 LINE IN 7-8
BAL/UNBAL
1 2 R L
LINE LINE
(MONO)
BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL
BAL/UNBAL
LINE LINE + 4dB
LINE
HI-Z HI-Z -10dB
R
48V 48V 48V
30 30
30 U
U U
20 40 20 40 20 40 MIC
GAIN GAIN GAIN
GAIN
U 60 U 60
U 60
- - 20dB 40dB - 20dB 20dB -
20dB + 40dB + + 20dB
SEND SEND SEND SEND SEND
PRE PRE PRE PRE
POST POST POST POST
EQ EQ EQ EQ
U U U U
HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH
12kHz 12kHz 12kHz 12kHz
-15 + 15 -15 + 15 -15 + 15 -15 + 15 -15
1k 1k U
HIGH
FREQ FREQ MID
U
2.5KHz
100 8k 100 8k -15 15
+ MID
U U U
2.5kHz
LOW -15 15 -15
+
MID MID MID
400Hz
-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
O O MAX O O MAX O O MAX O O MAX O O
2 2 2 2
O O MAX O O MAX O O MAX O O MAX O O
PAN PAN PAN PAN
L R L R L R L R L
MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE
OL OL OL OL
ALT 3-4 ALT 3-4 ALT 3-4 ALT 3-4 ALT 3-4
- 20 - 20 - 20 - 20
U U U U
+10dB +10dB +10dB +10dB
O O O O O O O O O O
LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL
SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO
1 2
3-4 5-6
MAIN OUT CTRL - RM OUT
BAL/UNBAL
BALANCED R L
L Control
Room
ALT 3-4 OUT
BAL/UNBAL
R/4 L/3
Outputs
+ 4dB
LEVEL MIC
AUX RETURN MAIN OUT TAPE
BAL/UNBAL 2 BAL/UNBAL
IN OUT
L L L
(MONO)
R R
R
Headphones
L
(MONO)
BAL/UNBAL
R
PREMIUM ANALOG MIXER
w/ PERKINS EQ & FIREWIRE
CTRL ROOM/PHONES
U
SOURCE
0dB=0dBu
GAIN L R
Control Room/
20 CLIP
+ 20dB
MAIN MIX 15
Phones Source
INPUT
10
6
TAPE
LINE
3
FW 1-2
U
0
HIGH
FW 1-2 ALT 3-4
2
12kHz
LEVEL
+ 15 4 SET Assign to Main Mix
7
U
10
ASSIGN TO
MAIN MIX
20
MID
2.5kHz Phones Level
30
15
+
O O MAX O O MAX
RUDE
CONTROL PHONES
U SOLO
ROOM
Control Room
LOW
80Hz
AUX MASTER
+ 15
Level
SEND RETURN
AUX
1 1 1
PRE
MAX O O + 15 O O + 10
POST
RTN TO
AUX1
2 2 2
PRE
MAX O O + 15 O O + 10
POST
PAN
AUX SEND 1-2
TO FW 5-6
POWER
R
OL
ASSIGN TO
FW 7-8
MAX
O O
- 20
MIC LEVEL
U U
DESTINATION
+10dB +10dB
O O
AUX 1-2
PHONES
7-8
TALKBACK MAIN MIX