Setting Up A System - Mackie Onyx 820i Quick Start Manual

Setting up a system

The following diagram shows how you can use the Onyx 820i in a typical club system. This may not be exactly
what you want, but it shows most of the features of the mixer that you can apply to your own musical purposes.
Acoustic
Guitar with
pickup
Mackie SRM450v2
Powered Speakers
(Stage Monitors)
Powered Speaker
Main Right
HD1801
Powered
Subwoofers
Laptop Computer
with audio
production software
This diagram shows an acoustic-electric guitar connected to the channel 1 input (with the hi-z switch
pressed in), a microphone connected to the channel 2 mic input, a drum machine connected to channel
3-4, and a keyboard connected to channel 7-8. Engage the +4dBu/–10dBV switch on channels 3-4 if
your drum machine runs at –10 dBV.
A dynamics processor is connected to the insert jack of channel 1 to work its magic on your guitar.
An effects processor receives a mono input from aux 1 send (in post-fader mode), and its stereo outputs
connect to the stereo aux 1 return inputs.
A plethora of SRM450v2 powered speakers are strewn across the stage as monitors for the band; they
are connected to the aux 2 send jack (in pre-fader mode). Headphones are used to monitor all levels.
The club is driven by connecting quad HD1801 powered subwoofers and a pair of HD1531 powered
speakers to the main left and right outputs.
A laptop computer connects to the FireWire port, allowing the 2-channel main mix, individual
channels, and the aux sends to be recorded, and two channels to be played back using audio
production software.
6 Onyx 820i
Microphone
Dynamics
Processor
1 2
INSERT INSERT
press HI-Z
1 2
LINE LINE
BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL
button LINE LINE LINE
HI-Z HI-Z
48V 48V
30 30
30
U U
20 40 20 40 20
GAIN GAIN
U 60 U 60 U
- 20dB 40dB - 20dB + 40dB
+
SEND SEND SEND
Drum
PRE PRE
POST POST
EQ EQ
U U U
Machine
HIGH HIGH
12kHz 12kHz
-15 + 15 -15 + 15 -15 + 15
1k 1k U
FREQ FREQ
100 8k 100 8k -15 + 15
U U U
MID MID
-15 15 -15 15 -15 15
+ + +
U U U
LOW LOW
80Hz 80Hz
-15 15 -15 15 -15 15
+ + +
AUX AUX
1 1
O O MAX O O MAX O O MAX
2 2
MAX MAX MAX
O O O O O O
PAN PAN
L R L R L R
MUTE MUTE MUTE
ALT 3-4 OL ALT 3-4 OL ALT 3-4
U - 20 U 20 U
-
+10dB +10dB +10dB
O O O O O O
LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL
SOLO SOLO SOLO
HD1531
1 2
FIREWIRE
POWER
ON
Stereo Effects Processor
3-4
AUX SEND AUX RETURN MAIN OUT TAPE
BAL/UNBAL 1 BAL/UNBAL 2 BAL/UNBAL
IN OUT
1 L L L
(MONO)
2 R R
R
L
(MONO)
LINE IN 5-6 LINE IN 7-8
BAL/UNBAL
R L L
(MONO) (MONO)
BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL
+ 4dB
-10dB
R R
48V PREMIUM ANALOG MIXER
w/ PERKINS EQ & FIREWIRE
CTRL ROOM/PHONES
U U
SOURCE 0dB=0dBu
40 MIC
GAIN GAIN GAIN L R
60 20 CLIP
20dB - + 20dB 20dB - + 20dB
MAIN MIX 15
SEND SEND INPUT 10
PRE PRE
6
POST POST
TAPE
LINE 3
EQ EQ
U U FW 1-2
0
HIGH HIGH HIGH
FW 1-2 ALT 3-4
2
12kHz 12kHz 12kHz
LEVEL
-15 + 15 -15 + 15 4 SET
7
HIGH
MID U U
10
2.5KHz ASSIGN TO
MAIN MIX
MID MID 20
2.5kHz 2.5kHz
30
LOW
-15 + 15 -15 + 15
MID
400Hz
MAX
O O O O MAX
RUDE
CONTROL PHONES
U U SOLO
ROOM
LOW LOW LOW
80Hz 80Hz 80Hz
AUX MASTER
-15 15 -15 15
+ +
SEND RETURN
AUX AUX AUX
1 1 1 1 1
PRE
O O MAX O O MAX POST O O + 15 O O + 10
RTN TO
AUX1
2 2 2 2 2
PRE
MAX MAX 15 10
O O O O POST O O + O O +
PAN PAN PAN
AUX SEND 1-2
TO FW 5-6
POWER
L R L R
MUTE MUTE
ASSIGN TO
OL ALT 3-4 OL ALT 3-4 OL
MAX FW 7-8
O O
MIC LEVEL
20 U 20 U 20 U
- - -
DESTINATION
+10dB +10dB +10dB
O O O O O O
PHONES AUX
LEVEL LEVEL
1-2
SOLO SOLO
3-4 5-6 7-8 TALKBACK MAIN MIX
DESIGNED BY MACKOIDS IN WOODINVILLE, WA, USA • MANUFACTURED IN CHINA • FABRIQUE EN CHINE
"MACKIE" & "ONYX" ARE TRADEMARKS OF LOUD TECHNOLOGIES INC. • COPYRIGHT ©2008
MAIN OUT CNTL - RM OUT
BALANCED BAL/UNBAL
R L
R L
ALT 3-4 OUT
BAL/UNBAL
R/4 L/3
MAIN OUTPUT + 4dB
LEVEL MIC
iPod
Docking Station
Headphones
Keyboard
HD1531
Powered Speaker
Main Left
HD1801
Powered
Subwoofers