Talkback - Mackie Onyx 1620i Quick Start Manual

Talkback

The mixer's built-in microphone allows you to talk to
the band through the phones outputs or stage monitors.
This can often be charming and enlightening.
TALKBACK MIC
The omni-directional dynamic microphone will pick
up your voice from anywhere in front of the mixer. Any
hint of exasperation and despair in your voice will be
faithfully picked up.
TALKBACK Switch
Press this switch in to talk. This is a momentary
switch, and as long as you hold it in, talkback is
activated.
If phones is chosen as your talkback destination, the
control room outputs are attenuated (ducked) to allow
your voice to come through clearly.
TALKBACK LEVEL
Use the talkback level knob to control the level of the
signal from the internal microphone.
1. Start with this level turned down.
2. Select the destination: headphones and/or aux
1-4, and make sure the phones level or aux send
master levels are set up nicely.
3. Press the talkback switch as you talk.
4. Slowly turn the talkback level knob up until
they can hear you in phones or monitors.
5. Release the talkback switch when you are
fi nished talking.
Once you have set the level, you can leave it there for
the duration of the session or gig.
14 Onyx 1620i
DESTINATION: PHONES, AUX 1-4
Push in the phones talkback destination switch to
communicate with the talent in the studio through the
headphones during a recording session.
The aux 1-4 talkback destination switch routes the
talkback signal to the aux send 1-4 outputs. Use this to
communicate with the musicians through their stage
monitors when you are setting up a live performance.
In a studio, an aux out could be fed to the input of a
headphone amplifi er feeding several sets of headphones.
It is fi ne to have both talkback destination switches
pushed in at the same time. If you don't have either
switch pushed in, the talkback signal won't go
anywhere.
Aux Sends
48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V
MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE
SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO
Built-in Microphone
Destination
Talkback Switch
Headphones
MUTE MUTE MUTE
SOLO SOLO SOLO
Talkback
Level