Power Led; Talkback; Talkback Mic; Talkback Level - Mackie ONYX 1220i Owner's Manual

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PREMIUM ANALOG MIXER
CTRL ROOM/PHONES
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SEND INPUT
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AUX AUX
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MAIN MIX
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TAPE
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ASSIGN TO 10
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PHONES
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ROOM
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AUX MASTER
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SEND RETURN
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RTN TO
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POWER
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MIC
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DESTINATION
AUX
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TALKBACK

TALKBACK MAIN MIX

46. POWER LED

This green LED will turn on when the mixer is turned
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on, as a reminder of how on it really is. If it is not on,
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then it is off, and the mixer becomes a rather nice
weight for keeping your morning newspaper from blow-
ing away in the wind.
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If it does not turn on, make sure the power cord is
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correctly inserted at both ends, the local AC mains sup-
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LEVEL
ply is active, and the power switch [2] is on.
SET
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Talkback
The talkback feature allows the engineer to communi-
cate with the talent either through the phones outputs
[17] or the aux 1-2 send outputs [6] using the built-in
talkback microphone. This saves a lot of shouting over
the audience's heads as you set up the talented one's
stage monitors to their peculiarly-picky satisfaction.
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47. TALKBACK MIC

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This is where the built-in talkback microphone is
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located. It is an omni-directional dynamic microphone,
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and it will pick up your voice from anywhere in front of
the mixer.

48. TALKBACK LEVEL

Use this knob to control the level of the talkback sig-
nal being routed to the phones or aux 1-2 outputs, from
the internal microphone.
1. Start with this control turned down.
2. Select the destination, either headphones
dB
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3. Hold down the talkback switch [50] as you
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4. Slowly turn this talkback level control up until
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the duration of the session or gig.
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49. DESTINATION: PHONES, AUX 1-2

Push in the phones switch to route the talkback signal
to the headphones. Use this to communicate with the
talent in the studio through the headphones during a re-
cording session. When the talkback circuit is activated
by pushing the talkback [50] switch, the control room
outputs [12] are attenuated to allow your voice to come
through clearly.
and/or aux 1-2, and make sure their levels are
already set nicely, such as phones [39] or aux
sends [42].
make your fruity-toned announcements.
you get confirmation from whoever is listening
to headphones or monitors that they can hear
and obey your every command.
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