Line-Level Sources And Guitars - Mackie ONYX 1640i Quick Start Manual

Line-level Sources and Guitars

Connect your line-level sources to any of the sixteen
1/4" TRS line input connectors. Each line input can ac-
cept TRS (tip-ring-sleeve) balanced or TS (tip-sleeve)
unbalanced sources.
Line-level sources include keyboards, drum machines,
electronic drum kits, CD players, iPod
preamp outputs and so on.
If you have a mono source, plug it into the mono input
and the signal will appear equally on the left and right
of the main mix.
If you have a stereo source and want to use channels
1 and 2 for example, plug the left side into channel 1,
and set the pan control fully-left. Plug the right side into
channel 2 and set the pan control fully-right.
LINE/HI-Z
Engage this switch if you want to connect guitars
directly to the 1/4" line inputs of channels 1 or 2. For
line-level sources, disengage this switch.
To connect guitars to other channels, you will need a
DI box, or they will not sound good, particularly the high
frequency response. This applies to most mixers and
channels in general, unless they have a hi-z switch.
LOW CUT
All 16 channels have a low-cut switch that cuts the
bass frequencies below 75 Hz of the line and mic inputs.
See page 9 for more details of low-cut.
EQUALIZATION
All 16 channels have a 4-band EQ, with shelving-high,
shelving-low, and peaking-high-mid and low-mid. The
frequency of the low-mid can be adjusted from 100 Hz to
2 kHz, and the high-mid from 400 Hz to 8 kHz.
These EQ options allow a lot of adjustment to your
line-level sources and guitars. Apply EQ wisely and care-
fully, like makeup. (Too much and things can turn ugly.)
TAPE IN and TAPE OUT
Use these RCA unbalanced stereo inputs to connect
the line-level outputs from sources such as tape decks,
CD/DVD players and iPod
®
switch to listen in your control room or phones. Engage
"assign to main mix" to add the sounds to the main mix.
For example, you can play intermission music, or listen
to rare reference material of your band getting it right.
The tape output is a copy of the main mix (post
fader), suitable for analog recording, sending to the
inputs of an external amplifier, or sound card etc.
docks, guitar
®
docks. Engage the tape
INSERTS
All 16 channels have insert jacks on the rear panel.
These allow you to send the mic and line signals out
to an external device, and back in again on the same
connector. For example, you could connect a dynamics
processor for your bass guitar.
SETTING THE LINE INPUT GAIN
The gain controls allow you to set your input signals to
an optimum level: not so hot that the mixer is overload-
ed, and not so low that the signal is lost in noise. For a
signal entering the TRS 1/4" line inputs, the adjustment
range is -20 dB to +40 dB for all 16 channels. Use the
following procedure for setting the gain just right:
1. Press the solo switch at the bottom of the chan-
nel your source is connected to. The rude solo
light will flash to remind you that the source
playing in the control room, headphones, and
the right main meter is the soloed channel. Set
the solo mode switch to the PFL position (out).
2. Play your source at typical loudness levels.
3. Adjust the channel gain control until the right
main meter level is hovering around the 0 dB
mark (labeled "level set").
4. Now the gain is set correctly, disengage solo.
16 15 14 13
INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT
5. During a performance, if you notice that the
LINE LINE LINE LINE
OL (overload) LED next to the channel fader
TALKBACK MAIN OUT
turns on, carefully decrease the gain until OL
BALANCED BAL/UNBAL
MIC
R L
+48v
L
no longer comes on.
R
+
FIREWIRE
POWER
ON
16 15 14 13
Line
INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT
Inputs
LINE LINE LINE LINE
TALKBACK MAIN OUT
MIC BALANCED BAL/UNBAL
+48v R L
L
Tape
R
In/Out +
FIREWIRE
POWER
ON
48V
SUBGROUPS
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
Hi-z
1 2 3 4 5
48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V
Low Cut
GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN
30 30 30 30 30 30
20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40
Gain
U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60
- 20dB 40dB 20dB - 40dB - 20dB 40dB - 20dB 40dB - 20dB 40dB 20dB - 40dB
SEND SEND SEND SEND SEND SEND
U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U
EQ
U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U
MID MID MID MID MID
U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U
MID MID MID MID MID
U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U
SUBGROUPS
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
EQ 1 EQ 2 EQ 3 EQ 4 EQ 5 EQ
48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V
1 2 3 4 5
AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX
GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN
1 1 1 1 1
30 30 30 30 30 30
20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40
U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60
- 20dB 40dB - 20dB 40dB - 20dB 40dB - 20dB 40dB - 20dB 40dB 20dB - 40dB
2 2 2 2 2
SEND SEND SEND SEND SEND SEND
U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4
U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U
MID MID MID MID MID
5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6
U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U
MID MID MID MID MID
PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN
U U U U U U
LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW
EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ
1 2 3 4 5
AUX
MUTE MUTE AUX MUTE AUX MUTE AUX MUTE AUX MUTE AUX
OL Led
1 1 1 1 1
OL OL OL OL OL
2 2 2 2 2
10 10 10 10 10
0 0 0 0 0
20 20 20 20 20
3 3 3 3 3
SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB
ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN
1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2
4 4 4 4 4
3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4
5 5 5 5 5
MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN
Solo Solo MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX
SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO
6 6 6 6 6
1 2 3 4 5
PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN
Quick Start Guide
MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE
OL OL OL OL OL
10 10 10 10 10
0 0 0 0 0
20 20 20 20 20
SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB
ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN
1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2
3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4
MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN
MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX
SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO
1 2 3 4 5
12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4
INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT
LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE
MAIN INSERT TAPE CTRL-RM OUT SUB OUT AUX RETURN
MONO (TIP=SEND BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL
RING=RTN)
3 1 4 3 2 1
IN OUT
L
L L L L L L
4 2
R R
R R R R
R
+6
RECORDING OUTS
POST GAIN PRE INSERT
9-16 BALANCED
12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4
INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT
LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE
MAIN INSERT TAPE CTRL-RM OUT SUB OUT AUX RETURN
MONO (TIP=SEND BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL
RING=RTN)
3 1 4 3 2 1
IN OUT
L
L L L L L L
4 2
R R R R R R
R
+6
RECORDING OUTS
POST GAIN PRE INSERT
9-16 BALANCED
AUX MASTERS MAIN MIX
3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 L R
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V
PREMIUM ANALOG MIXER w/ PERKINS EQ & FIREWIRE
GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN
30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40
U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60
20dB - 40dB - 20dB 40dB 20dB - 40dB - 20dB 40dB - 20dB 40dB - 20dB 40dB 20dB - 40dB - 20dB 40dB 20dB - 40dB - 20dB 40dB
CTRL ROOM/PHONES
SEND SEND SEND SEND SEND SEND SEND SEND SEND SEND
HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH
MAIN MIX
SUB 1-2
HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH
MID MID MID MID MID MID MID MID MID MID MID
LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW CONTROL
MID MID MID MID MID MID MID MID MID MID MID ROOM
LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW
AUX MASTERS MAIN MIX
3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 L R
TAPE IN
6 EQ 7 EQ 8 EQ 9 EQ 10 EQ 11 EQ 12 EQ 13 EQ 14 EQ 15 EQ 16
48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
SENDS 1-6
TO FW 9-14
PREMIUM ANALOG MIXER w/ PERKINS EQ & FIREWIRE
AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX AUX
SENDS
GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40 20 40
U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60 U 60
20dB - 40dB - 20dB 40dB 20dB - 40dB - 20dB 40dB - 20dB 40dB - 20dB 40dB - 20dB 40dB - 20dB 40dB - 20dB 40dB - 20dB 40dB
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
CTRL ROOM/PHONES
SEND SEND SEND SEND SEND SEND SEND SEND SEND SEND
HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
MAIN MIX
SUB 1-2
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH U HIGH
MID MID MID MID MID MID MID MID MID MID MID
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW U LOW CONTROL
MID MID MID MID MID MID MID MID MID MID MID ROOM
PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN DESTINATION
U U U U U U U U U U
LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW
PHONES
TAPE IN
EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ EQ
TALKBACK
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
SENDS 1-6 L
TO FW 9-14
MUTE AUX MUTE AUX MUTE AUX MUTE AUX MUTE AUX MUTE AUX MUTE AUX MUTE AUX MUTE AUX MUTE AUX MAIN MIX SENDS
R
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
SUB1
OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB
ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN
1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN
MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX
SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO
TO FW 5-8
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
SUB1
PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN
DESTINATION
PHONES
TALKBACK
L
MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MAIN MIX
R
SUB1
OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB
ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN
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
MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN
MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX
SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO
TO FW 5-8
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
SUB1
3 2 1
INSERT INSERT INSERT
LINE HI-Z HI-Z
AUX SEND
BAL/UNBAL
5 3 1
6 4 2
1-8
3 2 1
INSERT INSERT INSERT
LINE HI-Z HI-Z
AUX SEND
BAL/UNBAL
5 3 1
6 4 2
1-8
Tape
LAMP
0dB=0dBu
SOURCE L R
20
15
10
TAPE
6
3
Level
SUB 3-4 0
2
4
FW 1-2 ASSIGN TO
MAIN MIX 7
Set
10
20
30
RUDE
PHONES
SOLO
SOLO
LEVEL
TAPE TO
MAIN MIX
SOLO
MODE
AUX MASTER
Solo
EFX TO
RETURNS
MON
1 1
LAMP
SOLO
Mode
TO AUX 5
2 2
0dB=0dBu
SOURCE SOLO L R
TO AUX 6
20
15
3 3
10
SOLO TAPE
6 SEND
TO
3
SUB 3-4 0 MAIN
4 4
SUBS
SOLO 2
4
FW 1-2 ASSIGN TO
MAIN MIX 7
5
10
SOLO
CR/PHONES 20 SUBS
ONLY 1-2
30 3-4
6
SOLO PHONES POWER RUDE
SOLO
MIC
AUX 1-6
SOLO
LEVEL
LEVEL
TAPE TO
MAIN MIX
EXTERNAL
MIC
SOLO
SUB ASSIGN MODE
AUX MASTER
L L L
EFX TO
MAIN MIX MAIN MIX RETURNS MAIN MIX ASSIGN TO
MON
FW 15-16
R R R
1 1
SUB2 SUB3 SUB4
SOLO
TO AUX 5
dB
10
2 2
5
SOLO
U
TO AUX 6
5
3 3
10
SOLO
SEND
TO
20
4 4 MAIN 30
SUBS
SOLO
40
50
60
5
SOLO
CR/PHONES SUBS
ONLY 1-2
3-4
SUBS 1-4
6
MAIN
SUB2 SOLO SUB3 SUB4 POWER
MIX
MIC
AUX 1-6
LEVEL
11
EXTERNAL
MIC
SUB ASSIGN
L L L
MAIN MIX MAIN MIX MAIN MIX
ASSIGN TO
FW 15-16
R R R
SUB2 SUB3 SUB4
dB
10
5
U
5
10
20
30
40
50
60
SUBS 1-4
MAIN
SUB2 SUB3 SUB4
MIX