Onyx 400F Console; Installing The Software; Computer Requirements; A Note About Hard Drive Speed - Mackie Onyx 400F Owner's Manual

Onyx 400F Console

The Onyx 400F Console lets you make a number of
software changes in the operation of the Onyx 400F via
the FireWire connection to your computer, as well as
providing access to a Matrix Mixer that allows you to
create four separate stereo mixes to send to a head-
phone amplifi er via the ten line outputs.

Installing the Software

The Onyx 400F Console can be installed on a PC run-
ning Window XP or a Macintosh running OS X.

Computer Requirements

These are the minimum computer requirements for
running the Onyx 400F Console.
For the PC:
• Microsoft Windows XP SP1 or later
• Pentium 4, Celeron, or Athlon XP processor
• 256 MB RAM
For the Mac:
• OS X 10.3.9
• G4 processor
• 256 MB RAM
It is important to note that the processor speed,
amount of RAM installed, and the size and speed of your
hard drive all contribute to the overall performance of
your recording system.

A Note about Hard Drive Speed:

Most tower-style desktop computers
have hard drives that spin at 5400
rpm or faster, which is generally fast
enough to record 10 channels without
a problem. If you are experiencing
diffi culty recording all 10 channels at once, especially at
96 kHz or higher, you may need to install a faster hard
drive (i.e., 7200 rpm).
Most laptops come with 4200 rpm drives. This will
work fi ne if you are recording fewer tracks at lower
sample rates. However, if you are buying a laptop to use
for recording the maximum number of tracks, specify
a faster drive. It may be possible to replace a 4200 rpm
drive with a faster one (preferably a 7200 rpm drive with
an 8 MB cache), but you should check with the manu-
facturer to make sure.
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Another option for either a desktop or laptop com-
puter is to purchase an external FireWire-equipped
hard drive, again preferably a 7200 rpm drive with
an 8 MB cache. This can be connected to one of the
FireWire connections on the Onyx 400F, or directly to
your computer, and appears as an available drive to your
computer.

Installing the Drivers and Onyx 400F Console

When connecting the Onyx 400F to a PC, it is neces-
sary to fi rst install the Onyx FireWire Windows drivers
and the Onyx 400F Console. The Macintosh OS X 10.3.9
has FireWire drivers built-in, so it is not necessary to
install drivers on a Mac. However, you do need to install
the Onyx 400F Console on a Mac.
For the PC:
1. Insert the CD provided with the Onyx 400F into
your CD drive.
2. Click "Start > Run > Browse" and navigate to the
CD drive. Double-click the fi le named:
"DoubleClickToInstall.exe."
3. Click "OK" in the Run window.
4. You may get a "Security Warning" about running the
installer. It's okay. Click "Run."