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16-Channel Premium Analog Mixer
with FireWire
QUICK START GUIDE
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Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions. 20. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC 2. Keep these instructions. Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection 3. Heed all warnings. against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equip- 4. Follow all instructions. ment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if 5. Do not use
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Set the levels Introduction It’s not even necessary to hear what you’re doing to set optimal levels. But if you’d like to: Plug in headphones Thank you for choosing a lovely Mackie Onyx 1620i and turn up the phones knob just a little. professional compact mixer. It has built-in FireWire, our premium precision-engineered studio-grade Onyx 1. Turn on the mixer's power switch. mic preamps, along with the newest features and latest 2. Set the solo mode switch to PFL. technologies for live soun
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Features REAR PANEL MASTER SECTION 1. AC POWER CONNECTION 37. CONTROL ROOM SOURCE: MAIN MIX 2. POWER SWITCH 38. CONTROL ROOM SOURCE: TAPE, FW 1-2, ALT 3-4 3. FIREWIRE CONNECTIONS 39. ASSIGN CONTROL ROOM SOURCE TO MAIN MIX 4. MAIN MIX XLR OUTPUTS 40. CONTROL ROOM LEVEL 5. MAIN OUTPUT LEVEL (+4 dB/MIC) 41. PHONES LEVEL 6. AUX SEND 1-4 42. LEFT/RIGHT LEVEL METERS 7. AUX RETURN 1-4 43. RUDE SOLO LIGHT 8. INSERT (CH. 1-8) 44. SOLO MODE SWITCH: PFL/AFL CONNECTION SECTION 45. AUX MASTER SEND 1-4 LEVELS
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Setting up a system Microphones iPod Docking Station Bass Electric Guitar Guitar Headphones 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V press HI-Z button Amplifier Modeler press FW button ( ) to send FW 1-2 computer output into Drum SRM150 mixer channels 15-16 Machine Powered Monitor for keyboard player (Aux Send 2) Keyboard Set Aux 1, 2 PRE for monitors Set Aux 3, 4 POST for external processors HD1531 Powered Speaker HD1531 Main Right Powered Speaker MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MU
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Studio Mackie Microphones HR824mk2 Bass Acoustic Powered Reference Guitar Guitar Monitors for Electric mic’d up Control Room Guitar CD Player Engineer’s Headphones press HI-Z buttons 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V press FW button ( ) to send FW 1-2 computer output into mixer channels 15-16 Keyboard Electronic Drum Kit press FW button ( ) to send Aux 1 and Aux 2 to computer via FireWire channels 13 and 14 MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE press FW b
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Microphones Connect your microphones to the female XLR SETTING THE MICROPHONE GAIN connectors on mono channels 1-8. The microphone The gain controls allow you to set your input signals preamps feature our Onyx design, with super high to an optimum level: not so hot that the mixer is fi delity and headroom. Professional ribbon, dynamic, overloaded, and not so low that the signal is lost in and condenser mics all sound excellent through these noise. For a signal entering the XLR mic inp
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Line-level Sources and Guitars Connect your line-level sources to the 1/4" TRS line The tape output is a copy of the main mix (post input connectors. Channels 1-8 have mono line inputs, fader), suitable for analog recording, sending to the and channels 9-16 are stereo. Each line input can inputs of an external amplifi er, or sound card etc. accept TRS (tip-ring-sleeve) balanced or TS (tip- sleeve) unbalanced sources. INSERTS Line-level sources include keyboards, drum machines, Channels 1-8
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Aux 1-4 will not be affected by any channel EQ adjustments. AUX SEND 1-4 This modifi cation can be done by an authorized service The four mono 1/4" TRS aux sends on the rear panel center. Contact our technical support chaps for details. allow you to send balanced or unbalanced line-level outputs to external effects devices or stage monitors, AUX RETURN 1-4 independent of the main mix. These 1/4" TRS stereo input connectors allow you to Aux sends 1-4 are independent of each other, so you ad
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Control Room/Phones/Meters CONTROL ROOM OUTPUTS Assign to Main Mix The 1/4" TRS stereo control room outputs can be used Except for the main mix, whatever is selected as a to run a separate sound system in a control room or a source for your control room and phones can also be different zone. Connect these outputs to the line-level routed to the main mix by pressing this switch. The inputs of an amplifi er running passive studio monitors, main mix does not play in the control room or phones if
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Main Mix XLR MAIN OUTPUTS ASSIGN to FW 15-16 The male XLR output connectors provide a balanced Engage this button (just above the main mix fader) line-level signal that represents the end of the mixer and the main mix can be sent to your computer via chain, where your fully mixed stereo main mix signals FireWire. The FireWire output is not affected by the enter the real world. Connect these outputs to the main mix fader, allowing you to record the main mix inputs of your main power amplifi e
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Alt 3-4 MUTE/ALT 3-4 SWITCHES Every time a bell rings, an Angel gets its wings. In a similar way, every time a mute switch is pressed, Alt 3-4 outputs that channel is muted in the main mix and appears in the alt 3-4 outputs instead. Aux sends 1-4 in post-mode (for external processors) are also muted, but aux sends 1-4 in pre-mode (for stage monitors) are not 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V Control Room/ muted. Phones Source Alt 3-4 If you just want to mute the channels, then Assign to
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Talkback The mixer's built-in microphone allows you to talk to DESTINATION: PHONES, AUX 1-4 the band through the phones outputs or stage monitors. Push in the phones talkback destination switch to This can often be charming and enlightening. communicate with the talent in the studio through the headphones during a recording session. TALKBACK MIC The aux 1-4 talkback destination switch routes the The omni-directional dynamic microphone will pick talkback signal to the aux send 1-4 outputs.
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FireWire The mixer comes with a CD containing the PC driver FireWire Connections software needed to use your mixer's internal FireWire interface. Macintosh OS X contains built-in drivers, and no software installation is required. Please check our website (www.mackie.com) for any updated PC drivers that may exist. If one does, download this installer and follow the instructions that accompany the download. Otherwise, continue on with the CD installation instructions listed below. 48V 48V 4
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FireWire also provides a return for two channels from CONTROL ROOM FW 1-2 your computer to your mixer: If this is engaged, you can listen to FireWire 1 and 2 playback from your computer in the control room and � These can be routed through the control headphones. This can also be added to the main mix if room/phones via the FW 1-2 button, to monitor control room assign to main mix is engaged. See below. the computer audio through your control room speakers or headphones (or through the ma
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AUX SEND 1-2 to FW 13-14 Modifi cations: Engage this button in the aux master section, and The following FireWire modifi cations can be done by a copy of aux send 1 and 2 outputs can be sent via an authorized service center. Authorized service centers FireWire to your computer. This makes it possible to set may be found online at: up a software effects processor thus-wisely: www.mackie.com/scripts/service_centers/search.asp Please contact our technical support department if you � Set aux send
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Technical Information Specifi cations Noise Characteristics: Attenuation and Crosstalk: Equivalent Input Noise (EIN), mic input at insert, 150 Ω source @1 kHz relative to 0 dBu impedance, 20 to 20 kHz: Main Mix knob down: -85 dBu 60 dB (max) gain: -127 dBu Channel Alt/Mute switch engaged: -88 dBu 40 dB gain: -126.5 dBu Channel Level knob down: -87 dBu Equivalent Input Noise (EIN), mic input at insert, 50 Ω source impedance, A-weighted: Common Mode Rejection Ratio (CMRR
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Input Impedance: Physical Dimensions and Weight Mic input: 2.8 k Ω balanced Height: 19.1 in/485 mm Hi-Z input: 1 M Ω unbalanced Width 16.6 in/422 mm Mono channel line input: 30 k Ω balanced Depth: 4.3 in/110.2 mm 15 k Ω unbalanced Weight: 20 lb./9.1 kg Stereo Channel line input: 20 k Ω balanced Options: 10 k Ω unbalanced Rack Mount Kit Output Impedance: LOUD Technologies Inc. is always striving to improve our products Main XLR output: 100 Ω
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Track Sheet 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V 48V MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO 20 Onyx 1620i
