2-Channel Premium Analog Mixer with FireWire QUICK START GUIDE 1 ON 2 YX MIC PRE ON 3 YX MIC PRE ON 4 YX MIC PRE ON CTRL - RM OUT MAIN OUT ALT 3-4 OUT BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL TAPE L YX MIC PRE IN L R LINE IN 5-6 1 2 4 LINE IN 7-8 L L/3 R LINE IN 9-10 L LINE LINE LINE (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL LINE HI-Z 75Hz 18dB/OCT 30 U 40 20 U 40 20 U 40 20 U U U U CTRL ROOM/PHONES SOU
Important Safety Instructions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with a dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. 8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. 9.
Introduction Thank you for choosing a lovely Mackie Onyx 1220i professional compact mixer. It has built-in FireWire, our premium precision-engineered studio-grade Onyx mic preamps, along with the newest features and latest technologies for live sound reinforcement and analog or digital studio recording, all in a durable, road-worthy package. We realize that you must be really keen to try out your new mixer.
Features REAR PANEL 27. MID EQ LEVEL (CH. 5-12) 1. 2. AC POWER CONNECTION POWER SWITCH 28. LOW EQ LEVEL 29. AUX SEND 1 AND 2 LEVEL 3. FIREWIRE CONNECTIONS 30. PAN CONTROL 4. MAIN MIX XLR OUTPUTS 31. MUTE/ALT 3-4 SWITCH 5. 6. 7. MAIN OUTPUT LEVEL (+4 dB/MIC) AUX SEND 1 AND 2 AUX RETURN 1 AND 2 32. –20 AND OL LEDS 33. CHANNEL FADER 34. SOLO SWITCH 8. INSERT (CH. 1-4) MASTER SECTION CONNECTION SECTION 9. MIC INPUTS 10. MONO LINE INPUTS (CH. 1-4) 35. CONTROL ROOM SOURCE: MAIN MIX 36.
1 O M NYX IC PR 2 E O M NYX IC PR 3 E O M NYX IC PR 4 E O M NYX IC PR CTRL - RM OUT MAIN OUT ALT 3-4 OUT BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL 12 13 14 L R LINE IN 5-6 1 2 3 4 LINE LINE LINE LINE BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL LINE HI-Z 48V 30 21 20 U LINE HI-Z 20 40 GAIN 20 11 40 20 R/4 17 L L (MONO) (MONO) BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL R R R U U CTRL ROOM/PHONES SOURCE U 40 GAIN 60 U -20dB +40dB R LINE IN 11-12 (MONO) U U
Setting up a system Microphones Electric Guitar Bass Guitar iPod Docking Station 1 YX ON 2 MIC PR E ON 3 YX MIC PRE YX ON 4 MIC PR E ON CTRL - RM OUT MAIN OUT ALT 3-4 OUT BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL TAPE IN L R LINE IN 5-6 Amplifier Modeler 1 press HI-Z button 2 4 LINE IN 7-8 L L/3 R LINE IN 9-10 L L LINE LINE LINE (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL 48V 75Hz 18dB/OCT 30 40 20 40 20 40 20
Studio Microphone Acoustic Guitar mic’d up Mackie HR824mk2 Powered Reference Monitors for Control Room Bass Guitar Electric Guitar CD Player 1 YX ON 2 MIC PR E ON 3 YX MIC PRE YX ON 4 MIC PR E ON CTRL - RM OUT MAIN OUT ALT 3-4 OUT BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL Engineer’s Headphones TAPE L YX MIC PRE IN L R LINE IN 5-6 1 press HI-Z buttons 2 LINE LINE BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL LINE HI-Z LINE HI-Z 48V 30 20 3 40 20 40 20 40 L L (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNB
Microphones INSERTS Connect your microphones to the female XLR connectors on mono channels 1-4. The microphone preamps feature our Onyx design, with super high fidelity and headroom. Professional ribbon, dynamic, and condenser mics all sound excellent through these inputs. Channels 1-4 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.
Line-level Sources and Guitars Connect your line-level sources to the 1/4" TRS line input connectors. Channels 1-4 have mono line inputs, and channels 5-12 are stereo. Each line input can accept TRS balanced or TS unbalanced sources. Line-level sources include keyboards, drum machines, electronic drum kits, CD players, iPod® docks, guitar preamp outputs and so on.
Aux 1 and Aux 2 AUX SEND 1 and 2 AUX RETURN 1 and 2 The 1/4" TRS aux sends on the rear panel allow you to send balanced or unbalanced line-level outputs to external effects devices or stage monitors, independent of the main mix. These 1/4" TRS stereo input connectors allow you to add the stereo processed output from external effects processors or other devices to the main mix. Adjust the level of the incoming signals with the aux return master controls.
Control Room/Phones/Meters CONTROL ROOM OUTPUTS Assign to Main Mix The 1/4" TRS stereo control room outputs can be used to run a separate sound system in a control room or a different zone. Connect these outputs to the line-level inputs of an amplifier running passive studio monitors, or to the inputs of powered studio monitors. Except for the main mix, whatever is selected as a source for your control room and phones can also be routed to the main mix by pressing this switch.
Main Mix XLR MAIN OUTPUTS MAIN MIX and FIREWIRE The male XLR output connectors provide a balanced line-level signal that represents the end of the mixer chain, where your fully mixed stereo main mix signals enter the real world. Connect these outputs to the inputs of your main power amplifiers, powered speakers, or serial effects processor (or a graphic equalizer or compressor/limiter). The output provides a fully balanced signal playing the same program material as the 1/4" TRS main outs.
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, that channel is muted in the main mix and appears in the alt 3-4 outputs instead. If you just want to mute the channels, then don't connect the alt 3-4 outputs to anything. Muted channels can still be soloed to audition them in the headphones and control room, and to adjust and check the channel gain levels.
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, pleasant, informative, 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.
FireWire Connections FireWire The mixer comes with a CD containing the PC driver 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.
FireWire also provides a return for two channels from your computer to your mixer: • • • These can be routed through the control room/phones via the FW 1-2 button, to monitor the computer audio through your control room speakers or headphones (or through the main speakers if assign to main mix is selected).
AUX SEND 1-2 Post-Fader FireWire Sends A direct copy of the aux send 1 and 2 outputs can be sent via FireWire to your computer. This makes it possible to use a software effects processor instead of an expensive external processor. The post-EQ channel FireWire sends are pre-fader, but the circuit boards can be modified so that they are post-fader instead. This allows the channel fader to control the level of the FireWire sends from each channel.
Technical Information Specifications Noise Characteristics: Distortion (THD+N): Equivalent Input Noise (EIN), mic input at insert, 150 Ω source impedance, 20 to 20 kHz: 20 Hz to 20 kHz, 20 Hz to 80 kHz bandwidth 60 dB (max) gain: 40 dB gain: -127 dBu -126.5 dBu Equivalent Input Noise (EIN), mic input at insert, 50 Ω source impedance, A-weighted: 60 dB (max) gain: -130.
FireWire Output Impedance: Sample Rates Available: Buffer Size: Resolution: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz Main XLR output: 100 Ω balanced Phones output: 75 Ω 32 (44.
Track Sheet 1 O 2 M NYX IC PRE O 3 M NYX IC PRE O 4 M NYX IC PRE O CTRL - RM OUT MAIN OUT ALT 3-4 OUT BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL TAPE L M NYX IC PRE IN L R LINE IN 5-6 LINE IN 7-8 L/3 R LINE IN 9-10 1 2 3 4 LINE LINE LINE (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) (MONO) BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL BAL/UNBAL LINE HI-Z 48V BAL/UNBAL 75Hz 18dB/OCT 20 40 GAIN 60 U -20dB +40dB 20 40 GAIN 60 U -20dB +40dB U U 20 U U CTRL ROOM/PHONES SOURCE U
Track Sheet • Session: • Date: • Notes: Quick Start Guide 21
Onyx 1220i Phantom Line FW Line Hi-Z 75Hz Bypass Low Cut HPF -20 ~ +20dB Gain (Ch.11-12 only) - + Mic: 0 ~ +60dB Line: -20 ~ +40dB Gain - + Insert 2.5K 80 HI Level To FW To FW 12K HI 12K FW Tap Pre Post MID 2.
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