Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Firewire OPtion Card fot Onyx Mixer Mackie
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OWNER’S MANUAL FIREWIRE OPTION CARD for ONYX MIXERS.
2 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWir e Car d 3 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water . 6. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’ s instructions.
2 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 3 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Don’t forget to visit our website at www .mackie.com for more information about this and other Mackie products. T able of Contents I n t r o d u c t i o n . . . . . . .
4 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 5 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Introduction Thank you for choosing to upgrade your Onyx mixing console with the Onyx FireW ire card.
4 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 5 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual System Requirements These are the minimum r equirements for your computer system to use the Onyx FireW ire interface.
6 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 7 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Installing the Onyx FireWire Card Important: Although the Onyx FireW ire Card has a protective cover on both sides of the card, it does contain static-sensitive compo- nents.
6 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 7 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Set the blank plate aside. Y ou won’t need it again, unless you want to remove the Onyx FireW ire card sometime in the futur e. Then you’ll want to reinstall the blank plate.
8 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 9 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Getting Started For the PC: When connecting the Onyx FireW ire card to a PC, it is necessary to rst install the drivers and the control panel.
8 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 9 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 4. The next window displays the Software License Agr eement. Click "Y es" to ac- cept the terms of the agreement.
10 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 11 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 6. The next window explains that the device drivers are r eady to be installed. Click "Next." 7. This next window may open to warn that the software being installed has not passed Windows Logo testing.
10 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 11 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 8. The next window tells you to connect the FireW ire card to your computer .
12 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 13 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 11. When the wizard indicates that the installation is nished, click “Finish.” 12. The “Found New Hardware W izard” opens again to install the Onyx FireW ire Sub C driver .
12 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 13 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 13. When the wizard indicates the installation is nished, click “Finish.” Now , if you have a second Onyx mixer with a FireW ire card installed, it is time to connect it to your computer and turn it on.
14 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 15 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 16. The “Found New Hardware W izard” opens once again for the Onyx FireW ire WDM Audio installation. Select “Install the software automatically” option, and click “Next.
14 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 15 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 18. When the wizard indicates the installation is nished, click “Finish.” Y our new software is now installed and r eady to use with any Windows XP ASIO or WDM host application (i.
16 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 17 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual If using two Onyx mixers with FireWire cards: It is necessary to turn on one mixer rst, followed by the second mixer . They appear sequentially as 36 inputs x 4 outputs.
16 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 17 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 3. Click the Audio Devices tab, and select Onyx FireW ire in the “Properties For” drop-down box. 4. Here you can change the sample rate used by your OS and applications.
18 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 19 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Channel Assignments The following chart shows the order of the channels for each of the three Onyx mixers as they appear in a DA W application.
18 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 19 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Onyx 1640 Liv e Mix and Multitrack Recor ding to a Laptop via FireWire This hookup diagram demonstrates how you can do a live multitrack re- cording to a laptop using the FireWire card.
20 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 21 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Onyx 1640 Multitrac k Recording and Mixdo wn Monitoring Sixteen channels are recorded to the laptop, and two mixdown channels are returned to the Onyx mixer for post-take monitoring through the Control Room speakers.
20 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 21 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Onyx 1640 Multitrac k Recording and Mixdo wn Monitoring with Six Monitor Mixes Sixteen channels are recorded to the laptop, and two mixdown chan- nels are returned to the Onyx mixer for post-take monitoring through the Control Room speakers.
22 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 23 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Onyx 1620 Recording Multiple K eyboards and K eyboard Synths directly to a Laptop The FireWire card allows you to record directly from the Onyx mixer to a laptop or DA W without the need for a computer audio interface.
22 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 23 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual T utorials W e’re assuming at this point, that you have done the setup procedur e described on pages 8-17, so that the Onyx FireW ire card is r ecognized by your computer and communicating with your software application.
24 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 25 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 3. Navigate to the location where you want to save your new project, enter a name in the pop-up dialog box, then click Save. All of this project’s tracks, clips, and edits are saved her e by T racktion, and new audio is recorded in the folder .
24 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 25 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 7. Make sure all of the inputs ar e enabled. If any of them say “disabled,” click it to enable it. 8. Reopen the Onyx Control Panel (click “show ASIO control panel).
26 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 27 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 9. Click on the “projects” tab, and double-click on “new edit #1” (or whatever you have renamed your edit) to open the edit scr een. This new project starts with 8 horizontal tracks, stacked vertically .
26 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 27 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 13. Click the Record button in the bottom right section of T racktion to start recording (or pr ess the R key on the keyboard).
28 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 29 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Studio Recording T utorial P r el im i n a ry S te ps Make sure all of the channels and mixer settings ar e set up correctly , and the Onyx FireW ire port is connected to the computer .
28 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 29 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 5. Click on the “settings” tab at the top of the T racktion screen, click the “audio devices” tab, and select Onyx ASIO Driver as the W ave device.
30 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 31 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual nd the right balance between performance and monitoring delay . If you hear pops, clicks, or distortion in the audio, increase the latency setting. Y ou can use the CPU bar in the lower right corner of T racktion to monitor how much CPU horsepower is available.
30 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 31 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 11. Congure all the inputs and outputs as mono tracks by clicking on each input arrow and deselecting the "treat as ster eo pair" button in the Properties panel.
3 2 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 33 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 14. Y ou can monitor the recording by assigning all the channels to the L/R mix on the Onyx mixer , and selecting MAIN MIX in the CONTROL ROOM/PHONES SOURCE section. This provides direct monitoring through a pair of monitors connected to the Control Room Outputs.
3 2 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 33 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 2. Push the FIREWIRE button in the CONTROL ROOM/ PHONES SOURCE section of your Onyx mixer to hear playback of the recorded tracks. Mute all the channels except channel 1 (the overdub vocal part) on the Onyx mixer .
34 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 35 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Appendix A: Ser vice Information W arranty Ser vice Details concerning W arranty Service are spelled out in the W arranty section on page 38. If you think your Onyx FireW ire card has a problem, please do everything you can to conrm it before calling for service.
34 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 35 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Repair Service for Mackie products is available at our galactic headquarters, located in sunny W oodinville, W ashington. Service for Mackie products living outside the United States can be obtained through local dealers or distributors.
36 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 3 7 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Appendix B: T echnical Info Onyx FireWire Card Specications Mic In to FireW ire Card to DA W , routed back to Fir.
36 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 3 7 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual T op of Onyx FireWire Card O O MAX .
38 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 39 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual A. LOUD T echnologies Inc. warrants all materials, workmanship and proper operation of this product for a period of three years from the original date of purchase.
38 ONYX FireWir e Card ONYX Fir eWire Car d 39 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 4. If the Authorized Mackie Service Center is located in another city , pack the mixer in its original shipping carton. More information on packing can be found in the Service section of this manual.
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