PREMIUM LIVE ANALOG MIXERS w/PERKINS EQ & ONYX MIC PREAMPS O W N E R ’ S M A N U A L
ONYX 80 SERIES Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions. 13. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time. 2. Keep these instructions. 14. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel.
Introduction................................................................................................................4 Getting Started..........................................................................................................5 Zero the Controls .......................................................................................................................................5 Connections.................................................................................................
ONYX 80 SERIES Introduction Thank you for choosing a Mackie Onyx 80 Series professional live mixing console. The Onyx 80 Series of mixers feature all-new analog circuitry and the latest technologies for live sound reinforcement in a durable, road-worthy package. The Onyx 80 Series mixing consoles come in four sizes: the 24-channel Onyx 2480, 32-channel Onyx 3280, 40-channel Onyx 4080, and the flagship 48-channel Onyx 4880.
a line input such as a CD player or tape recorder output. Be sure that the volume of the input source is the same as it would be during normal use. If it isn’t, you might have to readjust these levels during the middle of the set. READ THIS PAGE!! 3. Adjust the channel’s GAIN [5] control so that the LEDs on the Left Solo meter stay around “0” and never go higher than “+7.” 4. If you’d like to apply some EQ, do so now and return to step 3.
This hookup diagram demonstrates how you can do a live multitrack recording using the DIRECT OUTs. The DIRECT OUTs provide an analog balanced direct output for each channel, post-EQ. Aux Send 1 is used for stage monitors, and Aux Sends 3 and 4 are a stereo pair driving an IEM system. Aux Sends 5/6 and 7/8 could provide two more stereo sends for IEM systems.
Owner’s Manual Electric Guitar 1 1 2 2 5 6 6 7 8 4 16 7 8 9 21 11 13 13 14 14 16 12 24 15 16 17 17 AUX SEND 15 11 23 CHANNEL INPUTS 12 18 18 19 20 19 1 1 2 2 3 6 7 7 8 8 4 5 3 4 5 6 1 1 2 2 22 22 3 23 24 23 24 4 5 6 L 8 R OUT PHONES B MATRIX OUT A MONTIOR OUT L R 8 L R R L MAIN OUT L 4 R 7 8 MONO OUT L 7 R 6 DIRECT OUT 17-24 L 3 R 5 DIRECT OUT 1-8 Powered Studio Monitors for Studio DIRECT OUT 9-16 L 6 R STEREO AUX INPUTS L 2 R 4 MAIN I
1 1 2 2 5 6 6 8 3 15 4 5 7 4 16 7 8 9 21 11 14 14 16 11 23 15 16 17 17 AUX SEND 15 18 18 19 20 19 1 1 2 2 3 6 7 7 8 8 4 5 3 4 5 6 1 2 2 22 22 3 GROUP SEND 1 24 23 24 4 5 6 L 8 R OUT PHONES L R B MATRIX OUT A MONTIOR OUT Headphones 8 L R R L MAIN OUT L 4 R 7 8 MONO OUT L 7 R 6 DIRECT OUT 17-24 L 3 R 5 DIRECT OUT 1-8 DIRECT OUT 9-16 L 6 R STEREO AUX INPUTS L 2 R 4 MAIN INSERTS L 5 R 3 MAIN OUT 7 L 1 R Multi Effect Processor 20 21
Owner’s Manual Electric Guitar 1 1 2 2 4 5 6 6 8 3 15 4 5 7 4 16 7 8 9 21 11 14 14 16 15 16 17 17 AUX SEND 15 12 24 18 18 19 20 19 1 2 2 3 6 7 7 8 8 4 5 4 6 1 2 22 22 3 23 24 4 5 6 OUT PHONES Headphones A B MATRIX OUT In (record) MONTIOR OUT L 7 8 8 L R R Assistive Listening System In Out Stereo Compressor In Out L MAIN OUT L 8 R Stereo In-Ear Monitor System (IEM) 6 MONO OUT L 4 R 5 Mono EQ DIRECT OUT 17-24 L 7 R STEREO AUX INPUTS L 6 R L
ONYX 80 SERIES Onyx 80 Series Features Channel Strips 3. Low-Cut Switch Depending on the model that you purchased, there are 24, 32, 40, or 48 channel strips. Each channel has a mic and line input connector and an insert jack for connecting an external signal processor. The Low-Cut switch, often referred to as a high-pass filter, cuts bass frequencies below 100 Hz at a rate of 18 dB per octave. 1.
the male vocal range and the fundamentals of some lower instruments (guitar, lower brass). 10. LOW MID FREQ 6. HIGH EQ +15 +15 This control gives you +10 up to 15 dB boost or cut +5 at 12 kHz, and it is also 0 flat at the center detent. –5 Use it to add sizzle to –10 cymbals, and an overall –15 20 100 1k 10k 20k sense of transparency or edge to the keyboards, High EQ vocals, guitar, and bacon frying. Turn it down a little to reduce sibilance, or to hide tape hiss. Hz Hz Hz Hz Hz 7.
ONYX 80 SERIES 400 Hz to 8 kHz on the mono channels, and HIGH shelving at 12 kHz. “Shelving” means that the circuitry boosts or cuts all frequencies past the specified frequency. For example, rotating the LOW EQ knob 15 dB to the right boosts bass frequencies below 80 Hz and continuing on down to the lowest note you ever heard. “Peaking” means that the frequencies around the center frequency are less affected by the EQ the further away they are. 13.
with the channel’s PAN knob, they are used to determine the destination of the channel’s signal. Use these switches to assign the channel to one or more mute groups. The master mute groups [54] are located in the Master section next to the Talkback section. When a master mute group switch is pressed, all the channels assigned to that mute group are muted. This makes it easy to mute a number of channels all at once, for example, all the drum mics or all the vocal mics.
ONYX 80 SERIES Soloed channels are sent to the PHONES output, MONITOR outputs, and SOLO Meters. PFL mode (PreFader Listen) sends the channel’s signal after the GAIN and EQ controls, but before the channel fader, to the PFL solo bus. AFL mode (After-Fader Listen), sends the signal post-fader, making it ideal for mixdown soloing. VERY IMPORTANT: Remember, PFL mode taps the channel signal before the fader.
These tap a portion of each channel’s signal out to either an effects processor or for stage monitoring. These go to the same Aux Send buses as the mono channel Aux Sends. The Aux Input Aux Sends are always pre-fader. Aux Inputs 1-4 send their signals to Aux 1 and Aux 2. Aux Inputs 5-8 send their signals to Aux 5 and 6. FEEDBACK LOOP WARNING: It is common to use an Aux Send to route signals to an external processor, and then return the signal from the processor via the Aux Inputs.
ONYX 80 SERIES Master Aux Send Section 37. AUX 1 -8 MASTERS The AUX MASTERS provide overall control over the AUX SEND levels, just before they are delivered to the AUX SEND outputs [72]. These knobs go from off (∞) to +15 dB when turned all the way up. This is usually the knob you turn up when the lead singer glares at you, points at his stage monitor, and sticks his thumb up in the air. (It would follow that if the singer stuck his thumb down, you’d turn the knob down, but that never happens.
The AFL switch allows you to hear the Group signal through your headphones or monitor outputs. This comes after the Group Fader and before the MUTE switch, so you can hear the relative signal level on each Group even when they are muted. When you engage the AFL switch on two consecutive odd/even Groups (i.e., 1 and 2, 3 and 4, etc.), the soloed signal appears in stereo in the headphones and monitor outputs.
ONYX 80 SERIES 49. RUDE SOLO Lights 51. MATRIX A and B Input Controls These LEDs flash on and off when a channel’s solo is active, as an additional reminder beyond the indicating LEDs next to each PFL or AFL button. The green LED indicates PFL solo mode, and the amber LED indicates AFL solo mode. If you work on a mixer that has a solo function with no indicator lights and you happen to forget you’re in solo mode, you can easily be tricked into thinking that something is wrong with your mixer.
