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    OWNER’S MANUAL STUDIO RECORDING PREAMP with 192kHz FIREWIRE I/O[...]

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    2 ONYX 400F ONYX 400F 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. Clean only with dry cloth. 7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’ s instructions. 8. Do not install near any heat sources such [...]

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    Part No. SW0204 Rev . A 5/05 ©2005 LOUD T echnologies Inc. All Rights Reserved. 3 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Don’t forget to visit our website at www .mackie.com for mor e information about this and other Mackie products. T able of Contents Intr oduction ...................................................................................[...]

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    4 ONYX 400F ONYX 400F Please write y our serial number here f or future re fer ence (i.e., insur ance claims, tech support, re turn authorization, et c.) Purchased a t: Dat e of purchase: Onyx 400F Console .................................................................................................................. 18 Installing the Softwar e..[...]

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    5 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Introduction Thank you for choosing a Mackie Onyx 400F ten- channel professional audio interface for studio digital audio recording. The Onyx Series microphone pr eamps are designed for the digital era and offer the newest fea- tures and latest technologies for digital studio r ecording in a durable, road-worth[...]

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    6 ONYX 400F ONYX 400F Getting Started READ THIS P AGE!! Even if you’re one of those people who never reads manuals, all we ask is that you read this page now befor e you begin using the Onyx 400F . Y ou’ll be glad you did! The Onyx 400F can be used in standalone mode, or connected to a computer with the FireW ire connection. Either way , you wi[...]

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    7 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Start Recording to DA T 1. Now you can use the Onyx 400F in Standalone mode by closing the 400F Console and disconnecting the FireW ire connection from your computer . It retains the settings you made with the Console Control Panel and you can make a stereo r ecording with your DA T or other recording device co[...]

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    8 ONYX 400F ONYX 400F Hookup Diagrams The FireWire connector on the Onyx 400F can be connected directly to a FireWire equipped computer running a DA W application (Digital Audio W orkstation). In this example, an electric bass guitar is plugged into the Instrument input on channel 1, microphones are plugged into channels 2-4, and channels 5-8 are u[...]

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    9 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Onyx 400F 2-T rack Recor ding This illustrates a simple direct to 2-track recording setup. Y ou can confi gure the Onyx 400F beforehand with the desired sampling rate and Inputs 1 and 2 routed to the S/PDIF output. Analog LINE OUTPUTS 1 and 2 on the Onyx 400F are connected to the analog inputs on a second ster[...]

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    10 ONYX 400F ONYX 400F Onyx 400F with D A W and Exter nal Controller s 1 LINE OUT LINE IN INSERTS CR MIC/LINE ~ 100-240 VAC 50-60Hz 20W R L 2 1 4 3 6 5 8 7 6 5 8 7 2 1 4 3 O N Y X M I C P R E 2 MIC/LINE O N Y X M I C P R E 3 MIC/LINE O N Y X M I C P R E 4 MIC/LINE O N Y X M I C P R E FIREWIRE MIDI IN OUT WORD CLOCK IN OUT IN OUT S/PDIF Mics To De s[...]

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    11 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Onyx 400F Audio/V ideo Application 1 LINE OUT LINE IN INSERTS CR MIC/LINE ~ 100-240 VAC 50-60Hz 20W R L 2 1 4 3 6 5 8 7 6 5 8 7 2 1 4 3 O N Y X M I C P R E 2 MIC/LINE O N Y X M I C P R E 3 MIC/LINE O N Y X M I C P R E 4 MIC/LINE O N Y X M I C P R E FIREWIRE MIDI IN OUT WORD CLOCK IN OUT IN OUT S/PDIF To De skt[...]

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    12 ONYX 400F ONYX 400F STUDIO RECORDING PREAMP WITH 192kHz FIREWIRE I/O 12 O O MAX MAX O O O MAX O IN OUT INT WORD S/PDIF PHONES ON MIDI CLOCK SOURCE CNTRL RM Onyx 4 0 0F Features Front Panel There ar e ten channels in the Onyx 400F . Channels 1-4 share the same featur es with the exception that channels 1 and 2 have a high-impedance 1/4" inpu[...]

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    13 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual ONYX MIC PRE ONYX MIC PRE ONYX MIC PRE ONYX MIC PRE 4 3 2 1 OL -10 - 40 -20 OL -10 - 40 -20 OL -10 - 40 -20 OL -10 - 40 -20 48V + 40dB U - 20dB U 20 30 40 60 GAIN + 40dB U - 20dB U 20 30 40 60 GAIN + 40dB U - 20dB U 20 30 40 60 GAIN + 40dB U - 20dB U 20 30 40 60 GAIN W ARNING: The headphone amps are designed t[...]

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    14 ONYX 400F ONYX 400F Rear Panel The rear panel is wher e you make all your analog and digital audio connections to the Onyx 400F (except for the headphones and the high-impedance instrument jacks on the front). 13. MIC/Line Inputs These are Neutrik combo connectors, which accept balanced microphone inputs from an XLR connector or balanced line-le[...]

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    15 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual The signal at the CR OUT s (and the PHONES Out) is determined in the Onyx 400F Console, either mirroring LINE OUT s 1 and 2 or LINE OUT s 7 and 8. 18. WORD CL OCK IN/ OUT These BNC connectors send and receive word clock signals. This WORD CLOCK IN connector receives word clock from another device when the CLOC[...]

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    16 ONYX 400F ONYX 400F 19 . FIREWIRE FireW ire (a.k.a. IEEE 1394) is a high-speed serial I/O interface for connecting digital devices, with more than 30 times the bandwidth of USB 1.1. There ar e two FireW ire connections, so you can install the Onyx 400F in a daisy-chain fashion consisting of, for example, the host computer , the Onyx 400F , an ex[...]

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    17 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 21. S/PDIF IN/ OUT These are RCA connectors that send and r eceive two channels of digital audio in the S/PDIF ( S ony/ P hilips D igital I nter f ace) format. S/PDIF OUT transmits two-channels of digital audio, which appear as outputs 9 and 10 in the Onyx 400F Console and in the DA W software application. S/P[...]

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    18 ONYX 400F ONYX 400F Onyx 400F Console Another option for either a desktop or laptop com- puter is to purchase an external FireW ire-equipped hard drive, again preferably a 7200 rpm drive with an 8 MB cache. This can be connected to one of the FireW ire connections on the Onyx 400F , or directly to your computer , and appears as an available driv[...]

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    19 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 9. After a few seconds, the “Found New Hardware Wizard” opens. Select “No, not this time” wher e it asks to connect to Windows Update. Click "Next" to continue. 10. In the next window , select “Install the software automatically (Recommended)” and click “Next” to continue. 11. As the [...]

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    20 ONYX 400F ONYX 400F 12. When the installation has completed, the “ Com- pleting the Found New Hardware W izard ” window opens. Click “ Finish ” to complete the process. 13. Open the Console and verify that the Console control panel appears. This confi rms that commu- nication has been established between the console software and the 400[...]

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    21 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 5. Y ou’r e ready to go with any Mac OS X Core Audio host application (i.e., T racktion, Logic, Cubase, Nuendo, Live, Digital Performer , etc.). The Onyx 400F should now appear as an 10x10 audio interface available for any DA W application that you have installed on your computer . Note: It is still necessar[...]

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    22 ONYX 400F ONYX 400F Authorizing T racktion 2 There is an authorization code on the sleeve of the CD-ROM that came with your Onyx 400F . Y ou can autho- rize the software from within T racktion or by going to http://my .mackie.com. From T racktion 2: 1. Open T racktion 2. 2. T racktion detects that the software is unregister ed and notifi es you[...]

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    23 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Using the Onyx 400F Console Settings Click the Settings tab to access and change the sample rate, clock source, DSP Mixer , Headphone source, Consumer or Professional mode for S/PDIF , and Buffer size. Sa mple Ra te The Onyx 400F can operate at the following sample rates: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 17[...]

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    24 ONYX 400F ONYX 400F Clock Sour ce There ar e three choices for selecting a clock source. • INT (Internal): This is the default selection. The Onyx 400F operates using its own internal ex- tremely accurate, low-jitter clock. Select INT when you want the 400F to serve as the master clock in a system of digital devices. • W .C. (W ord Clock): T[...]

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    25 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual panel should be the same as the buffer size selected in the Onyx 400F Console. Note: If you change the buffer size in the ASIO con- trol panel, you may need to close and reopen the Onyx 400F Console to update the buffer setting. About This opens a box that tells you about the Onyx 400F Console Control Panel. V[...]

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    26 ONYX 400F ONYX 400F Outputs Click the output tabs to create individual mixes for each pair of outputs. Each pair of outputs has its own tab, so make sure you have the corr ect one selected before making any changes. Note: The mixes you create in the Console matrix mixing section apply to the physical outputs on the Onyx 400F (line outputs 1-8 an[...]

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    27 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 35. If you think your Onyx preamp has a problem, please do everything you can to confi rm it before calling for service. Doing so might save you from the deprivation of you[...]

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    28 ONYX 400F ONYX 400F No Audio into your Computer • Confi rm that the Onyx 400F is receiving mic or line-level input signals (the meters should indicate signal is present in the Onyx 400F Console). • Make sure the corr ect driver is selected in the DA W . In T racktion, this is selected in the Settings tab under Audio Devices. • If the Onyx[...]

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    29 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Appendix B: Connections 1/4 " TS Phone Plugs and Jacks “TS” stands for Tip-Sleeve, the two connection points available on a mono 1/4" phone jack or plug. They are used for unbalanced signals like the high-impedance instrument inputs on the Onyx 400F . SLEEVE TIP TIP SLEEVE TIP SLEEVE 1/4" TS[...]

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    30 ONYX 400F ONYX 400F • When connecting an unbalanced output to a bal- anced input, be sure that the signal high (hot) connections are wir ed to each other . The unbal- anced ground (earth) connection should be wired to the low (cold) and the ground (earth) connec- tions of the balanced input. If there ar e ground-loop problems, try disconnectin[...]

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    31 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Dynamic Range >107 dB (Mic In to Line Out) Noise Signal-to-Noise: >87 dB (ref. +4 dBu, Mic In to Line Out, Gain @ unity) Equivalent Input Noise (E.I.N.), 20 Hz to 20 kHz Bandwidth, 150 Ω source impedance: –129 dBu @ +60 dB gain Co mmon Mode Rejection Ratio (CMRR) Mic In: >60 dB @ 1 kHz, Gain @ max[...]

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    32 ONYX 400F ONYX 400F Phantom P ower +48 VDC Rated Output Line: +4 dBu Maximum Rated Output: +24 dBu @ Balanced Line-Level Outputs Input Impedance Mic Input: 2.4 k Ω balanced Inst Input: 1 M Ω Line: 20 k Ω balanced, 10 k Ω unbalanced Output Impedance Line: 100 Ω balanced Signal Lev el LEDs –40 dB, –20 dB, –10 dB (normal operating l[...]

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    33 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Onyx 400F Block Diagram DSP (a.k.a. BRAIN) A/D Conv ersion A/D Conv ersion Phantom Channel 3-4 Channel 5-8 Mic Line Gain Mic: 0 to +60 dB Line: –20 to +40 dB 2 3 1 + - + - OL -10 -20 -30 Line + - Inser t Firewire I/O S/PDIF I/O Phantom Channel 1-2 Mic Line Gain Mic: 0 to +60 dB Line: –20 to +40 dB 2 3 1 In[...]

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    34 ONYX 400F ONYX 400F ONYX MIC PRE ONYX MIC PRE ONYX MIC PRE ONYX MIC PRE 4 3 2 1 STUDIO RECORDING PREAMP WITH 192kHz FIREWIRE I/O OL -10 - 40 -20 OL -10 - 40 -20 OL -10 - 40 -20 OL -10 - 40 -20 12 O O MAX MAX O O O MAX O 48V IN OUT INT WORD S/PDIF PHONES ON MIDI CLOCK SOURCE CNTRL RM + 40dB U - 20dB U 20 30 40 60 GAIN + 40dB U - 20dB U 20 30 40 6[...]

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    35 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Onyx 400F Limited W arranty A. LOUD T echnologies Inc. warrants all materials, workmanship and proper operation of this product for a period of one year from the original date of purchase. If any defects are found in the materials or workmanship or if the product fails to function properly during the applicabl[...]

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