Mackie 1640I User Manual

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Owner's Manual   
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42. HEADPHONE OUTPUT 
This 1/4" TRS connector supplies the output to your 
stereo headphones. It is the same signal that is routed 
to the control room outputs [16], as determined by the 
control room/phones source matrix [44, 45]. The  
volume is controlled with the phones knob [48], right 
next to the control room knob [47].
Whenever a solo switch [41] is engaged, you will 
only hear the soloed channel(s) in the headphones. 
This gives you the opportunity to audition the channels 
before they are added to the main mix. (Solo signals 
reaching the headphones are not affected by the  
channel level or main level, therefore turn down the 
phones level fi rst, as soloed channels may be loud.)
The phones output follows  standard conventions:
Tip = Left channel
Ring = Right channel
Sleeve = Common ground
WARNING: The headphone amp is loud, and 
can cause permanent hearing damage. Even 
intermediate levels may be painfully loud 
with some headphones. BE CAREFUL! Always turn the 
phones level control [48] all the way down before    
connecting headphones or pressing a solo switch, or 
doing anything new that may affect the headphone 
volume. Then turn it up slowly as you listen carefully.
43. LAMP
This female BNC connector provides 12 volts DC on 
its center pin. Connect any quality gooseneck lamp 
here.
44. MAIN MIX
Press this switch in to listen to the main mix in your 
control room and headphones, and to check the main 
mix levels in the meters. In addition to the main mix, 
you can listen to any combination of tape, FireWire and 
recording outs, depending on which of these switches 
[45] is engaged.
If the assign to main mix switch [46] is 
engaged, you cannot hear the main mix in the 
control room or headphones, or see its level 
on the meters. This is to prevent feedback caused by 
sending the main mix to the main mix.
Control Room/Phones and  
Meters
Typically, the engineer sends the main mix to an   
audience (for a live show) or to a mixdown deck (if 
recording). But what if the engineer needs to hear 
something other than the main mix in the control room 
or headphones? With the Onyx 1640i, the engineer has 
several choices of what to listen to. This is one of those 
tricky parts, so buckle up. 
PREMIUM ANALOG MIXER w/ PERKINS EQ & FIREWIRE 
CONTROL
ROOM
PHONES
RUDE 
SOLO
20
15
10
6
3
0
2
4
7
10
20
30
SUB 3-4
FW 1-2
SUB 1-2
TAPE
ASSIGN TO
MAIN MIX
MAIN MIX
LEVEL
SET
CLIP
12V 0.5A
LAMP
CTRL ROOM/PHONES
SOURCE
MAX
O
O
MAX
O
O
SOLO
LEVEL
PFL
AFL
 TAPE TO 
MAIN MIX
TAPE IN
MAX
O
O
MAX
O
O
SOLO
MODE
L
R
0dB=0dBu
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