Mackie PORTABLE RECORDING PREAMP Manuel D’Utilisation

ONYX S

at

ellit

e

application; in other words, the closer to zero delay you 
will experience while recording. However, a low latency 
setting requires more resources from your computer, 
so you need to find a happy balance between finding 
the lowest latency you can attain before the computer 
begins to have trouble routing and recording audio (e.g., 
dropouts, pops, distorted audio).

Many DAW software applications have an ASIO control 

panel. In Tracktion 2, it is located in the “Audio” window 
under the “Settings” tab. Click the “Show ASIO control 
panel” button (PC only) to open the ASIO control panel 
for the Onyx Satellite. The latency setting in the ASIO 
control panel should be the same as the latency selected 
in the software application.

1.  Select the Onyx Satellite as the sound device in 

your DAW application. Each DAW application 
has its own method of doing this, so refer to your 
DAW application’s manual if you are not sure. In 
Tracktion 2, this is done in the “Audio” window 
under the “Settings” tab.

2.  Assign the inputs from the Onyx Satellite to tracks 

in your DAW.

3.  You should now see the signals from the Onyx Satel-

lite appearing on the meters in your DAW. Start 
recording the guitar onto a track in the DAW.

4.  Playback the recorded audio and assign the DAW 

outputs to the Control Room Outputs (1 and 2) on 
the Onyx Satellite.

5.  Listen to the guitar playback on the headphones 

while recording the vocal part. Make sure the Con-
trol Room Source Select switch on the Satellite is 
out (DAW).

6.  You can continue adding tracks to the arrangement, 

and listen back over the Control Room monitors (or 
headphones) when you are done.

•  You can connect the analog outputs from any 

line-level source to the LINE INPUTS on the Onyx 
Satellite and use its high-quality analog-to-digital 
converters to get your analog signals to your digital 
recorder(s).

•  When the Pod is docked, the CTRL RM/PHONES 1 

knob on the Pod adjusts only the Phones 1 output 
(not the Control Room outputs). The CONTROL 
ROOM LEVEL knob on the Base Station adjusts the 
Control Room outputs. Use this control as close to 
the MAX (fully clockwise) position as possible to 
experience the best audio quality. Turn down the 
input sensitivity control on your active monitors or 
your passive monitors’ power amplifier in order to 
turn up the CONTROL ROOM LEVEL knob as far as 
possible. 

•   Always turn off the Onyx Satellite before removing 

or connecting the Pod to the Base Station.

•   When you shut down your equipment, turn off the 

amplifiers first. When powering up, turn on the 
amplifiers last.

•   Never listen to loud music for prolonged periods. 

Please see the Safety Instructions on page 2 for 
information on hearing protection.

•   Save the shipping box! You may need it someday, 

and you don’t want to have to pay for another one.

That’s it for the “Getting Started” section. Next comes 

the “Hookup” section that shows you some typical ways 
that you might use the Onyx Satellite in real applica-
tions. After that, you can take the grand tour of the 
Onyx Satellite, with descriptions of every knob, button, 
input, and output. We encourage you to take the time 
to read all of the feature descriptions, but at least you 
know it’s there if you have any questions.