Mackie PORTABLE RECORDING PREAMP Manuel D’Utilisation

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Press this button to select the XLR Mic input as the 

input source for the channel.

Press this button to select the Instrument input (

) 

as the input source for the channel.

Note: The instrument switch on the pod must also be 
pushed in to select the instrument input.

Press this button to select LINE 1 as the input source 

for the channel.

Press this button to select LINE 2 as the input source 

for the channel.

Note: You can select and combine the 
Mic, Instrument, Line 1, and Line 2 
inputs for each channel from the base 
station. However, the base station has 
no provision for matching the imped-
ances or the input level of the com-

bined signals, so it is best only to combine similar signals 
(for example, line-level signals connected to Input 1 and 
Input 2), or to select only one input at a time.

When the pod is connected to the base station, some 

additional features become available above and beyond 
those that are present when using the pod by itself.

•  More inputs are available to select for each channel 

(Mic, Instrument, Line 1, and Line 2)

•  An insert jack (send/return) is available for each 

channel

•  An additional stereo control room output is avail-

able (A and B)

•  Four more line-level outputs are available (for a 

total of six, including the control room outputs)

•  A separate control room level control can operate 

on just the A/B outputs, or on all six outputs as a 
master level control

•  The control room source can be switched between 

the Core Audio/ASIO streams 1 and 2 from the DAW 
software application, and the inputs from the Onyx 
Satellite

•  A built-in Talkback Mic is available for routing to 

the phones and to the DAW application

Note: The base station does not func-
tion when the pod is removed. The pod 
is the “brains” and the base station 
simply provides more connections and 
controls than the pod does by itself.

TO

PHONES

TO

DAW

A

B

1-2

1-6

DAW

INPUTS

2

1

MIC

2

1

MIC