Mackie PORTABLE RECORDING PREAMP Manuel D’Utilisation

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This switch determines which pair of control room 

outputs is currently active. Only one pair of control 
room outputs provides an output signal at any one time. 
This allows you to have two sets of monitors connected 
to the Onyx Satellite so you can make quick A/B com-
parisons between them to make sure your mix sounds 
good on both pairs of monitor speakers.

When this switch is up (1-2), the CONTROL ROOM 

LEVEL control [24] adjusts the level at the CR OUTS 
(1-2) on the rear panel of the base station. When the 
switch is down (1-6), the CONTROL ROOM LEVEL 
control adjusts the level at all six outputs. This is useful 
when mixing in surround sound to provide a master 
level control for all the surround stems.

Note: When the select switch is up (1-2), outputs 3-6 are 
not adjustable from the Onyx Satellite, but remain fixed. 
This is useful for:

•  Dialing up some alternate headphone mixes with 

aux sends from the DAW, and then sending them to 
the line-level inputs of a headphone amplifier

•  Sending a recorded track to an outboard analog pro-

cessor, like a compressor or EQ

•  Transferring a mix to an analog recorder for flavor 

(like an old reel-to-reel recorder!)

This switch turns the power on and off to the Onyx 

Satellite. When the power switch is on and power is sup-
plied to the Onxy Satellite, either through the FireWire 
connector or the DC power supply, the POWER LED [4] 
on the pod lights up.

The pod plugs into the base station here. Align the 

“TO DOCK” [12] connector on the pod with the connec-
tor in the base station dock and push firmly to insure a 
secure connection.

TO

PHONES

TO

DAW

A

B

1-2

1-6

DAW

INPUTS

2

1

MIC

2

1

MIC