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ONYX 1200F
ONYX 1200F
Hookup
Diagrams
Onyx 1200F Multitrack Recording with a DAW (Tracking)
~100-240 VAC
50-60Hz 45W
FOOTSWITCH
TALK
BACK
MON
A/B
ADAT
IN
OUT
1
2
SEND
RETURN
MIDI 1
IN
OUT
MIDI 2
IN
OUT
EXTERNAL
WORD CLOCK
IN
OUT
TALKBACK
MIC
(48V)
A
B
OUT
S/PDIF
IN
8 CHANNEL BALANCED
LINE LEVEL OUTPUT
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
AES/EBU
OUT
IN
FIREWIRE
ON
YX MIC PRE
ON
YX MIC PRE
ON
YX MIC PRE
ON
YX MIC PRE
ON
YX MIC PRE
ON
YX MIC PRE
ON
YX MIC PRE
ON
YX MIC PRE
ON
YX MIC PRE
ON
YX MIC PRE
ON
YX MIC PRE
ON
YX MIC PRE
CONTROL RM MONITORS
L
2
1
R
INSERTS
(BALANCED)
Mics
Handheld
Switch
for
Talkback
Stereo Digital Reverb
Mic 1
Compressor/Limiter
Talkback
Mic
Powered
Studio Monitors A
Powered
Studio Monitors B
Headphones
for Talent
(from front panel)
8 Microphones
to each
Onyx 800R
8 Inputs
To Desktop
or
Laptop Computer
External FireWire
Hard Drive
Onyx 800R
Onyx 800R
8 Inputs
Mackie Control
Universal Pro
Mackie Control
C4 Pro
5
U
5
10
20
30
40
50
60
10
dB
5
U
5
10
20
30
40
50
60
10
dB
5
U
5
10
20
30
40
50
60
10
dB
5
U
5
10
20
30
40
50
60
10
dB
5
U
5
10
20
30
40
50
60
10
dB
5
U
5
10
20
30
40
50
60
10
dB
5
U
5
10
20
30
40
50
60
10
dB
5
U
5
10
20
30
40
50
60
10
dB
5
U
5
10
20
30
40
50
60
10
dB
BANK
CHANNEL
SOLO
CYCLE
DROP
REPLACE
CLICK
SIGNAL
SIGNAL
SIGNAL
SIGNAL
SIGNAL
SIGNAL
SIGNAL
SIGNAL
FLIP
GLOBAL
VIEW
+
0
–
+
0
–
+
0
–
+
0
–
+
0
–
+
0
–
+
0
–
+
0
–
DISPLAY
MODIFIERS
AUTOMATION
UTILITIES
CONTROL
SHIFT
OPTION
READ/OFF
WRITE
TOUCH
LATCH
TRIM
CANCEL
SMPTE
BEATS
ENTER
SAVE
UNDO
/ALT
GLOBAL VIEW
FUNCTION SELECT
NAME
VALUE
MIDI
TRACKS
INPUTS
AUDIO
TRACKS
AUDIO
INSTRUMENT
AUX
BUSSES
OUTPUTS
USER
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
MASTER
FADER BANKS
EQ
INSTRUMENT
PLUG-IN
TRACK
SEND
PAN/
SURROUND
VPOT ASSIGN
GROUP
MARKER
NUDGE
REC
REWIND
FAST FWD
PLAY
STOP
RECORD
ASSIGNMENT
TICKS
SUB DIVISION
BEATS
BARS
SMPTE
BEATS
HOURS
MINUTES
SECONDS
FRAMES
RUDE
SOLO
REWIND
FAST FWD
PLAY
STOP
RECORD
MACKIE CONTROL UNIVERSAL PRO
REC
REC
REC
REC
REC
REC
REC
SCRUB
ZOOM
PARAMETER
TRACK
SHIFT
OPTION
MARKER
SPLIT
CONTROL
LOCK
SPOT ERASE
FUNCTION
CHAN STRIP
2/2
BANK
SINGLE
FUNCTION
MODIFIERS
ASSIGNMENT
3/1
1/3
/ALT
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
TRACK L
SLOT UP
SLOT DOWN
TRACK R
MACKIE CONTROL C4 PRO
The FireWire connector on the Onyx 1200F can
be connected directly to a FireWire equipped
computer running a DAW application (Digital
Audio Workstation). In this example, there
are twelve microphones connected to the Onyx
1200F and 8 mics connected to each of the Onyx
800R microphone preamps feeding the ADAT in-
puts on the Onyx 1200F, for a total of 28 micro-
phone feeds to the DAW.
Two different sets of studio monitor speakers are connected for control room monitoring. In addition,
five studio monitors and a subwoofer are connected to the line-level outputs for surround sound monitoring.
A stereo digital reverb is connected to the AES/EBU IN/OUT to add reverb to the vocals, and a compressor/
limiter is connected to the channel 1 Insert Send/Return.
The four headphone outputs on the front of the 1200F are used for the musician’s monitors. Each head-
phone output is getting a separate, unique headphone mix from the DAW stereo aux sends. A Mackie
Control Universal and C4 are connected via the MIDI IN/OUTs, which controls the Tracktion software
installed on the computer. An external FireWire hard drive is connected to the second FireWire connec-
tion on the Onyx 1200F to serve as a dedicated memory storage device for the audio files.