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Mackie Digital X Bus X.200 Quick Start Manual
Summary of Digital X Bus X.200
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Page 2: Table of Contents
Part no. 0012120 rev. 3 10/04 ©2004 loud technologies inc. All rights reserved. 2 x.200 digital x bus table of contents introduction................................................................................................................3 getting started .........................................
Page 3: Introduction
3 quick-start guide quick -star t guide introduction note: as new software releases be- come available, they can be download- ed from the mackie website by going to the digital x bus webpage at: http://www.Mackie.Com/products/digitalxbus. You will need a usb fl ash drive (a.K.A. Thumb- drive) to tra...
Page 4: Getting Started
4 x.200 digital x bus getting started i/o cards 1. Mic/line 4 card this card has four female xlr balanced micro- phone inputs, and four 1/4" trs balanced/unbalanced line-level inputs, for a total of eight analog inputs. Note that this card does not provide any outputs. 2. Mic/line 8 card the mic/lin...
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5 quick-start guide quick -star t guide 4. Digital card this card provides eight channels of digital i/o in two formats; tdif on a db25 connector and adat optical on four toslink connectors. At 44.1/48 khz sample rates, each optical toslink connector provides either eight inputs or eight outputs of ...
Page 6: Other Connections
6 x.200 digital x bus 8. Sync card the sync card provides the digital word clock in and out on a pair of bnc connectors, and smpte time code in and out on a pair of 1/4" jacks. Sync data is also transmitted through the adat lightpipe and aes/ebu connections. The sync card just provides another means...
Page 7: More Connections
7 quick-start guide quick -star t guide 15. Power switch this one is self-explanatory. When the power switch is turned on, power is supplied to the digital x bus and it boots up. When turning off the digital x bus, you should select shutdown from the file menu. At the end of the shutdown procedure, ...
Page 8: Operational Basics
8 x.200 digital x bus operational basics are you ready to get started? Let’s turn on the digital x bus and go over some of the general operational features before we start passing audio through it. Turning on the digital x bus connect the supplied power cord to the male iec connector on the rear pan...
Page 9: Getting Sound Happening
9 quick-start guide quick -star t guide 5. Make sure channel 1 has input 1 assigned to it. Open the assign window (windows > assign). Under the input src drop-down box select mic line in. 1. 6. If the microphone requires phantom power, select the 48v button in the assign window to turn on phantom po...
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10 x.200 digital x bus 9. Connect the left and right speaker outs (a) from the mix out card to the inputs of your ste- reo power amplifi er (or powered monitor speak- ers). These outputs are balanced when using a trs (tip-ring-sleeve) connector, or unbalanced when using a ts (tip-sleeve) connector. ...
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11 quick-start guide quick -star t guide 21. In the reverb panel, click the src l drop-down box and select channel post insert > ch. 1 post. This places the reverb in the post-insert loop on channel 1. 22. Adjust the reverb parameters using the v-pots at the bottom of the effects rack. You should se...
Page 12: Hookup Diagrams
12 x.200 digital x bus hookup diagrams one of the primary applications for the x.200 is multitrack recording. This involves tracking and monitoring, bouncing, overdubbing, and mixdown. A typical application might involve 24 inputs for tracking and 24 outputs to a multitrack recorder or daw (digital ...
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13 quick-start guide quick -star t guide word clock sync card in out in out smpte a b mix out card spdif speakers phones mix out in out in lr 12 lr lr out aes/ebu digital card optical tdif i/o in a in b out a out b digital card optical tdif i/o in a in b out a out b digital card optical tdif i/o in ...
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14 x.200 digital x bus word clock sync card in out in out smpte a b mix out card spdif speakers phones mix out in out in lr 12 lr lr out aes/ebu digital card optical tdif i/o in a in b out a out b digital card optical tdif i/o in a in b out a out b digital card optical tdif i/o in a in b out a out b...
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15 quick-start guide quick -star t guide word clock sync card in out in out smpte a b mix out card spdif speakers phones mix out in out in lr 12 lr lr out aes/ebu mic/line 4 card 5 7 6 8 1 2 3 4 mic/line 4 card 5 7 6 8 1 2 3 4 mic/line 4 card 5 7 6 8 1 2 3 4 i/o aes card i/o aes card i/o aes card ou...
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