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Page 2 - Digital X Bus; Table of Contents; Don’t forget to visit our website at www.mackie.com for

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; As new software releases be-; HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL; We know that many of you can’t wait to get your

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 transf...

Page 4 - Getting Started; Connections

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...

Page 5 - Check the owner’s manual for the device you

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; FOOT SWITCH 1 and 2

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 m...

Page 7 - More Connections; To access the connectors:

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; Turning on the Digital X Bus

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; Here’s what you’ll need:

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...

Page 10 - If you don’t have an amplifi er and speakers

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. Us...

Page 11 - A more typical use for an effect in the Ef-

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...

Page 12 - Hookup Diagrams; One of the primary applications for the X.200 is

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 ...

Page 13 - TRA

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 ...

Page 14 - SURR

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...

Page 15 - DIGIT

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...