MACKIE X.200 User Manual
QUICK-START GUIDE
X.200
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................ 3
Getting Started ..........................................................................................................4
Connections.................................................................................................................................................4
Digital X Bus
I/O Cards.............................................................................................................................................................................. 4
1. MIC/LINE 4 CARD............................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
2. MIC/LINE 8 CARD ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
3. LINE CARD.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
4. DIGITAL CARD ...................................................................................................................................................................................................5
5. AES/EBU CARD..................................................................................................................................................................................................5
6. FIREWIRE CARD ................................................................................................................................................................................................5
7. MIX OUT CARD..................................................................................................................................................................................................5
8. SYNC CARD .......................................................................................................................................................................................................6
Other Connections............................................................................................................................................................. 6
9. FOOT SWITCH 1 and 2..................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
10. SERIAL 9 PIN.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
11. MIDI IN and OUT ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
12. ETHERNET ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
13. USB ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
14. IEC Power Receptacle................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
15. Power Switch................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
More Connections...............................................................................................................................................................7
16. Mouse................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7
17. Keyboard........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
18. USB..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Operational Basics.................................................................................................................................... 8
Turning on the Digital X Bus............................................................................................................................................ 8
About Fader Banks............................................................................................................................................................. 8
About V-Pot Controls ........................................................................................................................................................8
Touchscreens........................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Keyboard and Mouse.........................................................................................................................................................8
Getting Sound Happening...................................................................................................................... 9
Hookup Diagrams.................................................................................................... 12
Don’t forget to visit our website at www.mackie.com for
more information about this and other Mackie products.
Part No. 0012120 Rev. 3 10/04
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X.200
Introduction
Quick-Start Guide
Thank you for choosing a Mackie Digital X Bus
for your next-generation digital recording console. The Digital X Bus offers you the fl exibility to
confi gure it for virtually any recording application
through its extended card cage and I/O routing options. It was designed with the ability to upgrade as
advancements are made in
ogy. But with 32-bit fl oating point processing, you have
more power than just
console in its class.
We know you want to get started right away, so
this Quick-Start Guide is designed to help you get
up and running quickly. If you have any experience
using a digital mixing console, like our D8B, you’ll
fi nd that using the Digital X Bus is very similar
and you’ll be mixing away in no time. If this is your
fi rst experience with digital mixing, we’ll run you
through some of the unique aspects of using a digital mixing console. You will fi nd that once you’ve
learned these differences and the incredible fl exibility that digital mixing has to offer, you will have a
very short learning curve, and wonder how you have
lived without the power of digital mixing for so long.
digital recording technol-
about any other digital mixing
Note: As new software releases become available, they can be downloaded 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. thumbdrive) to transfer the installer package from your
computer to the Digital X Bus. Installation instructions are also available on the website.
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
We know that many of you can’t wait to get your
new Digital X Bus hooked up, and you’re probably
not going to read the manual fi rst (sigh!). So this
Quick-Start Guide will help you get the mixer set up
fast so you can start using it right away. After the
"Getting Started" section, we have included some
hook-up diagrams that show typical connections
for tracking, mixdown, and using the Digital X Bus
with a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation).
Then, when you have time, read the owner's
manual. It describes every knob, button, and slider
on the console, and all the menus and windows on
the touchscreens.
Please write your serial number here for future
reference (i.e., insurance claims, tech support,
return authorization, etc.)
Purchased at:
Date of purchase:
Quick-Start Guide
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Getting Started
I/O Cards
Once you’ve unpacked your new
Digital X Bus, you’ll want to position it where you can sit comfortably and reach the touchscreens
and controls, and have relatively
easy access to the rear panel, in case you need to
Digital X Bus
make any changes to the connections. Typically,
once you’ve set it up and made the connections, you
won’t have to make any changes unless you change
your external equipment.
Connections
The Digital X Bus comes with a Mix Out card (control room card) and a Sync card already installed in
the card cage in the rear panel. There are also connections
for a USB mouse and keyboard (see “More Connections” for PS/2-style mouse and keyboard connections). While not required to operate the Digital X Bus,
they can be handy for quickly entering data or when
clicking is easier than touching (the touchscreen).
Beyond that, we have a variety of analog and
digital I/O cards, not included with the base model,
that you can install in the card cage to suit your application. This allows you to match the I/O connections on your Digital X Bus with the I/O connections
provided on the other equipment in your studio.
Here’s a quick run-down of what we offer:
1. MIC/LINE 4 CARD
This card has four female XLR balanced microphone 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/Line 8 card has two DB25 connectors,
one for inputs and one for outputs. The input connector accepts eight balanced mic/line-level inputs.
The output connector provides eight balanced linelevel outputs. These DB25 connectors use the TASCAM standard pinout for analog signal connections
(the same standard used on the analog cards for the
Mackie D8B and Hard Disk Recorder). If you are
connecting these to another device using the same
DB25 standard, you can use a DB25-to-DB25 audio
cable. Otherwise, you will need to use DB25 cables
that breakout to XLR, 1/4" TRS, or TT connectors.
3. LINE CARD
The Line card has two DB25 connectors. One provides eight balanced line-level inputs, and the other
provides eight balanced line-level outputs. They use
the TASCAM standard pinout for analog signal connections (the same standard used on the analog cards
for the Mackie D8B and Hard Disk Recorder). If you
are connecting these to another device using the same
DB25 standard, you can use a DB25-to-DB25 audio
cable. Otherwise, you will need to use DB25 cables
that breakout to XLR, 1/4" TRS, or TT connectors.
Refer to Appendix B in the Digital X Bus X.200
Owner's Manual for a wiring diagram of these
connectors.
SYNC C • SLOTSD • SLOT B • SLOTS A • SLOTS
SYNC CARD
IN
WORD
CLOCK
OUT
IN
SMPTE
OUT
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MIX OUT CARD
IN
AES/EBU
OUT
IN
SPEAKERS
LR
LR
PHONES
12
MIX OUT
LR
SPDIF
TDIF
I/O
OUT
OPTICAL
IN A
A
IN B
B
OUT A
OUT B
FIRE CARDDIGITAL CARD
AES CARD
I/O
LINE CARD
OUT
IN
LINE CARD
OUT
IN
MIC/LINE 8 CARD
OUT
IN
MIC/LINE 4 CARD
1
2
3
4
5
7
MIC/LINE 4 CARD
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
6
8
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 digital audio. At 88.2/96 kHz sample
rates, the S/MUX protocol is used to provide channels 1-4 on the “A” connectors, and channels 5-8 on
the “B” connectors. At 176.4/192 kHz sample rates,
the S/MUX II protocol is used to provide channels 1-2
on the “A” connectors and channels 3-4 on the “B”
connectors, for a total of four inputs and outputs.
5. AES/EBU CARD
The AES/EBU card has one DB25 connector,
providing eight channels of digital I/O in the
AES/EBU format.
The original AES/EBU specifi cation (IEC958 Type 1)
provides for carrying two channels of digital audio
at resolutions up to 24-bit at 48 kHz. When higher
sampling rates became possible, two methods were
developed to transmit digital audio at the higher
sample rates — double-fast and double-wide.
The double-fast method (also called single-wire)
clocks the digital I/O port at twice the speed to get
twice the information through, providing support for
resolutions up to 24-bit at 96 kHz.
The double-wide method (also called dual-wire)
transmits one channel of digital audio instead of two
channels through a single digital I/O port, again providing support for resolutions up to 24-bit at 96 kHz.
The AES/EBU card currently uses the double-fast
method, so eight channels of digital I/O are supported up to 192 kHz.
At sampling rates up to 48 kHz, two channels of
digital audio are transmitted on a single wire (one
3-pin XLR) at normal speed as specifi ed by the
AES/EBU standard.
At sampling rates of 88.2/96 kHz, two channels of
digital audio are transmitted on a single wire (one
3-pin XLR) at twice the normal speed (2x).
At sampling rates of 176.4/192 kHz, two channels
of digital audio are transmitted on a single wire (one
3-pin XLR) at four times the normal speed (4x).
Note: Check the owner’s manual for the device you
are connecting to the AES/EBU card, to fi nd out if
it supports the double-fast (or single-wire) method.
6. FIREWIRE CARD
The FireWire card uses the IEEE-1394 protocol
for connecting digital devices. It currently provides
24 inputs and 24 outputs of digital audio at 48 kHz,
and 8 inputs and 8 outputs at 96 kHz (with room for
improvement as driver technology improves). It supports OS X Core Audio applications on the Macintosh,
and Windows XP ASIO applications on the PC.
7. MIX OUT CARD
This provides several outputs (with the addition of
an AES/EBU and S/PDIF input), typically used for
control room, headphones, and main outputs.
AES/EBU IN and OUT
These are XLR connectors that accept and send
standard AES/EBU two-channel digital signals.
S/PDIF IN and OUT
These are RCA-type connectors that accept and
send standard S/PDIF two-channel digital signals.
SPEAKERS A and B
These are two sets of stereo monitoring outputs
using 1/4" TRS jacks. They produce a line-level
analog signal that you can connect to the inputs of
the amplifi er powering your control room monitors
(or the inputs to your active studio monitors). You
might use one pair (A) for near-fi eld monitor speakers and the other pair (B) for your main monitor
speakers. These are assigned to the Control Room
Left and Right outputs by default, but can be reassigned to virtually any input or output source.
The Control Room source is selected in the
CONTROL ROOM section of the console (press the
SETUP button in the CONTROL ROOM section for
more setup options).
PHONES 1 and 2
These are stereo 1/4" TRS jacks that provide a
stereo output for headphones, or for connecting to a
headphone distribution box. These are assigned to the
Phones 1 and Phones 2 outputs by default, but can be
reassigned to virtually any input or output source.
The Phones 1 and 2 sources are selected in the
PHONES 1 or PHONES 2 section on the console
(press the SETUP button in the PHONES section for
more setup options).
MIX OUT
These are balanced 1/4" TRS jacks that provide a
line-level analog signal. These are assigned to the
left and right mix outputs by default, but can be reassigned to virtually any input or output source. Connect these outputs to the inputs of a 2-track recorder
for mixdown, or to the inputs of a power amplifi er to
drive a pair of speakers for the studio or whatever.
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