USING THE ONYX 820i WITH A MAC

The Onyx 820i works with Mac OS 10.4.11 and higher. This OS includes the Apple FireWire 2.0 driver. The Onyx 820i will only work with the 2.0 driver, so if you have an OS before 10.4.11, you will need to check your system for updates from the nice folks at Apple.

1.Connect a FireWire cable from your Onyx 820i to a FireWire port on your Mac.

2.Turn on your Onyx 820i.

3.Go to the applications folder, open the utilities folder, and double-click “Audio MIDI Setup.”

4.Click the Audio Devices tab, and select

Onyx i in the “Properties For” drop-down box.

5.Here you can see the settings for the mixer. You can also choose it as your default input or output, as well as designate it to be used for system sound output. There are 8 channels of audio input from the Onyx 820i, and 2 channels of audio output to the Onyx 820i.

6.The Sample Rate is also shown from 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz.

7.You’re ready to go with any Mac OS X Core Audio host application (i.e., Tracktion, Logic, Cubase, Nuendo, Live, Digital Performer, etc.).

8.In your audio software applications, select and activate the inputs from the mixer and outputs to the mixer.

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