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System Requirements FireWire 800: At this time, the Onyx FW Option Card
(for the first generation Onyx Compact Mixer Series)
Windows 7 32 / 64 RTM or greater (Home, Premium, only supports FireWire 400 connections, 1-to-1 (from the
and Ultimate) mixer to your computer).
Windows Vista 32 / 64 RTM or greater (Home,
Business, and Ultimate)
Windows XP 32 SP 2 or greater (Home and Pro)
First Time Installation for Windows 7
Supported Devices
Mackie Onyx 1640i Mackie Onyx Satellite 1. Launch Setup prior to connecting and powering
Mackie Onyx 1620i Mackie U.420d on your device.
Mackie Onyx 1220i Mackie U.420
Mackie Onyx 820i Mackie d.4 Pro 2. Click "Next" to continue from the Welcome
Mackie FireWire Card Mackie d.2 Pro screen.
for Onyx 1640, 1620, 1220 TAPCO Link.FireWire
Supported Software
• Pro Tools® M-Powered™ 8 (Onyx-i mixers only)
• Windows Vista 32 RTM or greater (Home,
Business, and Ultimate)
• Windows XP 32 SP 2 or greater (Home and
Pro)
• Any Windows 7 32 / 64, Windows Vista 32 / 64
or XP 32 SP 2 or greater ASIO/WDM host (Sonar,
Cubase, Nuendo, Cakewalk, etc.)
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3. After reading the End User License Agreement, 6. Plug in and power on your device.
select "I accept this EULA" and click "Next" to
continue.
7. There is a tooltip by the system tray [bottom
right hand corner of the screen by the clock]
that reads "Installing device driver software".
The tooltip should change to confirm that the
device driver software was installed successfully
and is ready to use.
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First Time Installation for Windows Vista
1. Launch Setup prior to connecting and powering 5. Click "Finish" after the driver has been
on your device. successfully installed.
2. Click "Next" to continue from the Welcome
screen.
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First Time Installation for Windows XP
1. Launch Setup prior to connecting and powering
on your device.
2. Click "Next" to continue from the Welcome
screen.
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8. Select "Install the software automatically 10. Click "Finish" after the driver has been
(Recommended)" for the Mackie Device and successfully installed.
click "Next".
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4. After reading the End User License Agreement,
select "I accept this EULA" and click "Next" to
continue.
5. If asked, check the box that reads "Always trust
software from Loud Technologies Inc" and click
"Install".
6. Click "Finish" after the driver has been successfully
installed.
7. There is a tooltip by the system tray [bottom right
hand corner of the screen by the clock] that reads
"Installing device driver software". The tooltip
should change to confirm that the device driver
software was installed successfully and is ready to
use.
13. Click "Finish" after the driver has been 8. Windows 7 users navigate via the Start Menu to
successfully installed. Control Panel > Sound. Select your Mackie FireWire
Audio Interface and click "OK" to set it as the default
audio output for your computer.
In XP:
1. Make sure your Mackie audio device is connected to
your computer and powered on.
2. Launch Setup from the driver that you downloaded.
3. Click "Next" to continue from the Welcome screen.
4. After reading the End User License Agreement,
select "I accept this EULA" and click "Next" to
The audio interface is now ready to use with any continue.
standard ASIO Digital Audio Workstation software of 5. Click "Continue Anyway" at the Windows Logo
choice as well as with consumer audio applications such testing prompt.
as iTunes or Windows Media Player. If you are currently 6. Click "Finish" after the driver has been successfully
installing this mixer for use with Pro Tools® installed.
M-Powered™ 8, you are now ready to run the Mackie 7. On the "Found New Hardware Wizard" screen, select
Authorization Application provided in your "No, not this time" and click "Next" to continue.
my.mackie.com account. This feature is only available 8. Select "Install the software automatically
after you register your mixer and obtain your Mackie (Recommended)" for the Mackie Device and click
Universal Driver license. "Next".
9. Click "Continue Anyway" at the Windows Logo
Updating Your Mackie Audio Driver testing prompt.
10. Click "Finish" after the driver has been successfully
If you already installed any Mackie Audio Driver and installed.
simply want to upgrade your device, follow these steps: 11. At this time a second "Found New Hardware
Wizard" will start. On this screen, select "No, not
In Windows 7 and Vista: this time" and click "Next" to continue.
12. Select "Install the software automatically
1. Make sure your Mackie audio device is connected to (Recommended)" for the Mackie Audio Subunit
your computer and powered on. Device and click "Next".
2. Launch Setup from the driver that you downloaded. 13. Click "Finish" after the driver has been successfully
3. Click "Next" to continue from the Welcome screen. installed.
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Once You’ve Installed the Driver The latency setting can now be changed in two ways:
If you are well versed in the ways of Mackie FireWire Changing the Latency using the Windows Control
products (or even if you are not), the first thing you may
notice about this driver is that it does not have a
Panel
standalone “executable” control panel application for 1. Navigate via the Control Panel to the Device
switching latency and sample rate. That's largely because Manager.
the driver uses the built-in Windows control panel 2. Expand "Sound, video and game controllers."
(accessed in Vista and XP by navigating to Control
Panel\Sound) as well as ASIO via your DAW of choice. 3. Double-click your Mackie FireWire Audio
Interface.
Sound Control Panel in Windows 7 and Vista: Device Manager in Windows 7 and Vista:
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Device Manager in XP: Changing the Sample Rate (Windows 7 and Vista
Core Audio)
Although XP handles sample rate conversion for you
without an option to change it (when you’re using the
WDM driver, for example), Windows 7 and Vista have
an option to change to a variety of sample rates and bit
depth options using the Control Panel\Sound option.
In Windows 7 or Vista, select your Mackie option from
this list and click "Properties:"