Mackie Controller

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Does anyone have any comments on this new product? I am thinking seriously into purchasing it as my console as apposed to the db8 to run digital recording, but have found no opinions about it's credibility. thanx
 
I like the unit. I use DP4 and it integrates very easily. I like the feel a little better then the HUI (mainly becuase I have a permanent master fader)

Bryan Giles
 
I use the d8b at church, and the Mackie Control at home. One thing to note is that the Mackie Control is just that - a control surface. It does a GREAT job with Sonar and other programs at controlling the program, but no audio signals run through it. The d8b has some control surface capabilities (in the latest V5 software), but it absolutely routes audio through it. If you use the Mackie control, you still need microphone preamps, and some way for the musicians to monitor themselves while recording.

I use the Mackie Control with 2 Aardvark Direct Pro 24/96 units, Cakewalk Sonar, a headphone amplifier, and a Samson C-Control box. This has given me a wonderful flexible monitoring and mixing environment. I'm VERY happy with the sound I'm getting out of this rig right now, and the Mackie Control has sped up my mixes in a HUGE way over just the keyboard and mouse.

-lee-
 
I use mine with Sonar... it's an awesome piece of gear. Highly Recommended!
 
OzNimbus said:
I use mine with Sonar...
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Does it work as good as they say with Sonar? Do you use the mouse a lot less?
 
Yes, it works fantastic with Sonar. It really sped up my whole record/edit/mix process.
 
I'm not sure what the Mackie controlller costs, but you can probably get a Yamaha O1V for around $800 and with its MMC, it makes a great controller.
Plus it has 14 faders and a master, as opposed to, what? 8 on the mackie?
 
The Mackie control is in the same ballpark - right about a thousand bucks. It does what it does very very well. Some of the implementations (like Sonar) are particularly well done. In comparison, while the Yamaha does audio as well as control, AFAIK, hooking it up with Sonar sucks -- fewer features controlled, etc.

-lee-
 
I see.
It works well with Nuendo, but I'll admitt, hooking it up for the first time was a pain.
Solo, Mute, and faders work good. Anything more, and its more trouble than its worth. But you do get a digital mixer with a bank of pres and FX with the O1V. ;)
 
What's the fader resolution on the Ov1? The mackie is 1024 steps.
 
OzNimbus said:
What's the fader resolution on the Ov1? The mackie is 1024 steps.
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I don't know. I couldn't find it in the manual either.
 
Michael Jones said:
I don't know. I couldn't find it in the manual either.
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The OV1 is 512 steps.

Still, not shabby at all.

I'm still waiting for someone to make a control surface that has every knob, fader, switch of an analog console, so "old fashioned" guys like me don't have to learn menus.

I'm getting used to menus, but I hate them.

hate them.
hate them.
hate them.

*sigh*

LOL
 
frederic said:
The OV1 is 512 steps.

Still, not shabby at all.
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Actually, 512 is shabby, according to Roger Nichols, anyway. For "Serious Mixing" 1024 is a must-have.
 
mackie control

i really am tempted to buy this, but not sure yet. i cant make up my mind if i want to go fully digital without an external mixing board. can yall tell me if this makes up for it well enough. i am trying to build a studio with high quality recording abilities. at this point i figure the mackie control would be the best bet to make up for cost on the mixer and dump some money into preamps, soundcards and mics. any response?
 
Well, I haven't gone thru an analog board for 4 years now, in fact most of the last 3 years were done with a mouse. The Mackie was a serious step up.
 
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